Editor’s Note: Today, September 27th, would have marked the 6th anniversary of Dragalia Lost. To celebrate, we are re-publishing a piece we created for its 5th anniversary. Enjoy, and thank you, Mr. Lost! With the recent announcement that Mario Kart Tour will no longer be getting new content, I’ve been…
Back in the ’90s, Nintendo, Sega, and Sony were locked in what is now commonly referred to as “The Console Wars”—a fierce rivalry between gaming giants that played out through advertisements, lawsuits, and even, in one instance, a public feud in front of Congress over video game violence. While Nintendo,…
There are many reasons to celebrate what Nintendo is doing in the gaming industry from both a creative and hardware perspective (especially when it comes to pricing), and the best place to do so right now is at the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, Japan. The museum is an entire building…
It is the stuff of video game legend — a tale imbued, however dramatically, with a Shakespearean quality of hubris and irony. In the late ’80s and early ’90s, our three actors — the once and future king Nintendo, fair and beautiful SquareSoft, and mighty and brave Sony — put…
New York Toy Fair has come and gone. The convention that turns the Javits Convention Center into playground for all ages had us scouring through social media to see what video game franchises would be getting merch makeovers. We also saw products that were already announced, like Funko’s rendition of…
Astral Chain’s trailer debut during last week’s Direct had me grinnin’, as it marks the return of PlatinumGames to a Nintendo console since Bayonetta 2, their work on Star Fox notwithstanding. While a few things could be gleaned from the trailer in terms of style and gameplay ideas, not much…
While the original Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island is an unmitigated classic, sequels starring everybody’s favorite tax-evading dinosaur have been of disputed quality. From the very simplistic Yoshi’s Story on N64 to the ear-screeching soundtrack of Yoshi’s New Island on 3DS, it wasn’t really until Yoshi’s Woolly World on…
Gaming goes through many different phases. I’d say that we can generally widdle down each of these phases into the confines of one year. For example, 2018 was the year of the single-player, 2017 was the year of the lootbox, etc. One year, however, flies under the radar as one…
Here at Nintendo Wire, we always are pondering about amiibo support and functionality in upcoming Nintendo games. I even mentioned the idea when I covered what new tidbits we saw for Yoshi’s Crafted World in yesterday’s Nintendo Direct. Perhaps the amiibo overlords heard me and decided to give us a…
Time to get creative, because Mario’s got his tool belt and hard hat back in action! Today, Nintendo announced Super Mario Maker 2 exclusively for the Nintendo Switch. New features, both to play with and create with, were shown in the trailer, such as Super Mario World style slopes and…
Another month, another pair of games added to Nintendo’s NES Nintendo Switch Online collection. Much to our delight, Nintendo even snuck in a few surprises this month. First up is what we already knew — that February brings us Super Mario Bros. 2 and Kirby’s Adventure. Staples from the 8-bit…
Data strings for Super Nintendo games discovered within the Nintendo Entertainment System app for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers last month have disappeared following its latest update. The news comes from Twitter user @itssimontime, a self-described dataminer, who tweeted the following: All SNES game strings have been removed from the…
Disclaimer: Some of our predictions below are based on alleged rumors that started circulating several days ago. Proceed at your own discretion, as certain details could be interpreted as spoilers. The scent of love is in the air, as flowers descend on the collective spirits of humanity while Barry White…
Who’s more desperate — a coffee addict, waiting in line at Starbucks for his morning caffeine fix, or a Nintendo fan who’s gone more than two months without having Video Game News injected directly into their bloodstream via their eyeballs? While both are ravenous beings, the latter may finally have…
Happy February, Nintendo fans! It’s the shortest month of the year, but that doesn’t mean there’s a shortage of great Nintendo games coming your way over the next 28 days. Let’s dive right into the February preview! February 1 Hey, that’s today! Wargroove is already available on Nintendo Switch….
