In this week’s Nintendo Music update, we got a ported Wii U game! New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, first released for Wii U back in 2012, receiving an enhanced port for the Switch along with many other Wii U titles. New characters, upgraded graphics and a new item called…
Elden Ring Tarnished Edition was one of the biggest profile third-party releases announced for the Switch 2 during Nintendo’s big Direct unveiling earlier this year. While Steam Deck players have been able to take the game on the go for quite some time, it’s still pretty magical to see a…
After months of speculation by fans and games media alike, Nintendo has finally confirmed that Donkey Kong Bananza is being developed by the Super Mario Odyssey team. This information comes from a recent preview presentation attended by various outlets, including IGN and VGC, where Nintendo stated that the same staff…
It seems Lord of the Rings actor Elijah Wood is the latest star to have given in to the temptation that is Animal Crossing: New Horizons — and it appears he’s an observer of island etiquette, to boot! According to Twitter user Jessica Kovalick, Wood arrived on her island after direct…
In case you’ve ever wanted to see a giant Mario fighting a Godzilla, the folks at bid Toys have you covered. They’ve shared photos of a set of custom Mario and Bowser figures designed to resemble Ultraman and Godzilla, respectively. When paired with some tiny buildings for scale, you can…
Be it the long wait for a new entry, the popularity of the Nintendo Switch, or the current state of the world, Animal Crossing: New Horizons continues to see high sales in its native country, Japan. Now a month on shelves, according to Famitsu (and provided by Gematsu), the game…
Today, developer GungHo Online released its latest Developer Diary about the upcoming game ‘Ninjala’. This ongoing series chronicles new details regarding ‘Ninjala’, and the third video has revealed more information for the game. Overall, some of the keys points include the following: Seasonal updates lasting 8-10 weeks Ninjala…
It’s alive…. IT’S ALIVE! Nintendo has just applied to a brand new amiibo based patent in Japan as detailed by JapaneseNintendo. The patent is pretty vague, but appears to allow players to control an on screen character by using an NFC figure. Stay tuned for more details as we get…
In the wake of the COVID-19 emergency keeping many Japanese families indoors, the Japan Retro Game Association has sought a remedial entertainment method: giving out Super Famicoms to families in need of activities. The JRGA announced today that it will be giving out 100 units of the consoles, each packaged…
Update: Pokémon Journeys is now available on Netflix. You can watch all 12 episodes today! The Pokémon anime has been a mainstay of kids TV stations ever since it started airing in North America and Europe during the late ’90s, but the times are finally changing as The Pokémon Company…
Well, this is probably a cross-over you didn’t see coming. Steins;Gate has been celebrating its 10th anniversary with announcements for a while now, such as Steins;Gate 0 Elite and a live-action adaptation of its time-travelling drama, but this latest reveal is quite the surprise. Hello Kitty is joining Okabe and…
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition isn’t just making the graphics even prettier – it’s also taking a second pass at the soundtrack. You can give a listen to the new remastered Colony 9 theme below, courtesy of Nintendo Europe. 🔊 Kick back and enjoy the remastered Colony 9 theme from…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ version 1.2.0 update, which features new events and some returning familiar faces, is now available to download. In addition to what was revealed yesterday, Nintendo tweeted about some new additional items available at your local Nook Stop. Thanks to the April #AnimalCrossing: New Horizons update,…
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…
April has felt like it’s flown by, and we now have more statistics about March’s gaming sales and mobile purchases. Surprising no one, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been a juggernaut, breaking multiple sales records. The data that was made available didn’t include the digital sales of the game initially,…
