Square Enix has announced that the Nintendo Switch 2 port of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade will run at a stable 30 frames per second. A recent tweet by the company promises the game will offer “smooth performance and crisp visuals.” Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade launches this winter…
In a rather quiet bit of news this morning, Nintendo has announced that it has branded its previously owned WARPSTAR Inc. subsidiary into Nintendo Stars Inc. The company became a “consolidated subsidiary” on April 1st, 2025, and has been responsible for “ancillary-use business tied to films that feature Nintendo Intellectual…
According to some new data from analyst firm Circana, Donkey Kong Bananza has already managed to climb its way into the top 20 best-selling games of 2025 so far. For its debut month on sale, the game came in at 20 on the list of year-to-date sales for US games….
If you are looking for a way to compete in an intense gaming competition from the comfort of your couch, then get ready to rev your engines. From May 8th-10th, the Mario Kart North American Open for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will let racers compete for glory and rewards. During…
Nintendo’s been pushing online competitions much more frequently than it has in any other console generation, and it looks like even earlier titles are still in the running for some friendly competition. And by “early,” we mean one of the Switch’s earliest games: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is taking another…
Nintendo’s latest investor report is here, bringing together the facts and figures for the nine month period ending December 31, 2018. As always, we’ll run down the essentials. For starters, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has become the best-selling Switch game, at 15.02 million units sold. Impressively, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate…
The Vehicle Kit will be the newest addition to join the Labo family come September, and with just a few weeks to go until the release, Nintendo has revealed a really cool tidbit about its functionality: Players will be able to use the kit with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. You…
In a new update launched for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe this evening, a (somewhat) new playable character has been added: Champion’s Tunic Link is now available as a racer. After updating, going to the character select screen will show the player that Link has been replaced by Champion’s Tunic…
Last year’s Nintendo Switch port of Wii U racing game Mario Kart 8 will be receiving additional updates, according to Nintendo’s Shinya Takahashi in a new video posted on Twitter. The information was slipped in during a plug of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s recently-added Nintendo Labo compatibility, where Mr. Takahashi…
Mario Kart 8 was one of the few games (along with Splatoon) where I genuinely love the motion controls. Now it looks like Nintendo’s following through with another new way to play, and it’s with the customizable craftwork of Labo. Using the Toycon Motorbike build from the Labo Variety Kit…
This past summer, ARMS hit the Switch in a way that no other game had. Regardless of sales numbers, the game quickly gained a strong and faithful following, and if anything, it was a risk to publish in that it was unlike any other title in its genre. I think…
As we enter the new year we’ll start to see more financial reports giving us an idea of how Nintendo performed throughout 2017. As always, the United Kingdom is one of the first countries to divulge the year’s sales data, and it paints an interesting picture for the Switch in…
UPDATE 2: Thanks to a Twitter tipster by the name of @MarioDS64, we now know that the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe steelbook will be free for those who purchase a copy of the game starting next week at Best Buy. Luckily, our tipster was able to snag a steelbook early thanks…
Update: The mystery item described below turned out to be a steelbook for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The product is available at Best Buy, but there’s no word yet on how to get it. The listing reads: Add this Mario Kart SteelBook case to your collection. Its precise, detailed structure…
Good news, everyone! Nintendo has been tinkering around with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and just issued a new update. While there’s nothing terribly groundbreaking in the patch notes, online play has been balanced out and communication errors are supposedly less likely to happen, but in spectator mode. For those who…
