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…
Hey there, Pokémon Trainers! Some exciting news regarding Pokémon GO has been unveiled today on Pokémon GO’s official Twitter account, all regarding Trainer interactivity and Pokémon battling. Can you guess where I’m going with this? Earlier in the day, Pokémon GO tweeted a series of screenshots from the game featuring…
Another month, another slate of My Nintendo rewards. This December, in celebration of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s release, there’s a special Smash Ultimate calendar that you can get for 50 Platinum Points, and two different 3DS home themes you can get with Gold Points. You can also receive double the…
It seems that there has always been, and there always will be, a wonderful, endless stream of Shantae news. Limited Run Games is making sure that flow keeps coming, as the company has just announced via Twitter that Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse will be receiving a physical release for…
We’re finally here in the home stretch of what has been one of the shorter turnarounds — yet longest waits — for a Nintendo title. After its full reveal at E3 2018, or even its initial tease earlier in the year, the trudge towards the biggest gaming crossover and the…
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…
Update: The Pokémon GO Twitter account confirmed that Trainer Battles are indeed coming to the mobile game soon in a tweet sent out only an hour after the initial tease (below) was made: Get prepared… Trainer Battles are coming soon to Pokémon GO❗ #GOBattle pic.twitter.com/AUWyhNGlT7 — Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp)…
The day has come when nearly the entire Kirby series up to this point is represented in one game. Kirby Star Allies has received its third free update since release, adding in not just new Dream Friends and other extras like the previous patches, but an all new mode to…
Time to tip the scales for what’s now got to be one of Nintendo’s biggest series. It’s been announced by developer Intelligent Systems that this May, a Fire Emblem Expo will be held in Tokyo. While no further details of that event were provided, judging by the silhouetted artwork and…
2019 may feel some ways away but it’ll sneak up on us pretty fast. Thankfully, Splatoon 2 will be there to give us some cozy familiarity as we enter the final year of the 2010’s, with a special themed event called Frosty Fest. Not unlike this year’s Halloween event, which…
It’s hard to believe, but there’s just one week to go till we’ll all have our hands on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate! The cross-brand countdown still has some ways to go, though, and this latest stop is one you might not have seen coming. 【あと7日】今年もあっという間でしたが後一週間は長く感じますね。では編集に行って来ます ＠野村#スマブラカウントダウン#スマブラSP#FFVII#クラウド pic.twitter.com/Qpd2q6Y4m3 — FFVII…
Oh, Club Nintendo… that dear, departed soul. How much merch it bequeathed upon those who were dedicated to the Big N, dispensing posters, notebooks, bags — all manner of souvenir and sundry! Yet it, like all things that are good in this cruel and fleeting life, passed too soon, replaced…
If you happened to miss any of the Legendary Pokémon that were featured in Pokémon GO’s Field Research over the past couple months, then you might want to get out there and start doing some tasks in December. According to the official Pokémon GO Twitter account, December’s Field Research is…
