This past weekend, Sega held a closed network test for their upcoming kart racer Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds on PlayStation 5. To say that I had fun would be an understatement. For the three days that the beta was online, my living room sounded like an arcade — character one-liners being…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
Multiplayer isn’t the only new addition that will be included in Stardew Valley’s biggest update, which will be arriving in 2018. Eric Barone, creator of Stardew Valley (who goes by @ConcernedApe on Twitter), shares progress behind the scenes on the occasion. Today’s news is a bit of a biggie, as…
Koei Tecmo’s impressive support for the Nintendo Switch will continue into 2018, with the company announcing via a PR email that the latest entry in the long-running Atelier franchise, starring newcomers Lydie & Suelle, will be releasing in North America on March 27, 2018. The new JRPG has the subtitle…
Out today on PC via Steam, Harvest Moon: Light of Hope is the next life-sim game in the series made by Natsume that will be coming to the Nintendo Switch. Fans of Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley can enjoy the same cast of characters and more. As per the description…
2017 was already a great year for Metroidvania’s on Nintendo Systems, with Samus Returning, Axiom Verging, and many more besides. No doubt many fans of the genre have been waiting for a certain little bug to make the leap over to Nintendo’s Switch before the year wraps up, but unfortunately…
Happy Release Day Tuesday everyone! Today, two games have been ported over to the Nintendo Switch and while they’ve been around for a few years, it doesn’t mean you should pass on them. ROCKET LEAGUE The ever popular and zany Rocket League appeared at the stroke of midnight on the…
It’s that time of year again. Earlier this morning, the nominees for the 2017 Game Awards were announced, and unsurprisingly, Nintendo has titles in nearly all of the main categories. Both The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey are nominated for Game of the…
Super Mario Odyssey’s a game I thought I’d already seen everything from, but a new glitch has come to light via the game’s two player mode. Twitter user @NichtSascha captured this moment, which involves tossing Cappy at a Piranha Plant and then using the hat to take out said…
Taking a break from deep forest ruins and a shaky cam of an upcoming fighter, ARMS has seen fit to reveal the addition of a new attribute. These kinds of special, charged effects have been attached to nearly every ARMS type, though with the few added since launch, none have…
Welcome to the Nintendo Wiretap! Each day the team here at Nintendo Wire works tirelessly to bring you the best, most relevant late-breaking Nintendo news this side of the Mushroom Kingdom. To help make ingesting all these meaty stories easier than Kirby hopped up on Miracle Fruit, we’ve compiled…
In recent years, more and more indie games have begun to take heavy inspiration from the Legend of Zelda franchise, each with its own twists on the formula. Binding of Isaac marries the first NES game’s dungeons with a roguelike randomizer, while Oceanhorn takes things isometric. Ludosity’s Ittle Dew, meanwhile,…
ARMS’ next fighter might be a two-for-one special. Eagle-eyed fans could spot something else in the footage showing off what the game’s next DLC character can do. Towards the end of a clip, some sort of force seemed to fly out from the fighter’s face and proceed to join in…
It’s been seven years since VVVVVV first came out and in that time it’s been released on several platforms, including the 3DS and even smartphones. Yet in all these years I somehow managed to not play it. It was the type of game I’d always hear mentioned among other unquestionably…
