Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam announced for Spring 2016

Categories: 3DS, News

Since Super Mario RPG was released for the Super NES, role-playing games have been a staple of the portly plumber’s extensive portfolio of spinoffs. In recent years, players had two main ways to get their Mario RPG fix: the Paper Mario series on Nintendo 64, GameCube, Wii and 3DS, and…

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Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival announced

Categories: Amiibo News, News, Wii U

During its E3 Digital Event today, Nintendo announced Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival, a party game spin-off of its popular community simulation franchise. In the title’s reveal video, Animal Crossing characters Tom Nook, Isabelle, Mabel and K.K. Slider are seen running around a Mario Party-esque board located in a classic Animal…

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Two Nintendo characters are charging their way into Skylanders SuperChargers

Author: Jason Grier
Categories: News, Wii U

Nintendo characters are coming to Skylanders SuperChargers! After we reported the possibility a couple of weeks ago, Nintendo officially confirmed the partnership this morning during its Nintendo E3 direct. Bowser and Donkey Kong will be released in new ‘supercharged’ versions that will be available exclusively in the Skylanders Starter Packs…

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The Nintendo Inquirer team's E3 predictions

Author: Lauren Ganos
Categories: 3DS, News, Wii U

Another exciting Nintendo press event is on its way! Even with mass leaks coming from the Big N, we’re sure to be in store for some surprises. The Nintendo Inquirer team has taken it upon itself to create individual lists of predictions as to what to expect from this year’s…

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Why Ryu belongs in Super Smash Bros.

Author: Joe Drilling
Categories: 3DS, News, Wii U

As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Ryu from Street Fighter is available in Super Smash Bros. I, for one, think this is great. He’s a classic character who’s already been featured in numerous crossover games with characters ranging from Klonoa, to Spider-Man, to Casshan Robot Hunter, and it seems…

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EarthBound Beginnings announced, releases today

Categories: News, Wii U

In an announcement made public just before today’s Nintendo World Championships, Shigesato Itoi — creator of the Mother role-playing series — revealed the release of EarthBound Beginnings, an English version of the first Mother game.     The 26-year-old Mother is a single player RPG that follows a young boy named Ninten…

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Animal Crossing & 8-Bit Mario amiibo leak

Author: Jason Grier
Categories: 3DS, Amiibo News, News, Wii U

Nintendo España sent out a promotional email showing off the newly announced amiibo, and when doing so it unintentionally also included some images of unreleased amiibo. Whenever viewers shared the link via Facebook (or other social media outlets), the following images would pop up in the thumbnail preview screen. As you can…

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A summary of the Super Smash Bros. Nintendo Direct

Author: Josh Brown
Categories: 3DS, News, Wii U

Nintendo kicked off its busy week of E3 festivities with a scheduled Direct focussed solely on new content for Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U and 3DS. Despite the information that was leaked earlier this weekend, there were still plenty of new announcements throughout the Direct to ensure the…

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Super Smash Bros. Direct mega post

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: 3DS, News, Wii U

UPDATE 7: There will be two different R.O.B. amiibo released in Japan and North America. UPDATE 6: Mii Fighters, R.O.B., Duck Hunt, Mr. Game & Watch and Falco amiibo are announced. An updated release frame for amiibo is coming in September. Falco is coming “this holiday.” Roy and Ryu amiibo…

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