As developers continue to innovate and gaming advances into a new era, it can often be easy to forget where a lot of the amazing things we have now first came from. For that reason, it’s a good idea to periodically look back at the greats of the past and…
New trademarks have been filed by Nintendo, but these latest entries don’t have anything to do with new games. Instead, 10 new trademarks were filed in Japan by Nintendo on October 11th, all falling under Class 43. So what is Class 43? It all has to do with food, drink,…
After the absolutely brutal news yesterday that Ubisoft had disbanded the team responsible for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, it seems that not everything is entirely gloom and doom for the publisher. According to a new report from Insider Gaming, the former Prince of Persia team has had most…
With Cloud’s recent Super Smash Bros. reveal, it’s no doubt that Final Fantasy has been on every Nintendo fan’s mind lately. Many have questioned why Cloud’s appearance makes any sense, and there have been mixed reactions about the entire ordeal. We’ve already gone over our thoughts on the reveal and…
Splatoon fans, your armory is about to get even larger, as Nintendo will soon be unlocking a new weapon for your collection: the Slosher Deco. A variant of the standard Slosher, the Slosher Deco swaps out the Burst Bomb sub weapon for a Splash Wall, and instead of calling in…
Maybe it’s just me, but it feels like amiibo have been around for far more than a year. It’s already hard for me to remember a time when we couldn’t buy a finely detailed four inch figure of each of our favorite Nintendo characters. In just 12 months, these highly…
The announcement of Cloud Strife in Super Smash Bros. came as a surprise to pretty much everybody. Even those of us who were rooting for a Square Enix representative never expected Cloud to be the one. Naturally the announcement ruffled a few feathers. Cloud is essentially symbolic of Squaresoft’s “betrayal”…
In the spirit of the first amiibo birthday today, members of the Nintendo Inquirer team have come together with their most cherished amiibo experiences over the past year and to compile a list of unique memories related to their favorite toys-to-life line. Thank you, Nintendo, for giving us a constant…
In celebration of the 1st amiibo birthday, we take a detailed look at every amiibo released to date, both in box and out!
The amiibo community has seen a wide variety of character releases in two different forms– figure and card– in just the first year of amiibo. We thought it would be fun to look back at all the individual amiibo landmark events throughout the last year, dating all the way back…
To kick off a special day of festivities for the very first amiibo birthday, we’ve put together a special banner for amiibo fans. Showcasing all of the amiibo releases throughout the past year, the photo illustrates exactly how far our favorite toys-to-life line has evolved in such a short amount…
The announcement June 10, 2014 marked a big day in history for Nintendo. During the day of Nintendo’s E3 presentation that year, the company made its official announcement about its upcoming near field communication figurines: amiibo. Even Nintendo never to expected the new toy line to blow up the way…
Join Amiibo Jason and Happily Candied as they open all the newly released Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival amiibo. Check out your favorite townsfolk and take a peek at the three exclusive Animal Crossing amiibo cards that come bundled with the game!
If you’re anything like me, you had mixed feelings when you saw the reveal trailer for Cloud. Ever since the character speculation first began after the announcement of Super Smash Bros. Brawl–which was nearly a decade ago, in case you weren’t keeping track–Cloud was one of the biggest jokes in…
Super Mario World: just saying it brings on nostalgia and reverence. It’s a game that I’ve personally put more time into than nearly any other Super Mario game and has been a part of my life since first seeing it played at a local daycare. I’ve loved this game since…
