Over the course of the past couple years or so, the Super Mario Bros. series has seen quite a bit of change. When Charles Martinet stepped down from his role as the voice of Mario, that took many fans by surprise. That wouldn’t be the last of the well-known Mario…
Last November, we ran an op/ed speculating about the performance improvements the Nintendo Switch 2 could bring to the vast library of Switch 1 games. While some have gotten native ports or Switch 2-specific updates, it would be impossible for Nintendo and every other publisher to update all 5,987 games…
As people discovered yesterday, the newly released Nintendo Switch 2 is compatible with a variety of generic USB webcams for use with GameChat. That’s great for people who already have a webcam in their possession and don’t want to shell out for Nintendo’s official camera. What if you wanted to…
It might just be my age showing, but while scouring the dark, dense labyrinths of Animal Well, I could picture a whole issue of Nintendo Power dedicated to its sprawling map. That’s how deep this well goes. Animal Well pays homage to the delicate craft of putting together a brain-tickling,…
Nintendo Wire has partnered with Best Buy to highlight some of the best upcoming Nintendo Switch titles for 2024! While it certainly appears that a Switch successor should be announced soon, there is still plenty of big titles coming in 2024! Check out some of our favorites below: Note- Nintendo…
Update: Up for pre-order now via Best Buy! (#affiliate) Pre-Order Collector’s Edition at Best Buy It’s official! Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is coming on July 18th, 2024! Check out the debut trailer below! An amazing physical edition was also announced that comes with a a replica NES cart as…
On the same day as Nintendo confirms the existence of the Switch successor, Microsoft seems to go in the other direction as they announced the closure of multiple studios. Arkane Austin and Alpha Dog Games will close completely, while Roundhouse Studios will be absorbed by ZeniMax Online Studios. Tango Gameworks…
If you ever find yourself running low on games to play as the year goes on, it might be a good time to try out a classic title on the Nintendo Switch Online library. With so many options available across various systems, there’s something for everyone. Nintendo themselves have been…
While today’s announcement that a successor to the Nintendo Switch is officially in production and due to be announced within the next year, Nintendo’s fiscal results for the year ending March 2024 still have plenty of other interesting tidbits to look at. In terms of software, there aren’t any significant…
After years of speculation we finally have word from Nintendo’s President Furukawa that the company is working on a successor to the Nintendo Switch. The news comes in the form of a very simple tweet that confirms the new hardware will be announced within the fiscal year ending March, 2025….
When comparing to the past few years, it’s fair to say that 2024 has been quite slow in terms of Nintendo content. Most of the year’s lineup has been ports and remakes, so needless to say, when rumors start to circle about new games on the horizon, it’s exciting. Notably,…
In 2020 I would have called Hades the rare kind of game that so successfully interweaves its gameplay, narrative, art direction, and voice acting (among other things) that it’d be impossible to single out any one as its strongest element. That’s not to say my opinion on those qualities has…
We’re less than one week away from the one-year anniversary of the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Given the immense success of the game, many Nintendo fans are wondering if anything special is coming in celebration of the game’s first birthday. Fortunately for those asking…
Earlier this year, Nintendo was able to successfully get the Yuzu Switch emulator removed from the original GitHub repository it was distributed from. While that was a done and dusted legal case and the emulator’s creators were put out of business, the old axiom about the internet remains true: once…
Yesterday morning, the renowned leaker Pyoro caused a stir on Twitter by teasing a picture of a 1990 Nintendo World Championship cartridge. The internet quickly went mad with speculation, with theories about the cryptic tweet spreading like wildfire. https://twitter.com/Pyoro_X/status/1786033809185783959 But. today, the mystery has been solved. Earlier this morning, the…
