In the weeks since Apple announced that it was relaxing its App Store policies regarding emulators, we’ve seen a few emulators for Nintendo systems come and go for various reasons, like iGBA being delisted for using entirely stolen code or an NES emulator that was uploaded and approved before being…
Go back in your mind to the early days of gaming. The year is 1982, Mario isn’t a household name yet, Pac-Man is taking over arcades, and you’re headed to the store to check out what’s new in the Atari library. Odds are if you were an avid video game…
After having its imminent early access release announced just yesterday, it’s looking like early technical tests for Hades II have begun. Developer Supergiant Games doesn’t want anyone left out of the fun though, so they’re live streaming the technical test in multiple places to make sure everyone can get their…
Happy SNES Classic Day, everybody! There may be stiff competition when it comes to exactly which game you should play first, but we’ve got a little something to tell you that might make that decision a bit easier. Going to the mini console’s homepage, you can click on each of…
Bethesda Softworks in recent years seems to have one goal in mind above all else: port and re-release The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as many times as possible on as many platforms as possible. Only Minecraft has been more prevalent in the gaming sphere. Which is why, upon Bethesda tweeting…
Getting a new game is something I think gets taken for granted a lot these days. It’s easy to get caught in that cycle of announcement, anticipation, release — but even for the best of ‘em, the routine is familiar. Not for this game though. Star Fox 2 was thought…
Today many of you will be playing some iconic ’90s games thanks to the launch of the SNES Classic Edition. To get in the spirit, and accidentally rub it in the faces of those who didn’t manage to get one, Nintendo UK has released a new video for the system…
The Wii Shop Channel is where Nintendo got its start in digital retail back in 2006 but now it has been announced the service will be coming to a close. The news comes from Nintendo’s Japan and UK websites, where it’s revealed users will be unable to add more Wii…
Copying is what Kirby does, but the pink puff’s style has always been his own. He floated onto the scene in 1992 and had his first console Adventure the next year, all under the watchful eye of Masahiro Sakurai. Kirby’s Dream Land 2 would arrive in ‘95, with a few…
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…
The first, in what we hope to be many, Arcade Archives is live and for sale in the Nintendo eShop. Announced during this month’s Nintendo Direct, Mario Bros. is making a jump to the Nintendo Switch under the Arcade Archives brand. For $7.99, up to two players can choose to…
The Super Nintendo is home to some of the finest RPG experiences, a handful of which we’ve already shared with you in the other articles included in our Super September series. Personally, my childhood was made up of a trinity — or would that be Triad? — formed by Chrono…
Judging by most of the comments we get, the number of people lucky enough to get the NES and SNES Classic is going to be very small. But if you do find yourself opening up one of the elusive new micro consoles this Friday and have its older sibling laying…
2017 is the 30th anniversary of Final Fantasy and Square Enix is going to close it out with the franchise’s most iconic song – the Main Theme. According to the official site, a Fan Tribute video is going to be put together from various fan submissions, be they music covers,…
If the opening music box theme of Yoshi’s Island doesn’t make you feel something, I’m afraid you might not have a heart. And if you haven’t ever heard it, do yourself a favor and have a listen. Yoshi’s Island for the SNES was, at least in my opinion, one of…
