October 2026 has been a surprisingly fruitful month for classic games on Nintendo Switch Online. Just last week, Nintendo added a trio of Game Boy Advance titles to its subscription service, and last night, it announced a trio of original Game Boy games to cap off the month. One of…
With Halloween around the corner, plenty of games are getting into the spirit with Halloween-themed events, and Pokémon Pokopia is no different. The Pumpkaboo’s Sweet Surprises event is going on now, and runs until November 1st at 4:59 a.m. local time. What new Pokémon are in Pumpkaboo’s Sweet Surprises?…
It was only a matter of time before the Switch 2 was jailbroken, though I didn’t expect it to happen a little over a year after the console’s release. On Twitter yesterday, user pepsipu posted a clip of a modded version of Mario Kart World and announced, “I jailbroke the…
October 2026 has been a surprisingly fruitful month for classic games on Nintendo Switch Online. Just last week, Nintendo added a trio of Game Boy Advance titles to its subscription service, and last night, it announced a trio of original Game Boy games to cap off the month. One of…
A talented modder has turned a beloved 2D Nintendo fighter into a full-blown 3D brawler, allowing fighters to navigate Super Smash Bros. Melee’s maps in all directions. “Super Smash Bros. Melee 3D,” developed by programmer Aidan Walz, turns the 2001 GameCube classic into an arena fighter, making it play similarly…
Earlier this week, we reported on a new discovery for F-Zero GX that was sitting under our noses for two decades. Now, we have a story about a new discovery in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time after almost 30 years (and just in time for the remake!). According…
Normal Tuesday night in October, right? WRONG! We’ve got a Game Boy Advance update for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members and it’s a decently big addition. Fresh off the late summer announcement of a Metal Slug collection arriving next year, Metal Slug Advance is now playable on NSO….
It’s always incredible to read stories about new discoveries in decades old games. The most recent discovery comes in F-Zero GX, the final console installment in Nintendo’s venerable sci-fi racing franchise that still stands as the best game in the series. 23 years after its release, Japanese modder BTEST4HE not…
It’s always interesting to hear from creators of legendary games what they think about their own work. Today’s comment comes from Nobuo Uematsu, longtime composer of the Final Fantasy games who worked on the first 11 games in the series before going freelance. In the recently published “Nobuo Uematsu: On…
A quirky ROM hack of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has turned the classic fantasy game into a frantic game of soccer. Created by modder Shon J, the work-in-progress project includes a wide variety of players, from main characters to NPCs — meaning you could have Link avoid…
A newly released update to iCube, an emulator that runs Wii and GameCube titles on iOS devices, now allows the app to run games more smoothly than ever before — and it does so without relying on a performance technique called JIT. iCube allows users to play classic Nintendo games…
By now, most gamers likely know Nightdive Studios as the masters of remasters. For over a decade now, the company has been taking classic games and giving them incredible updates to run on modern hardware. At Nintendo Wire, we’ve even reviewed some of its work. Whenever team members make hints…
Released this past week on Nintendo Music, the original Paper Mario’s soundtrack is now available to stream. With a runtime of four hours and 29 minutes, 148 tracks are now available — this Nintendo 64 title has a lot to give! Take a look at the tracklist below. Story…
Nintendo has announced that Star Fox Adventures has been added to the Nintendo GameCube – Nintendo Classics app on Switch 2. Originally released in 2002 and developed by Rare, Adventures is a Legend of Zelda-style action-adventure take on the rail-shooting Star Fox series. Fox McCloud partners up with Tricky, a…
Like ninjas in the night, Nintendo has snuck in and dropped off a trio of NES games for NSO subscribers to play. Coincidentally, one of those games is Ninja Gaiden 3: The Ancient Ship of Doom, which is probably why I made the ninja reference. Ryu Hayabusa would want you…
