Pokémon and McDonald’s have teamed up for yet another collab, this time featuring the new TCG Pocket app! For a limited time, you’ll be able to find Pokémon themed Happy Meals at participating McDonald’s locations nationwide. Hey Trainers! Take a closer look at the art and cards featured in…
Nintendo Music has made its weekly update and with it comes 37 new tracks from Super Mario Kart, the game that started it all for the racing franchise! Super Mario Kart was released for the SNES back in 1992, with only eight characters and eight unique locations (20 total tracks…
With the Nintendo Switch 2 finally revealed and the first look at what’ll be on it, excitement is at an all-time high. Among the discussion behind what the system can do and what games are yet to be shown, there’s a large amount of talk about the one we have…
In one of the more bizarre stories to come out lately, a man in Hermosillo, Mexico used a NES Zapper wrapped up in tape to rob a bank. More likely than not, you’re already familiar with Nintendo’s electronic light gun most famously paired with the company’s Duck Hunt game…
While the Mario and Sonic rivalry isn’t quite as surprising now we’ve had over a decade of spin-off games and Super Smash Bros. putting the two universes together, there’s still something charming about the idea. It seems like famed video game composer Yuzo Koshiro agrees, putting together a cute little…
Welcome back to Season 2 of the Character Column, where we run down all manner of royal, ruffian, and rough-around-the-edges rube in a weekly analysis of various characters. Last week we ran down the nuances of Inklings and avatars in Splatoon. This week, I’d like to begin by demanding that…
As spoken in the Book of Mario, “Nintendo giveth, and Nintendo taketh away” {Waluigi 1:21}. The Big N has announced that this run of both the NES Classic and the SNES Classic will be the last, as the company now pivots towards Nintendo Switch Online services to fill the retro…
We made sure to pack this year with as many de-make videos as we could for Nintendo fans out there. From visualizing Breath of the Wild on the Game Boy Color to watching Smash Bros. Ultimate come to life in pixelated form, 2018 was full of some truly fun and…
We took the World of Light opening cutscene back in time to the Game Boy Color to celebrate the game’s launch last week. And now we’re pitting the de-make and original footage next to one another in a side-by-side comparison! See how the two look together. Lifelight Remix…
With Super Smash Bros. Ultimate right around the corner, we’ve taken the World of Light opening cutscene back in time to the GameBoy Color to celebrate the exciting launch. Lifelight Remix by EchoNotGecko. Ambient sounds by Magnus Chirgwin.
It’s the 20th anniversary of a video game that has truly stood the test of time, as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time celebrates a whopping two decades of being hailed as one of the best, if not THE best, video games of all time. The action-adventure title garnered…
Reggie Fils-Aimé, President of Nintendo of America, had a sit-down interview with Kotaku while he was in New York promoting Nintendo’s big holiday lineup. They discussed a wide range of topics in regards to Nintendo’s future plans, as well as upcoming releases. Here are some of the main points from…
Lavender Town is one of the spookiest spots to visit in Pokémon. How does the Switch’s Let’s Go, Pikachu/Eevee! version stack up against the Game Boy? We compare the two in our latest video:
For twenty years now Japanese game developer Level-5 has steadily released solid RPGs and unique experiences across a variety of platforms, though Nintendo fans will likely know them best for Professor Layton and Yo-Kai Watch. To celebrate the milestone, the company’s official Twitter account has sent out a new piece…
Animal Crossing, the lovely life sim that Nintendo fans adore, has been around in Japan longer than the US thanks to debuting not on the GameCube, but the N64. Doubutsu no Mori, or Animal Forest (as it’s known over there) was present at Spaceworld 2000 — a full two years…
