As any die-hard Zelda fan will know, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time originally started development as a very different game. We’ve heard rumors of it being envisioned as a remake of Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link, but we’ve seen footage from the 1996 Spaceworld showcase that was…
Happy New Year, Nintendo fans! To celebrate 2025, the amazing team at LEGO has launched an exciting collection of Nintendo-themed LEGO sets, and they’re available now! From Animal Crossing and Mario Kart to the iconic Great Deku Tree, these sets are ready to bring your favorite games to life. Check…
Never put it past dedicated modding communities to make older consoles run on a wide range of hardware. Once we started to get into 3D consoles, the desire to play older games on newer hardware increased and it was up to fan communities to make that wish a reality. While…
Just who is Bowser Jr.’s mother? The answer might surprise… or, then again, maybe not. Shigeru Miyamoto, the man behind Mario himself, took to YouTube and laid to rest some longstanding rumors about Nintendo’s mascot while also dropping a couple of bombshells along the way. For example, pretty much every…
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have teamed up with mobile developer Niantic, Inc. to bring us a new way to catch ‘em all in 2016. Best known for its augmented reality MMORPG Ingress, Niantic has made a name for itself by melding a virtual game world with location-based smartphone gameplay….
Do you remember when hunting for amiibo was something you didn’t have to plan for weeks, if not months, in advance? Yeah, we don’t either. There are murmurs going around the sporting community that amiibo hunting is up for consideration to be qualified as an Olympic sport in the 2016…
Thanks to AmazonJosh, we now have solid information regarding exact times that Wave 5 amiibo will be listed on Amazon this Friday, the 11th of September. Check out the designated times below. And for more details about how you can place orders, head on over to AmazonJosh’s thread on Reddit. This…
Nintendo is teaming up with GameTruck for the second time this year to take one of its major releases on tour. The parties-on-demand company will outfit over 100 of its mobile game kiosks with all things Super Mario Maker and roll out on September 18th. GameTruck has been delivering Splatoon…
Join Amiibo Jason and Happily Candied as they go on their 20th adventure on the Amiibo Newscast. This week they talk Shovel Knight, Mario Maker bundles and much, much more!
September 25th is drawing near, which means that all those shiny new Animal Crossing amiibo cards are within reach! While North America still hasn’t received word about the release of that super handy amiibo Collectors Album that both Europe and Japan will be getting, rest assured, Animal Crossing enthusiasts; you…
Wait, you’re telling me you still haven’t picked up a Wii U yet? I could give you at least a dozen reasons, off the top of my head, to run out and get one today. I’ll spare you the lecture, though, and fill you in on the new and improved…
We’ve already seen some incredibly creative levels come out of Super Mario Maker at the hands of streamers and reviewers in advance of the game’s release. The Nintendo Treehouse team’s levels that capped off the Nintendo World Championships at E3 in June were a real treat, as well. But what…
Shigeru Miyamoto, in a recent interview held with EuroGamer, has shed some light on a possible new entry in the fan favorite Super Mario Galaxy series. He said that he and fellow director Yoshiaki Koizumi often discuss their desire to create another 3D action title to challenge the Galaxy games,…
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed that Pikmin 4 is not only in development but near completion in an interview with Eurogamer last month. “It’s actually very close to completion,” Miyamoto said. “Pikmin teams are always working on the next one.” Nintendo of America then confirmed the news with Eurogamer in a separate…
UPDATE: Nintendo of Japan announced yet another New 3DS bundle and cover plate set that’s described as the “New Nintendo 3DS Kisekae plate pack.” The plates in both are donned with the kitty herself and the ever-famous Hello Kitty bows that fans have come to recognize and love over the…
