Pokémon Gold & Silver get a Virtual Console launch trailer

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, 3DS, Retro

Later this week Pokémon trainers will be able to return to the rustic region of Johto in the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console re-release of Pokémon Gold & Silver. To get your nostalgia flowing, Nintendo UK has uploaded a launch trailer for the games, showcasing everything from the Pokémon you’ll meet…

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Nintendo Wiretap (9/18/17)

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…

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Samus Returns again with new My Nintendo rewards

Categories: 3DS, Mobile, News

Released over the weekend, Metroid: Samus Returns has a few more goodies added onto the My Nintendo’s rewards page. Whether you’re having some issues navigating around SR388, or you want to refresh your desktop or home screen, there are plenty of new additions to pick from when it comes to…

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Super September: Unraveling the Secrets of Mana

Categories: Retro, Videos

You can order your copy of Collection of Mana on Amazon today!     I’ll never forget the sense of awe and wonder felt when first booting up Secret of Mana’s superpowered cart back in 1993. Instead of being greeted by the electronic blips and pleasant pings I’d long been…

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Super September: The technology behind Star Fox

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: Retro, Videos

Every once and awhile, a game comes out that absolutely pushes a console to its limits. It might be difficult in this age of stunning high definition 3D graphics and surround sound to look at a game like Star Fox and see something extraordinary, but all the way back in…

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Speedrun Sunday: A Rainbow Race to the Cosmos

Categories: 3DS, Videos, Wii U

Welcome to Speedrun Sunday: that sadistic time of the week when we dare to challenge both your D-pad’s durability and sanity’s stamina with the ultimate test in video game bragging rights. Hot off the dirt-clad heels of our gratuitously pestilent Binding of Isaac challenge comes yet another ruthless run that…

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