Strap in, amiibo fans—this is the update you’ve been waiting for! Earlier today, newly discovered patents strongly suggest that the Switch 2’s Joy-Con will feature some form of mouse support. But that’s not all! Hidden within another patent uploaded today, there are indications that at least one of the Joy-Con…
Ever since the unveiling of the Nintendo Switch 2 hardware last month, eagle-eyed fans have been speculating whether the Joy-Con featured in the teaser trailer was hiding additional functionality. In the footage, the Joy-Con is seen moving across a table in an upright position, behaving almost like a computer mouse….
With no games being officially announced for the Nintendo Switch 2 yet and the official unveiling happening in a little under two months, we’re going to be getting blasted with rumors in the coming weeks. Like clockwork, another rumor has landed today that asserts Square Enix is prioritizing Final Fantasy…
Next week Nintendo will be in its backyard, à la PAX West 2017 in Seattle, Washington. Before the convention starts on September 1st though, Nintendo is bringing back Nindies@Night. Interested? From 8:30 p.m. to midnight on August 31st at the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP), indie developers will be on…
Put down your ramen taco and wake up from your hibernate state, We Bare Bears fans — Cartoon Network and Nintendo are back with their collaboration! Spread across four new videos on Nintendo’s YouTube channel, we finally have official footage of Grizz, Panda and Ice Bear having a good ol’…
It was chaotic carnage, disorder and disarray, a free-for-all, a hot mess… There are many, many ways to describe the day North American pre-orders opened for the SNES Classic Edition. The topic itself is extremely popular this week among gaming and news sites. Last year’s NES Classic release underwent the…
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Rabbids ravish the Mushroom Kingdom, Risky Boots reboots the Poop Toot, and pocket monsters duke it out in the Pokkén Tournament DX demo. Ready to get bucked by a Bullfango or bust some retro robots? Capcom’s Publisher Sale returns for the next two weeks,…
Hot off the heels of Sonic Mania’s successful release comes a pair of videos for the Blue Blur’s other new game coming this year. Sonic Forces is not only letting you run through stages as your own custom character, but apparently you can swap between them and Sonic himself in…
After being a badly kept secret for a few weeks now, Nintendo and Telltale have finally confirmed two recent comic-book adaptations are heading to the Switch, albeit through some bizarrely worded messaging. Get ready to defend the galaxy or become the Dark Knight when more @telltalegames adventures arrive on #NintendoSwitch!…
Ever since its release on Switch a few weeks ago I’ve been shamelessly obsessed with the slick and sticky platformer Slime-san: a game that quickly wormed its way into my heart thanks to its masterful melding of accessible antics, reflex-driven gameplay and penchant for punishment. Despite my intentions to storm…
In a new blogpost, indie developer and publisher Chucklefish Games gave an update on three highly anticipated Switch games: Stardew Valley, Pocket Rumble, and Wargroove. Stardew Valley and Pocket Rumble are currently in testing to make sure the ports don’t have any issues. The latter was originally supposed to be…
We’re just under two weeks away from the launch of Lego Worlds for the Nintendo Switch. In anticipation, Nintendo UK has uploaded a fresh teaser trailer for the port to its YouTube channel. The new video highlights the variety of bricks that’ll let you build all sorts of structures across…
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…
We play through the first 30 minutes of the recently released Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – Pirate Queen’s Quest DLC in our latest video.
Yes, that’s right: we’re already talking about DLC for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle before the game has even been released. Continuing this week with more news being dropped at Gamescom, Ubisoft had its blog updated to give everyone a quick rundown of what to expect for the game. From…
