Nintendo has launched firmware 20.0.0 for the Nintendo Switch and introduced its recently unveiled “Virtual Game Card” system to its console. Launching ahead of the Switch 2 this summer, Virtual Game Cards are exactly what they sound like: the ability to treat digital games as cards you can share with…
Fans of the Donkey Kong franchise are likely aware of the infamous “DK Rap” from Donkey Kong 64. Conceived as something of a goof to start off DK’s first 3D outing, the theme was written and composed by legendary composer Grant Kirkhope after being implored by designer George Andreas from…
Another day, another rumor about the Switch 2. While we at least know the console is releasing very soon and that Nintendo is gearing up for a pretty big launch, there are still some things about the console that remain uncertain. One such question is whether or not the Nintendo…
The gaming community’s been receiving a good number of Super Mario Odyssey related tidbits of news over the last few weeks. Leading up to the game’s October 27th release, there have been wallpapers showing off new Mario art; a Direct announcing the title’s Switch bundle; small teases and reveals of…
Sonic Forces has got a brand new Wispon and stage for its Hero Character, adding to its tale of rising up and taking back the world. Continuing the trend of the others revealed so far, the Drill Wispon takes its name and inspiration from Sonic Colors. It’ll allow your character…
Back in 2010, Marvelous Interactive released Harvest Moon DS: The Tale of Two Towns in Japan. A year later it was ported to the 3DS in North America, Europe and Australia, but that version of the farming sim oddly never made its way back to Japan. However, that’ll soon be…
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…
It’s time to get extra excited for the Halloween season! October’s bringing us a whole lot of spooky Pokéfun. TRICK-OR-TREAT GO! It’s not a total surprise, but we have confirmation that Pokémon GO will have a Halloween themed event later this month. No word if it will be a carbon…
By far the most substantial expansion to the remade Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga package is the “+ Bowser’s Minions” addition. Offering a whole new quest mode called Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser, the game shows how Bowser’s underlings ventured out to save their leader from the clutches of…
It’s a ‘choose your own wallpaper’ kind of day today: Super Mario Odyssey, My Nintendo Rewards and now Fire Emblem Heroes! Continuing the promise made after the Choose Your Legends voting event, we now have wallpapers for the male and female heroes that placed 8th overall in the poll. Robin,…
In celebration of Friday’s release of the SNES Classic and with October here — counting down to Mario Odyssey, with 25 days to go — we have some new rewards available over at My Nintendo! WALLPAPERS The standard 50 Platinum Point price is still here for the three new wallpapers….
It’s been a few months, but now that we’re a tad closer to Christmas, this news may be more exciting. Hallmark’s second part to its 2017 Keepsake Ornaments collection is on its way. Back in July, Mario was the first of three Nintendo ornaments debuting this year. And now you’ll…
It looks like you’ll be able to start your harvest before the end of 2017 after all. After Chucklefish’s CEO, Tiy, tweeted out that we’ll be getting some Stardew Valley news sometime today, the tease was almost immediately followed with an update on the official site and a followup tweet…
Video game golf has arguably been perfected ever since the days of the NES, with a generally accepted standard of three button presses: one to start your swing, another to lock in your power and a third to hit the ball square on. As a result, golf games have had…
In the lead up to the launch of Super Mario Odyssey we’ve seen a few mobile calendar wallpapers from the game’s Japanese Twitter account, with one for Bubblaine in August and another for Fossil Falls in September. Now October is here we’ve got another, this time focusing on one of…
