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Salt And Sanctuary Is Better When You Can Put It Down

I’m flying across the country tomorrow and need help keeping calm while I travel. Luckily, the Nintendo Switch has added dozens of exploration-focused titles to distract me, including the 2D Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary. Like Hollow Knight, it’s a game that fares much better on a portable console. Salt and Sanctuary originally released in 2016…

A Beta Version Of Bowser’s Castle Was Hiding In Mario Kart Wii

It’s not uncommon for developers to leave things behind during the course of a game’s development. As we’ve seen with Bloodborne and Dark Souls, sometimes that comes in the form of cut enemies, discarded items, or new pathways. In the case of Mario Kart Wii, it’s a beta version of an entire track. If you…

The 12 Best Games for the iPad

Stop watching movies on your iPad. Stop browsing the web. Well, okay. You don’t have to stop. But while you do all that stuff, don’t forget that your iPad can play some great games. Which games are best? Read on. Papers, Please is billed as a “Dystopian Document Thriller,” which actually turns out to be…

Possible Reasons Why A Hedge Fund Manager Is Betting $400 Million Against Nintendo

Earlier today, Nintendo’s quarterly earnings report showed mixed signals; operating profits were up, but Switch sales and software attach rates were down. That all must have meant something to the Wall Street investor who gambled hundreds of millions on the assumption that the video game giant is about to hit a major snag in the…

Nintendo is doing better than expected! Switch game sales more than doubled, overcoming slagging Switch sales and resulting in an 88 percent increase in quarterly operating profit.

Nintendo’s Best Selling Switch And 3DS Games To Date

Nintendo has released sales data for its biggest selling Nintendo Switch and 3DS games. Which ones do you think came out on top? Oh, the suspense! Here are the Switch games. And the 3DS ones There shouldn’t be any surprises, no?

Lifetime Sales For The Nintendo Switch And Nintendo 3DS

Wonder how Nintendo’s current gen game machines are doing? The Kyoto-based company just released life-to-date tallies for both the Switch and 3DS, as well as software totals for each. For comparison’s sake, Nintendo included lifetime sales figures for its other game hardware. Have a look.  

Hell Is Watching Smash Bros. Characters Dance Like They’re In Fortnite

Our time on this planet is limited, but please spend a moment of it feasting on the internet’s latest abomination. YouTuber Master0fHyrule has made a lot of videos about Super Smash Bros. Usually they’re just lists, like this one showing off every character’s taunt or this other one showing off every character’s taunt in reverse.…

WarioWare‘s Two Favorite Things Are Classic Nintendo, Poop

This week, I’ve been playing the latest entry in Nintendo’s series of wacky compilations of seconds-long “microgames,” the first for Nintendo 3DS (and the first since 2010’s WarioWare: DIY). I’ll have a full review for its release on August 3, but for now, I’m still going through all of its features. As I do, I’ve…

The Octopath Traveler Musical Cue I Can’t Stop Thinking About

Octopath Traveler’s battle music has all of the zest you could want, brimming with quick drumbeats and arpeggiated chords. One simple trick ties together the game’s story and boss battles, creating amazing musical cues that make each new encounter even more exciting. Octopath Traveler assigns each character an instrument that’s used prominently in their leitmotifs,…

YouTube Video Breaks Down Some Of Nintendo’s Best Gear

The YouTube channel Boundary Break usually checks out what goes on out of bounds in video games, but their latest video breaks down some of Nintendo’s most well-known hardware to show secret messages and exactly what made your Zapper sound so weird. I’m not much of a gearhead when it comes to consoles, although I’ve…

English Language School Recommends Studying Over Nintendo Switch

An advertisement for English language school Menten in China states that people have time to play video games, but don’t have time to learn English. The ad appeared on Chinese social networking site Weibo and was uploaded to Twitter by Chinese Nintendo (via Nintendo Soup). The ad reads, “They say: ‘I’m too busy every day…

Speedrunner Beats Battletoads‘ Infamous Turbo Tunnel While Blindfolded

Old school Nintendo fans dealt with tons of challenging games, but Battletoads was one of the toughest. The third level contains the dreaded “turbo tunnel,” a long hoverbike gauntlet that wrecked careless players and grizzled experts alike. Yesterday, a speedrunner not only completed it without losing a single life, but while blindfolded. Piotr Delgado “The…

This October, peripheral maker Hori is releasing three GameCube controllers for Nintendo Switch. The controllers are Mario, Zelda, and Pikachu themed. No word yet on an international release.

Nintendo Suing Pirate Websites For Millions

On July 19, Nintendo filed suit in an Arizona Federal Court against the operator of two popular retro gaming sites, which had been hosting ROMS of some of the company’s most famous games. The suit alleges that the two sites, LoveROMS.com and LoveRETRO.co—both owned and operated by Jacob Mathias—are “built almost entirely on the brazen…

Breath Of The Wild Comes To Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Nintendo just announced a couple of new updates to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, adding some Breath of the Wild-related items to the game. First up is a Breath of the Wild-skinned version of the Master Cycle: You’ll also be able to dress Link up in his tunic from the Switch game. Ancient customisation parts will…

A New Famicom Cartridge Will Be Released. In 2018. 

This is Battle Kid. It will be released this September in Japan on a Famicom cartridge. It makes sense that the game is available on Famicom cart because homebrew game Battle Kid was originally released on NES cartridge in 2010. And now, years later, the game is finally getting a localized Japan release. On a…

Nintendo Fans Have Created Incredible New Things With Labo

Nintendo’s Labo came with a bunch of stuff you could craft, but fans taking part in a competition have come up with a bunch of new/improved designs, ranging from big red dinosaurs to solar powered accordions to interactive teapots. The Nintendo Labo Creators Contest (one of the prizes was that sweet Labo-themed Switch we posted…

Nintendo’s Company Sports Uniforms Are 🔥

Nintendo, like loads of other companies, has an internal sports team. That’s not unique. But what’s cool about Nintendo’s company table tennis team is that its uniform is to die for Just look at this shit! It was designed internally by a Nintendo employee, and these images were shared by Masaaki Sano, an avid table…

In Latest WarioWare, Nintendo Swaps Out Virtual Boy For Wii U

It’s nice to see that Nintendo has the ability to laugh at itself a little. 9-Volt is a recurring character in the WaroWare series who loves Nintendo and classic games. “Hey! My name is 9-Volt! I’m the grade-schooler gone old school,” he says while introducing himself in 2003’s WarioWare, Inc. He even keeps a Virtual…