In a story that sounds straight out of a comic book, a Charizard-shaped Cheeto recently sold at Goldin Auction House for an astonishing $87,840. The news made a national headline by the Associated Press who detailed the brief history of the item as well as its final sale price. According…
Nintendo of Japan has revealed that, effective immediately, they will cease repair requests on all New Nintendo 3DS LL(XL here in the States) and Nintendo 2DS systems. If you remember, repair requests on New Nintendo 3DS systems ended in August 2024. The reason for ending repairs is due…
Having been nearly six years since the release of Fire Emblem: Three Houses for the Nintendo Switch, the game has maintained a surprisingly devoted following in that time. Case in point, Good Smile’s Pop Up Parade line of figures is now featuring Sylvain Jose Gautier of the Blue Lions house….
Hot off the heels of Sonic Mania’s successful release comes a pair of videos for the Blue Blur’s other new game coming this year. Sonic Forces is not only letting you run through stages as your own custom character, but apparently you can swap between them and Sonic himself in…
After being a badly kept secret for a few weeks now, Nintendo and Telltale have finally confirmed two recent comic-book adaptations are heading to the Switch, albeit through some bizarrely worded messaging. Get ready to defend the galaxy or become the Dark Knight when more @telltalegames adventures arrive on #NintendoSwitch!…
In a new blogpost, indie developer and publisher Chucklefish Games gave an update on three highly anticipated Switch games: Stardew Valley, Pocket Rumble, and Wargroove. Stardew Valley and Pocket Rumble are currently in testing to make sure the ports don’t have any issues. The latter was originally supposed to be…
Nintendo’s third day of Gamescom streaming is under way, with one of the segments being focused on the upcoming Metroid: Samus Returns. Alongside the presentation is a new overview trailer for the game, going over the story, a few upgrades, Aeion abilities and ending with an amiibo summary. Check it…
We’re just under two weeks away from the launch of Lego Worlds for the Nintendo Switch. In anticipation, Nintendo UK has uploaded a fresh teaser trailer for the port to its YouTube channel. The new video highlights the variety of bricks that’ll let you build all sorts of structures across…
European fans of Atlus games have always had a rough time, relying on third party publishers to bring the Japanese studio’s games over to the region, often months or even years after their North American launches. Things got a bit more secure last year with Deep Silver obtaining the publishing…
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…
Yes, that’s right: we’re already talking about DLC for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle before the game has even been released. Continuing this week with more news being dropped at Gamescom, Ubisoft had its blog updated to give everyone a quick rundown of what to expect for the game. From…
Déjà vu strikes the Nintendo eShop this week as Capcom’s patented publisher sale returns! From now through September 4th, receive up to 80% off fantastic Wii U and 3DS titles in the Phoenix Wright, Monster Hunter and Resident Evil franchises. My personal pick, though, would have to be DuckTales: Remastered…
Starting yesterday, backers of the Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Kickstarter will want to keep an eye on their inboxes. Codes for Risky Boot’s adventure, dubbed Shantae: Pirate Queen’s Quest, are trickling out to all backers. It may take a few days to be delivered, depending on what platform you chose and…
Canadian customers who pre-ordered the SNES Classic Edition on Best Buy or Canada or EB Games Canada were being greeted by a shipping restriction notification. While at the time not specified and well known, the nostalgia unit of yesteryear could not and would not be shipped to Quebec. Why? Best…
E3 2017 had plenty of surprises for Nintendo Switch owners but none were quite out of left field like Rocket League being confirmed for the system. While we already knew the Switch version would have Mario-themed hats, we’ve learned via the Rocket League blog that it’ll have cars based on…
