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…
Do you remember where you were when the Nintendo Wii launched? In November of 2006, Nintendo unleashed the Wii on the United States and it felt as if the entire world had gone into a frenzy. While I had been unreasonably excited for previous consoles in my life due to…
It’s Halloween and fittingly Nintendo has added a trio of games featuring the likes of aliens, demons, and vampires to the standard Nintendo Switch Online selection! For the NES library we have two games that originally skipped North America. Demon World, a game directed by Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto that…
Let’s get the party rollin again! Mario Party 3, the illustrious third title in the classic series’ N64 lineup, is coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack on October 27th. This marks the first time that the title is officially available to play on a modern console…
If you’ve been following the retro gaming scene for the past decade, chances are you’re familiar with Analogue, a company known for creating remarkable hardware that lets you enjoy original game cartridges on modern hardware. This isn’t your typical emulation setup — Analogue leverages FPGA processing to faithfully replicate the…
For me, nothing quite beats the feeling of sitting down to play a classic Super NES RPG. My love affair with RPGs began with Final Fantasy VI (III in North America) all the way back in 1994, and I’ve been hooked ever since. So when SquareSoft and Nintendo decided to…
A few years ago, Nintendo fans would be forgiven for thinking mini consoles were here to stay, with both the NES Mini and SNES Mini releasing to critical and commercial acclaim. Naturally the expectation was for more consoles to come, but since the SNES Mini’s release in 2017 we’ve only…
Since his introduction a few months ago, Elephant Mario appears to have captured the internet’s heart. What’s not to love? His big, he’s cute, he says “Wowwie Zowwie”. He does it all. Just yesterday, we featured an impressive 8-Bit reimagining of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, which included NES-ified versions of…
Wowie, Zowie! Super Mario Wonder is only a few short weeks away, and I can’t tell you how excited I am. As the resident Nintendo Wire “Old Dude” I got my first taste of Super Mario back in the ’80s with the original Mario Bros. trilogy on the NES, and…
Most corporations haven’t been around as long as Nintendo. Founded in 1889, the company made cards and other toys for nearly a century before shifting to video game development around the late ’70s. And now you can charter its evolution via various logo redesigns over the years, compiled by Twitter…
Get ready, Kirby fans, as one of the pink puffballs most out-there adventures is heading to Nintendo Switch Online’s Expansion Pack next week. Kirby & The Amazing Mirror was an unconventional platformer compared to the rest of the series when it launched for the Game Boy Advance back in 2004….
Mario and his pals may be paper-thin, but there’s nothing flimsy about the graphical overhaul in the Nintendo Switch remaster of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. When last week’s Nintendo Direct presentation ended with the welcome return of the GameCube classic, we all got a glimpse of just how bright,…
Another Code: Two Memories (known as Trace Memory in North America) was a 2005 DS title and point and click adventure that utilized the budding DS’s touchscreen technology to tell an evocative narrative. While little known outside of minute cameos in Super Smash Bros., the title and its even more…
Twenty years later, the most storied Mario RPG of all time is coming back – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is being remade for the Nintendo Switch. Now let me scream: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! The remake features fully updated graphics with new lighting and detail more akin to recent Paper…
