Editor’s Note: Today, September 27th, would have marked the 6th anniversary of Dragalia Lost. To celebrate, we are re-publishing a piece we created for its 5th anniversary. Enjoy, and thank you, Mr. Lost! With the recent announcement that Mario Kart Tour will no longer be getting new content, I’ve been…
Back in the ’90s, Nintendo, Sega, and Sony were locked in what is now commonly referred to as “The Console Wars”—a fierce rivalry between gaming giants that played out through advertisements, lawsuits, and even, in one instance, a public feud in front of Congress over video game violence. While Nintendo,…
There are many reasons to celebrate what Nintendo is doing in the gaming industry from both a creative and hardware perspective (especially when it comes to pricing), and the best place to do so right now is at the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, Japan. The museum is an entire building…
A Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase is scheduled for Wednesday, February 21st and 6:00 PT / 9:00 AM ET. A #NintendoDirect: Partner Showcase is coming! Watch on-demand via YouTube on 2/21 at 6am PT for around 25 mins of info focused on #NintendoSwitch games coming in the first half of…
Nintendo is once again apologizing for its success in Japan. After having to release a statement about the lack of supply to meet the demand for Ring Fit Adventure in the country, Nintendo is now saying “sorry to keep customers waiting” in long lines to enter the store, Bloomberg reports….
It’s been 365 days since the drop of what is now the best-selling fighting game of all-time — happy birthday, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate! The fifth and latest entry in Masahiro Sakurai’s venerated platform fighter franchise was the biggest Nintendo Switch game of 2018, garnering numerous accolades and rave reviews…
Out of the blue, Nintendo UK has dropped a new trailer for Super Mario Maker 2’s next update, and it’s a big one! Not only are classic enemies like Pokey and Spike being added to the game, but there’s a whole new power-up for the Super Mario Bros. theme…
Nothing screams “high fashion nerd” better than a designer handbag paired with the Nintendo characters we love, and the big N’s latest collaboration sees that vision realized: Nintendo and Danielle Nicole Handbags have announced a new product line. To celebrate the partnership, there will be an official launch event at…
Image & Form and Thunderful Publishing have announced that they will be partnering with Super Rare Games for a limited physical release of the turn-based RPG SteamWorld Quest, and it all came about because of a chess game between the former’s Brjann Sigurgeirsson and the latter’s George Perkins. As Sigurgeisson…
Not all’s Shine Sprites and rainbows in the happy-go-lucky world of Nintendo video games. Throughout the years, Nintendo’s played host to a number of frightening, chilling, or downright disturbing moments on its systems — all of which are perfect if you’re in the mood to creep yourself out this Halloween…
Super Monkey Ball is back, and this time around the simian stars have brought a special guest to the game. None other than Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling around at the speed of sound in Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD, though if you want to play as him you’ll…
Perhaps more than any other title in the series, Banana Blitz had the most to gain via a revisitation. Originally released for the Wii, it marked not just a new visual style for its primate cast and courses, but it saw control shift from surgeon-precise analog sticks to motion based…
Nintendo, as a company, has both changed immensely and remained exactly the same over the last few years. The Switch is at the center of all this, breaking new ground for what a console and its controllers can be, while never losing sight of what makes Nintendo… Nintendo. In an…
Collectathons were some of my most favorite titles growing up, with Banjo-Kazooie standing out in particular. The genre may have fallen off, though Mario’s 3D affairs and games like Psychonauts kept the dream alive in the meantime. Come 2017, though, and we had not one, but two throwbacks to the…
The Super Monkey Ball series has been rolling along since 2001 — and while Nintendo fans will fondly remember the first two games on GameCube, things took a different turn once it made its way to the Wii. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz was built around the WiiMote and motion…
