What better time than a Thursday evening to get some surprise Nintendo news? Nintendo has just shadow-dropped the Game Boy’s Donkey Kong Land on the Nintendo Switch Online service. Grab a vine and join the thrills in the Land of Kong. Donkey Kong Land is now available to play…
The games that started it all are finally making their way to Nintendo Switch. RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic, a port of RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 and 2, will be released on December 5th, courtesy of Atari. Tycoon Classic combines elements of both games, allowing players to build to their heart’s content. The…
Well folks, the time is here! Black Friday has arrived… on Thursday, naturally. Down below you’ll find Nintendo Wire’s list of fantastic deals on a variety of items all related to gaming in one way or another, ones that we’ve specially handpicked just for you this holiday season! Make sure…
It’s time for everybody’s favorite Spring holiday — where we celebrate the resurrection of Mario after three days and his ascension to heaven. Wait, I might be mixing something up. Eh, I’m sure it’s not important. Anyway, here are some fun things you can do to celebrate Mar10 day! …
Fans have theorized about what a third Mario brother would look like for a long time now, drawing up various design interpretations over the years for what someone even farther out of the limelight than Luigi would look like. Well, the answer may have been found in a Finnish grocery…
Kirby’s next adventure is bringing all kinds of new ideas to his dreamy corner of Nintendo’s collection of characters. Just in time for the series’ 30th anniversary, Kirby and the Forgotten Land has impressed since its reveal. Whether it’s the intriguing world our pink puffball’s found himself in or the…
As a trans lesbian, I know how important and special proper representation can be. But for too long, our WAH representation has been sorely lacking, focused almost entirely in one yellow-suited rotund man who smells like garlic. Where is the purple beanpole representation? Well, just like with gay fan-fiction, when…
Hard to believe it’s already been half a decade. The Nintendo Switch released on March 3rd, 2017, marking its 5th year anniversary after what has already been a success in just about every sense possible — conceptually, commercially, and critically. After the commercial struggles of the Wii U, the Switch…
Editor’s note (February 2023): While this feature was originally written for the 3DS’ 11th anniversary, the sentiments still ring true today. Join us in celebrating the handheld as we look back at what made it so memorable! The 3DS just might be the best console Nintendo ever made….
If there’s anything I love as much as Nintendo, it’s fitness. As a lifelong fitness enthusiast, Nintendo’s efforts in the space from the Power Pad to Ring Fit Adventure have always held tremendous appeal to me. I finally honor one of Nintendo’s greatest fitness success stories with my custom amiibo…
Pokémon Legends Arceus has done the impossible — it’s made the Pokémon fandom relatively civil again. It’s been roughly two and a half years since that was last true. In June 2019, the announcement that the upcoming Pokémon Sword & Shield wouldn’t have the National Pokédex (and thus, every Pokémon)…
During yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, it finally happened — they announced the localization of a long-dead JRPG, one that had remained Japan-only for decades and seemed destined to fade into obscurity with only a small cult following. But now it not only comes to western shores for the first time, it…
You may or may not be familiar with the HitBox, a controller designed for fighting games that replaces the joystick with extra buttons. It’d designed to be more ergonomically friendly, mechanically precise, and a boon for gamers with certain disabilities, making it a very cool product — one whose design…
Have you ever wanted to play 3DS games on a big screen with blown-up resolution, no 3D, and no portability? Maybe not? Well, Twitter user @SWIMMIN has made it happen anyway, with a rejiggered homebrew dev/capture kit that outputs the console to two monitors. Now that I got retail…
Switch docks are simple and sleek pieces of technology, but the capability to make them more visually enticing exists in the hands of clever individuals — such as DesktopInventions, an engineer who’s made several 3D-printed Nintendo Switch implements in the past such as game holders and lock boxes. Now he’s…
