The late and legendary Nintendo president Satoru Iwata had an unusual request for European employees leading up to the launch of 2013’s Animal Crossing: New Leaf, according to a former Nintendo UK staffer. On the latest episode of The Back Page podcast (via FRVR and GamesRadar+), former PR manager Ashley…
Resellers are attempting to peddle empty cartons of Krispy Kreme’s limited-edition Pokémon doughnut assortments for absurd prices online. A search on eBay (via GamesRadar+) shows there are a number of sellers pricing the empty boxes as high as $100. There are also listings for the five collectible cups from the…
Footwear company Crocs has revealed more designs for its evolving Pokémon collection, featuring three favorites from the first generation. Following last week’s announcement of the Poké Ball Crocs, IGN reports that the new additions will feature Pikachu and Gengar as standard clogs, and Jigglypuff as a platform pair. Each design…
Welcome to the Nintendo Wiretap: Weekend Edition! 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,…
As I continue to get older and the burden of adult responsibilities weighs on my soul, I find myself increasingly drawn away from my childhood obsession with time-consuming RPGs for the bite-sized, pick-up-and-play allure of roguelikes. Often taking well under an hour per run, the genre is perfectly tailored for…
1986 was a good year for Nintendo. Super Mario Bros. had been in players’ minds and hands for a year already and it was the year that The Legend of Zelda and Metroid released to much acclaim, and they began their own rise to popularity. Another hero would be trying…
Here we are at last, to what I consider the pinnacle of the Kirby series, and my personal favorite. Kirby Super Star saw the return of Masahiro Sakurai as director, and in the time between Kirby’s Adventure and this he managed to find a way to make a larger, more…
Given that it’s attained a massive popularity and prestige in the West only within the last few years, it’s easy to forget that Fire Emblem games have been around since the Famicom days. Until the series’ seventh entry (Rekka no Ken/Blazing Sword, known simply as Fire Emblem in the West),…
Combining Mario with role playing games is one of the most bizarre ideas Nintendo has green lit in its storied history. It takes a weird and wonderful world that’s mostly mute and simple and inserts typical JRPG mechanics and expansive storylines. Despite how weird that sounds, the gamble miraculously works,…
After Genei Ibun Roku #FE (or the game formerly known as Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem) was announced in January 2013, fans didn’t hear another peep about it for over two years. Many began to suspect it had been cancelled, but fortunately, that was not the case, and the…
Crossovers. Why do we like them so much? Whether we’re watching the latest superhero team-up blockbuster on screen or laying the smack down on beloved pop culture mascots in whatever new “versus” game Capcom concocts, the crossing over of one property with another is almost always a recipe for instant…
