We’re only about a month away from the launch of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade on Nintendo Switch 2, but you don’t have to wait to jump in. A free demo is available right now on the Nintendo eShop, letting you experience the game’s opening hour today. The demo includes…
In a surprise announcement this evening, developer Team Cherry announced an expansion is heading to Hollow Knight: Silksong next year. Titled “Sea of Sorrow,” the only description we have is that players will “voyage across and beneath the salt-stricken seas.” The best news: it will be free for all players…
Like a handful of current and former colleagues here at Nintendo Wire, I know exactly where I was the morning of June 13th, 2017. Packed into a hotel room turned office, we’re watching Nintendo’s digital Spotlight presentation, typing up news articles and getting excited for our favorites — I got…
In a rather unexpected update, Valve has just updated Steam to include semi-official Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller support in its beta branch. In patch notes released by the company, it states that users can plug in their Switch 2 Pro Controllers via USB and use them via Steam input…
Alongside the addition of some games last night, Nintendo has quietly updated both the NES Classics and Game Boy Classics apps for NSO subscribers with a long-requested feature: in-app controller remapping. Surprisingly, NES games have not had the ability to remap button layouts on the app level, requiring players to…
Last night, Nintendo announced the latest classic titles coming to Nintendo Switch Online for November 2025. Including a duo of NES and Game Boy games, subscribers to The Big N’s service can now play Battletoads or Ninja Gaiden 2: The Dark Sword of Chaos for the NES. On the handheld…
Nintendo Black Friday deals are officially in full swing across the internet. Here are the best offers we’ve found on games, hardware, accessories, and toys. Stay tuned to Nintendo Wire all week as we update our list with even more offers as they drop! (Nintendo Wire is a member of…
It’s a Jamboree over at Nintendo Music, with the addition of Super Mario Party Jamboree’s soundtrack! Released last October, Super Mario Party Jamboree is a successor to Super Mario Party, continuing the original rules that dominated the first eight Mario Party games. Jamboree received a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, with…
As per tradition for the few decades, The Pokémon Company has announced that the famous “Pikachu and Eevee Pokésled” balloon will be featured in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The 99th one since the ceremony began in 1926, most of the post from TPC is actually about the ways…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
In the latest firmware update for the Switch 2 OS, Nintendo has seemingly fixed whatever issues were holding NieR: Automata The End of YoRHa Edition back from running properly on the new console. While not a specific Switch 2 update, which would be pretty awesome, the game should run properly…
A new update for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment will be coming later this week, and it brings more than just bug fixes. Set to hit the eShop on November 27th, 2025, version 1.0.2 will include some extra missions and a couple of new weapons to the game. There will…
There’s a classic trope in shōnen anime where the hero arrives at a climactic moment at the very last minute, precisely when they are needed most. The Dragon Ball Z anime uses it repeatedly — when all hope appears lost and the Z Fighters are on the brink of defeat,…
If you can believe it, Nintendo has announced that the 3DS will undergo a period of scheduled maintenance this week. No, that’s not some weird typo or even a sign that the eShop is being brought back to life. Nintendo is likely doing some maintenance on its 3DS servers for…
As spotted on Reddit over the weekend, Walmart now has Metroid Prime 4: Beyond demo kiosks available in-store. Giving players 20 minutes to experience a small portion of the prologue, the demo lets you run around the Federation base while it is under attack by Space Pirates. This is likely…
