For kids of the ’80s and ’90s, there was no greater place to be a kid than Toys”R”Us. We all likely have fond memories of grabbing some action figures, getting a doll house, or fawning over the video game section and begging our parents to get us a Super Nintendo….
After putting some confusing language in its advertisements for GameCube classics on Switch 2, Nintendo has clarified that its upcoming wireless GameCube controller will, in fact, work with other games on the console. A few weeks back, when Nintendo held its Switch 2 Direct, the company announced that GameCube games…
The Nintendo Switch 2 is about to go up for pre-order across the US, and we’ve got everything you need to know before it goes live. When Do Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Orders Start? Pre-orders officially open April 24th, with some retailers starting as early as 12:00 a.m. ET….
Kirby Right Back at Ya! has always held this surreal place in the series, taking ideas and characters from the games while infusing plenty of its own twists on world building and design. Even if it never quite appealed to the masses the way the games have, it did have…
The Nintendo Switch is slowly but surely becoming a platform that’s great for budding video game historians, with companies big and small porting over their older titles given them a chance to shine once more. Sega Ages is one of the most noteworthy of these efforts, with the team at…
Today Sega’s begun a little followup to their previous, Sonic based animation project. Sonic Mania Adventures may be over, but its music is coming back through a series of remixes courtesy of longtime composer for the series Jun Senoue, and Mania’s own composer Tee Lopes. They’re collaborating to take tracks…
The Switch just continues to sell, and it now sits at 10.5 million units sold in the US according to the latest NPD report. In 2018, consumers bought 5.6 million Switch consoles in the US, which is up 16% from 2017. The Switch was the best-selling hardware of the year,…
When it released last week, Travis Strikes Again opened with the game’s reveal trailer back from 2017. This unveiled the return of No More Heroes really well back when the game was first announced, but with a new update it’s been replaced with something a little more unique. Now you’re…
This week’s Indie Highlights from Nintendo of Europe gave us a great look at some upcoming Nintendo Switch indie titles. Today, we’re featuring Forager, Inmost, and Double Kick Heroes, three very unique games I can’t wait to get my hands on. Forager Looking part Zelda, part Harvest Moon, with notes…
UPDATE: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s in-built news feed has confirmed that Update 2.0.0 will release within the week! If reports are to be believed, we could see Super Smash Bros. Ultimate update to version 2.0.0 by next Thursday. According to SSBUBot, a news bot created by known Splatoon dataminer OatmealDome,…
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…
With the Detective Pikachu movie release date creeping closer, it’s no shock that we’re suddenly seeing merchandise celebrating the film’s namesake pop up from different toy companies. Most recently, Banpresto unveiled its adorably fuzzy products of the electrifying mouse sleuth in the form of plushes, cushions, and coin cases. …
Those, like me, who are eagerly awaiting Mortal Kombat’s gorious (it’s like glorious, but gory) return to Nintendo consoles might need to wait just a little longer if rumors are to be believed. The Switch version of Mortal Kombat 11, which has not been publicly shown yet, was announced at…
Nintendo is quite fond of the “shadow drop” – releasing games on the eShop immediately after or even during a live-stream. Today’s Indie Highlights were no exception, with three games launching digitally as they were announced. First up is Unruly Heroes, the fluidly animated action platformer that can be played…
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate smashes through another milestone! The game has set a new record for a new launch month dollar sales record for a platform exclusive in all of video game history, beating out the long-standing champion, Halo: Reach. The info was shared by US Video Game Industry Analyst…
