Anyone who has been keeping up with Nintendo news over the past year or so can attest that the lead-up to the Nintendo Switch 2 has been a wild ride. For the longest time fans were eagerly looking for any news or rumors related to the system, and any insider…
One of the most striking things about the design of the Switch 2 is how basic everything is. Gone are the days of New 3DS Faceplates or fun colors, and in is Nintendo’s era of functionality over personality… or so we thought. If a recent listing by AliExpress is anything…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
Make way, drivers: Mario Kart Tour is racing up the charts! Sensor Tower has reported that Nintendo’s newest mobile game has amassed an estimated 123.9 million unique downloads across both Google Play and the App Store. Since its release on September 25th, players have spent $37.4 million on the title….
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…
Get ready for a whole new world of retro releases! To celebrate the launch of Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King, the good folks Disney have released a launch trailer. Check it out: Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King is available right now. If…
Editor’s note: We’re looking back at our favorite Halloween themed articles this week! This time, we’re talking about one of our favorite spooky towns in Nintendo games — Lavender Town — and other eerily fun Pokémon tidbits throughout history. If you’re looking to get in the mood for something creepy,…
Launching today is one of the best in a long-running strategy series full of hellish hilarity and more beleaguered penguins than you can count. Disgaea 4 Complete+ brings back Valvatorez and his allies along with improvements and additions to bring it up to par (and perhaps even exceed) the latest…
Today it was announced that Shigeru Miyamoto will be receiving the highest honor a creator can receive in Japan. The creator of Mario, Zelda, and many more will not only be named a Person of Cultural Merit, but he’ll be the first individual of the video game industry to receive…
As the universe of video games continues to expand, we — the fans — have the pleasure of watching games, publishers, and developers take the spotlight for various occasions. Sometimes they involve a new release or a groundbreaking feature that wows the world with its technical and/or creative advancements; and…
It’s officially been ten years since Bayonetta launched on October 29th, 2009 in Japan for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. In the years since the series has found a new home on Nintendo consoles, with the titular witch herself joining the ranks of Super Smash Bros. on two occasions….
The surface-level similarities between the Metroid series and Halo have always inspired a lot of comparisons between the two, but now they’ll become even more connected than ever before as Kyle Hefley, an artist from the latter, has joined the Metroid Prime 4 team at Retro Studios as the Lead…
Limited Run Games has just confirmed that they will be creating a pretty nifty Collector’s Edition of the upcoming Jumanji video game. This Collector’s Edition comes with: JUMANJI for the Switch Board Game Style Gatefold Box Original Soundtrack 18″ X 24″ Poster Board Game Figures Only 2000 copies of the…
After years of developing inventive platformers for Nintendo, like Kirby’s Epic Yarn, Wario Land: Shake It! and Yoshi’s Crafted World, Good-Feel is branching out on its own with a brand-new IP – Monkey Barrels. Little information is known so far, just a few details from the game’s Famitsu reveal article….
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD is available now! To celebrate, check out the brand new launch trailer! On the fence about Monkey Ball? Check out our full review here.
