The year of wild collaborations continues! Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble has revealed two new collaborations, featuring the iconic Kaiju Godzilla and the digital diva Hatsune Miku. Both collabs will be available on November 26th as a part of the big 2.0 update. While the update itself is free, Godzilla…
The history of the Fire Emblem franchise is one fraught with a lot of obscurity and uncertainty. With the franchise nearly being canceled entirely prior to the release of Fire Emblem: Awakening, it has been quite a winding path to get to where it is now. Despite these troubles, the…
Nintendo Switch Online is back with new icons, this time themed to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Celebrating the Shiny Rayquaza Tera Raid Battle event that will kick off in a few weeks, the icons are meant to get players excited for the battles ahead! In the meantime, you can enjoy…
Koei Tecmo’s brutal 3D Ninja Gaiden Trilogy could be heading to Switch, if a new listing by Hong Kong distributor Game Source Entertainment is anything to go by. The collection, which will supposedly include Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Sigma 2, and 3: Razor’s Edge, has been pulled from the site but…
For a collection that sees Mario conquer a galaxy, it’s fitting that he is once again taking over the world. Mere days after its reveal, Super Mario 3D All-Stars is already the second bestselling game of the year on Amazon. In Amazon’s “Best Sellers of 2020,” the platforming collection has…
As summer fades and fall begins, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is marking the seasonal transition with a new item available from the Nook Shopping store. You can purchase a Moon Rug for 2,000 Bells, by either visiting the Nook Stop terminal in Resident Services or via the Nook Shopping app…
Nintendo’s celebrating Super Mario Bros. 35th anniversary in style, all the way from grand reveals to more modest commemorations — like this new 30-second ad spot out in Japan that showcases Super Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. While technically not…
With all of the exciting announcements from last week’s Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Direct, there is certainly no shortage of Mario games to play. Nintendo isn’t the only one that’s been busy crafting plumber-powered platforming levels, however, as Super Mario Maker 2 players have submitted over 20 million custom…
Dear friends, I have dark news. Back in July, we shared a retrospective of the Kingdom Hearts franchise from a Nintendo perspective. The piece was written with an undertone of hope for the future of the series on Nintendo hardware thanks to a rich history with the brand and Kingdom…
Last week saw this year’s Computer Entertainment Developers Conference (CEDEC) in Japan, and on the third day of the event (September 4th), Animal Crossing series creator Hisashi Nogami and New Horizons Director Aya Kyogoku gave a presentation on the franchise’s near-20-year history. One of the most striking and interesting aspects…
Streets of Rage 4 brought the classic beat ’em up back in style earlier this year, and it seems like audiences are loving it, with Dotemu announcing that the game has been downloaded 1.5 million times. To mark the occasion a new patch has been released, with over 150 changes…
Last year we saw the release of Super Kirby Clash, a free to play and expanded subgame with mobile game sensibilities, for the Nintendo Switch. I dove deep into this one, learning the ins and outs of each of its roles to take on boss after boss after boss. …
Welcome back to the Nintendo WireCast. Today, Hero TJ and Amiibo Jason talk about the recent Super Mario Direct. What went well, what was missing, and what’s next?
It’s time for this week’s episode of Nintendo Minute, where the show is never a minute. We’re definitely not complaining about that, since Kit & Krysta gave us nearly 12 and a half minutes of footage featuring unboxings of Super Mario 3D All-Stars and those Super Mario 64 PUMA RS…
Independent game developers aren’t shy about sharing their characters for other projects, and the upcoming fighting game Bounty Battle already has a few heavy hitters confirmed. You can watch the likes of Owlboy, Flinthook’s piratical protagonist, and Juan from Guacamelee get quite literally pulled into the cross-over in the animated…
