Just last September, Splatoon 3 celebrated its two-year anniversary in a spectacular sendoff with the Grand Festival. This celebration also marked the effective ending of the game, with new monthly Splatfest themes coming to a close. While the new content has slowed down, it hasn’t stopped entirely, as the seasonal…
For older Nintendo fans, Space World 2000 is one of the most pivotal moments in the company’s history. The event where Nintendo not only unveiled the GameCube to the public but showcased Super Mario 128 and some ridiculously high-quality 3D renders for a Legend of Zelda prototype, Space World 2000…
Across Nintendo’s vast reach, Mario has quite a few unique games under his belt. While most people tend to focus on the main series entries, there’s many games that fly under the radar for one reason or another. One such oft-forgotten title is Super Mario Run. This mobile-exclusive platformer doesn’t…
Being the very active and popular MMORPG that it is, Final Fantasy XIV is no stranger to April Fools gags, but this latest one has plenty to offer fans of retro NES, SNES and PS1 games, too. At the beginning it seems like a typical demake in the style of…
The World Video Game Hall of Fame has announced its list of nominees for this year’s inductions. The list includes the original Metroid, along with others. Check out the list: Asteroids Call of Duty Dance Dance Revolution Final Fantasy VII Half-Life John Madden Football King’s Quest Metroid Minecraft Ms. Pac-Man…
After March 26th, you’ll no longer be able to add points in the Wii shop — and as of early 2019, the shop will close down for good. This means time is running out to pick up some WiiWare exclusive titles that aren’t available anywhere else, so let’s highlight some…
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 what will be the first Kickstarter I will have contributed to in years, YouTube personality Joe Vargas, aka “Angry Joe,” announced that he’s been working on a Street Fighter miniatures tabletop board game for two years. Not much information is given regarding gameplay as of yet, but all will…
This week for the Nintendo Wiretap, we take a look at our picks for the 32 games we want to see on the Nintendo 64 Classic Edition. Check out 10 of them in Part 1 of our miniseries:
Are you a bad enough dude to take down the DragonNinja and rescue not-quite-Ronald Reagan? Well, you can test your mettle next week on the Switch eShop with the latest arcade port to hit the system; Bad Dudes vs. DragonNinja. More commonly referred to as simply “Bad Dudes”, the 1988…
Nintendo has truly been banking on (and making bank with) exploiting nostalgia the past few years, releasing both the NES Classic Edition and SNES Classic Edition to enormous amounts of demand — and artificial supply shortages. The two miniature consoles took gamers through some of the greatest games of the…
The Super Nintendo and the 3DS are two of my favorite Nintendo systems, so it was a dream come true when I could start building a digital SNES library on a handheld. It’s been a while since those classics started making their way to the eShop to the point we…
We opened an entire box of Super Mario Bros. 3 Collector Pins from PowerA. Will we pull the chase variant? Find out by watching our latest unboxing video! The music in the video was created by Bulby.
With a new Nintendo Direct just over the horizon all eyes are scanning Nintendo’s websites and trademarks for any potential hints of what could be announced. Like clockwork, the company has uploaded two new patents for the 8th of March, which are pretty intriguing in their own right. First up…
Even the most die-hard Sonic fans may have a blind-spot when it comes to the blue blur’s Game Gear adventures. While technically impressive in their own right, the constraints in terms of resolution and speed mean they play very differently compared to their 16-bit counterparts. Sonic Triple Trouble was one…
