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…
Update: Twitter user @Paulrobertryan has shared photos of the new Meltan and Melmetal plushes, now available at Japanese Pokémon Center locations. Have a look: New Pokémon Center Meltan and Melmetal official plush pic.twitter.com/1nmc3fRABw — Paul Ryan (@Paulrobertryan) March 20, 2019 Meltan and Melmetal look like they’ve grown on…
If you live in Japan and are into retro JRPGs, here’s an opportunity for you. Square Enix is currently accepting applicants for a demo of the upcoming Octopath Traveler: Champion of the Continent mobile game. Similar to their demo for the original Octopath Traveler, the company is asking for feedback…
Part of the Nintendo Switch’s first-year library, Super Mario Odyssey charmed many and captured hearts around the globe. Leading up to the game’s release, Nintendo shared a number of concept art pieces on social media, which was later compiled into an official art book. Snapshots of the book quickly made…
It’s Day 2 of the Pokémon Company showing off the remaining Pokémon Detective Pikachu TCG cards! Yesterday was Bulbasaur, and today’s revealed ‘mon also falls within Generation I and will appear on screen quite often in the film. Who’s that Pokémon? Enter, Psyduck! Have you guessed who’s next in…
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…
The Switch has been an incredible platform for indie games and developers. A growing trend we’ve seen is digital-only releases selling so well that various companies have stepped up to make physical editions – standard, collector’s, limited, etc. Today, Fangamer has us reaching for our wallet and favorite “Take my…
Capcom is on a roll lately, with many of its recent releases smashing the company’s sales records and keeping old franchises alive. Street Fighter and Monster Hunter are two of the company’s biggest, and their iconography still resonates with many to this day. Naturally, in light of all this success,…
After a delay out of 2018 into “Spring 2019” last year, Japanese-fluent Yo-Kai Watch fans finally have a release date for the latest game in the series – June 6th. The game is the first entry not for 3DS or mobile devices, instead taking the ghostly action to a HD…
Dungeon crawlers just keep crawlin’, and now KRAFTON Game Union are throwing their hat in the ring with the reveal of Mistover. Inspired by the likes of Darkest Dungeon and Etrian Odyssey specifically, the RPG will allow you to choose from eight different classes as you traverse procedurally generated environments…
2019’s Made In Asia convention took place this last weekend in Brussels. Celebrating manga, anime, video games, and more, it sounds like it was an excellent venue for Nintendo to partake in. Thanks to Gaming Boulevard, a video showcasing Young Link, Pichu, Daisy, and Ken’s amiibo is now up for…
This is going to be EPIC! We test out all of the compatible amiibo in Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn in our latest video. Have a watch:
In today’s daily dose of “neat,” we have a monument to both fan appreciation and irony: a 65-inch flatscreen TV that is fit inside a frame that makes it look like a Nintendo Switch. While you can’t take this one on the go (regrettable — I would love to see…
