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…
Video game localization wasn’t nearly as comprehensive 20 years ago as it is today, with plenty of franchises going without release in English speaking territories. One such franchise was Shiren the Wanderer, Chunsoft’s in-house take on the Mystery Dungeon that didn’t rely on licensing major properties like Dragon Quest or…
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s title screen is absolutely iconic to longtime Nintendo fans and evokes nostalgic bliss in the hearts of many. It’s fitting, then, that during today’s Nintendo Direct presentation, it was used to introduce the latest addition to the Nintendo Switch Online service. That’s right,…
Announced during today’s Nintendo Direct, it was revealed that BioWare’s original Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic game from 2003 will be coming to the Nintendo Switch this November. As to be expected from the classic line of Star Wars ports, Aspyr will be the developer to bring the…
We’ve known about a revamped version of the Disney Classic Games Collection and that it would be releasing “soon” on a variety of platforms, including the Nintendo Switch. After all, it was rated by the ESRB last month followed by some finer details of what would be included thanks to a…
In the world of modifying handhelds and consoles, it’s no surprise to see micro-takes or giant upgrades of the classics. Enter TinyCircuits, known for their tiny takes on devices are going all out for their next release. Check out Thumby – the world’s smallest Game Boy-like handheld (thumbheld?) that resembles…
Earlier this year I had the tooth-rotting joy of playing through Cotton Reboot!, a touched up version of the cute ‘em up classic staring its titular sweets loving witch. More remakes and re-releases had been announced for Japan since then, but today I’m happy to report that multiple Cotton series…
Back in June, a “Castlevania Advance Collection” was rated by Australia’s Classification Board. Now it’s popped up again, this time in Taiwan, and this time it’s given us confirmation that the game will head to Switch, too. Unfortunately the listing has seemingly been removed, but Gematsu grabbed the screencapture above….
Back in 2017, Piko Interactive received the rights to the classic Nintendo 64/PlayStation/PC platformer Glover, and announced plans to re-release the game a few years later. Well, we finally have a look at their progress, and yep, it’s certainly Glover, but this time… in HD! Supposedly the port…
The NeoGeo Pocket Color has a healthy lineup of games available on Nintendo Switch, either all on their own or as part of the NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 1 compilation. Now two pieces of that set are branching off for their own mission with guns blazing! Metal…
The Mario RPG’s have always been odd in the grand scheme of things. After all, the first had a claymation aesthetic, while Paper Mario flattered the plumber dramatically. Mario & Luigi, meanwhile, wasn’t as huge a departure but it undeniably had a style of its own, especially the first entry,…
One of the most treasured and popular games of all-time, Super Mario Bros., released 36 years ago today in Japan. It goes without saying that the title launched Nintendo into a new territory that revolutionized the gaming industry in a truly remarkable way. And with it came dozens of popular…
Masahiro Sakurai may have rolled over into another year of sharing anniversaries recreated in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but that doesn’t mean he can’t work in some formerly unrepresented games as well. Last week saw a handful of game’s get that very treatment, the majority of them with the word…
