Birthdays can mean a lot of things for people – time with friends or family, treating yourself to something special, or just disconnecting from responsibilities. For Kirby it means cake, cake, and more cake. カービィさん、お誕生日おめでとうございます！今日はわれわれワドルディレポート隊が、カービィさんのためにケーキをご用意しました♪さぁ、カービィさん！みなさんへコメントをお願いします…って、わわわっ！？食べるのはまだ早いですよ～っ！！#カービィのハッピーバースデー pic.twitter.com/mVy2QldNbg — 星のカービィ (@Kirby_JP) April 26, 2024 Yes, April 27th marks Kirby’s 32nd birthday and…
LEGO and Animal Crossing is a match made in heaven, but there was one curious omission from the line when it launched earlier this year: K.K. Slider. How could one of the most iconic characters of modern gaming not be included alongside villagers like Julian and Bunnie? Who even are…
Earlier this morning, Spanish gaming website Vandal reported new information provided by a reputable accessory manufacturer regarding the Switch 2. According to the report, the unnamed manufacturer claims to have interacted with the new console, which was encased in an “opaque box,”. Apparently, they were unable to see the console…
Crossovers can be pretty interesting when it comes to fandoms, especially when they involve series you loved when you were a kid — and that’s exactly why we’re loving this new combination of characters offered on mobile. Bandai Namco and Sega have unleashed a surprise with the latest update in…
New games built for old systems are nothing new, from Genesis RPG Pier Solar to the Piko Interactive catalog, but very rarely do you see it attempted with the Nintendo 64. Yet, years after the system was discontinued, a “new” game is heading to the classic console. 40 Winks was…
It’s time to grab your GameCube and wire up the Wii U, because Smash is making another appearance on a world stage! This August both Melee and Smash 4 will join six other titles in Las Vegas as the featured games in EVO 2018. The world’s biggest fighting game tournament…
In today’s Top 5, we count down to best easter eggs in Nintendo’s history.
After being portrayed as a villain in The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, Billy Mitchell’s potentially exaggerated on-screen portrayal is seemingly merging with reality. Perhaps in response to Todd Roger’s fall from grace, high score enthusiasts are taking a second look at other well known players. Over on…
So you thought you were the fastest Mario player on the planet? Well, I hate to break it to you, but SethBling just shattered your hopes and dreams. Speedrunner and programmer SethBling has completed Super Mario World in 54 seconds and 56 milliseconds, breaking the previous record of 1 minute…
The nine month financial briefing that Nintendo hosted yesterday was full of unexpected news; a new mobile game based off of Mario Kart, the announcement of when Nintendo’s Online Service will begin for Nintendo Switch, and, finally, official confirmation of Nintendo’s partnership with Illumination Entertainment to make a Super Mario…
The Virtual Console re-release of Pokémon Crystal Version is here, allowing trainers the world over to play through the 2000 Game Boy Color classic and catch pocket monsters across both Johto and Kanto with the convenience of their Nintendo 3DSes. Although it’s no shocker that Pokémon like Cyndaquil and Suicine…
A few more old Nintendo themed photos have been added to this week’s collection showing up on Twitter. Nibellion posted the following scans from a newspaper possibly based in the Netherlands. The Dutch text is the only clue to its origin and Nibellion states it’s from 1994: Twitter user…
With Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition set to release this spring, it’s got the entire Nintendo Wire team once again thinking about how much we all love the roster of characters attached to it. That being said, as Zelda fans we’re also always going to be hungry for more, and now…
The Smash scene continues to receive some support from the top, as for the third year in a row, Nintendo has become a sponsor of the Genesis series of Smash tournaments in Northern California, specifically this weekend’s Genesis 5. As usual, the exact details of this sponsorship are unknown, but…
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…
