Here we go! Let’s take a look at the nominees for the 2024 Game Awards. While Nintendo doesn’t have an entry in the Game of the Year category this year, it currently holds three out of five nominees for Best Family Game, where the company has historically been the favorite…
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…
One of the most common talking points among video game circles is often the music that accompanies them. Yet for every award-winning soundtrack, there’s a handful of tracks that live on for more amusing reasons. Perhaps the most well-known song of this caliber is the notorious “DK Rap” from Donkey…
According to Serebii.net, Pokkén Tournament DX will be getting some added support soon. While not live yet, Pokkén Tournament DX’s next patch will help bolster the online community in this fantastic fighter. As of right now, you can expect the following to be part of the game’s next update: The…
Last month we discovered some new Breath of the Wild goodies over at the Tokyo Otaku Mode Shop. It turns out that the Link and Bokoblin plushes, along with the Sheikah Slate cushion, were part of something bigger. Readily available in Japan throughout this month, Village Vanguard, a bookstore chain,…
Fan of the catchy theme song that’s caused Super Mario devotees’ toes to tap away? In addition to the free download of the short version that was available earlier this week, the full “Jump Up, Super Star!” song will be available in just a few days. The song in its…
We already got a peek at what’s in store for the world’s first Super Mario Odyssey review via Edge Magazine. We now have our first look at the cover, which considering how spectacular the magazine’s Breath of the Wild issue was in that respect, I had high hopes. Subscribers won’t be…
Earlier this week we brought you news from the latest issue of CoroCoro magazine regarding a few new Z-Moves and Rotom Dex capabilities. Now they’re officially confirmed via an English trailer, which you can check out below. It definitely seems like Roto Loto is filling a similar niche…
Even though we’re barely seven months into the Nintendo Switch’s lifespan, the sheer variety of indie games on offer is quite staggering. You can play as everything from Tiny Barbarians to hip teens or even agile blobs of slime. Soon another bizarre occupation will be joining this rapidly-growing list: “cleaner.”…
We’ve already had a look at some key art for Japan’s own upcoming sporty Splatfest, but for a more costumed combat we need only turn to Nintendo of America’s Twitter. There we spot Pearl and Marina dressing to impress, representing vampires and werewolves respectively. It’s one of my favorite pieces…
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…
Ready to run and slash? Nicalis is bringing Knight Terrors to the Nintendo Switch later this month. The procedurally generated runner has you controlling a nameless Knight equipped with sword and wings, slashing through demons and other hordes of evil through the night. Going by appearances, it all seems very…
There’s no shortage of outstanding indie games on the Nintendo Switch right now, and it’s far too easy to let an indie gem slip through the cracks. One outstanding indie you can’t let pass by is Tiny Barbarian DX. Tiny Barbarian combines fast action platforming with an unforgettable look and…
Five lucky kingdoms were picked out by Nintendo in preparing Mario for his latest adventure in Super Mario Odyssey. Yesterday, starting in the Los Angeles Kingdom, fans gathered to play in the Metro or Sand Kingdom and take some photos with Mario and his new friend, Cappy. Advertised with the…
88 Heroes is perhaps the craziest platformer I have ever played, plain and simple. It’s a game that doesn’t pull punches by any means, with a steep learning curve and many, many heroes to master. It lives up to its name, quite literally, by having 88 — or 98 in…
