With how popular Shantae has become over the years, it’s surprising to learn that one of the games in the series was actually cancelled over 20 years ago. Despite that, Wayforward didn’t give up and would revive the project many years later to create a long-lost interquel for the series….
While home consoles are a widespread and ubiquitous part of the greater video game industry now, it hasn’t always been that way. Video game consoles have their origins from arcade machines, and the transition they made to end up in people’s living rooms was thanks in large part to systems…
As part of today’s financial report for Nintendo, company president Shuntaro Furukawa noted that Nintendo will be considering a price adjustment to the Switch 2 depending on how the situation of President Trump’s tariffs evolves in the coming months. With nobody sure of what the impact will be when Trump’s…
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…
In recent years Nintendo has shown that they are all in on indie games, with titles like Shovel Knight, Gunman Clive 2, OlliOlli and Shantae being some of the best indie games the eShop has to offer, with positive reviews and promising sales figures. Continuing with the trend, developer Brainseed…
Through a reliable source on Reddit, it looks like we finally have confirmation on the Chibi-Robo amiibo being released singularly, outside of the $39.99 game + amiibo bundle that we saw last month. The Chibi-Robo amiibo will be an Amazon exclusive, available for preorder at 2:00 p.m. PST tomorrow, Thursday,…
The Nendoroid craze is still relatively new in popularity, but it’s already taking the world of gaming and anime by storm. Adjustable both in expression and pose, these adorable figures are, at the very least, something to be admired. Nintendo is not new to this craze, putting out a number…
