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…
Happy New Year! It’s time to celebrate the Lunar New Year and usher in the Year of the Rabbit. Niantic is celebrating the holiday again in Pokémon GO and bringing a variety of rabbit-themed Pokémon into the wild, Raids, task rewards, and more. A selection of red Pokémon will be…
Fangamer does like nobody else. I’ve been buying from the humble video game merch retailer for over a decade at this point and they have yet to disappoint me. In fact, they much more often surpass my already lofty expectations in ways I can’t imagine. And they’ve done so yet…
The second portion of the Fire Emblem Engage Ask the Developer interview is up today, and the main topic for this section is visual design – in particular the work of character designer and illustrator Mika Pikazo. An accomplished artist in Japan, Pikazo was one of several candidates for who…
Now that 2023 is here, a lot of sales numbers are coming in for the previous year, and we’ve been seeing a steady stream of positive (and not exactly surprising) news regarding the Nintendo Switch and its games. Not only was the system announced to be the most sold system…
Capcom has a lot to celebrate today as its expansion for the latest Monster Hunter installment has gone above and beyond in terms of sales. That’s right, Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak has exceeded 5 million units sold worldwide, taking into account both physical and digital copies. This, of course, comes…
Just in time for the release of Fire Emblem Engage, the My Nintendo Store in the UK just pulled every Fire Emblem amiibo out of retirement in a surprise re-release. That’s right! Even hard to find amiibo like Tiki, Robin, Corrin, Alm, and Celica are all available to order right…
The Pokémon Company and Game Freak have confirmed the next batch of Tera Raids heading to the Paldea region and the first is bringing back a Kalosian fan-favorite. Scarlet and Violet players will be able to tackle a seven-star raid featuring Froakie’s final evolution, Greninja, between January 27-30 and February…
About a month and a half after Splatoon 3’s first big seasonal update, we’re seeing smaller fry – Ver. 2.1.0 of the game releases tomorrow, bringing a slate of balance tweaks and bug fixes. Most of the balancing consists of buffs to weapons like the Aerospray or the Splattershot Nova,…
It’s a few days before FE Engage comes out, and as is liable to happen in these situations, a cracked ROM of the game has leaked online. If you’re concerned about spoilers, be cautious around hashtags and other areas of the internet. The leak has let us know, however, that…
Fire Emblem Engage releases this Friday, and Nintendo has begun releasing an Ask The Developer roundtable interview with the minds behind the title. The first portion of the interview released today, and while interesting info is sprinkled throughout (such as them making protagonist Alear too vulnerable in early drafts to…
The NPD has arrived with more sales figures, this time for December and thus the entirety of 2022. Let’s take a look at those December figures first, though. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is back in the top 10 at position no. 8, while newcomer Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion…
I’ll likely never forget the first time I played Persona 4 Golden, chipping away day-by-day on my PlayStation Vita over the August of 2012, forever entrenching it in my mind as a playable summer vacation. For the longest time I considered it the biggest and best reason to buy Sony’s…
