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…
As March inches closer, all us Animal Crossing fans are not only eagerly awaiting the launch of New Horizons, but also the goodies the come along with the game’s release. Just recently, Best Buy revealed that pre-ordering the title from the retailer would earn buyers a cute phone and tech…
If you like to wear your Pokémon love quite literally on your sleeve you have plenty of options, and now Adidas is going all out with a new wave of merchandise to bolster your collection. As reported by the Japanese site 4Gamer, the Adidas x Pokémon promotion includes T-shirts, tracksuits,…
Sapporo’s highly anticipated Snow Festival will kick off in just a few weeks, and along with it comes a variety of attractions for attendants to gaze in wonder over. Last year, we saw Vulpix and Alolan Vulpix receive some icy attention through larger than life snow sculptures, and this year…
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…
No longer confined to the digital realm, it appears that the human race has elected to unleash the might of Untitled Goose Game’s titular waterfowl upon the world of buildable toy bricks, as this new LEGO Ideas set shows. Styled after the game’s now-iconic art style, this proposed set…
Paramount’s movie Sonic the Hedgehog is less than a month away from its release, and the latest trailer we got was released last month, the one that revealed baby Sonic; however, there have been plenty of new TV spots and specified ads shown off since then. Over at Tails’ Channel,…
The Kirby Café, with its Dream Land menu and ambiance, makes for a worthwhile stop for anyone visiting Tokyo. If you want to take some of those precious memories with you everywhere you go though, you’ll want to make a stop in at its store where some new offerings are…
For devouts of the mythology and art-soaked masterpiece Ōkami (AKA-me), take note: First 4 Figures’ Amaterasu: Divine Descent statue is now up for pre-order, and it’s just as godly as you would expect! The ¼ scale statue comes in three editions: Standard, Exclusive (which includes LED functions), and Definitive (which…
A new manga series centered around Animal Crossing: New Horizons has launched in Japan. Inside the February 2020 edition of Ciao magazine, you can begin an all-new adventure through a story called ‘Gather Animal’s Forest: Carefree Island News’. The story opens by following the lead protagonist, ten year-old Hana, as…
Update: The Pac-Man Tamagotchis are now up for pre-order on Amazon in North America. Yellow Deluxe Black Deluxe Black Yellow Back in November, we reported that a Pac-Man Tamagotchi would be introduced to the world as part of the dot-eating character’s 40th anniversary celebration hosted by a collaborative effort between…
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…
Who doesn’t love seeing a modder put imagination to reality and make something snazzy? YouTuber Shank Mods has done just that with a pair of Joy-Con that are dead ringers for a GameCube controller, as detailed in an impressive 14 minute-long video on the topic. Shank Mods goes…
