With how popular Shantae has become over the years, it’s surprising to learn that one of the games in the series was actually cancelled over 20 years ago. Despite that, Wayforward didn’t give up and would revive the project many years later to create a long-lost interquel for the series….
While home consoles are a widespread and ubiquitous part of the greater video game industry now, it hasn’t always been that way. Video game consoles have their origins from arcade machines, and the transition they made to end up in people’s living rooms was thanks in large part to systems…
As part of today’s financial report for Nintendo, company president Shuntaro Furukawa noted that Nintendo will be considering a price adjustment to the Switch 2 depending on how the situation of President Trump’s tariffs evolves in the coming months. With nobody sure of what the impact will be when Trump’s…
Start your engines! Mario Kart Tour, Nintendo’s free-to-play mobile iteration of its popular cart racing series, is now live on the App Store and Google Play Store. “Mario and his friends go global in this new Mario Kart as they race around courses inspired by real-world cities in…
Another wave of new Spirits are heading to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and this time they’re from Daemon X Machina which launched earlier this month. Starting September 27th, you’ll be able to battle some Spirits based on the game’s various mercenaries and their respective mechs. The five-day #SmashBrosUltimate spirit…
Earlier this week, Arc System Works revealed five more characters coming to their crossover fighter BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. Bringing together BlazBlue, Persona 4 Arena, Under Night In-Birth, RWBY, and some surprising new additions; it’s a game that’s grown well past what it was at launch. A new Japanese trailer…
The return of Contra is upon us, with Contra: Rogue Corps. now available on Nintendo Switch and other platforms. To herald that launch, Konami has put out a new trailer showing what you can expect in this change-up to classic runnin’ & gunnin’:
I can hardly believe that Dragalia Lost, Nintendo’s joint mobile game effort with Cygames, is about to turn a year old. In a couple days, the first anniversary of the gacha game will be here, and with it will come a new update and surely some big surprises. To detail…
You can now pre-order The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild: Zelda Breath of the Wild Ver. Nendoroid at Play-Asia. The Good Smile Company has given us a glimpse of the finalized version of their upcoming Zelda Nendoroid based on her Breath of the Wild appearance, with an entry…
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…
While you might recognize the name GoodSmile in particular for the company’s Nendoroid and figma line of figures, every once in a while they come out with other figures that are just as pretty and high-quality, without being attached to their most popular series. For example, it’s most recently been…
After Pauline made an extremely memorable comeback in Super Mario Odyssey it seemed inevitable that she’d start popping up in more spin-offs. She’s since popped up in Mario Tennis Aces, and now we finally have confirmation that one of Nintendo’s oldest video game characters is finally taking to the race…
Ever since Dragon Quest’s Hero hit Smash with more than a few random elements in his arsenal, the competitive scene has argued whether he should be playable in tournaments. Surprisingly, Nintendo France has decided to ban him from the European Team Cup. Nouveau nom, nouveau format. #SmashBrosECNotre tournoi Super…
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is truly the game that keeps on giving. Even though it’s been out for a few years, people keep finding crazy new ways to play and beat it. And now it looks like we can add “beat the game with just shields”…
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age releases for Nintendo Switch in just four days, on September 27th, and lucky residents of Japan (and those willing to import) have the option to pick up the game in several ways. Besides ordering the standard game, a Gorgeous Edition and…
