Of all of the games to come out within the past decade, it’s undeniable that Hollow Knight was one of the most impactful even among bigger studio releases. Originally released in early 2017, Hollow Knight took the world by storm, and following that success, a sequel game called Hollow Knight:…
Welcome to the start of our Nintendo Wire Home Arcade series. To celebrate my 40th birthday and the 10 year anniversary of Nintendo Wire, I’m making a childhood dream come true: building the ultimate home arcade. Preparing the Space Fast forward to today, and I’ve set aside…
In a bit of news that probably isn’t too surprising for most people, Take-Two has decided it will be delaying Grand Theft Auto VI into 2026. The new release date for the game will be May 26th, 2026, after previously being scheduled for Fall 2025. In a statement to various…
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes will see its titular lead traversing through multiple games due to a cursed console. Last time we got another look at Electric Thunder Tiger II, but this time it’s a little less style and a little more suburbs. Welcome to the mild streets of…
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…
No matter the season, the time, or the setting, there’s nothing like a refreshing drink. That goes for the World of Pokémon too, and the latest theme coming to Pokémon Center stores in Japan pays tribute to one of the series’ most recurring refreshments. Mix au Lait (known in the…
ARMS Party Crash Bash #4, titled “Bodyguard Recruiting,” has been announced, with featured fighters Twintelle and Byte & Barq going head-to-head! ARMS Party Crash Bash is a continuation of the previous “Party Crashes,” except with a bracket-style tournament that involves all of the ARMS characters. “The goal?” says Nintendo. “To…
As we enter 2019, some interesting statistics have come out from the United Kingdom’s Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). The group, which tracks various entertainment industry sales numbers, has revealed that 80% of video game sales in the region were digital. As Eurogamer reports, this includes digital game sales, microtransactions, subscription…
Indie developers often try to recreate the feeling of classic games, whether it be the classic Metroid stylings of Axiom Verge or the Harvest Moon evolution that is Stardew Valley, but one particular era isn’t touched nearly as much – the PlayStation 1 JRPG. Developer Semisoft has tackled the pre-rendered…
Leave it to Pokémon to go back to the very beginning and rewrite its own history when it comes time to keep making movies. While not the most recent release, Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! was a turning point that took Ash and Pikachu back to when they first…
With winter’s chill still hanging in the air, one of the best ways to warm up has got to be with a little bit of baking. Once that oven’s going the whole house will feel nice and toasty, but if it’s your heart that needs to thaw, then how…
Sometimes it’s the most mundane news items that are the most humorous. Case in point, quirky Japanese game auteur Suda51 — born on January 2nd, 1968 — is now 51 years old. Neat! Suda remarked upon the occasion on Twitter, stating that, “As of today, I am now literally SUDA”51.’” His…
If you had to pick the top two toy companies in the world, Lego and Nintendo would probably be the finalists. [Insert frivolous argument about whether or not video games are considered toys here.] So what could be better than combining the timeless iconography of the Big N and the…
Amazon revealed its list of top 100 best-selling video game products for 2018, and the list is littered with Nintendo products! Here’s a quick rundown of every Nintendo game that made the list: #95: Mario Kart Wii Woah. That’s intense. Are people still buying the Wii? Mario Kart Wii is…
Super Rare Games, one of the leading outlets for physical Nindie titles, has unveiled its 2019 Super Rare Club membership. The subscription costs $32.50, and it covers February 1st, 2019, all the way to January 31st, 2020! Here’s the rundown of what you get for subscribing: Access to all products…
