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…
The Detective Pikachu marketing blitz continues today, as star Ryan Reynolds has posted a new video explaining how he gets into the role of Detective Pikachu. Of course, this is the guy who embodies Deadpool, so his explanation has its tongue planted firmly in cheek, but it’s a fun, flippant…
I’m not one to say no to a good drink, especially when it’s poured by a set of practiced hands and an open mind. Whether you’ve spent some time in dives or not, a practiced bartender makes all the difference no matter how far you want to take your inebriation…
Back from Tokyo, the cast of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu are now making the rounds on news and morning talk shows in New York. As of this week, Justice Smith and Ryan Reynolds have returned to Good Morning America, but in person and not jetlagged. Justice’s interview aired on…
Update: The Pokémon Center has confirmed that the most recent released Sitting Cuties plushes are indeed part of the final wave for the Kanto collection. Head on over to the Pokémon Center’s dedicated Sitting Cuties page to view all of them! Original article: More Sitting Cuties plushes arrive at the…
The time has finally come for “Igavania” to rise again, with a release date for the Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night finally being confirmed via a new trailer. In it, we get to see a lot of comparisons between the newly polished version of the game up against the “poop”…
The past few months have been filled with Final Fantasy love on Switch, finally bringing some of the franchise’s most well-regarded titles to a Nintendo platform for the first time ever. Alongside these releases Square Enix has been putting out a series of interviews with the important people behind each…
If you’re a fan of the classic Sega series Wonder Boy, the Nintendo Switch is the place to be. With the remake Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap, the all-new Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom, and the recent indie throwback Aggelos, there are plenty of options, but this latest game…
Looking to buy a new Nintendo Switch for yourself or a loved one? Best Buy may be the place to look — now when you buy a Nintendo Switch from the retailer, you can pick up one fully priced game to go alongside it. This includes hundreds of premier Switch…
The upcoming release of Saints Row: The Third – The Full Package on Nintendo Switch is picking up steam. Out on May 10th, the wise-cracking, no holds barred, meta-comedic urban street-gang sandbox game has its sights set on a bigger screen and heist. Painting the silver screen purple, Deadline secured…
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…
Crystal Crisis is almost here to bring puzzle-fighting fun to the Switch, and ahead of its release at the end of the month Nicalis is sharing songs from its soundtrack. For three days now, a new piece of music has been uploaded, ranging from the game’s opening theme (previously heard…
An eagle-eyed ResetEra user by the name of Nuclear Muffin has pointed out that the copyright screen for HAL Laboratory’s BoxBoy! + BoxGirl! states that the game was “Made with Unity.” He points out that this is the first time HAL has used an external engine to create a game,…
