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…
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…
Pre-order bonuses are always a nice little extra when you’re reserving an upcoming game. Usually, bonuses consist of in-game items or stages, posters, pins and stickers, but once in a while, the contents can get pretty creative. Case in point: Nintendo of Hong Kong has one of the most unique…
Fans of the Nintendo Switch aren’t strangers to perfect scores. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild received reviews with ten out of tens left and right, as well as nines with various decimals attached to them upon its release. For those who have speculated that Super Mario Odyssey…
Warning: Beware! The following content contains a spoiler concerning some end game details in Super Mario Odyssey. If you want to go in blind and experience Mario and Cappy’s adventure across the world not knowing anything about the game, then click that back button with a flick of a hat…
Once again the most recent Splatfest to hit Splatoon 2 is different around the world. Squid kids in Europe battled it out over toilet rolls of all things last weekend, while North America will be getting spooky soon with werewolves vs. vampires. Japan, on the other hand, is going for…
It’s that time again, when a game we’ve all been waiting for is close to releasing and TV spots start to make their way out into the world. Super Mario Odyssey, being the massive adventure it is, has a trio of videos to help you take in the sights coming…
