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Smash Bros. Creator On How Coronavirus Covid-19 Has Impacted Game Development In Japan

Masahiro Sakurai, creator of Smash Bros., devoted his latest Weekly Famitsu column to how coronavirus covid-19 is impacting the game industry in Japan. About three paragraphs in, Sakurai lists an array of stats and factoids, including the number of global deaths, how Hokkaido Prefecture declared a state of emergency, that masks and toilet paper are…

Animal Crossing Taught Me How To Be An Adult

Much of the time, but especially right now, the world doesn’t feel like it makes a whole lot of sense. It’s chaotic, it’s unpredictable, and things always seem to come up that completely derail the best-made plans. I learned that as a kid by playing Animal Crossing, a game that, much like life, doesn’t have…

All The Announcements From Today’s Nintendo Indie Direct

Today’s indie-focused Nintendo Direct was chock full of timed Switch exclusives. Here’s a quick rundown of what you missed if you were spending your quarantine time staring at a wall in anticipation of Animal Crossing instead of staring at Nintendo’s YouTube channel in anticipation of Animal Crossing Today’s Direct was a rapid-fire machine gun blast…

Zelda Glitch Grants Unlimited Korok Seeds

This isn’t the first time Zelda fans have found a way to get hold of easy Korok seeds, but it’s certainly the easiest. Where previous exploits have needed quite a bit of timing and skill, this one only needs you to get to the top of the Akkala Ancient Tech Lab and inch your way…

Nintendo’s having an Indie World Showcase this Tuesday at 1pm ET/10am PT. It will be 20 minutes and feature indie games coming to the Switch.

LEGO Is Making Super Mario Themed Playsets

Yesterday, Nintendo teased LEGO sets. Today, they’re official. Nintendo and LEGO are joining forces for Super Mario themed playsets. You can see what to expect in the clip below. The LEGO Mario playsets are interactive, not only recreating the world of Super Mario in brick form but also the experience of playing the games. “I…

Microsoft, Nintendo, Ubisoft Respond To The News Of E3’s Cancellation

Earlier today, the Entertainment Software Association said it will cancel the video game trade show E3 this year amid growing concerns over the spread of COVID-19, aka coronavirus. Since the announcement, major game publishers have said they still plan to share news about upcoming games, but in a different format. Despite Sony pulling out of…

The Man Behind Pets.Com Bought The ‘Nintendo Play Station’ Console For $360,000

Yesterday, that weird prototype Nintendo Play Station console was sold at auction for $360,000. Today, thanks to Forbes, we now know who bought it, why they bought and what they plan to do with it. Greg McLemore is the founder of Pets.com, a website from back in the early 90s. Amazon bought up half of…

‘Nintendo Play Station’ Sells At Auction For $360,000

A prototype of a never-produced video game machine colloquially known as the “Nintendo Play Station” has sold at auction for $360,000, setting a new record for the most expensive item of video game memorabilia ever publicly sold. Pop-culture auction house Heritage Auctions offered the device, the product of a short-lived collaboration between Nintendo and Sony,…

Being The One Human In A World Of Pokémon Is Pretty Cool

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, the enchanting remake of a pair of Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS games coming out this week for the Switch, the human player wakes up in a world populated by talking pocket monsters, reborn as one of their own. Living and working alongside Pokémon as an equal…

If You Like Picross You’re A Good Person And Will Probably Enjoy Depixtion

Picross is a wonderful series of games in which players use logic to create dubious pixel art using numbers and grids. In Depixtion, recently released for the Nintendo Switch, each level is three Picross-style puzzles of varying colors and shades coming together to create dubious pixel art. It’s deep dish Picross with a twist. A…

Hands On: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Will Put You Right To Work

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a hard game to demo, but Nintendo invited me to try to do it anyway last weekend at PAX East. I came away from my brief trip to its deserted island impressed by how pretty everything looked and eager to continue toiling away on its beaches, in its fields, and…

After Fainting At Gym, Masahiro Sakurai Reminds Fans To Prioritize Their Health

Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai has written about working out in his regular column in Weekly Famitsu. One reader sent in a question asking Sakurai if he’s also careful about what he eats. After a recent, momentary blackout at the gym, it sounds like he needs to be and probably should be better hydrated and rested.…

Nintendo’s Japanese store will start taking preorders for the Animal Crossing Switch dock and Joy-Cons on March 7. Check out our story about how to import them if you want to buy either one of them separately without having to buy the whole bundle.

Animal Crossing Player Becoming “Bellionaire” Selling Turnips

Animal Crossing speedrunner BrianMp16 is on the cusp of joining the 1% (in Nintendo terms, at least), as he’s about to get enough bells to buy a model of the town post office, the most expensive item available to purchase in the game. Its cost? A paltry 999,999,999 bells. As BrianMp16 wrote on Reddit (via…

Legend Of Zelda Keycaps For Heroic Keyboards

All keyboards have letters. Most have numbers and arrows. A keyboard sporting GMK Hero, an upcoming keycap set inspired by The Legend of Zelda, can have all of those plus hearts, shields, swords, ocarinas, bombs, and hookshots. It’s like having a hero’s arsenal at your fingertips. Designed by Geekhack heroes mkljfox44 and ogWalker, the GMK…

Mario Kart Tour is finally getting real-time multiplayer races on March 8 Following an update that will go live at 11:00 a.m., players will be able to race against one based around a rule set that will change daily. There’s also the choice to just race against friends 

The $500 Metal NES Is Back For One More Run

The fanciest way to play original Nintendo Entertainment System and Famicom cartridges. With Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis retro consoles under its belt and a Game Boy on the way, retro console masters Analogue are bringing back their original $500 metal NES masterpiece for one more run with the NT Mini Noir edition. When Analogue…

Fan Makes Their Own Nintendo Direct In Super Mario Maker 2

If you want something done, you gotta do it yourself. Tired of waiting for Nintendo’s next full-blown Direct presentation, BeardBeardecided to make their own. As a level for Super Mario Maker 2 What it lacks in white-screen executive announcements it more than makes up for with news, like an indie game showcase, a release date…

That’s One Monstrous Mythical Monkey, Pokémon Sword & Shield

After weeks of teasing, the Pokémon Company reveals Zarude, the rogue monkey Pokémon, the latest Mythical Pokémon for Pokémon Sword and Shield. Look at its claws. Check out its teeth. It’s amazing anyone in the Galar region is still alive. I was hoping the teasing silhouette posted on the official Pokémon Twitter account on February…