After more than two decades of absence, the Nintendo World Championships returned on June 14, 2015, and a new champion was crowned. Sixteen players met onstage to see who would come out on top. Eight were winners of the Best Buy qualifying rounds, while the other eight were invited by Nintendo. Sometimes these players worked together, such as in the first stage’s…
If you’re as eager and impatient as we are to see the announcements during tomorrow’s Nintendo Digital Event, then you’ll be pleased to hear that there’ll be a little something to tide you over later tonight. Twitch will be showing half an hour of Nintendo content at 5:30pm ET. We have no idea what exactly will…
The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses – Master Quest and the Nintendo World Store have teamed up for an event to coincide with the symphony’s performance in New York this October. The event will be held on September 4 from 6-9pm EDT, and will feature a sneak peak of the symphony. Attendees will be…
In this week’s episode of Zelda News, Amanda reviews new Nintendo World Championship information, highlights some interesting official Zelda artwork, and talks more about Amiibo. It was revealed late last week that one of the games that will be playable at the Nintendo World Championship will be none other than The Legend of Zelda. The championship will be livestreamed on…
It’s that time of the year again, where Nintendo prepares for the 75th annual meeting of its shareholders. This year’s meeting takes place on June 26 at 10am JST, and the annual business report will focus on how Nintendo performed during the last fiscal year (April 1, 2014 – March 31, 2015). Part of this meeting is the…
Utilizing Nintendo of Japan’s Twitter account, Satoru Iwata shared a few words, and a personal apology. Iwata’s first remarks were on his absence from the most recent Japanese Nintendo Direct, which PR representative Mr. Morimoto hosted. The Nintendo president assured fans that he has no intentions of quitting his role in the Direct presentations. Rather, he thought…
The 2015 version of the Nintendo World Championship is less than two weeks away, and from the thousands of players who participated nationwide in the qualifying rounds, there are only 16 left. These 16 finalists will be making their way to sunny Los Angeles, California to embark on the quest of a lifetime — to…
There was apparently some miscommunication and confusion regarding details on the Nintendo World Championship qualifying round. One account brought this to light: Patrick Scott Patterson, who reached the semi-finals in the original 1990 Championship, was enveloped in some drama at the Dallas Best Buy qualifying location for the event. Patterson explained that after attempting only…
Being able to record and share your greatest gaming moments online has become a staple in the current console generation. However, the Wii U doesn’t have this feature built in at the OS level, leaving developers to their own judgement on whether or not to integrate such tools into each individual game. Apparently, Super Smash Bros. for…
Nintendo announced a couple weeks ago that their World Championship would be making a return. The Nintendo World Championship last made an appearance way back in 1990, and had competitors first qualify, then go on to compete in a play-off contest to see who would be crowned the Nintendo champion for the year. Though given…
The moment we have all been waiting for has finally arrived — and by that, I mean Nintendo of America’s President Reggie Fils-Aimé in a montage. But besides that, Nintendo gave fans a short teaser of what they would be showing at this year’s E3 convention in Los Angeles, California. Amongst the antics, Nintendo revealed…
When you play a Zelda game, you’re transported to fantastical new lands. Once you’re there, you may start to imagine completely new worlds to explore. Adventuring in Hyrule is what inspired Joe Granato to create the land of Myrinda, and start developing a game called Mystic Searches. Granato formed the idea of Mystic Searches when he was just eight years…
It is no argument that the latest Super Smash Bros. installment for the Wii U has been a smashing success (no pun intended). The game has sold over 3.65 million copies and was a huge success for the Wii U. However, long before the Wii U was even a thought, Super Smash Bros. has been known throughout the gaming circuit as a…
A new update for Mario Kart 8 is upon us, and this means more Miiverse stamps! Among the new stamps present in this update are one of Link and another of the Hylian Crest. The rest of the stamps included are as follows: Isabelle An Animal Crossing tree The F-Zero logo A Bowser Clown jack-in-the-box An Animal Crossing home Blue…
Nintendo World has announced through their official Twitter account that the A Link to the Past graphic novel publisher, Perfect Square (not to be confused with Viz Media, who has licensed the graphic novel), will be present at the upcoming launch party for the novel for a question-and-answer session. According to Nintendo, a representative from Perfect…
