Badge Arcade News: 4/1/16

Categories: 3DS, News

Animal Crossing and Splatoon badges are back in the Nintendo Badge Arcade! Act quickly, though: Some will be gone tomorrow, and I can tell that you need those Squid Sisters badges ASAP. Don’t ask me how I know. Free play? No. Practice catcher: That’s all for today! Catch you tomorrow!

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Miitomo surpasses 3 million users worldwide!

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: Mobile, News

Back on March 20th we reported that, after its release in Japan, Miitomo surpassed the 1 million users mark in just three days. Now with the app available across the world that number has soared even higher, to a whopping 3 million! The news was tweeted out by Nintendo of…

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Mythical Pokémon Jirachi distribution has begun

Categories: News

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pokémon, fans can begin downloading the legendary Pokémon Jirachi today. Jirachi can be downloaded as a Mystery Gift and is compatible with any copy of Pokémon X/Y and Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire. Jirachi will come in at level 100 and has the Serene Grace…

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Miitomo: First impressions

Categories: Mobile, News

Today marked a very important day in Nintendo’s history, despite the fact that there wasn’t any huge splash that came with it. Today, March 31st, Nintendo released its first-ever mobile application, Miitomo. Now I know technically the app had already been launched in Japan, but that made its accessibility limited,…

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Pokkén Tournament demo available in eShop today

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: News, Wii U

Today Nintendo has released a free Pokkén Tournament demo for North American Wii U owners to download! Putting the fresh, new fighter in people’s hands is sure to be a crowd pleaser, though as per usual, there will be a limited number of plays. If this follows the European demo’s…

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Badge Arcade News: 3/31/16

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: 3DS, News

Get ready, Pokémon trainers! Retro Pokémon badges have made their way over from Japan to the U.S. Badge Arcade! Ten catchers full of amazing Pocket Monster goodness are up for grabs. Free play? Yes! Practice catcher: That’s all for today! Catch you tomorrow!

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Miitomo has launched!

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: Mobile, News

UPDATE: Here’s a new ad to celebrate the launch, straight from the Nintendo Mobile YouTube channel: The time has finally arrived: Miitomo can now be downloaded in North America, the UK, and many other territories! Just hop onto the App Store or Google Play and you’ll be able to download…

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My Nintendo rewards now live in North America and Europe!

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News

Get ready to start collecting points all over again, as Nintendo’s new rewards are finally live on the My Nintendo website! The new site not only features a selection of digital goodies to redeem, which we have listed below, but also “missions”; small tasks you can undertake to get your…

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Miitomo heading West on March 31st (Updated 3/30)

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: Mobile, News

UPDATE (03/30): Nintendo has updated the Miitomo home page with a deadline for preregistration; 1:00am Pacific Time. Given that the preregistration page claims it “ends at the launch of Miitomo”, we could see the app hit iTunes and Google Play at that time in North America. Europe, however, has been…

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Badge Arcade News: 3/30/16

Categories: 3DS, News

A few Animal Crossing and pixel animals were added to the Badge Arcade today. Check out what’s new! Free play? No. Practice catcher: Also, if you have the money, don’t miss out on this sweet springtime 3DS theme! It can be all yours with the purchase of ten plays, but…

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