As the weather continues to warm up as spring arrives in full, there are plenty of people looking to enjoy their time in the sun. For the Pokémon fans out there, there’s no better way to do so than by enjoying the Alola region’s tropical weather and colorful scenery. If…
It feels like eons since a Madden game has last graced a Nintendo console, but EA is finally going to change that this year. Recently announced as part of the slate of titles heading to the Switch 2 this year, Madden 26 will be available on Nintendo’s latest console alongside…
With Switch 2 pre-orders finally live for the US and Canada, you now have the chance to fork over money to Nintendo for the chance to play the next generation of Switch hardware. Fun! If you want to utilize the full feature set of the Nintendo Switch 2, you’ll need…
Even before Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light released on the Switch eShop, Marth made himself known to fans thanks to Super Smash Bros. Despite that, it’s easy for him to fade into the background of the series’ many characters. It took him four years to place…
After Microsoft had purchased Rareware and the British developer exited Nintendo’s grasp at the turn of the century, many of the company’s games during the following two console generations would receive various ports and remasters across both the original Xbox and Xbox 360. While some Nintendo 64 titles like Conker’s…
There are few tidbits more interesting than discovering old game prototypes, some of which reveal radically different versions of the games in question. By those standards, a recently unearthed NES DuckTales prototype dated February 5th, 1989 is fairly humble: while the total number of changes are large, they’re mostly minute…
Reggie Fils-Aimé’s love of the Legend of Zelda is no secret. He previously named Breath of the Wild as his favorite game from his time working at Nintendo, but over the weekend he made an even firmer statement. Ahead of the series’ 35th anniversary this month, Reggie named his favorite…
Rareware’s tenure on the Nintendo 64 is untouchable, which is ironic when you recall one of their most unique ideas involved pulling cartridges out of the system. Much has been discussed when it comes to their Stop ‘n’ Swop feature, the idea of transferring bonuses and items across games by…
With just how many games Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has under its roof, creator Masahiro Sakurai’s got no shortage of anniversaries to commemorate. Recently we saw the likes of the original Super Smash Bros. and Balloon Fight get some love, but over the weekend three different titles all celebrated their…
Recent years have been fairly dry when it comes to Mega Man releases, but it wasn’t always that way. Not only were mainline and spin-off Mega Man games abundant in the 1990s, the Blue Bomber also featured in other Capcom titles, anime, and cartoons. After some generous donations from the…
Pokémon has a long legacy of fantastic pixel art. The limitations of the Game Boy hardware meant that GameFreak had to convey a lot of information with very little screen space or processing power. Those limitations led to an iconic visual identity that has grown with Pokémon as it’s evolved…
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…
