Yesterday evening, Bloomberg reported that Nintendo of Japan would be selling units of the Switch 2 hardware to various retailers at wholesale prices so that each store/chain could earn more profit from a sale. Stated to be a margin of 5%, which is higher than the Japanese industry standard of…
After a remarkable 29 year tenure at Square Enix, director Tatsuya Kando has announced that he retired from the company this past weekend. On his Twitter account yesterday, Kando revealed he stepped away from the company on May 31st, 2025, and stated he gained “invaluable experience” from his time with…
Announced nearly five years ago, developer IO Interactive has been hard at work on its 007 game after having wrapped up the modern Hitman trilogy. Said to be a fresh start to the iconic character, it seems we’re very close to learning what shape this game will take. This morning,…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons will seemingly allow players to customize the shape of their character’s nose and mouth, as revealed through tweeted screenshots from Nintendo España. The tweet shows off new clothing items like shirts, bottoms, backpacks, and other accessories, but also two different types of noses: the classic triangular…
I spy with my eagle eye… a Super Nintendo World themed bus parked in front of Universal Studios Japan! How cool is this? Courtesy of @LCASTUDIOS_USJ on Twitter and YouTube, we have a pretty solid look at the “crew exclusive” bus featuring our favorite Mario characters. Princess Peach, Toad, Yoshi,…
Trainers, it’s time to get hyped! The North American Pokémon Center has updated its shop with five new plushes, all dedicated to some of our favorite new Galar region Pokémon from Sword & Shield. Wooloo, Gossifleur, Eldegoss, Drednaw, and Corviknight are waiting to join your collections: Each plush will…
Even though the game has been out for a few weeks, The Pokémon Company has left much of the new content under wraps in an effort to not spoil every new thing for players. As time goes on, however, they need to be announced publicly, as they’ll eventually be featured…
With the one year anniversary of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on Nintendo Switch upon us all, everyone here on the Nintendo Wire team wants to celebrate! It’s fun looking back, but now we think it’s time to look ahead: the fantastic Tom Brown has envisioned what the upcoming DLC characters…
Mobile game Pokémon Masters will be adding some popular characters to its playable line-up, including Giovanni & Mewtwo, Cynthia & Garchomp, and Lance & Dragonite, plus festive, holiday versions of existing ones and brand-new game modes. The news was revealed in a YouTube video title “A Message from the Pokémon…
After the first two titles in the series swaggered onto Nintendo Switch earlier this year, Capcom has announced the inevitable fan-favorite followup. Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition, long held as the gold standard for Dante’s demon slaying, will be making its Nintendo console debut in just a few months….
Alcremie, the sentient stack of whipped cream cuteness, was revealed fairly early on in Pokémon Sword and Shield’s pre-release period. Later on, we caught a glimpse of it with different decor and coloration, and now with the games out in the wild, we know just how to get the Alcremie…
Everyone at Nintendo Wire has been completely immersed in the region of Galar in Pokémon Sword & Shield, and we’re all proud of how far our characters have made it in their journeys. That’s one reason why the inclusion of the League Cards within the games is so great: they…
Nintendo’s once again updated its online store with some pretty awesome new apparel, this time featuring an array of beloved games and popular characters on t-shirts and hoodies. From Luigi’s Mansion’s adorable sidekick Polterpup, to The Legend of Zelda’s Wind Fish, to Animal Crossing’s Tom Nook, just about every fan…
We’re just a week away from the long-anticipated releases of Pokémon Sword and Shield for the Nintendo Switch, the series’ first true, HD mainline titles (if you don’t count Pokémon: Let’s Go, which, let’s be honest, you shouldn’t). Pokémon Sword and Shield’s development has been… contentious amongst the fanbase. The…
Pokémon developer Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori recently spoke with Eurogamer to discuss Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield’s development. Ohmori, the Pokémon series’ game director, and Masuda, lead producer on many Pokémon games, talked topics such as fan favorite Pokémon like Sirfetch’d and Wooloo, Sword and Shield connectivity…
