John Numbers wins 2015 Nintendo World Championships

Categories: News, Merchandise

Spirits were high and the hype was uncontainable at the 2015 Nintendo World Championships, during which contestant John Numbers walked home as this year’s winner. With special guest appearances by Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé and Shigeru Miyamoto, the 25th anniversary celebration of the original 1990 Nintendo World Championships…

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Hands-on with Yarn Yoshi amiibo

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: Amiibo News, Wii U

We were lucky enough to go hands-on with the Yoshi’s Woolly World amiibo at this year’s E3 event. Several things struck me when first laying eyes on the adorable pile of yarn. The Yarn Yoshi amiibo were much smaller than I initially expected. (Perhaps Nintendo only hires people with remarkably…

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Metroid Prime: Federation Force announced for 3DS

Categories: 3DS, News

During its E3 Digital Event, Nintendo finally threw Metroid fans a bone with the announcement of Metroid Prime: Federation Force for the 3DS. Making a serious departure from the exploration-heavy solo experiences of past Metroid games, Federation Force is a mission-based co-op shooter where players team up in a group…

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Hi-res amiibo photos from the 2015 E3 floor

Author: Lauren Ganos
Categories: Amiibo News, News

The Nintendo Inquirer team has been busy gathering late-breaking news at E3 for the last two days. Up to this point, we’ve shared articles dedicated to providing in-depth information about upcoming releases. We thought it would be fun to switch gears a little and give Nintendo fans a more visual…

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Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam announced for Spring 2016

Categories: 3DS, News

Since Super Mario RPG was released for the Super NES, role-playing games have been a staple of the portly plumber’s extensive portfolio of spinoffs. In recent years, players had two main ways to get their Mario RPG fix: the Paper Mario series on Nintendo 64, GameCube, Wii and 3DS, and…

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Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival announced

Categories: Amiibo News, News, Wii U

During its E3 Digital Event today, Nintendo announced Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival, a party game spin-off of its popular community simulation franchise. In the title’s reveal video, Animal Crossing characters Tom Nook, Isabelle, Mabel and K.K. Slider are seen running around a Mario Party-esque board located in a classic Animal…

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The Nintendo Inquirer team's E3 predictions

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

Another exciting Nintendo press event is on its way! Even with mass leaks coming from the Big N, we’re sure to be in store for some surprises. The Nintendo Inquirer team has taken it upon itself to create individual lists of predictions as to what to expect from this year’s…

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Why Ryu belongs in Super Smash Bros.

Author: Joe Drilling
Categories: 3DS, News, Wii U

As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Ryu from Street Fighter is available in Super Smash Bros. I, for one, think this is great. He’s a classic character who’s already been featured in numerous crossover games with characters ranging from Klonoa, to Spider-Man, to Casshan Robot Hunter, and it seems…

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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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