As I’m sure anyone with a pulse can tell you, Fortnite is pretty massive. It’s so massive, in fact, that we’ve seen Epic Games’ battle royale title practically become a melting pot of every creative IP of the last 100 years. Players can don skins with characters from John Wick,…
The Rediscover GO update continues with Rediscover Your World and Residcover Kanto. For Rediscover Your World, visual updates have been added to Pokémon GO. That means biomes have clear, visual cues and backgrounds (i.e.: sandy beaches for the beach biome). To celebrate the change, Rediscover Kanto is an event featuring…
In a bit of a surprise announcement this morning, Private Division has revealed a new trailer for Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game. The title is a bit of a mouthful, but essentially, this is a brand new single-player life simulation game set within the Middle-earth…
Everyone here at Nintendo Wire is celebrating Super Smash Bros.’ 22nd birthday today! And to do that, we thought it would be fun to unbox the original Smash 64 from Japan. Have a look at our blast from the past unboxing:
In a recent YouTube video, former Rare graphic artist Kevin Bayliss who worked on the Donkey Kong Country series and Diddy Kong Racing, showed off some scribbles the company drafted for the former star-studded Super Nintendo franchise on his personal channel. Have a watch below to check out some of…
Arcade1Up, the company responsible for a line of increasingly popular at-home arcade cabinets, has announced several new cabinets as part of its lineup for 2021. A brand new Killer Instinct cabinet was announced, containing not only Killer Instinct and Killer Instinct 2, but also two Battletoads games, much to the…
UPDATE (1/8/2020, 5 P.M. PT): Several more games have been re-added. See the list below. Most of the over 250 DSiWare games that had been removed from the North American Nintendo 3DS eShop earlier this week have returned and are now available for purchase once more. The list of removed titles, which…
Thanks to its modern setting, EarthBound safe havens took the form of hotels. On its own that’s a fun little detail (and some pretty sweet music), but now Hobonichi is taking things a step further with their latest batch of Mother series goods. 【MOTHERファンのみなさまへ １】いままさに発売に向けて準備しているグッズがあります。ちらっとお見せいたしますが『MOTHER2』に登場するホテルにもしも宿泊記念グッズがあったら…という設定でつくったホテルキーリングとステッカーのセットです。それで、お願いがあります（続→） pic.twitter.com/ZTgVfDYrBA — ほぼ日MOTHERプロジェクト (@hobonichimother) January…
The Switch is host to so many of Nintendo’s staples at this point, with blockbusters like Mario and Zelda coming out within its first year. Add on Smash, Pokémon, Animal Crossing, Kirby, Splatoon’s sophomore effort, an expansive Fire Emblem, and all those Wii U ports and it’s a highly impressive…
Whether it’s a subtle visual cue in Punch-Out!! or entire hidden stages in Bomberman 64, it’s always incredible when entirely new discoveries are made in games decades after their original release. The latest finding retro discovery comes from Street Fighter Alpha 2, which launched way back in 1996 on the…
Several video game publishers and developers have celebrated the start of 2021 so far, but it’s worth paying special attention to this new piece of Sonic the Hedgehog artwork focusing on the “Classic” variations of the characters. Illustrated by Nathalie Fourdraine, who has provided plenty of Sonic illustrations over the…
It’s customary at this point for game developers to wish a happy new years, but Square Enix tends to pull out all the stops with new artwork. 2021 is no different, with two new pieces being commissioned for the occasion alongside a handful of messages from key members of staff….
The Super Smash Bros. roster has grown to sizes we never would’ve believed back at the turn of the millennium, but there’s just something about the original game and its chunky characters that stands out even today. Eight starting fighters (plus four secret characters) was enough back in the day,…
As the holiday season starts ramping up with the end of December, you may want to kick back while you are trapped indoors and get yourself into the same rhythm as the chilly atmosphere you may be seeing outside your window or across the internet. Whether you’re booting up your…
While this time of the year is known as the season of giving, there’s still a specialness about the memories we have of receiving gifts from loved ones and spending time together playing games over Winter Break — especially when it involves Nintendo. Some of those cherished experiences may have…
