The Splatoon 3 Spring Fest 2024 is set to go live tonight and to get fans excited, Nintendo has uploaded an amazingly cuddly-looking piece of promo art. A three-way Splatfest between Baby Chicks, Li’l Bunnies, and Bear Cubs, I’m not sure it even matters who wins at this point. This…
Those looking forward to Super Nintendo World Japan’s upcoming “Donkey Kong Country” addition this Spring will need to make new plans: the park expansion has been delayed until late 2024. In a post on the official Universal Studios Japan Twitter account, the company confirmed that the opening has been pushed…
If you’re a gigantic fan of the Animal Crossing series, you’ll want to mark May 2, 2024, on your calendars. First 4 Figures, purveyors of all manner of outstanding statues, will be releasing a new Isabelle statue for fans to fawn over. Available in two variants, pre-orders will open on…
Mega Man 11 is still quite a ways away, but Famitsu wants to know what fans think about the Blue Bomber’s history in celebration of the 30th Anniversary. Most interestingly, they’ve outright said they want the opinions and memories of overseas fans to feature in an upcoming issue. So if…
There’re plenty of ‘lost’ games out there, but thanks to a recent game design talk at Reboot Develop 2018 (a game developers conference just wrapping up in Croatia) with Yoot Saito we can add another to the list. As reported by Destructoid, “Mario Motors” was an idea from Mr. Saito,…
For whatever reason, the 20th of April has been the release date for several significant games throughout the past 30 or so years. (As for why, we can only speculate.) And thus, it is with much celebration we say happy anniversary to the grand genre-creating strategy-RPG Fire Emblem, the godly…
Welcome to the Nintendo Wiretap! Each day the team here at Nintendo Wire works tirelessly to bring you the best, most relevant late-breaking Nintendo news this side of the Mushroom Kingdom. To help make ingesting all these meaty stories easier than Kirby hopped up on Miracle Fruit, we’ve compiled a…
At this year’s British Academy Game Awards (an affiliate award and ceremony to the BAFTAs), Nintendo’s Shinya Takahashi was present to accept awards for both Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, both of which he served as a producer for. When stopped on…
The Switch has no shortage of local multiplayer titles, all of them embracing their new Joy-Con overlord. Whether designed with them in mind or not, the Switch’s trademark controller just makes playing with a friend anywhere at all easy as can be. I’m finding that where this shines most is…
While it was announced and confirmed for Japan during this weekend’s Sega Fes 2018, we now can confirm that Sega Ages will be coming to Switch consoles around the world. The lineup is set to bring back 15 classic titles, the first few of which have already been verified. Fans…
During February’s D23 Japan Expo there was the sneaky confirmation of something rather unusual in Kingdom Hearts 3 – minigames inspired by retro LCD game systems, namely the Game & Watch, seemingly part of a call-back to what could be seen as Mickey Mouse’s first video game appearance. For an…
Welcome to the Nintendo Wiretap! Each day the team here at Nintendo Wire works tirelessly to bring you the best, most relevant late-breaking Nintendo news this side of the Mushroom Kingdom. To help make ingesting all these meaty stories easier than Kirby hopped up on Miracle Fruit, we’ve compiled a…
Ever since Billy Mitchell’s records for Donkey Kong were questioned and then subsequently removed, fans have wondered about Steve Wiebe’s thoughts on the saga. The protagonist in “King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters” — who has been referred to as the “David to Billy Mitchell’s Goliath” — has finally commented…
Welcome to the Nintendo Wiretap! Each day the team here at Nintendo Wire works tirelessly to bring you the best, most relevant late-breaking Nintendo news this side of the Mushroom Kingdom. To help make ingesting all these meaty stories easier than Kirby hopped up on Miracle Fruit, we’ve compiled a…
After some questionable details came to light about famed video game record holder and American flag tie enthusiast Billy Mitchell, a decision has finally been made by Twin Galaxies with respect to the high scores in question. The removal of his scores will stand, and more notably he is…
