Last week, Reddit users discovered that the FBI had seized the infamous Switch ROM site NSW2U. Speculation was running rampant if Nintendo had gotten in touch with the bureau or not, and while we do not have an official statement from The Big N, we now have word from the…
Over the weekend, news broke that Nintendo had filed a copyright for an untitled Donkey Kong motion picture. As a matter of fact, that’s exactly what the copyright states, as you can read on the Public Records System website. While there is no official news from Nintendo about whether a…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
Box art for both the individual Super Mario Odyssey amiibo and the 3-pack is here at last, thanks to Nintendo Sweden. The renders of the crew in their wedding outfits look crisp and clean, showing off Mario’s dapper eagerness, Bowser’s regal pomposity and Peach’s astonished indecision. The background has longitude…
The speed-running staple that is Games Done Quick usually convenes twice a year to earn money for several charities, but following the devastating Hurricane Harvey the group has banded together for a mini-marathon to support the Houston Food Bank. Not only that but various pieces of merch from…
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…
Sorry North America, while the faux-retro Nintendo Power covers being distributed at PAX West are definitely awesome, the UK is getting something even more substantial to celebrate the SNES Classic Edition. The country’s Retro Gamer magazine has decided to bring back the much-beloved Super Play magazine for a one-off pack-in…
Fans of shovelry, make space on your shelves! Tonight, three new amiibo were revealed from Yacht Club Games’ unstoppable throwback platformer. Plague Knight, Specter Knight and King Knight will all receive the toys-to-life treatment when they release as a triple pack sometime next year. You can take a look at…
As stellar a lineup as it already has, Star Fox 2 is easily the star of the Super NES Classic show. The long-lost game will finally be available, and with less than a month until its heavily delayed release, Nintendo’s uploaded a digital instruction manual fans can click through while…
First spotted on shelves and in bins at the Pokémon World Championships a few weekends ago, we’re now finding that the Pokémon Center has added some “new” plushes and squishable pillows to its site. First up, we have Lycanroc in its Midnight and Midday forms. For $22.99 each you can…
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…
If you thought Retroism’s Unholy Night: The Darkness Hunter’s SNES cartridge would be the last working game for the system made and/or shipped in 2017, then get ready to shake away your disbelief. Are you prepared to throw down some Street Fighter II? Not the version that came out for the…
We’re only a little over two weeks away from the launch of Metroid: Samus Returns on the Nintendo 3DS and fans of good, old-fashioned 2D Metroid titles couldn’t be more excited. It looks like Nintendo is trying to get the hype train up to speed as it has sent the…
If you needed any extra incentive to pick up the special edition of Metroid: Samus Returns, this might entice you — the game’s cover is reversible, and the flip side bears the cover and blurbs of the original Metroid II: Return of Samus for the Game Boy. The Metroid:…
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…
