Nintendo Wiretap (9/18/17)

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…

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NES’ Golf found hidden in Nintendo Switch OS

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

Back in July, enterprising dataminers discovered that every single Nintendo Switch system already contains a hidden NES emulator, inaccessible through normal means. After a few more months of delving, the site SwitchBrew.org has discovered that the file, named “flog”, is actually an emulator wrapped around the classic NES launch game…

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Make it rain with Splatoon 2’s latest update

Categories: News, Switch

It’s that time again. Here at Nintendo Wire we’re going over the latest additions to Splatoon 2. We’re being spoiled this week with a new weapon and map! Plus something fishy is going on at Grizzco Industries… Hello gorgeous It has style, lacks grace, but you can mow down an…

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Super Mario Odyssey listed at 5.7GB

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

With its launch just over a month away, we’re startlingly close to being able to play Super Mario Odyssey to our heart’s content. Thankfully for those going digital, Nintendo of Japan has updated the game’s store page with more details regarding its file size. Super Mario Odyssey will take up…

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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Direct roundup

Categories: Switch, News

Anybody who’s followed my writing for a while knows that I’m a big fan of Xenoblade Chronicles, and that I’m awaiting Xenoblade Chronicles 2 with fervid anticipation. Today’s Nintendo Direct not only revealed the long-mysterious release date – December 1st – but a host of information about the game’s world,…

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Kingdom: New Lands royally releases on Switch today

Categories: News, Switch

Polish your sceptres and mount your finest steed: Legendary internet sensation Kingdom is set to conquer new lands on Nintendo Switch today! Garnering a cult following of loyal subjects ever since its royal release back in 2015, Kingdom: New Lands is a 2D side-scrolling roguelike where would-be rulers don the…

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