This year is the 30th anniversary of the Dragon Quest franchise and it has been filled with celebrations, especially in Japan. To cap it all off Square Enix has announced a stream that’ll take place on December 29th, with guest appearances from franchise creator Yuji Horii, composer Koichi Sugiyama, and…

We announced our first annual pumpkin carving contest last week, and boy, has time flown by! It’s Halloween already and the Nintendo Wire team has come together to vote on its five favorite entries. We were ecstatic to find so many submissions waiting for us. Many thanks to everyone who…

Earlier this week, reports came in that Nintendo was investing in eSports platforms. While at face value it could be baseless rumors and speculation, when paired up with the recent Nintendo Switch trailer — which ended with what appeared to be a Splatoon competition taking place in a large arena…

Trick-or-treat! Play Nintendo is giving a treat to all you Mario fans. Get festive by decorating pumpkins this week with this Mari-O-Lantern stencil that’s available for download now. Here’s a sample of what the stencil looks like, along with the instructions for how to use it on your pumpkin of…

Pokemon.com has brought fans a special spooky (well, more like cute) treat for the Halloween season! A whopping 26 (free) Pokémon pumpkin stencils are available for you to download at your leisure. From a number of Pikachu designs, to Zubat, to Chandelure, you have your pick of adorably eerie stencils…

Calling all artistic, gourd-enthusiast Nintendo fans, we’re excited to announce Nintendo Wire’s first annual pumpkin carving contest! For the next week, we’ll be accepting submissions of your best Nintendo themed pumpkin carvings. Anything Nintendo goes, keep it classic with your favorite Nintendo character, or blow our minds with some Switch-inspired…

You heard right! Our new project, PlayStation Wire, is in the works this very moment, and we happen to be looking for some help when it comes to writers. So… Are you a huge PlayStation fan? Are you extremely familiar with the console’s games and the company’s history? Do you…

Pokémon Sun & Moon is just around the corner, and with a new region comes a new anime series. The first look at the Sun & Moon anime can be seen below. This season, it appears that Ash will be attending school in Alola with some familiar faces from the…

Get hyped, Poké-fans: A new series of anime shorts/OVAs, known as Pokémon Generations, has just been announced via Pokémon’s YouTube channel. The series will consist of 18 episodes, with the first two launching on September 16th. The minute-long trailer shows smash cuts of some of the most famous scenes in…

As was announced earlier this year, Nintendo has sold all but 10 percent of its stake in the Seattle Mariners to Western Wireless Corporation. This marks the end of an ownership that dates all the way back to 1992, when Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi purchased the franchise out of “respect…

Nintendo of Japan has announced that two new colors of the 3DS LL will be making their way to stores on June 9th. The two new colors are Green x Black and Pink x White. Each new console will retail for 20,304 yen or about $185.00. No word yet on…