Alongside the myriad of announcements this morning from the Switch 2 Direct was the confirmation that certain Nintendo Switch titles would be getting enhanced Nintendo Switch 2 Editions. First up for the enhancement process are two of the Switch’s biggest titles, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and…
Not revealed in today’s Direct, Nintendo has a new wrinkle in store for publishers that opt to sell physical games without the physical component. For anyone looking to sell a “key-in-a-box,” Nintendo has a brand-new option: the Switch 2 Game-Key card. As the name suggests, this will be a Switch…
Mario Kart World, the newest entry in the Mario Kart franchise and the first new console game in over a decade, races on to Switch 2 in just two months! First teased back in January for the Switch 2 reveal, Mario Kart World was the first trailer shown off in…
Just days after the 20th anniversary of Sonic Adventure, Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka has fans dreaming of a remake of the hedgehog’s first true foray into 3D. In an interview with Retro Gamer, Iizuka said that 20 years later, he can see the rough edges in the game, and…
The Video Game History Foundation has done the world a great service this Christmas by making a playable ROM of the NES prototype SimCity available to the public. Originally thought to be lost to the world, the unfinished game was last seen by playtesters at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show…
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…
In one of the more bizarre stories to come out lately, a man in Hermosillo, Mexico used a NES Zapper wrapped up in tape to rob a bank. More likely than not, you’re already familiar with Nintendo’s electronic light gun most famously paired with the company’s Duck Hunt game…
While the Mario and Sonic rivalry isn’t quite as surprising now we’ve had over a decade of spin-off games and Super Smash Bros. putting the two universes together, there’s still something charming about the idea. It seems like famed video game composer Yuzo Koshiro agrees, putting together a cute little…
Welcome back to Season 2 of the Character Column, where we run down all manner of royal, ruffian, and rough-around-the-edges rube in a weekly analysis of various characters. Last week we ran down the nuances of Inklings and avatars in Splatoon. This week, I’d like to begin by demanding that…
As spoken in the Book of Mario, “Nintendo giveth, and Nintendo taketh away” {Waluigi 1:21}. The Big N has announced that this run of both the NES Classic and the SNES Classic will be the last, as the company now pivots towards Nintendo Switch Online services to fill the retro…
We made sure to pack this year with as many de-make videos as we could for Nintendo fans out there. From visualizing Breath of the Wild on the Game Boy Color to watching Smash Bros. Ultimate come to life in pixelated form, 2018 was full of some truly fun and…
We took the World of Light opening cutscene back in time to the Game Boy Color to celebrate the game’s launch last week. And now we’re pitting the de-make and original footage next to one another in a side-by-side comparison! See how the two look together. Lifelight Remix…
With Super Smash Bros. Ultimate right around the corner, we’ve taken the World of Light opening cutscene back in time to the GameBoy Color to celebrate the exciting launch. Lifelight Remix by EchoNotGecko. Ambient sounds by Magnus Chirgwin.
It’s the 20th anniversary of a video game that has truly stood the test of time, as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time celebrates a whopping two decades of being hailed as one of the best, if not THE best, video games of all time. The action-adventure title garnered…
Reggie Fils-Aimé, President of Nintendo of America, had a sit-down interview with Kotaku while he was in New York promoting Nintendo’s big holiday lineup. They discussed a wide range of topics in regards to Nintendo’s future plans, as well as upcoming releases. Here are some of the main points from…
