In a rather random bit of news tonight, Nintendo has announced that it has acquired Shiver Entertainment from Embracer Group for an undisclosed amount of money. While most people will not be familiar with the name, Shiver is responsible for the recent Switch ports of both Mortal Kombat 11 and…
Super Mario Maker is an incredible game that feels somehow anti-Nintendo. Released on the Wii U in 2015, I’m still shocked that the Big N gave players most of the tools they needed to create their dream Super Mario levels. The Switch sequel takes things further, but what if Nintendo…
As time goes on and game developers continue to try to push the limits of what’s possible, games are becoming much more impressive. From immersive sound design to beautiful graphics and more, there’s a lot of work that goes into modern games. That all being said, older titles weren’t primitive…
After previously submitting a request to the Chinese government, Nintendo has officially announced its partnership with Chinese conglomerate Tencent to sell the Switch in China. In a very short PR release on its website, Nintendo stated (translated from Japanese) that “Nintendo Co., Ltd. is announcing that a collaboration is in…
Back in the days of the 3DS, BoxBoy! was a surprising delight developed by the wonderful people over at HAL Laboratory. Spanning three games, Qbby adventured through hundreds of puzzles using his ability to spawn boxes from his body. The last entry in the series was titled Bye-Bye BoxBoy!,…
Nintendo’s serving up another chance to try one of its online titles for free this weekend. Mario Tennis Aces will be hosting another Special Online Demo, giving players a chance to enter online singles tournament matches and earn a reward or two for the full game. Haven’t hit the…
You all ready for the hottest Ink and Octo duo to take the stage and make some noise?! Nintendo has uploaded a little something for all you fans of Splatoon 2 and cephalopod-based idol duos — a recording of the Off the Hook concert from this year’s live Tokaigi gaming…
It turns out the Switch is getting a Persona game, but it’s probably not the one you were expecting. Titled Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers, another game from Koei Tecmo and Omega Force, with the trappings of the “musou”, or Warriors, genre. Check out the first trailer: …
Recent months have been buzzing with speculation regarding new Nintendo Switch hardware models, namely an upgrade similar to the 3DS’ “New” line and a more miniature version of the hardware. CEO Shuntaro Furukawa, however, may have thrown cold water on the speculation during a Q&A session earlier today. As Takashi…
As April winds down, it’s once again time for Nintendo to bring investors up-to-speed with another financial report, this time covering the entire 2018 Fiscal Year ending March 2019. In terms of hardware, there wasn’t a huge budge from the January report, as the Switch went from 32.27 million units…
Last night it was confirmed that Super Mario Maker 2 would be launching worldwide on June 28th, 2019, and this morning Nintendo of Europe confirmed the news via its Twitter account, with a cute new clip showing a full Super Mario 3D World level. #SuperMarioMaker 2 comes to #NintendoSwitch…
Removing the construction tarps from its “June 2019” general release window, Nintendo has announced on Twitter the exact day Super Mario Maker 2 will be open for level-building madness. Let’s-a go! Let your imagination run wild as you make and play the Super Mario courses of your dreams when…
If you’re one of the people who’s been eagerly awaiting any bit of news about the upcoming Animal Crossing game on Nintendo Switch (I’m one to speak!), I’ve got a little something to hold you over until official info drops. While we know pretty much nothing about the game at…
A new update is headed to Starlink: Battle for Atlas on April 30th, and it includes a new set of paid Star Fox DLC for Switch players. For $11.99, Switch owners will be able to take control of Peppy, Slippy, and Falco to hunt down the members of Star Wolf…
Epic Games is continuing to tease tomorrow’s new Fortnite x Avengers crossover to hype up the release of Avengers: Endgame’s release on the big screen this week. As I predicted, it appears that there will be a variety of Avengers themed items in the upcoming game mode. So far, we…
