In preparation for our grand return to Starship Mario, Nintendo Music has added Super Mario Galaxy 2’s soundtrack to the streaming service! Originally intended to be an updated version of Galaxy with a few more galaxies, titled “Super Mario Galaxy More,” Nintendo realized that the development staff had more and…
Team Cherry is nearly ready to release the next patch for Hollow Knight: Silksong, its long-anticipated and hotly debated followup to Hollow Knight, after having just released a patch that tweaked some of the early-game difficulty balancing. This next patch, despite online debate focusing almost entirely on the game’s difficulty,…
Sega just released its new Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds commercial, and it seems to take jabs at a familiar racing franchise. In the 30 second ad, CrossWorlds shows off their vehicle customization, traveling through different worlds, and crossplay multiplayer. Immediately after, they mention “traveling around on an open road,” seemingly taking…
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…
In just a matter of weeks Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has become a sales phenomenon, breaking quite a few records in the process, like becoming the fastest selling Switch game in Japan so far. It’s this latest news from Nintendo of Europe, however, that shows just how successful the game…
Smash Bros. is big, that much is expected, but Ultimate has the potential to be the heaviest hitter yet. Not only is the game the fastest selling Smash Bros. game so far in the UK, but it’s also broke records in its home country, too. Famitsu is reporting that 1.3…
Happy December, Nintendo fans! It’s sure to be a Smashing month for Switch owners, but Sakurai’s next piece of work isn’t the only game coming to Nintendo consoles this month. Let’s dive in and take a look at the games headed to Nintendo consoles throughout December! Please note: We’ve included…
The Pokémon series has always been a heavy hitter when it comes to sales. Mainline games often sell like hotcakes at launch and go on to have a significant presence in the sales charts over the months that follow. Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! are the latest to…
The time has come once again, Nintendo fans! Black Friday deals are upon us, which means you’ll have a whole plethora of opportunities to nab and grab Nintendo related products for incredible prices. Check out our guide below, and make sure to come back throughout the week, as we’ll be…
