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…
Time to get those fists flyin’ again: the newest ARMS update is now live! Revealed during this year’s Nintendo World Championships, the main attraction of this patch is the addition of Badges to the game. These are simultaneously like other fighting games’ online icons or titles and in-game achievements. When…
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle was one of my favorite games to play through this summer, and one of the reasons I loved it so much was that its level of difficulty was pretty spot-on. The game ramped it well over time, with later levels and extra maps offering some…
We’ve known about Fire Emblem Warriors’ three DLC packs since last month, where it was confirmed they’d focus on Shadow Dragon, Fates and Awakening. Now, thanks to the official Japanese website (via Gematsu) we’ve got the specific Japanese release dates, which will likely be universal. Here’s the full list: December…
Nintendo of America released a helpful chart featuring recent and upcoming 3DS and Switch titles on Twitter today. Games ranging from popular releases, like Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and Fire Emblem Warriors, to more mysterious titles that we know little about, like Octopath Traveler (working title), are listed in…
We learned earlier today that a division of Sony would be publishing turn-based, tactical title Tiny Metal, yet we didn’t know much about the branch itself, other than the fact that its name is Unties. Lucky for us, we didn’t have to wait long to get ahold of more information…
Sonic Forces is pretty dang close to releasing, though it still feels like I haven’t “seen” much of the game. I’ve played it at multiple events and walked away pleased, but it seems only a couple zones have been demoed — whether that was intentional or not, I’m not sure….
We’re only a few days away from the launch of Fire Emblem Warriors for the Nintendo Switch and New 3DS. To build up the hype, Nintendo of America has just released a launch trailer featuring several of the game’s cutscenes. We also get confirmation that a downloadable Japanese language pack…
Famitsu, the venerable, 31-year old Japanese gaming magazine, has awarded a score of 39/40 to Super Mario Odyssey in its latest issue. The individual scores from each reviewer broke down to 10/10/9/10. For comparison’s sake, here are the scores for every previous 3D Mario game from Famitsu: Super Mario 64:…
Fans of Advance Wars rejoice, as a game heavily influenced by its turn-based tactics is releasing for the Nintendo Switch next month. Developed by Japanese indie studio Area 35, Tiny Metal features grid-based battles with a dynamic 3D camera swooping in and out of the action. In Tiny Metal you…
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 a…
Join Jason and Lauren, with guest Ricky Berg, as they discuss Super Mario Odyssey, Fire Emblem Warriors, the SNES Classic, amiibo and more! Special thanks goes to Jared Rutledge for announcing the episode. This newscast was recorded live on Friday, October 13th, 2017.
A new weapon, the Custom E-Liter 4K, was released in Splatoon 2 this last Friday. We decided to test it out and show you what it’s like in action!
