While the newest trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie was only been up for a few hours, that hasn’t stopped us at Nintendo Wire from digging through the footage to uncover some easter eggs. While there are a ton of obvious ones that longtime Mario fans will spot instantly,…
Feast upon new tracks in Nintendo Music, with the addition of Kirby’s Dream Buffet! The multiplayer party game was released for Nintendo Switch in 2022, with the goal being to be the largest Kirby at the end of the match. You were thrown into minigames, races, and a Battle Royale…
I’ve been a fan of the Like a Dragon/Yakuza series for longer than I’ve been a “professional” writer now. Having gotten into the series around 2010 when the original Yakuza 3 was released, I was always stunned by how nobody spoke about the general quality of these games. Sega and…
The latest Focus of oncoming characters have made their presence known for Fire Emblem Heroes. Hailing from Fire Emblem Fates, these three new (well, one’s new) faces bring some new options to both dragon and flying based teams. Take a look at them and their skills in the trailer below:…
Last week the latest Sega Fes was held in Tokyo, bringing announcements like a mini Mega Drive, Sega Ages for Switch and Shenmue 1 & 2 HD for those lucky PS4, PC and Xbox One folks. One part of the event that you might not have known about Sonic DJ…
At Reboot Develop 2018, Platinum Games’ Atsushi Inaba and Hideki Kamiya made one of their Switch goals crystal clear. Asking the audience how many played The Wonderful 101, their Wii U exclusive and one-of-a-kind action game, the question was followed by a request. Via translator, they mentioned ongoing negotiations with…
After a few years on the bench, a few Mushroom Kingdom sports stars are getting back in the game for Mario Tennis Aces. A tote bag adorned with emblems for the game’s characters will be given away as a pre-order bonus from certain retailers in Japan, and with that comes…
Mega Man 11 is still quite a ways away, but Famitsu wants to know what fans think about the Blue Bomber’s history in celebration of the 30th Anniversary. Most interestingly, they’ve outright said they want the opinions and memories of overseas fans to feature in an upcoming issue. So if…
There’re plenty of ‘lost’ games out there, but thanks to a recent game design talk at Reboot Develop 2018 (a game developers conference just wrapping up in Croatia) with Yoot Saito we can add another to the list. As reported by Destructoid, “Mario Motors” was an idea from Mr. Saito,…
The cardboard creativity of Labo’s only been on store shelves for half a day, and Nintendo’s already challenging you to come up with something spectacular. The Labo Creators Contest, exclusively for My Nintendo members, is taking submissions in three categories: Best Decorated Toy-Con, Best Toy-Con Mod using Toy-Con Garage, and…
It’s been over 25 years since Night Trap released on the Sega CD, in part prompting a congressional hearing rooted in discussing violence in video games. It was there that Senior Vice President of Nintendo at the time Howard Lincoln stated that Night Trap would never be released on a…
While playing Ōkami is an experience in and off itself, I can promise that one of the biggest treats is simply watching Ōkami. Seeing its world grow and, via your actions, flourish makes its brush-stroked beauty worth the price of admission. Today’s the game’s 12th birthday, and in celebration we…
Following Wednesday’s tease of six new campers coming to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, “elegant” essence, animals, and furniture are now live in the game. Whitney, Colton, Muffy, Julia, Pierce, and Tia are all now available to invite to players’ campsites, with tons of elegant essence to craft new amenities and…
No doubt some people have already opened up their Labo kits and began putting together robots, pianos, and everything in between. If you’re curious about what’ll be in the box, the Japanese Labo site has you covered. You can access PDFs of what appear to be all the cardboard sheets…
Well, this is a bit out of the blue! Three companies that are heavily invested in Pokémon in different ways – Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures Inc. – have trademarked a new term in Japanese: ウルトラシャイニー, or “Ultra Shiny.” You might think that means we’ll be getting incredibly shiny versions…
