3D collectathon platformers occupy the same lane for me as comfort food or an AC/DC album. They’re reliable, and no matter how much time passes, I can always return to them and feel familiarity. Of course, the best 3D platformers that leave their mark on history end up feeling more…
Hamster Corporation has announced that the classic Namco arcade game Air Combat 22 will be heading to its Arcade Archives series for modern platforms. As the sequel to the industry defining Air Combat, Air Combat 22 expanded the gameplay by allowing players to select different aircraft to carry out their…
Limited Run Games is back with a brand-new lineup of merchandise based on a classic Sega title. To honor the 25th anniversary of Jet Set Radio, you can now get a whole slew of shirts, plushes, trading cards, and keychains to show your love for Beat and the crew. While…
The holiday season of 2001 had a new contender in the gaming sector. Microsoft’s Xbox was touted as a powerhouse that could rival a computer — at the time. The company proved that claim easily with showing off Halo, a game that was originally being made for Mac computers. This…
Entering to the Toys-to-Life market after the big bubble that took out Disney Infinity and LEGO Dimensions burst, Ubisoft’s Starlink: Battle for Atlas didn’t have much competition when it released last fall. Throw in the Star Fox collaboration with Nintendo, and it wasn’t a surprise to see Switch’s starter pack…
April, already? Man, the year is just flying by. April showers bring great new games to the Nintendo Switch, so let’s take a look at what’s in store for this month! April 9 This is the one I’ve been waiting for. The Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy comes to…
Eight years ago today, I went to my local Toys”R”Us and picked up my sleek, Cosmo Black 3DS system. I always tell myself the 3DS isn’t that old, but it’s actually been out for quite some time now. Since then, I’ve finished middle school, high school, and I’m just about…
LizardCube, the developers behind the faithful remake Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap, surprised everyone in August of last year by announcing that they’d be working on a brand new Streets of Rage game in conjunction with DotEmu and Sega. It’s been a while since then, but we’ve got a brand…
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…
Mar10 Day is bringing a boatload of fun activities and happenings this year. From great sales offerings, to new My Nintendo rewards, to our very own look at what the red-clad plumber’s brought the world, the single day celebration has turned into a full-blown, weeklong event. I’m happy to report…
Mario’s a man of many hats, and while most of them help with making him Super, it’s when he’s not out platforming that he does some of his best work. No video game character can stand toe to toe with Mario when it comes to spinoffs in general, let alone…
Today it was announced that Reggie Fils-Aimé, current President of Nintendo of America and a man who’s been synonymous with the company ever since he introduced himself and told us what he was about, will be retiring from his position effective April 15th. Succeeding him will be Doug Bowser, current…
It is the stuff of video game legend — a tale imbued, however dramatically, with a Shakespearean quality of hubris and irony. In the late ’80s and early ’90s, our three actors — the once and future king Nintendo, fair and beautiful SquareSoft, and mighty and brave Sony — put…
Following yesterday’s investor’s report, Nintendo held a Q&A session with said investors and press where they discussed plans for the future. As always, we’ll cover the essentials. First things first, the company’s partnership with Universal was discussed in further detail. Super Nintendo World is still aiming for a 2020 launch…
Super Smash Bros. is a powerful series, moving units with a mere utterance of its existence. Now that Ultimate (the debut of the series on the already in demand Switch) is here, these two forces of nature have lead to the game not just becoming the Switch’s third best-selling game…
