According to a recent statement given to Eurogamer, Nintendo has said that Mario Kart World does not contain any AI-generated images. Why would the game even have that, you may ask? Despite how Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser stated just last month that he believes developers are what makes…
Something all video game manufacturers need to be mindful of when creating and publishing their products is piracy. Nintendo themselves are no stranger to battling against the practice; just last year they successfully filed a lawsuit against the company behind the Switch emulator Yuzu. With the Switch 2 now on…
Pocketpair has shared a new blog post onto their website, detailing the ongoing lawsuit with Nintendo, changes made to Palworld, and what’s to come. If you recall, Nintendo filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair back in September of 2024, alleging that multiple patents were used in Palworld. It wasn’t…
European previews of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe have come in, bringing a few new tidbits of information we hadn’t yet learned from earlier preview events. For starters, a third boost, denoted by pink sparks, occurs if you drift even longer than the typical blue and red sparks. This will give…
Welcome to the Daily 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…
Ever wanted to live Super Mario Run in real life? Well, at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, you can! Utilizing their brand new, 11 foot tall, 136 foot long video touch screen, in between inning entertainment has never been more exciting. Check out the full video…
Up in Canada, they’re commemorating the big 150th birthday of the nation. There are plenty of fun ways to celebrate the country, but one little Easter egg will specifically touch the hearts of gamers. If you want to experience this excitement for yourself, head on over to the Bank of…
Fans of classic arcade shooters rejoice! The Brazilian Advisory Rating Board has just given a rating to Sine Mora EX. For those of you unfamiliar with the title, Sine Mora is a side-scrolling shooter that blends 2D and 3D rendered backgrounds with beautiful results. Check out the trailer for the…
The Japanese have been known to make some pretty amazing and memorable advertisements. Just think about the wonderfully bizarre Super Mario X Mercedes commercial that aired a few years back. Most recently, the folks at Suntory have partnered with Nintendo to create a new series of advertisements for the company’s…
A new console usually means getting excited about a game that makes the most of the hardware — which in turn will help the game itself look fantastic and give players the opportunity to do things that couldn’t be done before. Sometimes though, it pays off to go back and…
We’re right in the middle of a resurgence of classic, Nintendo 64-era platformers, with Yooka-Laylee modernizing Banjo-Kazooie and Super Mario Odyssey taking us back to the Mario 64 style of exploration later this year. In many ways Snake Pass can also be counted, although it’s much more unusual at its…
The twisted brainchild of Super Meat Boy’s Edmund McMillen, The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ gained notoriety back in 2011 for its unique combination of accessible roguelike ideas, crude humor and deeply masochistic mechanics. Only expected to sell a few hundred copies during its initial release, Isaac became an overnight sensation,…
Square Enix has announced today in an email that the previously announced Nintendo Switch exclusive PVP mode will be arriving as a free update later this week. The content is called Temporal Battle Arena and will be available to download on April 13th. You can check out the trailer for…
Gather the troops and get ready to plan, because Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia is only a little over a month away from launching. Nintendo UK’s YouTube page saw fit to put out a brief trailer that actually manages to show off quite a bit. With new characters and…
A Nintendo Direct focused “mainly” on upcoming Switch titles Splatoon 2 and ARMS has been announced. The news comes directly from a tweet from Nintendo of America. Nintendo Direct incoming! Tune in 4/12 at 3 PM PT. pic.twitter.com/SFHXEaFQIc — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) April 10, 2017 Aside from information regarding…
