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  • 0 / May 29th, 2025 / Jason Ganos

    The Wild World of Pinball – Home Arcade Month


  • 0 / May 23rd, 2025 / Peter Glagowski

    May 2025’s NSO game update brings four Game Boy classics to the service


  • 0 / May 22nd, 2025 / Reece Heather

    Rare 1999 footage shows the world’s first Pokémon theme park attraction


  • 0 / May 21st, 2025 / Peter Glagowski

    Latest Nintendo Switch Online icons include classic controllers & consoles


  • 0 / May 20th, 2025 / Roberto Diaz

    12 Kid Icarus tracks added to Nintendo Music


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  • California man arrested on charge of stealing over ‘$10,000’ worth of Switch titles from local libraries

    People often say that Nintendo’s products fly off the shelves faster than they can be stocked, but I didn’t think that was a literal statement. A post on the Marin County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page stated that they had arrested 45-year-old Jamal Reed-Obafumi of Oakland, California on June 17th, 2025,…

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    June 24th, 2025

  • Japan’s Nintendo Museum will be opening up an art gallery this September

    For the fortunate few that have had the chance to travel to Japan and experience the Nintendo Museum in person, there’s about to be an entirely new way to take in the sights and sounds of Nintendo’s history. As announced on the official Nintendo Museum Twitter account this morning, an…

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    June 24th, 2025

  • Pokémon GO Raid Hour for Thursday, June 26th, 2025

    Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…

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    June 24th, 2025

March 21st, 2025 0

A look at Pokémon Snap’s impact on the franchise 26 years on

Author: Abbie Maxwell
Categories: Features, Retro

The Pokémon franchise has come a long way ever since the days of taking over the world in the late ‘90s. With the 30th anniversary coming up next year, the world and the Pokémon that live in that world have had a long time to develop and grow into what…

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March 21st, 2025 0

Nintendo Switch Online’s March 2025 additions include a quartet of Koei Tecmo games

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

Late last night, Nintendo announced the new additions to its Switch Online classic games catalog and, surprisingly, they are all Koei Tecmo games. While the titles, in question, are technically Koei games (the two companies merged in 2009), that doesn’t matter. All four of them are solid games that should…

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March 12th, 2025 0

New report suggests SNES consoles are seemingly getting faster with age

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Retro

In a rather bizarre turn of events, it appears that older SNES consoles are actually getting faster with age rather than degrading completely. As spotted by Time Extension earlier this week, SNES consoles are seemingly getting faster at audio processing as they get older, at least according to some tests…

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March 11th, 2025 0

Square Enix will be celebrating Chrono Trigger’s 30th anniversary with new projects

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Retro

Yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of Chrono Trigger’s original Japanese release and to celebrate, Square Enix announced that it has plans to launch various projects to commemorate the game. In a tweet from the official Japanese SE account, the company wrote, “As we mark the 30th anniversary, we will be…

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March 11th, 2025 0

Super Mario Bros. 3 tracks added to Nintendo Music

Author: Roberto Diaz
Categories: Switch, News, Retro

In honor of MAR10 Day, Nintendo Music has updated to add the soundtrack of Super Mario Bros 3!  Available now on the Nintendo Music app, Super Mario Bros. 3’s addition consists of 42 tracks from the NES game, with a runtime of 32 minutes. The 42 tracks are listed below:…

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March 7th, 2025 0

Nintendo adds two of the Game Boy’s best games to Nintendo Switch Online

Author: Matthew Powers
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

This is a big one. Nintendo took it upon itself last night to significantly increase the mileage of the Game Boy NSO library by adding two of its best hits. Donkey Kong ‘94 and Mario’s Picross are the latest additions to the service.  Personally, I couldn’t be more thrilled. If…

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March 6th, 2025 0

The 12 World Video Game Hall of Fame 2025 nominees have been revealed

Author: Abbie Maxwell
Categories: News, Retro

One of the most hotly debated subjects across the greater video game circles is the simple question of what the greatest video game of all-time is. While the true answer is subjective and open to each individual’s interpretation, another way to tackle the question is to answer what the most…

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February 25th, 2025 0

Super Mario Bros. 2 tracks added to Nintendo Music

Author: Roberto Diaz
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

In this week’s Nintendo Music update, Super Mario Bros 2’s soundtrack has been added! This is one of the shorter soundtracks on the service, with a total of 14 tracks.  It should be noted that this is not the soundtrack for The Lost Levels; this is the soundtrack for the…

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February 25th, 2025 0

Retro-Bit confirms some of its games used fan translations, issues an apology

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Retro

Over the weekend, a controversy was starting to brew concerning retro game publisher Retro-Bit. As spotted by Time Extension, game translator Krokodyl posted on their personal blog a series of photos that compared official Retro-Bit releases to previous fan translations for not only text but the specific font of the…

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February 17th, 2025 0

Atari alumni Chuck E. Cheese to debut new mall arcade concept Chuck’s Arcade utilizing retro ’80s imagery 

Author: Matthew Powers
Categories: News, Retro

It’s probably been a minute since most of us have visited a Chuck E. Cheese’s. If you’re a parent, it’s a no-brainer. It’s practically the birthday party mecca. However, gamers most likely don’t frequent a CEC as a hangout spot or seriously think about it as an arcade. What makes…

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February 10th, 2025 0

Mario Kart 64 celebrates 28 years of destroying friendships 

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: Features, Retro

During the heyday of the fourth console generation, Nintendo created one of the most pivotal games ever with Super Mario Kart. Practically inventing a sub-genre overnight, this unsung kart racer would see some imitators in its infancy, but its true impact wouldn’t be felt until the following generation. Thanks to…

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February 10th, 2025 0

Golden Sun tracks now available on Nintendo Music

Author: Roberto Diaz
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

It’s that time of the week again, Nintendo Music has added a new soundtrack. This week’s entry: Golden Sun! Originally released in 2001 on the Game Boy Advance, Golden Sun is regarded as one of the best games on the Game Boy Advance and was widely popular upon release. Golden…

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