It’s still a bit surreal to me, but Nintendo’s purple lunchbox is firmly a retro console at this point in time. Released in Japan and North America in 2001, the GameCube would be the first real “failure” Nintendo felt in the home console space until the Wii U. While it…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
We’re just one day away from the highly anticipated launch of The Plucky Squire on Nintendo Switch, and to celebrate, Devolver Digital has released a launch trailer to celebrate. For those of you out of the loop, The Plucky Squire follows the story of Jot, a squire who discovers that…
Two Pushmo catchers have slid their way into the Nintendo Badge Arcade this morning! Free play: No. Practice catcher: Today is the last day for yesterday’s Super Mario Bros. badges. Make sure to add those to your collection if you haven’t already. Lastly, the special theme offer is still running!…
It’s finally official. Starting February 8th, the long-awaited The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess manga is coming to Japan. The Manga series will not be released in a single volume at launch, but rather distributed via smartphone application called “Manga One.” Once the digital run of Twilight Princess is completed,…
Miitomo, Nintendo’s first official venture into the brave new world of freemium smartphone gaming, is about to make its debut in Japan. Nintendo has announced that pre-registration will begin for the social media/friendship finder hybrid on February 17th. The game is scheduled for release both inside and outside of Japan…
UPDATE (2/3): footage of the Mario Party: Mysterious Challenge World is now available! Capcom has teamed up with Nintendo to create an all new arcade experience based on the Mario Party franchise! The Mario Party arcade does not feature the same style of gameplay as a standard Mario Party…
My Nintendo, the new account system and reward program from Nintendo, has been fully detailed on Nintendo’s Japanese event page. The all new service will be launching this March and is planned to expand to 39 countries! The program will feature coupons, email promotions, downloads, and cloud based data services,…
YouTuber TiLMENDOMiNATiON has uploaded the opening cinematic for Detective Pikachu and it’s everything we hoped it could be. Enjoy the full video below as we patiently wait for localization!
Nintendo’s official Super Smash Bros. page has been updated with a new look at Bayonetta and Corrin on the 3DS! Bayonetta, Corrin, and the last batch of Mii costumes will be released on the afternoon of February 3rd.
Today’s Badge Arcade update has a few new games for you to play, mostly in the realm of Kirby. There is one Mario game featuring Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and some Yoshi eggs as well as 1-Up Mushrooms, however, today’s your only day to play and it’s the only new Super…
E. Gadd of Luigi’s Mansion fame is coming to Super Mario Maker soon according to a recently released Japanese trailer on Nintendo’s YouTube Channel. Check out the trailer below!
During Nintendo’s most recent financial meeting, the Kyoto based company hinted that they were working on its second game for smartphones. According to The Wall Street Journal, Nintendo has taken a hit on net profits this quarter, but tried to make it up to their investors by announcing that another…
At its latest investors briefing Nintendo dropped quite a few details regarding its on-going business plans, but most of it covered what we already knew. One interesting new piece of information has slipped through, however, regarding the latest hot trend in game development: VR, or virtual reality. This comes from…
There is no denying that amiibo has been a huge success for Nintendo. Ever since the first batch released in November of 2014, amiibo have been some of the hottest toys and collectibles out on store shelves. In February 2015, Nintendo announced that it had shipped nearly 10.5 million amiibo…
