Taking a closer look at Mario Maker

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: News, Wii U

Super Mario Bros. is, without question, one of the most important video games of all-time. It is not a difficult argument to make that it is the most important video game of all-time, though in a world populated with Pong, Spacewar!, Tetris, Super Mario 64 and several others, I’ll leave…

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Nintendo theme park becomes a reality

Author: Jason Grier
Categories: News, Merchandise

To top off Nintendo’s major earnings report for fiscal year 2014, the company announced that it’s partnering with Universal Parks and Resorts to bring iconic gaming characters to the theme park. Nintendo is promising to create “spectacular, dedicated experiences based on Nintendo’s wildly popular games, characters and worlds.” And yes,…

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What we know about Giant Robot so far

Author: Jason Grier
Categories: News, Wii U

Are we close to the release of Shigeru Miyamoto’s still mysterious Project Giant Robot game? If the recent Nintendo Earnings Release is to be believed, we very well might be. According to the release, Project Giant Robot will release in the first half of 2015, which means that we’ll most…

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Nintendo’s change of heart for region-free products

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

Nintendo is finally considering removing region locking from its upcoming home console. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata brought up this hot topic in the company’s latest investor meeting. During the question and answer session, Iwata mentioned he was looking at the situation “optimistically” and that the lock could be removed due…

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Nintendo & DeNA: A partnership is born

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: News, Mobile

Nintendo has announced that it’s finally ready to make its way to the brave new world of smartphone mobile gaming with the help of mobile giant DeNA. In mid-March, during an investor conference in Japan, Nintendo made the announcement that Nintendo IPs would be used to develop brand new games…

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Dragon Quest VIII hits Japan this August

Author: Jason Grier
Categories: 3DS, News

Dragon Quest VIII will be releasing on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan, over 10 years after it’s initial release in 2004 on the Playstation 2. The re-release of the game will include new content and features to make the release compelling for new and returning players. According to a translation…

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Unconfirmed: Target inventory for Wave 4 leaked

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

Supposed details regarding Wave 4 stock at Target locations surfaced online this morning via r/amiibo. Reddit user and Target Employee (redacted) was able to locate inventory numbers for Wave 4 amiibo, including Jigglypuff and Silver Mario. Thankfully, Jigglypuff and Silver Mario appear to be in good supply. (Redacted) writes: Good morning amiibos, I’m currently at work…

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