Alongside the myriad of announcements this morning from the Switch 2 Direct was the confirmation that certain Nintendo Switch titles would be getting enhanced Nintendo Switch 2 Editions. First up for the enhancement process are two of the Switch’s biggest titles, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and…
Not revealed in today’s Direct, Nintendo has a new wrinkle in store for publishers that opt to sell physical games without the physical component. For anyone looking to sell a “key-in-a-box,” Nintendo has a brand-new option: the Switch 2 Game-Key card. As the name suggests, this will be a Switch…
Mario Kart World, the newest entry in the Mario Kart franchise and the first new console game in over a decade, races on to Switch 2 in just two months! First teased back in January for the Switch 2 reveal, Mario Kart World was the first trailer shown off in…
It’s been a long time coming, but the day has finally arrived. Pokémon Shuffle Mobile is now available for iOS and Android, marking Nintendo’s first foray into smartphone gaming after announcing a partnership with veteran mobile developer DeNA earlier this year. The app is a port of the 3DS download…
Amazon and Nintendo unveiled a new partnership that gives Nintendo gamers more access to purchase the content they desire. Starting this morning, you can now purchase over 60 Nintendo eShop titles directly from the Amazon website. The process couldn’t be any simpler. Find the game you wish to purchase, complete…
When Nintendo says “never,” it more often than not means, “in the future, but please stop asking about it right now.” This is especially true with it comes to products, software or hardware released in other territories, like Japan, that don’t have North American announcements or release dates attached to…
The Nintendo Inquirer and Amiibo News team have been scouring the PAX Prime floors in the Washington Convention Center throughout the past few days to bring you some hi-res photos of upcoming amiibo and Skylanders releases. Check out our mini photo tour below to get a glimpse of what figures…
The retro-inspired local multiplayer game Starwhal has been available on other consoles for some time, but it’s gearing up to make its biggest splash yet with a new trailer. Starwhal is a fast-paced fighting game where players take control of space whales and try to stab each with their narwhal…
On paper, Runbow sounds like the kind of out-there game idea you’d read about in an internet forum post. It’s an action-platformer-racing-fighting game with a color-changing gameplay gimmick that includes nine-person local multiplayer and a whole host of guest characters. It sounds crazy, but as the new launch trailer shows,…
Disturbing atmospheric horror isn’t something you see too often in the Nintendo eShop, but Swedish developer Simigo plans on filling that gap with a Wii U port of its critically acclaimed mobile game, Year Walk. As the creepy Nindies@Night trailer below shows, it’ll be quite the experience. Year Walk is…
Released back in 1997 for the original PlayStation, Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee was an unusual but memorable experience that unfortunately never made its way to the Nintendo 64. Thankfully, the game’s original creator and his team at Oddworld Inhabitants decided to remake the entire game in HD with the Unity engine,…
Fans of Shantae rejoice, as developer WayForward has brought the upcoming Shantae: Half-Genie Hero to PAX Prime. A trailer for the game made an appearance during Nintendo’s Nindies@Night event; unfortunately, the footage appears to be identical to the game’s E3 2015 trailer. Nonetheless, it provides a good look at the…
Yacht Club Games is bringing out a new update for the Shovel Knight game that’s available on the Wii U and 3DS. Get ready for Plague of Shadows. In this free update for the original Shovel Knight game, gamers will play as one of the bosses from the story: Plague…
Nintendo just announced through its Twitter page that more restocks for specific amiibo are expected to hit store shelves this week. It once again looks like Nintendo is following through with its promise to keep amiibo in better circulation for all you collectors out there. There’s hope yet when it…
Yesterday’s rumor about Shovel Knight’s entrance into the Smash Bros. may not be confirmed as of yet, but this Shovel Knight amiibo sure looks like it’s happening! In a tweet that has since been deleted, GAME announced that a Shovel Knight amiibo is getting a release on November 27th in the…
