Early last month, RPG fans were shocked to discover that the fan-favorite title Octopath Traveler had been delisted from the Nintendo eShop out of nowhere. The game was a big hit among critics and fans of the genre worldwide, releasing initially as a Nintendo Switch exclusive before arriving on other…
Starting in January 2018, Community Day is a monthly event in Pokémon GO that shines the spotlight on a particular Pokémon. For one day each month, a Pokémon selected by Niantic will have its spawn rate increased during a block of hours. Also, the Shiny appearance rate for the starring…
G-MODE has slowly but surely been reviving its back catalog of games that were once exclusive to Japanese feature phones, including fairly big names. The latest? The Atlus developed Persona 3 prequel, Aigis: The First Mission. The game is an action RPG set in 1999, ten years before the events…
Koei Tecmo already has quite the line-up planned for the Nintendo Switch, from Fire Emblem Warriors to Nights of Azure 2. Today, another franchise from the company is confirmed to be making the leap – Atelier. Developed by Gust, the Atelier series merges alchemical crafting with turn-based RPG battles and…
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 Mushroom Kingdom’s finest is getting ready for one of his strangest adventures yet — and if this new trailer is anything to go by, it looks like our favorite plumber’s still got a lot of the personality makes him Mario. Sure, the guns are new, but he’s still got…
The Ketchup vs. Mayo Splatfest has come and gone, and the event managed to leave behind a couple somethings for us to enjoy anytime we please. Assuming you played enough and encountered them during the Splatfest, two new Off the Hook songs were debuted and added to the Ika Radio…
You got my Switch in your cereal! Giveaways for the Nintendo Switch have been quite interesting in North America. This summer, Frito Lay and Pepsi gave it a go by hosting contests with the Switch serving as the big prize. Now Post is entering the ring by giving people the…
Back on July 7th, The Art of Legend of Zelda Series Masterclass was a must-see panel at Japan Expo Paris. While most of the panel was in French (joined with Japanese to French translation), the sneak peek of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s DLC (The Champion’s Ballad)…
The Pokémon Company is continuing to release trailers focusing on solo fighters in next month’s Pokkén Tournament DX. Last week saw Charizard and Pikachu get the spotlight, but now we have a combatant that’s quite a bit creepier – Darkrai, the Pitch Black Pokémon. Darkrai is noteworthy for being…
There’s a lot of games waiting for you in the Switch’s eShop, but you’d be hard pressed to find one quite like Tumbleseed. A precision based roguelike that rewards those who take the time to comfortably grasp its controls and power ups would be one thing, but adding in top…
First and foremost, this piece will contain massive spoilers for Splatoon 2’s future — concerning new content with future update(s). All this information was found via the Wii Sports team mod group. The team is composed of a group of friends who modded the original Splatoon and they wish to…
NBA 2K18 is coming to the Switch, and while there are no details at this time, it looks like the game will be compatible with a certain line of figures we all know and love. The official page for the title on the Japanese My Nintendo site has a list…
The first Splatfest since Splatoon 2’s launch has come to a close in North America and Australasia, and the combined results are in. Just like in Japan, mayonnaise has emerged victorious. Despite being utterly trounced in terms of votes, mayo players got the slight edge in solo and team battles….
Square Enix announced today that they are working on a sequel to last year’s critically acclaimed Dragon Quest Builders, and it’s coming to Nintendo Switch. Gameplay of the newly announced Dragon Quest Builders 2 has also been shown off on a live-stream on Square Enix’s Japanese YouTube channel. Present in…
