Of all of the perks that come with a Nintendo Switch Online subscription, one of the most exciting is the ever-expanding collection of emulators for older systems. Ever since the Nintendo 64 joined the greater NSO library, many fans have been eagerly waiting for the GameCube to get its turn…
With a new generation of Nintendo hardware comes some new key art for its accessories and products. While this is hardly the biggest change coming for the Switch 2, Nintendo has introduced a variety of new eShop gift card designs that retailers will begin stocking soon. As spotted by a…
In an announcement this morning, Microsoft has revealed that it will be upping the cost for the Xbox Series S, X, and all of its accessories starting today, May 1st, 2025. The standard 512 GB Series S will now be $379.99 (up from $299.99) while the 1 TB Series X…
Mods of Super Mario 64 are nothing new — indeed, as one of the first and most iconic 3D platformers of all time, it’s long been a playground for modders to mess around with. Most recently, Modder Kaze Emanaur was commissioned to make a mod for the Queen Koopa of…
When the meat of Dragalia Lost was revealed about a month or so ago in a special Nintendo Direct, I felt fairly underwhelmed by what was on display. The story seemed cookie cutter, the overall aesthetic didn’t grab me, and the gameplay looked pretty banal. Nothing about the concept seemed…
If you’ve tuned into Twitter the last few days, chances are you’ve ended up face-to-face with Bowsette. A phenomenon coming along thanks to the Super Crown item in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, it’s given rise Peachified designs of many Mushroom Kingdom characters. Thanks to the Art of Super…
On September 28th, 1998, a phenomenon was born in North America with the launch of Pokémon Red & Blue. While the Pokémon Company as a whole celebrated the 20th anniversary back in 2016 to coincide with the Japanese release window, we felt it was worth reflecting on the franchise’s history…
The World Ends With You: Final Remix is only a couple weeks away and ahead of that the developers have shared some thoughts with fans. The full version can be found over on Nintendo’s official website, but the highlights point to some potential for the series past this and word…
Just weeks away from the release of The World Ends With You: Final Remix and months from the highly anticipated (though sadly not Nintendo bound) Kingdom Hearts 3, the designer of all these characters, Tetsuya Nomura, has released a new piece of art alongside a message for fans of both:…
That bow, that ring, and that unwavering confidence; all of these come together to make one of the Mushroom Kingdom’s most one of a kind residents stand out for the crowd. That and the gaping nose hole used for firing eggs, but compared to what I hear Toad’s been dealing…
Full disclosure: I fell head over heels in love for the plucky platformer Celeste earlier this year. In fact, we here at Nintendo Wire gave it a perfect 10, praising its strong sense of storytelling and firm grasp of platformers past. So imagine my elation when approached to cobble together…
The newest crossover character has arrived in SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy and it’s one of fighting games’ finest ready to deliver some much needed justice. From Fighting EX Layer, Skullo Mania has arrived! Formerly a salaryman, this hero donned a promotional costume and took to heroics outside…
Holidays in Animal Crossing were always the best, with the lead up to festivities and special town guests making some fun memories and good times. That extends over to Pocket Camp as well, and as the year winds down both for the calendar and the game’s own anniversary it’s time…
The trailer for Splatoon 2’s Ver. 4 in the recent Nintendo Direct ended with a tease of a new special weapon that was reminiscent of Goku’s “Spirit Bomb” in Dragon Ball Z. Now, we can see that the similarities are in more than the attack itself. A new Special…
Slightly out of the blue, Nintendo has announced that Yo-Kai Watch 3 will be releasing in Europe this winter and in North America on February 8th, 2019. Taking place in a new environment, explicitly stated as North America in Japan but who knows how they’ll explain it in the westernized…
