UPDATE: Due to this morning’s earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan, the Nintendo Direct has been postponed for a later time. We will post an update when available. Nintendo must be revving up the PR machine right now. The third Direct (fourth, if you count the Nindie Showcase) in less than 30 days is going to beam…
Get your wrapping paper ready, as Nintendo is releasing a bunch of new bundles for 3DS systems and Switch games this holiday season. On the 3DS front, September 28 will see the New Nintendo 2DS XL get a new color scheme. This new purple and silver system will come with Mario Kart 7 pre-installed. Both of…
The indie game darling Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King sprouted on the Nintendo eShop back in December, and in the past eight months it has grown beyond its Steam sales numbers “by a factor of 20” according to the game’s publisher FDG Entertainment. In a tweet shared this past Monday, FDG thanked supporters of Blossom Tales across all…
I don’t know if everyone is like this, but the first moments I turn on a brand new console after I finish hooking it up is always a wonderful experience. Sure, it might just be dealing with the settings, but it’s the thoughts of all the new and exciting games I’m going to play and…
Nintendo’s most recent financial report detailed a historic accolade for the company. They have sold a resounding 727.65 million consoles since it entered the console market back in 1983, with the release of the 8-bit marvel in the form of the NES and the Famicom (in Japan). 35 years on, Nintendo are still plying their…
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai hit us all with some impressive numbers during the Nintendo Direct today, including a whopping total of 103 stages. Astoundingly, there are also 900 tracks in the game, which add up to 28 hours of music if played continuously without loops. This of course means that more Zelda music has…
One of the many exciting announcements from today’s Nintendo Direct was the addition of multiple new Assist Trophies, the helpful items that are used to summon characters at random to defeat your opponents. This time around you’ll want to beware, however, as they can now also be KO’ed which will add to the summoner’s KO…
Today’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct provided an almost overwhelming amount of news for the game. We were also treated to not one, but two brand new character additions! The first is Simon Belmont! The main protagonist of Castlevania joins the Smash Bros. cast and brings with him many of the weapons he used in his own game. Besides his signature…
Nintendo Australia and Nintendo of Europe want to see you get crazy creative with Nintendo Labo, and they’re putting up an epic contest with some unique collector’s items up for those willing to create cardboard art. Nintendo Labo, if you haven’t heard, currently has two kits (with a third on the way) providing you with perforated…
Zelda fans: The time has come for me to write something on this website again that is absolutely not about Zelda but they’re letting me talk about it anyway. That’s right, it’s time for me to spread my Metroid agenda by telling you all about MHQthon 2018, an annual Metroid charity marathon with the goal…
Nintendo could claim up to $100m in damages for copyright and trademark infringement by two Arizona-based websites, which offered a multitude of ROMS of Nintendo titles. Nintendo have reportedly already filed a lawsuit earlier in the week at the federal court in the US. $150,000 per infringement is requested by Nintendo, as well as up…
In preparation for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate‘s release, HORI will be releasing three controllers for Nintendo Switch in Japan, all in that familiar GameCube style. The three wired controllers, which connect via USB, include a choice of Super Mario, Pokemon and The Legend of Zelda designs. The pricing will be around $29/£22, though as a…
Link and his Master Cycle Zero raced into action on July 19 as free downloadable content in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the Nintendo Switch. Following the release, Deluxe producer Kosuke Yabuki discussed the Hylian hero’s inclusion via a post on the official The Legend of Zelda Japanese portal. In the post (as translated by Perfectly…
Last weekend, San Diego Comic-Con saw a surplus of superhero movie trailers and news that delighted fans. In all the excitement, however, you may have missed the potential for a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate demo and DLC. In an interview with IGN, Bill Trinen gave an insightful answer when asked about the possibility of an…
When Skyrim came out on the Switch, I finally got to try my hand at this game that everyone had raved about, and I instantly fell in love. While the gameplay of Skyrim and The Legend of Zelda are surprisingly quite different, I could still imagine what it would be like if these two worlds were…
