In honor of the impending release of Pokémon Legends: Z-A this month, the Pokémon Center Online will be selling life-sized plushes of the latest Legends’ games three starter Pokémon in just a few weeks. For those out of the loop, that includes Tepig, Totodile, and Chicorita. You can soon bring…
In the same week that we reported on a Redditor mashing an N64 controller together with a Game Boy Micro, it’s our pleasure to present you with a fully functional version of Lego’s Game Boy replica model. Thanks to the efforts of Natalie the Nerd, the rather cute and amusing…
In celebration of Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2’s release on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, Nintendo Music has added three new songs to the music service! One new track for Super Mario Galaxy and two new tracks for Super Mario Galaxy 2 have been created just for the Switch…
Space Invaders Get Even was a truly interesting spin-off of the iconic alien-blasting franchise. Released in 2008 on the Nintendo Wii, Get Even dramatically reversed the roles of its predecessors by allowing the player to take control of the invaders, piloting a UFO across various landscapes to destroy all life…
On January 27th, 2011, Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and his team at Mistwalker released The Last Story exclusively for the Nintendo Wii. With ten years having come and gone since the launch of the critically aclaimed action RPG, Sakaguchi took to Twitter late last month to share some concept…
It’s rare that I become so nostalgic over a game I didn’t even grow up with, but that’s just how potent and amazing the Sonic CD intro is. I’ve always thought that it captures the greatest era of Sonic, with a design that makes him look young, spirited, and ready…
There are many corners of EarthBound’s history and marketing that fans have no doubt filled themselves in on, but one of the finest and freshest is the Mother 2 sukajan. These kinds of souvenir jackets are common enough (though they can definitely be high quality pieces as well, as we…
With E3 2020’s cancellation and the recent news of a “reimagined” E3 in the works this year, we’re already missing the traditional events of the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Thankfully, Forest of Illusion, a group dedicated to preserving Nintendo content, has recently provided some much-needed nostalgia with footage of Nintendo’s E3…
Amiibo Jason unboxed the North American and Japanese copies of Nintendo 64’s Paper Mario on the game’s 20th birthday last week. Have a watch!
Even before Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light released on the Switch eShop, Marth made himself known to fans thanks to Super Smash Bros. Despite that, it’s easy for him to fade into the background of the series’ many characters. It took him four years to place…
After Microsoft had purchased Rareware and the British developer exited Nintendo’s grasp at the turn of the century, many of the company’s games during the following two console generations would receive various ports and remasters across both the original Xbox and Xbox 360. While some Nintendo 64 titles like Conker’s…
There are few tidbits more interesting than discovering old game prototypes, some of which reveal radically different versions of the games in question. By those standards, a recently unearthed NES DuckTales prototype dated February 5th, 1989 is fairly humble: while the total number of changes are large, they’re mostly minute…
Reggie Fils-Aimé’s love of the Legend of Zelda is no secret. He previously named Breath of the Wild as his favorite game from his time working at Nintendo, but over the weekend he made an even firmer statement. Ahead of the series’ 35th anniversary this month, Reggie named his favorite…
Rareware’s tenure on the Nintendo 64 is untouchable, which is ironic when you recall one of their most unique ideas involved pulling cartridges out of the system. Much has been discussed when it comes to their Stop ‘n’ Swop feature, the idea of transferring bonuses and items across games by…
With just how many games Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has under its roof, creator Masahiro Sakurai’s got no shortage of anniversaries to commemorate. Recently we saw the likes of the original Super Smash Bros. and Balloon Fight get some love, but over the weekend three different titles all celebrated their…
