Just a few days ago, a set of four Mother 3 plushies went up for sale and sold out in less than a day! To our surprise, only three days after placing our order, they arrived to us in Wisconsin all the way from Japan! While we could have taken…
The 16th Splatoon 3 Splatfest theme has been revealed and it’s surprisingly dystopian. The citizens of Splatsville, and by extension Nintendo, want to know “what would you do at the world’s end?” The options given are keeping on doing the same ol’ stuff, fulfilling the remaining items on your bucket…
As of right now Super Nintendo World is open at two locations – Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Japan. There’s good news for those on the east coast, however, with confirmation that the area will finally open in the unofficial capital of theme parks: Orlando, Florida. The park will…
Fans of classic arcade shooters rejoice! The Brazilian Advisory Rating Board has just given a rating to Sine Mora EX. For those of you unfamiliar with the title, Sine Mora is a side-scrolling shooter that blends 2D and 3D rendered backgrounds with beautiful results. Check out the trailer for the…
The Japanese have been known to make some pretty amazing and memorable advertisements. Just think about the wonderfully bizarre Super Mario X Mercedes commercial that aired a few years back. Most recently, the folks at Suntory have partnered with Nintendo to create a new series of advertisements for the company’s…
We’re right in the middle of a resurgence of classic, Nintendo 64-era platformers, with Yooka-Laylee modernizing Banjo-Kazooie and Super Mario Odyssey taking us back to the Mario 64 style of exploration later this year. In many ways Snake Pass can also be counted, although it’s much more unusual at its…
Square Enix has announced today in an email that the previously announced Nintendo Switch exclusive PVP mode will be arriving as a free update later this week. The content is called Temporal Battle Arena and will be available to download on April 13th. You can check out the trailer for…
Gather the troops and get ready to plan, because Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia is only a little over a month away from launching. Nintendo UK’s YouTube page saw fit to put out a brief trailer that actually manages to show off quite a bit. With new characters and…
A Nintendo Direct focused “mainly” on upcoming Switch titles Splatoon 2 and ARMS has been announced. The news comes directly from a tweet from Nintendo of America. Nintendo Direct incoming! Tune in 4/12 at 3 PM PT. pic.twitter.com/SFHXEaFQIc — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) April 10, 2017 Aside from information regarding…
If you are planning on going digital-only with your Nintendo Switch games you’re in luck, as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the next major first party release, won’t be taking up too much storage space. According to the image posted alongside the game’s Amazon Germany listing, it’ll require 6.75GB of room….
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,…
For any of you completionists out there, or anyone who’s just a really big fan of The Binding of Isaac, developer Nicalis has got something on the way. According to a tweet that went out from the company’s official Twitter account today, The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ is getting a…
For you Overwatch fans who are desperate for the ability to play the game on the go (me included), Blizzard has some… lukewarm news for you. Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan has recently been cited as saying that Blizzard is open to the idea of a Switch port, however, he’s not…
Snake Pass, the first game to run on Unreal Engine 4 for the Switch, was apparently surprisingly easy to get running on the handheld platform. GamerPros recently sat down with the creator of Snake Pass, Seb Liese, for an in depth interview about the game. During the interview, Liese mentioned…
Earlier in the week, the Japanese publisher Nikkei published a lengthy interview with the CEO of Square Enix, Yosuke Matsuda. In the interview, the Switch was discussed, and Matsuda had quite a bit to say on his opinion about the console. Matsuda goes on to say: “Our developers with a…
