If anyone asks me what I remember the most about Donkey Kong, it’s the days when I played Rare’s Donkey Kong 64. Three memories come to mind. I was one of the lucky kids to get the game with a jungle green Nintendo 64 for Christmas. Every session of Donkey Kong 64 started off rebuilding…
Muller, a German retail chain, has recently collaborated with Nintendo to bring Nintendo-branded merchandise to customers who shop in their stores. This not only includes the newly released Switch 2, but also the almost decade-old Switch 1 along with accessories, games, and anything Nintendo related you can think of including interactive experiences. The first specialty…
Thanks to the QR code capabilities of Zelda Notes, Players are sharing their ingenious UltraHand Auto Mode inventions across the internet for Tears of the Kingdom. Not surprisingly, many of them are useful and some are outright chaotic, ranging from fruit harvesting tractors to laser wagons to climbing down chasms, monster torture devices and more.…
If you had the chance to play The Wind Waker on your Switch 2 with Nintendo Switch Online (NSO), you might have noticed a familiar green suited fairy’s desperate plea for help behind bars. Rescuing him results in receiving an item that’s familiar to nostalgic GameCube players – the trusty one-and-only Tingle Tuner. On the…
A recent article from the Japanese Famitsu Magazine contains a fascinating interview with Koei Tecmo developers that revealed new insight into the development of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. Koei Tecmo specializes in making the Dynasty Warriors franchise and other “Musou-like” games that feature tactical war strategy and defeating hundreds of enemies at once with…
The launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 ushers in a new era of Nintendo console gaming, as well as a new era for the beloved Mario Kart series. True to its name, Mario Kart World has huge ambitions, delivering size and spectacle unlike anything that fans have experienced in their time racing through the Mushroom…
Lightning truly does strike twice. After a dramatic journey through its launch campaign, the numbers are officially in for new Switch 2 console sales, and the results are staggering. Over 3.5 million units have sold worldwide in a mere four days, making it the fastest selling Nintendo console to date. That’s over 25% of lifetime…
Happy Switch 2 launch! If you’re one of the fortunate Zelda fans who got their Mole Mitts on Nintendo’s latest console, you’re probably getting your copies of Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild ready for their updates, or perhaps you’re clicking in their Switch 2 edition cartridges ready to play. Chances are,…
Developer Koei Tecmo recently posted a video featuring gameplay of their upcoming release for the Nintendo Switch 2 titled NOBUNAGA’S AMBITION: Awakening Complete Edition. Much of the video showcases the new Joy-Con controls until about 11 minutes in where you can see a standard USB mouse being used. This is incredibly exciting news for people…
We’re days away from the worldwide launch of the Switch 2 console and the excitement is electric. GameStop, Walmart, Best Buy and other retailers are dressing their best to get ready for midnight launch events. They’re making their lists and checking them twice for preorder shipments. Retail workers are preparing themselves too in mind and…
The anticipation for the next generation of Nintendo hardware is now at fever pitch. Ever since its reveal, the Switch 2 has gained plenty of excitement for fans to finally have a successor to the amazing Nintendo Switch console. New games have been announced such as Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza, to name…
With an estimated 1.2 million Nintendo Switch 2 units to ship at launch in Japan, Nintendo has partnered with popular flea market websites in Japan to prevent fraudulent listings of any Nintendo products. The sites that they’ve partnered with include Rakuten Group Co., Ltd., Mercari, Inc., LINE Yahoo Japan Corporation, and Yahoo! Auctions Japan. Some…
Geoff Keighley’s Summer Games Fest is coming to Los Angeles on June 6, 2025 and this time they’re bringing along a new guest: The Big N itself. Historically, Nintendo has not been a consistent participating vendor of the Summer Games Fest event. It made a rather vague appearance in 2022 with only a Nintendo Direct…
Nintendo has updated how its game cases will look for the upcoming Switch 2, as seen by photographs shared online. X user @Genki_JPN shared pictures of the Japanese box for Switch 2 launch title Mario Kart World, placing it side by side with Switch 1’s Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for a visual comparison. The size…
Nintendo released a new Creator’s Voice video featuring Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, and so far it looks fabulous and epic. Two Koei Tecmo developers sat down to discuss a few insights about making the game. Some minor battle footage is also shown, and wow does it run powerful and smooth! Not much was revealed…
