Just last September, Splatoon 3 celebrated its two-year anniversary in a spectacular sendoff with the Grand Festival. This celebration also marked the effective ending of the game, with new monthly Splatfest themes coming to a close. While the new content has slowed down, it hasn’t stopped entirely, as the seasonal…
For older Nintendo fans, Space World 2000 is one of the most pivotal moments in the company’s history. The event where Nintendo not only unveiled the GameCube to the public but showcased Super Mario 128 and some ridiculously high-quality 3D renders for a Legend of Zelda prototype, Space World 2000…
Across Nintendo’s vast reach, Mario has quite a few unique games under his belt. While most people tend to focus on the main series entries, there’s many games that fly under the radar for one reason or another. One such oft-forgotten title is Super Mario Run. This mobile-exclusive platformer doesn’t…
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is ready to bring some force fighting back to Inaba! To celebrate the return of this spinoff/sequel to Persona 4, Atlus did a little flexing of their own and sent over a champion-worthy box of goodies to the Nintendo Wire team. Any veteran viewer of the…
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…
