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…
I was born in the early ’90s, which makes me just a little too young to have appreciated the NES and SNES in all their glory when I was a kid. Sure, the first console I ever played on was the SNES, but almost all of my early gaming memories…
In a few months, visual novel maker 5pb. will be bringing its critically acclaimed Steins;Gate to the Switch in Japan, an “Elite” port which will feature animation from the anime adaptation. Earlier today it was revealed (via Gematsu) that the PS4 version will come with a downloadable HD remaster of…
Hot on the heels of the announcement that Pokémon Crystal will be coming to the 3DS, Nintendo has announced that a physical special edition will come to Japan and Europe. Much like the previous 3DS Pokémon re-releases, the package will contain a download code for the game. The Japanese…
Earlier this year, Japan released an adorable Pikachu New 2DS XL to correspond with the release of Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. Now, Nintendo UK has confirmed that the Pikachu Edition would also be coming to Europe, just in time for the release of Pokémon Crystal’s digital version on…
Nintendo of America has confirmed that Pokémon Crystal is coming to the Nintendo 3DS on January 26th. Like other 3DS releases, Pokémon Crystal will support Pokémon Bank and wireless communication for trading and battling. You can check out the full press release and announcement video below! Re-encounter the Mythical Pokémon…
December 15th, 2017 will mark one full year since Super Mario Run first launched for iOS devices. The app was the first fully-featured, traditional game to be released on mobile from Nintendo, and while it didn’t set the world on fire like Pokémon GO earlier in the year, it’s still…
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…
It’s no secret that Nendoroid figures from Good Smile are adorable, collectible and all kinds of other wonderful things. But now one of my all time favorites is getting some extra ‘winter’ wonder via an alternative version: the cool, blue Ice Kirby! Unlike most Nendo, this one is naturally spherical…
While most game development seems to be well and truly shifting to the Nintendo Switch, the company’s evergreen 3DS handheld will continue to see strong support next year from Atlus. Alongside the Radiant Historia and Shin Megami Tensei: Deep Strange Journey ports, a brand new game developed by FuRyu is…
Two Sonic Forces albums are now available to purchase digitally on iTunes and Google Play. Sonic Forces Vocal Traxx: On the Edge includes 10 vocal themes from Sonic Forces, from “Fist Bump” all the all the way to the credits track, “The Light of Hope.” The Sonic Forces Official Soundtrack…
Ask me a couple years back if I thought I’d be talking about squid idol holograms and I’d both doubt you and secretly hope that it’d happen. Yet here we are, with another upcoming live Splatoon concert announced — and this time with an all new headliner! Check out the…
Gift giving can be rough, we all know it. Sometimes there’s that person on your list you just don’t know what to get, and as the deadline gets closer, you become desperate. You’re tired. You’re done. Even then, sweaters and socks just aren’t acceptable. It’s a bad holiday present…
