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  • 0 / October 22nd, 2025 / Peter Glagowski

    Metroid II: Return of Samus’ soundtrack graces Nintendo Music in latest update


  • 0 / October 9th, 2025 / Peter Glagowski

    Mario & Wario makes its western debut in Switch Online’s October 2025 update


  • 0 / October 3rd, 2025 / Peter Glagowski

    One craft individual turned Lego’s Game Boy replica into a functional console


  • 0 / October 2nd, 2025 / Peter Glagowski

    Super Mario Bros. speedrunner discovers ‘new’ levels in The Lost Levels after 39 years


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    First 4 Figures announces new ‘Conker’s Bad Fur Day’ game cover statue, pre-orders open October 9th, 2025


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    Once again out of nowhere, Nintendo has announced an update for a multiple year old game that many people would have guessed was long since finished. As the trailer uploaded to Nintendo’s YouTube channel today confirms, Pikmin 4 will be receiving a free update in November that introduces a number…

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    October 22nd, 2025

  • Metroid II: Return of Samus’ soundtrack graces Nintendo Music in latest update

    Late the other night, Nintendo updated its Nintendo Music mobile app with the inclusion of Metroid II: Return of Samus’ soundtrack. At just 19 tracks and roughly 30 minutes, it’s not the longest soundtrack ever recorded or even the most music added to the app in a single go. Still,…

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    October 22nd, 2025

  • Luigi’s Mansion coming to Switch 2’s GameCube app in time for Halloween

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    October 21st, 2025

June 13th, 2023 0

McDonald’s just released a new Grimace game… for the Game Boy Color

Author: Amelia Fruzzetti
Categories: News, Retro

When you’re a multinational corporation that makes billions, you have enough money to make some truly out there stuff. As part of a promotion for a real life shake, fast food titan McDonald’s has released “Grimace’s Birthday,” a video game celebrating giant purple mascot Grimace’s birthday on June 15th. But…

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June 12th, 2023 0

Mega Man Battle Network writer Masakazu Eguchi touches upon ending the series after six entries

Author: Amelia Fruzzetti
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

Masakazu Eguchi is a man intrinsically tied to the Mega Man Battle Network series, being the planner for the first game and writing the story for every game thereafter. While MMBN ended all the way back in 2005, the series has reentered the milieu with the recent Mega Man Battle…

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June 12th, 2023 0

Capcom Town website opens with interactive museum, playable Mega Man, more

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Retro

On June 11th, 1983, Capcom Co., Ltd was official formed in Japan as a merger between I.R.M. and its subsidiary Japan Capsule Computers Co., Ltd. That means yesterday was the legendary developer’s 40th anniversary, and to mark the occasion its opened the doors on the Capcom Town website. It’s no…

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June 9th, 2023 0

Nintendo demonstrates how to control Kirby Tilt ‘n’ Tumble in cheeky tweet

Author: Amelia Fruzzetti
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

Kirby Tilt ‘n’ Tumble was previously one of the most forgotten entries in the pink puffball’s illustrious catalog of spinoffs, due to requiring gyroscopic functions on a handheld device – something that’s more standard nowadays, but less so once upon a time. Well, the game has been released on Nintendo…

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June 5th, 2023 0

Kirby Tilt ‘n’ Tumble, the original Harvest Moon, and more come to Switch Online

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

In my experience, updates for the Nintendo Switch Online digital library of titles usually features one notable title at a time accompanied by a few more esoteric choices. This time though? This time we get two notable additions accompanied by a few more esoteric choices. Half and half, baby!  Leading…

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June 1st, 2023 0

Nintendo 64 Controller Mod adds Bluetooth and Switch Support

Author: Jaxson Tapp
Categories: News, Retro

Have you been wishing that you could make better use of your old N64 controllers in the age of wireless controllers? Thanks to a brand new mod kit from 8BitDo, now you can! 8BitDo has announced a brand new mod kit that converts old, wired N64 controllers into wireless Bluetooth…

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May 29th, 2023 0

Dolphin release on Steam indefinitely postponed after DMCA notice from Nintendo

Author: Amelia Fruzzetti
Categories: News, Retro

Update (5/30/23): After the notification of the Steam takedown page went live this weekend, PC Gamer obtained a copy of the legal notice that Nintendo sent to Valve, which reads:   Because the Dolphin emulator violates Nintendo’s intellectual property rights, including but not limited to its rights under the Digital…

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May 29th, 2023 0

Square Enix announces new Dragon Quest Monsters game for Switch

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

The very first Dragon Quest Monsters spin-off game hit the Game Boy Color in Japan way back in 1998, meaning this September the series will be celebrating its 25th anniversary. To mark the occasion, Square Enix has shared a new video that runs down all of the games that make…

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May 25th, 2023 0

Check out the world’s smallest GameCube, built to be the size of a Game Boy cartridge

Author: Amelia Fruzzetti
Categories: News, Retro

Console modding is always fun, fine-tuned, and fascinating, and we have a really bite-sized (but extremely dense) example here: a tiny GameCube, dubbed the GameCube Nano, built with actual Nintendo hardware and laborious care.     Made by Macho Nacho Productions, the console utilizes the GameCube tech found in a…

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May 22nd, 2023 0

Zelda leads finally weigh in on pressing question: Which Link is the smelliest?

Author: Amelia Fruzzetti
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma and Tears of the Kingdom director Hidemaro Fujibayashi have been making the interview rounds lately, discussing all manner of burning question about the Zelda series, the making of their new game, and more. But now in a Wired interview they answer the most important query…

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May 19th, 2023 0

Sakurai discusses the creation of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and why he doesn’t think the series gels with online play particularly well

Author: Amelia Fruzzetti
Categories: News, Retro

As part of his continued series of videos on making games, Sakurai took time to discuss the creation of Super Smash Bros. Brawl in depth. He was approached by Satoru Iwata to make the game just after the reveal of the Wii in 2005, when Sakurai had just become an…

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May 19th, 2023 0

Three more Super Mario Advance titles heading to Nintendo Switch Online

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

The Game Boy Advance library available to Nintendo Switch Expansion Pack subscribers will be getting another update next week and it’s bringing with it some familiar favorites. While you have the option to play their originals on Switch already via the NES and SNES libraries, the Super Mario Advance versions…

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