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  • 0 / August 26th, 2025 / Peter Glagowski

    The Japanese Mother shop is planning a special broadcast for Mother 2’s 31st anniversary 


  • 0 / August 20th, 2025 / Reece Heather

    Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection will include Mythologies and Special Forces


  • 0 / August 15th, 2025 / Abbie Maxwell

    A Banjo-Kazooie cartoon was once in the works, but was cancelled with no reason given


  • 0 / August 14th, 2025 / Reece Heather

    Nintendo’s biggest flop, the Virtual Boy, launched in the United States 30 years ago today


  • 0 / August 12th, 2025 / Jason Ganos

    Chibi-Robo! joins Nintendo Switch Online’s GameCube library on August 21


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December 20th, 2024 0

Lost high-quality footage of Nintendo Space World 2000 emerges online

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Retro

For older Nintendo fans, Space World 2000 is one of the most pivotal moments in the company’s history. The event where Nintendo not only unveiled the GameCube to the public but showcased Super Mario 128 and some ridiculously high-quality 3D renders for a Legend of Zelda prototype, Space World 2000…

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December 17th, 2024 0

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword’s OST is now available on Nintendo Music

Author: Peter Glagowski
Categories: News, Retro

Another week, another Nintendo Music update. After adding the glorious Wave Race 64 soundtrack to its service, Nintendo provided a much larger update last night with the addition of the entire 186-track OST for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Regarded as one of the best soundtracks in the entire…

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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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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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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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