Although Mario Kart was always a social affair, the game completely changed when I first played a giant Double Dash party using the GameCube's LAN functionality. If you were equipped for it, you could rock 16-player Mario Kart in the same s...

Sin and Punishment is one of the strangest cases in the history of the Wii's Virtual Console. This Treasure Co. project was a Japanese-only Nintendo 64 game set in Japan with Japanese protagonists voice acted entirely in English. It was onl...

[Update: A "Nintendo spokesperson" has confirmed to Eurogamer that "at this time, there are no plans to release Skyward Sword on Switch." I mean, it's a good way to calm the waters after Aonuma cannonballed into the pool, as it st...

At one point a lot of folks I knew (the ones that bought into the Wii Fit craze and promptly quit) were only using their Wiis for video playback. It's a handy portable device for sure, especially if you don't buy a lot of devices to be...

This weekend, a real curio showed up on a Japanese Yahoo! auction. Prospective buyers were bidding on a rare prototype controller, originally designed for the Nintendo Gamecube, that is a Wiimote and Nunchuck in all but name.The "Wiimote" s...

Last year I started a new tradition where around Halloween, I would break out my collection of Wii games and play what I consider to be the greatest horror game in my collection. While I wouldn't say I'm the biggest horror fan -- and maybe ...

Dragon Quest X launched all the way back in 2012 in Japan, but it still makes its way into the gaming news-sphere every so often. As the first main series MMO it's a rather big deal, especially when you consider that it was never localized....

After being announced in September's Nintendo Direct video, Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn was listed on Nintendo of America's official website as a "New 3DS" exclusive game. Why a port of an eight-year-old Wii title would require the New 3DS is b...

Nintendo has announced that a port of 2011's Kirby's Epic Yarn is coming to Nintendo 3DS. It is sporting a whole bunch of additional content, including new abilities, mini-games, and a "Devilish Mode". The port is scheduled for some point i...

Dragon Quest has been one of my favorite RPG series for about a decade. Simple, idealistic fairy tales resonated with me in my childhood the same way colorful, idealistic shonen anime worlds did in my college years, so it’s little won...

Rhythm games have an amazing history of savagely standing up the Wii U. Last year Let's Sing 2018 released on Wii and Switch, completely skipping the Wii U, topped off with the inclusion of the song "I Hate U." Well, it's happening aga...

Fans of the Xenoblade Chronicles series have likely been ecstatic with the DLC for Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Not only have Shulk and Fiora from the Wii classic been added to the game, but now Elma from the Wii U's Chronicles X can join your p...

I'll seize any halfway relevant opportunity to gush about Endless Ocean for a bit, so here goes. The Arika-developed, Nintendo-published series of underwater exploration games was a real highlight of the Wii era for me. I enjoy learning abo...

With the first de Blob game already finding a home on Switch, it was only a matter of time that its sequel would splatter onto the platform. As spotted on Nintendo's official website, de Blob 2 will be heading to Switch on August 28 for $29...

After making a surprise splash on PC last year, de Blob got a pseudo-revival on consoles when it came to PS4 and Xbox One six months later. The game is now coming full circle and returning to a Nintendo platform when it launches on June 26 ...

For years now folks have been modding Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart DS, creating interesting new tracks to take on. Among that group is Atlas, who is probably the chief creator, constantly creating new courses and homages. This ti...

Memorabilia manufacturers First 4 Figures have uploaded a short video giving you a sneak peek at the next release in their Legend of Zelda line. It's none other the true form of the beautiful Twilight Princess herself, Midna.Very little det...

Square Enix has a brand new website for you to peruse. To commemorate the occasion, the publisher is handing out its "popular" game Mini Ninjas on PC. The only caveat is that you'll need to jump through a crazy amount of hoops to actually d...

So Nintendo is doing a sort of weird rollout for the Wii Shop's death, and it's important that you know how it works in case you haven't picked up a few of its exclusive gems that will die horribly along with it. To clarify yet again, on Ma...

As a general rule, WiiWare was weird ware. Even in its prime, it was one of the least popular online storefronts in gaming, despite being on the best-selling console at the time and coming equipped with a now-legendary theme song. A lo...

After finding success with the Legend of Zelda series, Dark Horse decided to take a crack at the equally iconic Super Mario Bros. series in 2015 with the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia. This previously Japanese exclusive book chronicled all...

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences holds the D.I.C.E. Awards every year to recognize not only the entertainment we enjoy, but the people that made our entertainment possible. For the upcoming 21st D.I.C.E. Awards, acclaimed Nint...

One of my favorite things about the Wii was the Everybody Votes channel. A lot of the time I'd pop that bad boy on even if I had no intention of playing something on the Wii, which was a neat little phenomenon that some other consoles can't...

Nintendo is going to keep the momentum of the Switch going anyway it can. In addition to almost eclipsing the Wii U's lifetime sales in less than 12 months, the Switch has also reached the coveted spot of the fastest-selling video game syst...

It may be the end of the road for Mr. Bond, as the Japanese servers for the Nintendo Wii remake of GoldenEye 007 will be closing in 2018.The Wii re-release of Rare's 1997 classic has been used for almost eight years now to keep budding agen...