There are more rumors surrounding the Switch 2 than any other console I can remember in recent memory. People are dying to know what Nintendo has planned for the successor to its most successful gaming device ever. In the first few weeks of 2025, we’ve heard so many claims about…
We kicked 2025 off with some sad news for fans of one of Nintendo’s biggest nostalgic properties. According to a ResetEra post by Kinda Funny Games present Imran Khan, the developers over at Next Level Games had reportedly put the Punch-Out series on ice. While the true reason seems to…
2024 has come and gone and with it, a slew of incredible games. Everything from RPGs, platformers and shooters to fighting, puzzle and simulation games, there was something for everyone. However, before we talk about the good, we do have to acknowledge the unfortunate, which are the continuing layoffs in…
Nintendo of America has just released a new video showcasing the ins and outs of the upcoming New Nintendo 2DS XL console, which releases in North America on July 28th, alongside Hey! Pikmin and Miitopia. Check it out: Are you excited for the New Nintendo 2DS XL? Planning…
Niantic is issuing another challenge for Pokémon GO fans, primarily those who are middle school and high school students in the Boston, Massachusetts area. With the incentive of making new permanent PokéStops in Pokémon GO, this contest is more than just about catching Pokémon and celebrating the first year anniversary….
The shipping is real! In a trailer/commercial for North America, Nintendo knows what we’ll probably be doing when we create our teammates, mentors and that big bad in Miitopia. Sure, we got to see Reggie “Regginator” Fils-Aimé, Bill Trinen, Nate Bihldorff, Eiji Aonuma, Shigeru Miyamoto and more fooling around in…
UK gaming publication Edge magazine has some pretty amazing Super Mario Odyssey covers featuring some of the captured baddies from the game. First discovered on the rllmuk forums, we also got an official tweet from Edge earlier today showing the covers in more detail. There are a total of…
Back in 2015 the popular CoroCoro Comic magazine kicked off a Splatoon manga series, which added a little bit of a story to the typical Turf War battles. Now it’s been revealed via ga-m.com that the company will be producing an anime series for its YouTube channel starting August 12th…
Welcome to the Nintendo Wiretap: Weekend Edition! 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,…
It’s that wonderful time in July where EVO, the greatest fighting game tournament in the world, graces us with some good punchin’. For the third year in a row, there were not one, but two Smash games with fierce competitions — both the aged-like-fine-wine Melee and the fresher Smash for…
Splatfest isn’t the only Splatoon event going on. Kicking off today, the Splatoon x Kyoto Aquarium cross promotion is open. We wrote about the event previously, but thanks to Nintendo of Japan we have some more photos and new information. Throughout the exhibit there are chalkboard signs with drawings left…
If, like many of us, you have devoted hours upon hours to exploring Breath of the Wild’s beautiful rendition of Hyrule, you most likely can’t get enough of its stunning vistas and colorful characters. That said, it’s always fun to see some alternative takes, and thanks to a new zine…
Free demo, free concert, at least four fun-filled hours of splatdowns and getting splatted. Did your teams win? Let’s see which teams came out victorious between the two Splatfests whose results are already in. We’ll be sharing Europe’s results once they’re revealed! Splatfest North America: Team Cake vs. Team Ice…
Earlier today at this year’s D23 Expo in Anaheim, California, Kingdom Hearts III received a major update during the “Level Up! The Walt Disney Company’s Video Game Showcase” panel in the D23 Expo Arena. We covered the announcement on our sister site, PlayStation Wire, thanks to Keyblade wielder Tyler Beyer….
Redditor oneleftstanding has gotten their hands on a pamphlet promoting the next Nintendo event at GameStop and has posted it to r/NintendoSwitch. The game? It’s Splatoon 2 of course. Oh yes! At select locations this Saturday from 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. your local time you can stop by a…
