During today’s Nintendo Treehouse Live stream, Capcom was on hand to showcase some gameplay of Street Fighter 6 running on the Switch 2. While the game is obviously not on par with the visuals for the PC, PlayStation 5, or Xbox Series X versions of the game, it does still…
In a surprising bit of news this morning, Nintendo of America has revealed that the pre-order date for the Switch 2 has been delayed so that the company can assess the impact of the latest round of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. GameSpot was given a statement from the…
The Nintendo Direct has officially wrapped, and the Nintendo Switch 2 has been fully unveiled! With the hardware, release date, and pricing now revealed, it’s time to turn our attention to the games. Nintendo will host Treehouse Live events on Thursday, April 3rd, and Friday, April 4th at 7 a.m….
An extension of the Nintendo Wire team is living in Japan right now, and we’re happy to report that she’s ventured over to the Pokémon Center in Ikebukuro to capture displays dedicated to this year’s beautiful Easter collection. The 2019 series features the usual characters — Pikachu and Eevee —…
In the past couple years, Nintendo has done some interesting branching out in terms of branding and collaboration. We saw the release of several pairs of Vans sneakers in 2016, with the crossover incorporating franchises like Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Donkey Kong. And even earlier in 2015,…
Project Eevee was a social media adventure full of GIF-worthy moments. The promotion influenced several areas of Japan — for instance, last December, Eevee became an ambassador of sorts to the city of Ibusuki. And, thanks to similarities between the city’s name and the Eevee Pokémon (adding the Japanese characters…
Hello, and welcome to Nintendo Wire’s newest ongoing series Wire Weekly, where I, the thoroughly adequate Ben “Not a big fan of A Link to the Past, sorry” Fruzzetti, run down the previous week’s news with varying degrees of flippancy. When my boss Jason Ganos told me he wanted a…
Conventions are nerd nirvana. Comic books, anime and manga, video games, film and tv shows — these yearly gatherings celebrate a slew of fandoms and announce what’s coming next. Nintendo participates in a few each year, and with Emerald City Comic-Con taking place in Seattle, Nintendo’s appearance is a given….
New York Toy Fair has come and gone. The convention that turns the Javits Convention Center into playground for all ages had us scouring through social media to see what video game franchises would be getting merch makeovers. We also saw products that were already announced, like Funko’s rendition of…
There’s nothing quite like finding a prototype of a beloved classic that contains a number of hitherto unknown secrets — especially for a game with such an enduring legacy. Pokémon Red & Green is arguably one of the most essential games to ever exist, but it’s also a notoriously buggy…
The Fire Emblem faithful might recall that a while back a big fancy Fire Emblem Expo was announced for May 4th at Zepp Tokyo in Japan. And while many fans lack the funds or time to make it to the gathering, Intelligent Systems has you covered on the merchandise front,…
When Fire Emblem Heroes announced the addition of Mythic Heroes – units that would have a godlike level of prominence and power – we weren’t quite sure what to make of the classification. What level of power counts as deific, exactly? Would we be seeing piddly demigods, or some actual…
In case we haven’t met before, I love me some Kirby and that extends to merch of the little guy. When it comes to products though, they usually involve the pink puffball himself and Waddle Dee — with Meta Knight and Dedede tagging along pretty often. As a fan, sometimes…
Perhaps the biggest bombshell of The Game Awards 2018 was Joker from Persona 5 being confirmed as the first Fighters Pass DLC character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Smash Director Masuhiro Sakurai has praised the JRPG since it launched in Japan via his Famitsu column, and his enthusiasm has reached…
Detective Pikachu isn’t the only movie releasing next year that’s putting beloved ’90s video game characters into the real world – Sonic the Hedgehog is getting the same treatment. But where Detective Pikachu mostly went down well with fans, this new look for the blue blur might be a bit…
