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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Amazon is selling the 3DS for the first time in four years

Categories: 3DS, News

The largest online retailer in the world has finally broken its embargo on Nintendo systems. Customers can now purchase the New Nintendo 3DS from Amazon.com, which makes this the first time they’ve been able to purchase any kind of Nintendo hardware directly from Amazon since 2011. The bizarre situation began…

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Introducing the Nintendo Inquirer team

Author: Lauren Ganos
Categories: News

The Nintendo Inquirer staff is proud to announce that the team has some new faces! In the last few weeks, we’ve been searching high and low for talented writers to take on roles as contributors. We’re all ecstatic to have three new writers on board with us, and we’re more…

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Amazon Import Price Tracker

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: Amiibo News

Wave 5 amiibo has officially released in Japan, which means the U.S. Amazon Marketplace is flooded with Japanese imports. We’re seeing the prices dropping already since they first appeared a few days ago. We’ll be tracking the links several times a day and updating you with the lowest prices. Happy hunting!…

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