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…
Nature lovers with a soft spot for post-apocalyptic misadventure, lend me your walking sticks: procedurally generated survival sim The Flame in the Flood is docking onto Nintendo Switch later this week! For those unfamiliar with this captivating indie darling, players embark on a riverbound journey as a young girl and…
It’s no secret that the Switch is quickly becoming the home for an insane amount of great indie titles. The critically acclaimed Golf Story, Stardew Valley and Axiom Verge have all released in the last two weeks on the platform, but those are just some of the heavy hitters —…
A new commercial for the upcoming Switch and 3DS title, Fire Emblem Warriors, has just been released on the official Nintendo YouTube channel. The ad shows off some of the game’s cutscenes and Switch gameplay. Check it out! Fire Emblem Warriors launches on the Nintendo Switch and 3DS…
I’d heard a lot of praise for Stardew Valley as it jumped from system to system, but never quite enough to want to introduce myself to its fields and friends. I’ve spent hours on hours playing the likes of Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon 64, so I’m no stranger to…
We’re only a few weeks away from the launch of Fire Emblem Warriors on the Nintendo Switch and 3DS, and the good folks at GameXplain have just released a new video showcasing the game’s two graphical modes on the Switch. Fire Emblem Warriors contains both a Performance Mode, which runs…
Back in July, Japanese gamers got to dive deep into Dragon Quest XI on both PS4 and Nintendo 3DS. Despite several months passing since launch, we’ve heard very little about the planned Nintendo Switch port. Thankfully that silence has now been broken ever so slightly, with Yuji Horii confirming the…
Welcome to Speedrun Sunday: that sadistic time of the week where 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 shellshocked stomps of our cabinet crushing Mario Bros. challenge comes yet another ruthless run set to…
After serving as a part of the Nintendo World Championships this year, it was said that a new trailer would be coming in hot for ARMS later tonight. Well here we are with a look at some new features coming to the game, including collectible Badges for characters and an…
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…
The Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter account revealed a new song for Sonic Forces today. Sunset Heights, the area we’ve seen the most in gameplay demos, now has a theme to go with it. The new song combines electric guitar, piano and synthesizers to make up an exciting tune to race…
Happy fall, everyone! We’re almost done with the first week of October and the Splatoon 2 news keeps rollin’ in. Let’s see what’s going on this month! WEAPON: BAMBOOZLER 14 MK I Can’t hold a charge? Don’t feel down about it, as the Bamboozler 14 Mk I certainly makes up…
I first spent time with Oxenfree last year on PS4. It was one of those purchases that just kind of happened while browsing the PlayStation Store, looking for any cheap games that looked appealing. I had known next to nothing about Oxenfree before downloading it back then, and what followed…
