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Some Switch Games Won’t Support Cloud Saving To Prevent Cheating, Nintendo Says

Last Friday, posters on the gaming forum ResetEra discovered that the Nintendo website information page for Splatoon 2 had been updated with a note saying the game does not support cloud save backups, one of the big new features being added to the Switch when its paid online service launches later this month. It’s to…

A Beautiful Little Story About Nintendo

If you have had a bad week/weekend, please allow this story of a childhood Nintendo dream—and its decades-in-the-making conclusion— into your heart. This is Cabel Sasser, co-founder of Panic Inc, the publisher responsible for stuff like Firewatch and the upcoming Asshole Goose Game. I cannot get over how damn nice that letter is.

Artist Nico Vliek has remastered 151 Game Boy and Game Boy Color logos into beautiful HD. We’ve covered Vliek’s remasters before, but these logos for handheld games really are something to behold. Check them out

Delayed Nintendo Direct Leads To Some Oddly Delivered Switch Announcements

Every big video game publisher plans out their marketing announcements meticulously, juggling dozens of bureaucratic balls every time it’s time for a new trailer or press release. When something interrupts those plans—like, say, Nintendo postponing a planned Nintendo Direct—weird things can happen. Like three oddly delivered Switch announcements including Final Fantasy XV (Pocket Edition) and…

The Weird History Of The Super NES CD-ROM, Nintendo’s Most Notorious Vaporware

Nintendo never released a CD-ROM gaming system. But for a while in the early 1990s, it flirted with the idea. That protracted will-they-won’t-they romance produced pages of breathless gossip columns in video game magazines, a mountain of vaporware, some terrible Zelda games, and one priceless prototype. The legacy of the Super NES CD-ROM is also…

This Week’s Nintendo Direct Delayed After Earthquake

Late last night, Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido was rocked by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake. Nintendo has announced it’s delaying this week’s Direct. The quake caused landslides and power outages. There are at least seven dead and 32 individuals are reported missing. Earlier this week, the strongest typhoon in 25 years hit Western Japan, leaving…

Famitsu released Switch Japanese retail sales numbers from its March 3, 2017 launch to Sept. 2, 2018. So far, a total of 5,007,368 Switch consoles have been sold at retail in Japan. The top three selling games at Japanese retail are Splatoon 2 (2,621,928 copies), Super Mario Odyssey (1,788,228) and Mario Kart 8 DX (1,738,502).

Madman Beats Mario 64 Using A Nintendo 64 Mouse

There are many ways you can complete Super Mario 64, but playing with the rare and official N64 mouse has to rank as one of the worst. The peripheral—only released in Japan, only for the Nintendo 64DD, and only then alongside copies of Mario Artist: Paint Studio—is just a regular ol’ mouse, meaning that controlling…

Dragalia Lost, the mobile RPG Nintendo is working on with Cygames, will be out on September 27 in Japan and the USA. Here’s a 13-minute Nintendo Direct if you missed it/can stand to hear the words HUMANS AND DRAGONS said excitedly over and over until both words lose all meaning

Popular Pokémon Fan Game Creation Tool Disappears After Nintendo Cracks Down

Pokémon Essentials, a robust resource for making Pokémon fan games, has been removed from the internet following a takedown notice from Nintendo. Losing this resource is a harsh setback for would-be makers of Pokémon fan games. Essentials takes the form of a file that works with the PC build-your-own-RPG game RPG Maker XP. But rather…

Tips For Playing Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate

Whether you’ve never played a Monster Hunter game or if you’re migrating over from Monster Hunter: World, there’s a lot of important things to know about Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, out today on Nintendo Switch. The original version released in 2015 and was a little clunky. Figuring out how to conquer the game’s rough edges…

A Ton Of New Indie Games Are Heading To Switch Soon

Bastion, Superbrothers, and Towerfall are all coming to Switch in the next few months, and the phenomenal strategy game Into the Breach is—wait for it—out today. Those are just a few of the games Nintendo showed off during a brief indie showcase this morning. Here’s the full list of release dates and announcements: Hyperlight Drifter…

Kid Recreates Nintendo Console From Popsicle Sticks

This summer break, Twitter user Nobusuma236’s son was busy making a Famicom replica out of popsicle sticks. The elementary school student’s resulting creation is surprisingly accurate. Have a look: Well done!

Mario’s Supposed To Be Cute, Which Is Why His Nipples Grossed People Out

Few pieces of video game news have upset the internet so much as the recent revelations that Luigi has a penis bulge and Mario has nipples On September 13 of last year, in the runup to the release of Super Mario Odyssey, Nintendo distributed a screenshot of a bathing-suit-clad Mario, in which its mascot character’s…

Right Now, The Nintendo Switch Is Dominating In Japan

The Switch has been out for a while now. Wondering how it’s now doing in Japan? Pretty dang well, that’s how. Here is how the best-selling video games at Japanese retail for the week of August 13 to August 19. 1. Minecraft (Switch): 25,948 copies sold 2. Splatoon 2 (Switch): 24,188 3. Taiko no Tatsujin…

Shigeru Miyamoto Doesn’t Want To Make An MMORPG

Today in Yokohama, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto gave the keynote address at the 2018 Computer Entertainment Developers Conference. The speech was about an hour long, and here are some of the highlights. It was a packed house, and websites Afternoon News and Famitsu were in attendance, reporting the following: The Spread Of Smartphones When the spread…

Nintendo’s Next Labo Kit Is More Of An Open-World Game

Nintendo Labo is still for kids, and still something that requires you to be excited about cleverly-constructed cardboard contraptions. The new Vehicle Kit coming out in mid-September, however, is also more of a full-fledged video game. The original Labo releases last spring were as neat as they were slight. Called the Variety Kit and the…

Nintendo Announces A Bunch Of Switch Indie Game News

To kick off Gamescom, the biggest gaming convention in Europe, Nintendo announced a ton of news about indie games on Switch, including release dates, ports, and even some surprise releases for today. Slay the Spire, Children of Morta, and more are coming to Switch in the next several months, among many other announcements. A lot…

Decoding Smash Ultimate‘s Apparent New ‘Spirits’ Mode

In the last Nintendo Direct, which was all about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, game director Masahiro Sakurai said that there’s still one more game mode that he can’t talk about yet. Fans think they’ve figured out what it’s called, but they still don’t know what it actually is. I’ve got a few ideas. At the…

Yakuza Was Also Pitched To Nintendo & Microsoft

Sure,it’s on PC now, but the Yakuza series is synonymous with three generations of PlayStation consoles. And for good reason: Nintendo and Microsoft had their chance, but simply weren’t interested in the Japanese gangster saga. The latest issue of Edge magazine has an enormous interview with series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, where he reveals for the…