Earlier this year, Nintendo was able to successfully get the Yuzu Switch emulator removed from the original GitHub repository it was distributed from. While that was a done and dusted legal case and the emulator’s creators were put out of business, the old axiom about the internet remains true: once…
Yesterday morning, the renowned leaker Pyoro caused a stir on Twitter by teasing a picture of a 1990 Nintendo World Championship cartridge. The internet quickly went mad with speculation, with theories about the cryptic tweet spreading like wildfire. pic.twitter.com/xvxNbN3cPV — Pyoro (@Pyoro_X) May 2, 2024 But. today, the mystery has…
The next GO Battle League-themed event for Pokémon GO’s Season of World of Wonders is here. This time it’s a weekend-long affair and it overlaps with another event, Rivals Week. Trainers who have their sights set on the GBL will enjoy increased battle sets, free and paid Timed Research, and…
Well, it looks like it’s officially the end of an era, as Nintendo has announced plans to remove credit card support via the 3DS and Wii U eShop storefronts. 「ニンテンドー3DSシリーズおよびWii U内のニンテンドーeショップにおけるクレジットカードと交通系電子マネーのご利用取扱い終了について」のお知らせを掲載しました。 https://t.co/hlGGJIZu3B — 任天堂サポート (@nintendo_cs) July 20, 2021 In the Japanese tweet above, the company confirms that from…
Is it just me or has the world gone bananas for retro video games? You got a sealed Mario 64 selling for over $1.5 million, an original Zelda going for over $800,000, and games in pretty much every major retro franchise are selling for two to three times what they…
On June 30th, 2021, the Netflix app for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U passed from this world to the next. This unassuming app suffered the fate of many visionary thinkers who were ahead of their time — under-appreciated until the sun had set on their season with us in this…
Intelligent System’s official Fire Emblem store will be expanding one of its most popular product lines in Japan today with seven new additions from three of the franchise’s renowned entries. The Armory Collection of micro zinc alloy replicas will be adding the three sacred weapons held by the leading characters…
Game Freak will forever be known as the creators and developers of Pokémon, but sometimes their efforts outside the series have left their own mark. Drill Dozer was one of the few GBA games with built-in rumble (and its protagonist was one of Smash’s original Assist Trophies), Pulseman inspired Pikachu’s…
Previously, we reported just one day after the 3DS’ 10th anniversary that Nintendo was planning to end support for the family of systems’ repairs beginning this March 31st in its home territory of Japan. While that seemingly gave customers enough time to still send in their broken units for restoration,…
Just one day shy of the console’s 10th anniversary, Nintendo has announced today that it will stop repairing the original 3DS and 3DS LL/XL models in Japan. This will go into effect starting on Wednesday, March 31st – just over ten years since the release of the 3DS. …
<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> It’s been a long wait, but it’s finally happening! Nintendo of America has announced that the Animal Crossing X Sanrio amiibo cards are finally coming to the US after a four year wait! The cards were originally released…
While the impending delisting doomsday of March 31st is nearly on the horizon, Nintendo has seemingly been removing titles and products from their database over the last week. The Nintendo DSiWare titles previously reported to have been yanked from the 3DS eShop have returned (mostly), but now the handheld system…
UPDATE (1/8/2020, 5 P.M. PT): Several more games have been re-added. See the list below. Most of the over 250 DSiWare games that had been removed from the North American Nintendo 3DS eShop earlier this week have returned and are now available for purchase once more. The list of removed titles, which…
It seems like we’ve been reporting on quite a few delistings lately. Just this week, a ton of DSiWare games were removed from the 3DS eShop, and Netflix announced that it will be discontinuing support for the WiiU and 3DS. Now, yet another title has suddenly vanished from Nintendo’s digital…
Before games and services typically become unavailable on Nintendo’s systems, the company sends out information regarding upcoming delistings of all products being affected by future plans. However, in a strange event on Sunday, 3DS users such as @comeoutpunching on Twitter noticed that some DSiWare titles on the 3DS eShop were…
