With the Nintendo Switch 2 presentation less than a month away now, people are understandably very eager to learn more about the successor to the Switch. While more is known now than has ever been before, there has been little in the way of specific information made available quite yet….
When Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 was announced a few days ago, fans such as myself were excited. It’s been too long since the THPS series was prominent and while the excellent THPS 1+2 hinted at a bright future, Activision Blizzard put the kibosh on things after the game sold…
At this year’s Mobile World Congress convention, Samsung was on the show floor with several different smartphones and mobile devices to showcase to both spectators and investors. As spotted by outlet T3, there was a rather interesting concept for a portable console that Samsung was highlighting called the “Flex Gaming”…
While the Switch has been killing it on the video game front since launch, it is missing quite a few multimedia applications that’d really make it shine. Thankfully, one of the biggest omissions may finally be getting rectified next week – YouTube. The official Nintendo website is referencing a YouTube…
This year we saw Toys“R”Us shut its doors. The idea of being a Toys”R”Us kid would soon become a thing of the past and we thought we’d face our first holiday shopping season without the toy giant. After closing hundreds of stores, ending thousands of peoples’ jobs, and liquidating products…
As the year begins to wind down, it becomes more and more evident how one of its first releases — Matt Thorson’s platforming pinnacle Celeste — is going down in the annals of gaming history. And no small part of that is Lena Raine’s masterful soundtrack, which utilizes retro MIDI…
Brie Larson — star of the upcoming Captain Marvel movie — is apparently a fan of gaming’s most accomplished bounty hunter. The actress dressed up as Samus in her Zero Suit for Halloween, prompting one user to sigh that this would be the closest we’d ever get to a Metroid…
Games inspired by Nintendo’s earliest home consoles are easy to find, but once you’re on the go that reverence seemingly drops off. There just isn’t as much love for the Game Boy, which is a shame considering it was my first game system and home to some of my childhood…
The phrase “sweet dreams” gets thrown around plenty, and who could be sweeter than Kirby? Round, pink, almost always blushing, and apparently the only Nintendo character able to outrun the apocalypse. If you’re concerned with your own potential dissolution from reality and consciousness, or just want to be extra well…
In the midst of all the news coming out of yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, the world within Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp experienced some exciting happenings. The game’s first year anniversary is practically here, and all the animals — including all of our very favorites, like Isabelle — want to show us…
Next week Switch owners will be able to go on an adorable adventure with classic Final Fantasy characters in World of Final Fantasy Maxima, and while we already know most of the essentials, Square Enix and the Japanese games press have released some new images and videos highlighting the new…
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 want to pick up a Nintendo 3DS system these days you’re spoiled for choice when it comes to designs, and now a new color scheme is entering the arena. Target’s Black Friday advertising shows a Nintendo 2DS system bundled with the 3DS version of Super Mario Maker, and…
Smash wasn’t the only upcoming Nintendo game getting the spotlight yesterday – Treehouse: Live also dedicated some time to 2019’s Yoshi’s Crafted World. While we didn’t get a release date, several unknowns were cleared up as the crew played through two and a half levels. For starters, while the flipping…
Mario Segale, a Washington real estate developer and the namesake of Super Mario, has passed away at the age of 84. According to video game legend, back in the early ’80s when Nintendo of America was just getting off the ground, Segale was the landlord for one of their Tukwila…
