In the wake of the Switch reveal trailer last month, Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima told financial analysts that following the upcoming presentation in January — detailing launch titles, price, and date — the Switch will be available for consumers to demo at various events. We now know where one of these demos will be. Nintendo announced that…
We’re heading into award season now, and Zelda is already making a few waves (despite having a relatively quiet year in terms of releases), especially for its 30th anniversary. The nominations for the Game Awards were announced this week, and in a move that will shock absolutely no one in the wake of E3, Breath of the…
After a few rumours and subsequent denials from Nintendo, The Big N has now finally confirmed that production for the Wii U has been terminated. A post on the company’s Japanese website, subsequently translated by Kotaku, stated that production would be ending soon ‘within Japan’, but Nintendo of America further clarified in a statement to…
Back in September Nintendo unveiled four new Amiibo to celebrate The Legend of Zelda‘s 30th anniversary: an Ocarina of Time style Link, an 8-bit Link similar to the 8-bit Mario that accompanied the launch of Super Mario Maker, and Toon Link and Zelda from The Wind Waker. Thanks to Universo Zelda, who posted the pictures on their Twitter feed, we can…
Traditionally Halloween is a spooky affair; all skeletons, ghosts and goblins, blood curdling screams and witchcraft. (And the candy. Don’t forget the candy.) But Matt Silverman‘s daughter Amelia instead opted to dress up as Link this year. Both father and daughter are huge Zelda fans, constantly playing and talking about the series. After a bout of Wind…
Last month was the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Nintendo 64. The revolutionary console was home to some of the most iconic titles in Nintendo’s library, from Super Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie, to the as-yet-unsurpassed Ocarina of Time. Yes it’s 18 years old now, and yes newer games do more, but if you say anything else is…
Following on from the news this week that Hyrule Warriors‘ final DLC pack will be dropping earlier than expected, we’ve now been treated to a trailer of Ravio and Yuga in action. The DLC, which is available today, features the two A Link Between Worlds characters, a new adventure map, new skins, a higher level cap,…
Anyone who owned a Wii knows that if there’s one thing Nintendo loves, it’s accessories. I have one drawer in my house which is home to a veritable orgy of white plastic tennis rackets, zappers, steering wheels, classic controllers, and lord knows what else. And whilst we’ll have to wait until January to get some…
Following last week’s reveal trailer for the NX Nintendo Switch, Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima announced to financial analysts that there will be a presentation with further information in January. Following the three and a half minute trailer, Nintendo had said that they wouldn’t be revealing any more information until next year, but fortunately we won’t have too long to…
In a preview trailer today, Nintendo officially unveiled the NX, or to give it its new proper name, Nintendo Switch. The three-minute preview trailer didn’t give too much away, but did give us a glimpse as to what the new console looks like, and it appears that the much rumoured hybrid set-up is indeed the case.…
Famed Zelda manga authors Akira Himekawa have released a handful of shots of the new Minish Cap & Phantom Hourglass: Legendary Edition manga over on Facebook. The four images are taken from the Japanese release of the manga. Already out in Japan, it’s due to hit western shores next May, with Volume 1: Ocarina of Time getting it’s…
Eager NX fans over on Reddit have gone traipsing through the code for the Nintendo of Europe website and have uncovered a possible tidbit of information regarding the release date of the Breath of the Wild Amiibo. The image they found appears to give the release date for the Link Archer Amiibo as March 4, 2017.…
Videogame code is complete gobbledygook to me; I’m much more comfortable with Hylian. But for those of you who understand the crazy magic that allows us all to hunt Bokoblins and slay Octoroks you may find the following video rather interesting. Sockfolder the Glitch Hunter, as I’ve now crowned him, found an elaborate way to jump…
In a recent interview with The Telegraph, Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto spoke about the decision to bring Mario to smartphones in the form of the recently unveiled Super Mario Run. Much of this decision appears to center around expanding the exposure of gamers — casual or otherwise — to Nintendo’s franchises. Miyamoto remarked that “there was…
A recent update to My Nintendo now shows you which of your feverishly acquired My Nintendo Points shall be disappearing over the next 6 to twelve months. Your Points History page will now tell you which points are expiring on which date, so you can run over to the rewards section and spend them before they…
