Animal Crossing: New Horizons is now Europe’s fastest-selling game ever with 7 million copies sold

Categories: Switch, News

As we approach the first birthday of Animal Crossing: New Horizons this week, the success of Nintendo’s latest installment in its popular life sim series has been well documented throughout its first year on the market. The game continues to dominate software sales worldwide, and according to Nintendo’s latest financial…

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The life, death, and rebirth of Mii

Categories: Wii U, Features, Retro, Switch

  Miis have been quietly resting in the shadows of just about every other Nintendo IP for the entirety of the Switch era thus far. Outside of cameos in games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, they’ve essentially been nothing more than an avatar option within…

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Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury pounces up to #1 in UK software charts, selling three times as much as the Wii U original

Categories: News, Switch

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury launched last week to lots of hype and fanfare, but now that the Mario remaster is finally here, is it really the cat’s meow among fans? According to Christopher Dring, head of GamesIndustry.biz, the game has immediately clawed its way through the rest…

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Second Japan Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable on the way

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: News

Last year some of the biggest publishers of fighting games in the world gathered together for a video presentation. This seemingly took the place of what would have been announced at events and tournaments (such as Evo 2020) canceled due to global health concerns.  With no sign of in-person competition…

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Trials of Mana moves over 1 million copies worldwide

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

Last year, Square Enix brought the Mana series back to the forefront with a 3D remake of the third entry, the Super Famicom’s Trials of Mana. It turns out it’s proven quite the success, with the company reporting that the game has moved over one million units once you combine…

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Nintendo celebrates the New Year with eShop sale

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: News, Switch

If you were gifted a little eShop cash this year, get ready to say goodbye to it. Nintendo’s announced a New Year sale over on the Switch’s digital storefront, offering some of their own games and those from partners at a lower price. These aren’t the only games on sale…

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Seven Nintendo series we want to hear from in 2021

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: Switch, Retro

The Switch is host to so many of Nintendo’s staples at this point, with blockbusters like Mario and Zelda coming out within its first year. Add on Smash, Pokémon, Animal Crossing, Kirby, Splatoon’s sophomore effort, an expansive Fire Emblem, and all those Wii U ports and it’s a highly impressive…

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Doug Bowser, Nintendo of America president, discusses Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ debut and future in Polygon interview

Categories: News, Switch

Today, Senior Editor and co-found of Polygon, Russ Frushtick, published an interview with Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser. The interview covers a variety of topics – from Joy-Con drift to the fabled Nintendo Switch Pro rumors, why March 31st, 2021 is a mysterious cut off date for a variety…

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