When looking at big names in the film industry, the titan that is the Star Wars franchise stands out among the rest. For almost 50 years the series has been capturing the imagination of people all across the world, expanding beyond movies and into all sorts of media, video games…
Eagle-eyed users of the Xbox app have potentially discovered a release date for the upcoming Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection. The app listed the compilation with a release of September 29th or 30th September, depending on the users’ time zone. These dates have since been removed on the app, but users…
In a new ranking of Japanese gaming companies posted by software developer SalesNow, Nintendo has ranked third among its peers for average yearly income. Based on data gathered between June 2024 and June 2025, Nintendo’s average pay for employees comes out to around $65K USD (or ¥9,626,857). While that might…
Once again the producers behind Sega Ages are answering questions regarding the on-going porting project bringing classic Sega games to the Nintendo Switch. In this latest interview with the Japanese Game Watch website, translated by Dualshockers, M2 CEO Naoki Horii, Sega producer Kagasei Shimomura and long-time game director Rieko Kodama,…
We learned plenty about Smash Ultimate during the recent Nintendo Direct, but thanks to a live play demonstration from Nintendo Live 2018, we’ve got an even more thorough understanding of how the most anticipated Switch game is structured. The likes of Classic mode, Spirits mode, the in-game Shop, and more,…
Just a few days ago Nintendo held its final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct, where they also revealed that demo events up until launch will let you play the full roster. A couple of such events have since taken place, and we’ve gotten a good luck at a fair number…
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…
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…
