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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Nintendo 64 build of Dinosaur Planet shared online

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Retro

One of Rare’s last projects with Nintendo was the GameCube’s Star Fox Adventures – a surreal game starring Star Fox characters that shared more in common with Zelda than the space-faring action of its source material. That was due to the game effectively being a retooled Nintendo 64 game called…

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Smash Bros. and Pokémon composer Hirokazu Tanaka releasing ‘Lost Tapes’, a collection of ‘80s and ‘90s demos

Categories: News, Merchandise, Retro

Nintendo soundtrack fanatics may recognize the name Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka, a composer with an incredible track record when it comes to Nintendo’s 8- and 16-bit era. He has contributed music to the likes of Super Mario Land, EarthBound, and Tetris, as well as the Super Smash Bros., Pokémon, and Metroid…

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