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    We’re just a few weeks away from the launch of Donkey Kong Bananza, and in typical Nintendo fashion, the company has released an extended look at the game via a new 8-minute overview trailer. The trailer highlights the game’s characters, gameplay, and key features! Check it out below!   Donkey…

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    July 3rd, 2025

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    Despite the success Nintendo has been having with the Switch 2, there are a ton of avenues where it seems to be backsliding into corporate overreach this generation. One such is a line in its EULA that gives Nintendo the freedom to brick your Switch 2 console if the company…

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    July 2nd, 2025

  • Microsoft celebrates Perfect Dark’s 25th anniversary by canceling the reboot and shutting down its developer

    Can you believe that the N64 classic Perfect Dark is 25 years old? It actually turned that on May 22, 2025, but now is as good a time as any to remember the impact it had for not only Nintendo, but its developer Rare. The game shifted Nintendo’s image from…

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December 12th, 2024 0

NES Tetris and Tetris DX join the Nintendo Switch Online library together in surprise twist

Author: Abbie Maxwell
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

Of the many perks that come along with a Nintendo Switch Online subscription, perhaps the most enticing, is access to the Switch’s vast library of virtual console games. With a myriad of platforms ranging from the NES all the way up to the Game Boy Advance, there’s a lot of…

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December 10th, 2024 0

Nintendo Music gets updated with 32 tracks from Wave Race 64

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: Switch, News, Retro

Since you can never quite pin down when Nintendo is going to do anything (especially announce a successor to its most popular console ever), it should be no surprise that the company uploaded 32 tracks from Wave Race 64 to its Nintendo Music service last night. With seemingly no rhyme…

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December 4th, 2024 0

Nintendo Switch Online NEEDS Donkey Kong 64 and Donkey Kong 94!

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: Switch, News, Retro

Over the past three weeks, Nintendo has been steadily rolling out the Donkey Kong Land trilogy for Nintendo Switch Online, bringing the classic handheld classics to the Nintendo Switch for the first time. Lucky for us, last night’s addition of Donkey Kong Land 3 officially completes the trilogy with all…

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December 4th, 2024 0

Donkey Kong Land 3 available on Nintendo Switch Online – Here’s how you can play it in color

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

Late last night, Nintendo added the final Donkey Kong Land game to its Nintendo Switch Online classic library. Released in late 1997, Donkey Kong Land 3 capped off the portable trilogy of titles by taking the themes and visuals from its SNES counterpart and downmixing them for Game Boy owners….

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December 3rd, 2024 0

The original NES version of Tetris is finally heading to Switch Online

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

Despite being one of the most important games released on Nintendo’s first home console, the NES version of Tetris has not been available for Switch Online subscribers. That will change on December 12th, 2024, as Nintendo has announced that the legendary puzzle classic will finally be added to its catalog…

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December 3rd, 2024 0

Quake III Arena celebrates 25 years of arena shooter excellence

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Retro

Pour one out for your millennial friends this week as id Software’s 1999 classic Quake III Arena has turned 25 years old. With all of us getting progressively older and the subgenre known as arena shooters being dead, it’s nice to look back on what once was and see how…

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November 27th, 2024 0

Celebrate your love for EarthBound with some themed Converse All-Stars

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Merchandise, Retro

If you’re a big fan of EarthBound and Chuck Taylor’s, this latest collaboration is right up your alley. Coming straight from the Honobichi Mother Project Twitter account, a new Mother 2-themed pair of Converse High Tops was announced for sale in 2025. A pre-sale event will occur from January 9th,…

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November 26th, 2024 0

Nintendo adds three more Genesis classics to Switch Online, including Vectorman

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

In the last week, Nintendo has added a bunch of classic games to its various emulators for Switch Online. After giving players the chance to play the first two Donkey Kong Land games, a trio of Genesis classics have been added to the Genesis app and they include one of…

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November 26th, 2024 0

Final Fantasy VII ver. 1.03 removes sharing restrictions

Author: Roberto Diaz
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

Final Fantasy VII has received an update to all available platforms. The patch (1.03 for Switch, 1.04 for all other platforms) removes all sharing restrictions that would block users from recording certain cutscenes. Why was a sharing restriction in place to begin with, for a game that’s a re-release? It…

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November 21st, 2024 0

Game Boy’s Donkey Kong Land added to Nintendo Switch Online

Author: Jaxson Tapp
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

What better time than a Thursday evening to get some surprise Nintendo news? Nintendo has just shadow-dropped the Game Boy’s Donkey Kong Land on the Nintendo Switch Online service.   Grab a vine and join the thrills in the Land of Kong. Donkey Kong Land is now available to play…

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November 21st, 2024 0

RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic coming to coming to Switch this December

Author: Roberto Diaz
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

The games that started it all are finally making their way to Nintendo Switch. RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic, a port of RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 and 2, will be released on December 5th, courtesy of Atari. Tycoon Classic combines elements of both games, allowing players to build to their heart’s content.  The…

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November 21st, 2024 0

Honoring 18 years of the Wii, Nintendo’s motion-controlled console that briefly upended the industry

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Retro

Do you remember where you were when the Nintendo Wii launched? In November of 2006, Nintendo unleashed the Wii on the United States and it felt as if the entire world had gone into a frenzy. While I had been unreasonably excited for previous consoles in my life due to…

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