The Wii U has now been offline since April of last year. However, this hasn’t stopped online gamers from seeking out unofficial means of still playing their favorite Wii U games online. Although this has been an ongoing situation since last spring, Nintendo has just now taken to social media…
The Pokémon Trading Card Game is, once again, going through a bit of a collector’s boom at the moment. In the years since Pokémon card frenzy reached an all-time high in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, hype around new set releases had died down somewhat, meaning it wasn’t all…
In the long history of gaming, the exploration of different genres has been one of the key ways that franchises have evolved. One of the earliest genres to take hold was the beloved RPG format, with turn-based gameplay and a focus on story. With how long this formula has existed,…
Are you a fan of obscure action RPGs for the Super Famicom that never got a Western release? Then it’s your lucky day, as the legendary Seiken Densetsu 3 has been teased for a Nintendo Switch release. The franchise’s official Twitter account posted a short clip of the game being…
Welcome to the Daily 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,…
When The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was first announced, fans were curious to know if Link’s classic tunic and cap would make the trip to Hyrule. While most of Link’s green duds aren’t found in the game by normal means, thanks to the power of amiibo, you…
Welcome back to Sonic Sunday! It was an eventful week for our favorite hedgehog, as plenty of announcements were made regarding his two upcoming titles down in Texas. Project Sonic 2017 was dubbed Sonic Forces, and Sonic Mania was hit with an unfortunate delay. To make up for this delay,…
Warning: As we discuss characters and their backgrounds on this page, we may mention parts of the story you’re not yet familiar with if you’re playing Breath of the Wild. We’ve done our best to avoid major spoilers, but be cautious that smaller details about the game may be present….
Hold on to your tentacles, because it’s Inkopolis News time! It’s been revealed on the official Splatoon 2 blog that the Squid Sisters aren’t the only musical act players will be seeing in the sequel, as a new rock band is lighting up the stage. Christened as “Wet Floor”, this…
With a major Super Mario Run update imminent, arriving alongside the game’s Android launch on March 23rd, Nintendo is sure to start giving us news regarding its contents soon. To kick things off, courtesy of the game’s Japanese Twitter account, we have confirmation that the update will include four new…
Yet another benefit of the Switch being region free has come to light thanks to a Reddit AMA. From developer Image & Form, creator of SteamWorld Dig 2: “Now that Nintendo has embraced region-free publishing we save lots of time since we only need to submit one version of the…
Fans of the long-running Capcom franchise Monster Hunter know full well at this point that cross-overs are par for the course. Now, the currently Japanese expanded version of Generations, Monster Hunter XX, is adding some items based on a beloved Sanrio character – Gudetama. Known for his lazy and disheartened…
I’m a bit of a controller fan. I always have been, mostly due to Nintendo’s presence in my childhood. The company’s great controllers have been a strong anchor for nostalgia in my life, leading to my lifelong dream of owning every official variant of the GameCube controller. Despite this, I…
So far information on Sonic Forces has been scarce – we learned a few bare essentials from the SXSW panel on Thursday, but many things were left unclarified. Now, thanks to an extended demo given to Game Informer, we know several characters will make a return – Knuckles, Amy Rose…
UPDATE: Unfortunately it looks like this information is incorrect – we, and many others, inferred from the cloud icon that Nintendo was accessing a cloud-based save system, but it turns out the company is using that icon for simple downloads of game data. Nintendo most likely transferred the data during…
