Nintendo has announced today that their next console, codenamed the Nintendo NX, will be officially launching in March 2017. Surprisingly, Nintendo have also announced that they will not show the system at E3 this year, which is a change from their previous announcements on the subject when they indicated that this would be the NX’s…
Miitomo, Nintendo’s first attempt at a smartphone application, is still going strong. When My Nintendo and Miitomo first released, there weren’t many outfit options for purchase. Originally, you could only get your hands on the Super Mario Suit for your Miitomo Mii to wear, but that has recently changed. Twitter user Kolma has shared new clothing…
For those who are unaware, Nintendo uses Miiverse for special events like sharing behind-the-scenes pictures and videos from games, or to give Miiverse users special info you can’t get anywhere else. They also have special “Miitings” with the best and brightest minds Nintendo has to offer, and this time, Eiji Aonuma, famed Legend of Zelda producer,…
Nintendo UK have recently announced the impending end to the Nintendo DSi Shop. Open since 2009, the Nintendo DSi store has offered plenty of fun and quirky games, but it would seem Nintendo have decided to leave it behind in order to focus on the continuing success of the 3DS. The store will officially shut down…
Nintendo has at last been added to the list of exhibitors for June’s E3 expo in Los Angeles, California. This is merely a formality, but serves as confirmation that Nintendo will be present. For the past three years, Nintendo has forgone the typical press conference at E3 in favor of a special Nintendo Direct presentation,…
We all love our old NES consoles. But some show their love for them in a very extreme and expensive form, as demonstrated by the group Analogue, who have gone so far as to produce a 24-karat gold NES console. The company has created many interesting versions of the NES console over the years, modernizing and…
In this era of gaming, it feels like fighting games and Nintendo go hand in hand, with the success of the Super Smash Bros. franchise. In the last couple of entries in the franchise, we’ve seen other companies join in on the fun by adding their own characters — such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Street…
Nintendo has always been very protective of their intellectual properties, no matter how old they may be. They have put an end to fan projects in the past centered around Super Mario Bros. and Pokemon, for example. This time, the latest tribute project doing the rounds online set The Legend of Zelda at the forefront, but Nintendo again…
Nintendo’s first “Social Media/Smart-Phone” app and their Club Nintendo replacement, My Nintendo, are finally available for the masses. By the looks of the first wave of supporters, it looks like Miitomo will/is going to be a rousing success. Lets start out with the easier one to explain, My Nintendo. Like I mentioned before My Nintendo…
A few days ago, a Nikkei report stated that they had gotten their hands on a juicy piece of inside information regarding the Wii U: that the struggling console would end production by the end of this year. Their report stated that due to low sales and its never ending struggle in producing games that…
For the past couple of weeks, My Nintendo Picross- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was only a rumor, but with the launch of My Nintendo in Japan, it is now a confirmed title that is available as a reward. In case you’re curious about how the game plays, here’s some footage that showcases what…
If you missed the prior videos in Nintendo UK’s new “Guess the Amiibo” series, producer Shigeru Miyamoto and Splatoon director Tsubasa Sakaguchi each posed as an Amiibo figure and challenged viewers to guess which character they were mimicking. Next up we have Takashi Tezuka, who directed The Legend of Zelda and wrote the story for both Zelda NES titles.…
Link’s Awakening for the original Game Boy is one of the more intriguing games in the Legend of Zelda franchise. It was the first entry into the portable genre for the Legend of Zelda, and it brought mainstay features into the series, such as fishing. In a way, it helped establish the Game Boy during…
Super Mario Maker has been out since September 2015, and fans have been creating their own Mario-centric levels of varying difficulty. The most recent update has brought new features such as Super Mario World‘s key to unlock a locked door, and the spiky column. It also brought the Super Expert difficulty setting to the One…
It’s been over a year since our beloved Nintendo announced that it would be partnering with Universal Studios to produce a theme park in Osaka, Japan. Since then, fans everywhere have been anxious for news, pictures — anything of the beautiful world that this Nintendo land is sure to be. Well, we don’t have pictures,…
