In the realm of retro gaming, a key principle many live by is the idea of the preservation of history. After all, the very nature of the hobby is appreciating that which has been lost to time, and not just games, but hardware itself. This naturally extends to the iconic…
There have been more than a few truly amazing Lego Nintendo sets over the last few years, and it looks like Nintendo and Lego are continuing their partnership into 2025, with Nintendo of America announcing a brand-new Lego set coming this October. This new set will be the second of…
Drip, drip, drip. For a company with a freaking plumber as its mascot, there sure has been a lot of leaks about the Nintendo Switch 2 lately. So far, we’ve allegedly seen the dock, the Joy-Con, the Joy-Con magnetic rail system, the motherboard, the kickstand, and even a supposed replica…
This weekend my Switch friend activity was honing in on one title. Monster Hunter Rise is here and it’s looking to be a popular (and critically acclaimed) pick up. Don’t take just my word for it, as Capcom has shared that for launch weekend they’ve shipped 4 million copies of…
Arc System Works have been in the business of delivering stylish and satisfying fighting games for quite a while now. There’re a lot of ingredients in that mix, but one that shouldn’t be overlooked is the music. Be they character themes or even just the character select menu, these songs…
As its 25th Anniversary year continues, the Tales of series continues to get attention from Bandai Namco. Best of all, it seems they’re more aware of their global audience than ever. In a new video, sales information of the entire series was shared for three specific regions: Japan and Asia,…
Over the weekend, Koei Tecmo held a panel for the upcoming anime spin-off from its magical girl RPG Blue Reflection. It wasn’t all anime, though, as part of the showcase revealed two video games. One, Blue Reflection Sun, was confirmed for mobile devices and PC, while the second is bound…
Welcome to Mii Weekly with Hero TJ! This show features headlines, impressions, and an assortment of variety segments all centered around Nintendo. In this edition, we cover the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Monster Hunter Rise amiibo, the looming disappearance of Mario, and a new Pikmin smart phone…
It’s the end of another week full of Nintendo news! Make sure you’re up to date on what’s going on in the Nintendo universe by checking out this week’s top stories. This week’s top stories The Resident Evil movie reboot’s title has been revealed as Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon…
It’s been an entire year since Animal Crossing: New Horizons launched on Nintendo Switch, and still many of us on the Nintendo Wire team are regularly revisiting our islands. This is in no small part due to Nintendo consistently providing free updates to the game, injecting new content to keep…
We were blown away last year when we reported on a special copy of Super Mario Bros. that sold for a record-breaking $114,000. Now imagine a copy of the game priced at almost three times that amount. An auction listing for a sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. has a…
Yesterday, the 2021 BAFTA Game Awards announced this year’s winners in an online-only awards ceremony. 2021’s list of nominees included plenty of titles that appeared on Nintendo Switch – Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Hades, Carrion, Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition, DOOM Eternal, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Fortnite, Minecraft Dungeons, Ori…
If you like Fire Emblem’s Ike, you might want to make room on your shelf for a 16-inch statue of your boy who fights for his friends! Good Smile has announced a beautiful new statue that captures the likeness of Ike from the Wii title Fire Emblem: Radiant…
Earlier this week we brought you the news from Famitsu that the mobile RPG Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey would be getting retooled for a Switch and PS4 release under the new name Astria Ascending. Today, as part of the latest ID@Xbox showcase, we got a few more platforms announced and our…
Poor Balan just can’t seem to catch a break. In what should be a joyous day for platformer fanatics, Sonic creator Yuji Naka’s all-new adventure Balan Wonderworld launches today, bringing along with it even more bad news following the panned reception to the January demo. Publisher Square Enix has confirmed…
