What better time than a Thursday evening to get some surprise Nintendo news? Nintendo has just shadow-dropped the Game Boy’s Donkey Kong Land on the Nintendo Switch Online service. Grab a vine and join the thrills in the Land of Kong. Donkey Kong Land is now available to play…
The games that started it all are finally making their way to Nintendo Switch. RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic, a port of RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 and 2, will be released on December 5th, courtesy of Atari. Tycoon Classic combines elements of both games, allowing players to build to their heart’s content. The…
Well folks, the time is here! Black Friday has arrived… on Thursday, naturally. Down below you’ll find Nintendo Wire’s list of fantastic deals on a variety of items all related to gaming in one way or another, ones that we’ve specially handpicked just for you this holiday season! Make sure…
Smash Bros. fighter speculation is much like the Hotel California – you can check out anytime you’d like, but you can never leave. Well over a year after Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s final bit of fighter DLC was released, Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon has chimed in to state that,…
Link’s house in The Legend of Zelda is a pretty humble place, but when he’s got some valuables stored away in there, it’s understandable that he may get a bit nervous about some villager waltzing in unannounced and stealing his stuff. But one clever player has figured out the perfect…
Hey, did you know that the bell at the Hateno School in Tears of the Kingdom can actually ring? It takes a swing to get it going, naturally, but one crafty player has developed an extremely simple (and aesthetically pleasing) Zonai mechanism to get it to ring more regularly: …
During this year’s Pokémon Day stream we got confirmation that Netflix would be producing an all-new animated series based on the franchise, featuring the use of stop-motion: Pokémon Concierge. If you’re intrigued you might want to keep an eye open this weekend as Netflix has confirmed the show will be…
2020 saw many pop culture trends come and go during the initial outbreak of COVID-19 but few had the impact of Among Us. The social deduction game went from a flagging indie title to an international success with numerous ports, mainstream relevance, and a whole lot of merch. Now it’s…
Out of the blue, Nintendo has confirmed four more additions to the Sega Genesis library for Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack subscribers. Perhaps the biggest surprise is Crusader of Centy. This game is essentially Sega’s answer to The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, featuring a mix of…
A lot of Tears of the Kingdom players have constructed some truly wild and fun vehicles, but most have the stipulation that Link needs to… y’know, be in the vehicle to pilot it. That’s what makes this remote control airplane from Reddit user miohonda so exciting – it’s an aircraft…
Alchemists, assemble! After a long time as a niche but beloved JRPG franchise that didn’t even make it out of Japan for several titles (and then took a bit to crack the 100,000 copy mark for titles), Atelier has cleared a significant milestone with its Atelier Ryza trilogy – the…
It was recently the annual Nintendo shareholder Q&A, where investors ask the heads of the company about upcoming plans, tenures, and other topics. President Shuntaro Furukawa was asked about the company’s transition to the next generation of Nintendo console, and he stated that Nintendo plans to make such a transition…
Now that we’re six years into the Nintendo Switch’s life and faced with an insane amount of great games, it’s becoming common for longtime adopters of the console to constantly have to free up space. Fortunately, Mario fans won’t have to go on a massive deletion spree prior to his…
A new event approaches in Pokémon GO! Dark Flames, as the name implies, is centered around Fire- and Dark-type Pokémon. Trainers will get a branching Timed Research and Collection Challenge to complete during the event, along with two notable Pokémon GO debuts – Turtonator and Mega Sableye. (For more details…
For a generation of players, the Ace Attorney series significantly uplifted (if not outright defined) text based adventure games. Since the games first turned about in 2001 they’ve grown into a multi-media franchise and genuine icon. That level of popularity and success, most of it under the direction of Shu…
