Here we go! Let’s take a look at the nominees for the 2024 Game Awards. While Nintendo doesn’t have an entry in the Game of the Year category this year, it currently holds three out of five nominees for Best Family Game, where the company has historically been the favorite…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
One of the most common talking points among video game circles is often the music that accompanies them. Yet for every award-winning soundtrack, there’s a handful of tracks that live on for more amusing reasons. Perhaps the most well-known song of this caliber is the notorious “DK Rap” from Donkey…
Nintendo themselves have been fairly conservative when it comes to Switch Pro Controller designs. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate both got that premium treatment, but once again it’s Capcom that really seems to lean into peripherals. Thanks to Monster Hunter Rise alone we’ve gotten six amiibo, and…
Today Bandai Namco announced that it would be the publisher to release the once Apple Arcade exclusive Lego Brawls to more platforms, including the Switch. Previously teased during February’s Nintendo Direct, Lego Brawls is a platform fighter where a whole bunch of different Lego sets come together for some fun…
It’s been a busy week for investors, with many companies sharing their financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. Now it’s Nintendo’s turn, with both an Earning’s Release and presentation to look over. Like a lot of tech companies, Nintendo was hit by semiconductor shortages throughout the…
Chances are we’re going to see Nintendo pull out the big guns next month during the week formerly known as E3, but for those wanting a no-less fulfilling appetizer will want to tune in tomorrow for a new Indie World showcase. Tune in May 11 at 7:00 a.m. PT for…
Do you need some Pocket Monsters in your life? Then online retail giants have your back. Just kidding! Corporations are on nobody’s side but their own. That said, they are selling Pokémon at a discounted price — both Amazon and Best Buy have sales for the franchise going on right…
Reggie Fils-Aimé may have departed from Nintendo of America, but he has certainly not forgotten his role as the company’s president and all of the engagement with fans he had during his tenure. The Regginator has a history of light-heartedly teasing Mother 3 fans, particularly those who continue to demand…
Unfortunately, it looks like some people will have to wait a bit longer to dive into the minds of POIs: AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative will be delayed by a couple weeks in both Europe and Oceania, releasing on July 8th. Spike Chunsoft says shipping complications are the…
Reggie’s press gauntlet to promote his new book (Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo) continues, as he recently went on the Kinda Funny Gamescast to discuss various facets of his career and more. While the full 47-minute interview is chock-full of enticing info and well…
Takashi Tokita, director of the original Live A Live, has returned to the pages of Famitsu to speak more about the game’s upcoming remake. In a snippet of the interview translated by Nintendo Everything, Tokita specifically spoke about the game’s development cycle and its relative brevity despite some obstacles. Development…
The Japanese Nintendo social accounts have shared a look at the intro for Mario Strikers: Battle League. In it, we get a clear look at our favorite characters in action — Mario, Bowser, Wario, and the rest of the gang are zipping around the field while showing off their powerful…
Earlier today, we reported on an interesting story from Disrupting The Game: From The Bronx To The Top Of Nintendo, the latest book from former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé. He had pushed for a lower launch price for the 3DS which, going by another section of the book,…
If you were a very early adopter of the Nintendo 3DS when it launched in 2011, you may recall the circulating news stories of sales not meeting Nintendo’s expectations. You might also remember being disappointed at the system receiving a huge price drop just months after its debut (or in…
