Nintendo has announced that the upcoming Pokémon Champions will get a Nintendo Switch 2 edition, and will be featured as the main game at the Pokémon World Championships next year. A press release stated that Champions will replace Pokémon Scarlet and Violet in the 2026 Championships, held in San Francisco….
A new video has been released on the Play Nintendo channel exploring the personality of Donkey Kong, for the benefit of young players who may be new to the character. The seven-minute special explores DK’s strength, style, bravery, mischievousness, sense of rhythm, and, of course, his intense love of bananas….
Compilation. Catalog. Compendium. These are all words that can be used to describe Spelunky developer Mossmouth’s UFO 50. But all three of those words fail to detail just how expansive a package UFO 50 is. True, there are 50 original games of differing genres included here. But the way they’re…
It’s finally here! Princess Peach: Showtime! has arrived, and, boy oh boy, is this game chock-full of amazing transformations! Check out every costume available in our handy guide below! Figure Skater Peach Peach dons a figure skater outfit, granting her the ability to skate around levels. Judging from…
Get ready for a grand spectacle! Princess Peach: Showtime! is finally here, and Nintendo has unveiled an all-new launch trailer to celebrate the game’s launch.. It may be short, but it’s oh so sweet! Check it out below: Princess Peach: Showtime is now officially available on the eShop and…
It’s been almost one-and-a-half years since the release of Splatoon 3, and for many it still feels as new as ever even after all this time. To accompany the hype and continued interest in the game, lineups of Nintendo Switch Online icon elements have been available for fans to customize…
Nintendo comfortably rests at the top of the food chain when it comes to sheer inventiveness in game design. For decades now, there have been so many different concepts and gameplay modifiers in Mario titles that you would be forgiven for believing that 2023’s Super Mario Bros. Wonder was maybe…
Few developers can claim to have cornered the market on an entire visual style, yet you’ll struggle to mistake a Vanillaware game for anything else. Be it the backgrounds, the characters, or the famously mouthwatering food; you know their work when you see it. The Switch has hosted a few…
The ambitious, zoological Metroidvania Animal Well has been a highly anticipated release. It was first shown in an Indie World Showcase last April. At the time, an “Early 2024” release window was given. Now, almost one year later, BIGMODE has set a release date in stone for the game. …
Just a few days ago, our first look at the Link figma from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom dropped via leaks on Reddit and YouTube. The figure itself is incredibly detailed and all the extras from the DX version really impressed us here at Nintendo Wire, though…
Raid Battles made the jump from Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Sword and Shield) to Generation IX (Scarlet and Violet). While similar, the big difference this time around is the Terastal phenomenon, where Pokémon’s type can change to one of the 18 different types available in-game. Not to mention, Pokémon will receive…
With only a few months left until the release of the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake, Nintendo is now ramping up its marketing campaign with some cool incentives for those who pre-order. While this current offer is limited to England and Italy, anyone on the other side of the…
So here we are at the end of the end of an era. The last hurrah no one expected for a game that’s consistently given Nintendo fans something to rally behind and lose themselves in the hype. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is welcoming its final new Spirits, seemingly for good….
Nintendo and Kung Fu Tea partnerships appear to be a yearly tradition now, with the only uncertainty being what game will get this tasty treatment. Previously Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Pikmin 4 made appearances at shops with signature drinks, social media sweepstakes, and even in-person giveaways of straw…
While SNK has remained consistent with The King of Fighters and even recently revived Samurai Shodown, one of its most beloved fighting franchises has remained dormant since 1999. All of that despite its face being one of their most recurring characters, up to and including a recent appearance in Super…
