As has become tradition now, Monster Hunter Stories 3 will be releasing alongside a trio of new amiibo when it hits store shelves in March of 2026. As with the past two games in the series, players on Nintendo’s platform will be able to collect some figurines that grant in-game…
With Halloween practically around the corner, Nintendo is set to kick off another Splatoon 3 Splatfest that will usher in the holiday in style. Dubbed “Splatoween,” the event kicks off in just a few weeks, and asks the question, “Which would be the best friend?” Your choices? A Zombie, a…
What better way to promote the upcoming release of Pokémon Legends: Z-A than by having two wrestlers dress up as Machamp and Hawlucha? I suppose that’s what Nintendo and Mexican wrestling firm CMLL thought, as yesterday afternoon, the two companies teamed up with a specially themed wrestling match catered to…
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…
Pokémon Centers in Japan have finally released new information on how they’ll be celebrating Halloween this year. As we reported earlier, thanks to Pokémon Trainer Jaxson Tapp’s sleuthing, Mimikyu is getting so much love that it’s the Pokémon of choice that will be distributed to copies of Pokémon Sun &…
Take note, audiophiles — the soundtrack to Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia is getting a physical release in Japan this October, and it comes packaged with some excellent goodies. The release includes: Five discs (four audio, one data) containing over five hours of music, including tracks from the base…
In celebration of the upcoming SNES Classic, Nintendo has released images of three new “covers” of the classic – and sorely missed – gaming magazine Nintendo Power. The covers, featuring Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and the never-before-released Star Fox 2, all feature…
