In this week’s Nintendo Music update, we got a ported Wii U game! New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, first released for Wii U back in 2012, receiving an enhanced port for the Switch along with many other Wii U titles. New characters, upgraded graphics and a new item called…
Elden Ring Tarnished Edition was one of the biggest profile third-party releases announced for the Switch 2 during Nintendo’s big Direct unveiling earlier this year. While Steam Deck players have been able to take the game on the go for quite some time, it’s still pretty magical to see a…
After months of speculation by fans and games media alike, Nintendo has finally confirmed that Donkey Kong Bananza is being developed by the Super Mario Odyssey team. This information comes from a recent preview presentation attended by various outlets, including IGN and VGC, where Nintendo stated that the same staff…
Frozenbyte’s Nine Parchments is now live on the Nintendo eShop, available to download for all Switch owners. The game, described on Nintendo’s site as a “co-op action-RPG game of magic mayhem,” sees players embarking on a magical quest, unlocking new characters, staves and wizard hats, mastering spells and fighting “strange…
If you’ve been gaming in any capacity for the past decade you’ve no doubt played one of TT Games’ Lego-branded licensed adventures. Like clockwork, the company has pushed out at least one game every year since 2005, usually with the same basic mechanics and structure. Unfortunately, they quickly became hit-or-miss,…
The first of three DLC packs for Fire Emblem Warriors is set to be featured in Famitsu, which has revealed several new screenshots and information. The Fire Emblem Fates pack will add Fire Emblem Fates characters Azura, Niles and Oboro as playable fighters, the latter two having already appeared in…
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…
I’ve seen Street Fighter crossed over with plenty of things, from X-Men to Hello Kitty, but I never would’ve expected this. This time the robots in disguise have scanned not vehicles, but World Warriors, with four figures releasing in the lineup in Japan. Bringing back the original Street…
While Mega Man 11 was revealed for Switch, it might’ve been a little lonely without the rest of the Classic series. Capcom’s got us covered, with Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 & 2 both set to release on Nintendo Switch! These’ll bring games 1 through 6 in the first Collection…
Capcom’s Mega Man 30th Anniversary stream got off to a great start, revealing that all of the Mega Man X titles would be coming to Nintendo Switch and other platforms. After some fond words from members of those games’ staff, an 8-bit video began to run showing off where the…
The Nintendo Switch is quickly becoming my go-to place to feed my appetite for punishingly hard platformers. Back in August the boldly bouncy Slime-san wormed its way into my brain, followed more recently by the gravity defying visionary VVVVVV. Soon we’ll see legendary game designer Edmund McMillen’s meaty mascot beefing…
Warning: Minor spoilers regarding the main game and the Captured Memories quest are discussed below. The Champions’ Ballad DLC is almost upon us at this point, and after marathoning Super Mario Odyssey for the past month I know that, personally, I’m ready for a change of pace. The prospect of…
This Thursday 5pb. will be bringing its multiplayer beat ’em up Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds to the Nintendo Switch, which previously released for PC, PS4, Vita and Xbox 360. A chibi-filled spin-off of the fighting game Phantom Breaker, it has multiple modes and even four player co-op. If this interests…
Welcome to Speedrun Sunday: that sadistic time of the week when we dare to challenge both your D-pad’s durability and sanity’s stamina with the ultimate test in video game bragging rights. Hot off the mighty mountain of our twitchy TumbleSeed challenge comes yet another ruthless run that’s sure to result…
Third-party companies have been no stranger to Nintendo’s line of toys-to-life figures in the past, from Yacht Club Games with its Shovel Knight amiibo to Capcom with Monster Hunter Stories. According to a new interview with Famitsu, though, Capcom didn’t plan to stop at Monster Hunter: Apparently a line of…
