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Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Players Are Tricking Amiibos To Grind For Rare Loot

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is amazing in its own right. Its world is breathtakingly gorgeous and bursting at the seams with surprises. So why am I and other players wasting so much time resetting the Nintendo Switch’s clock so we can keep spawning new treasure chests with our Amiibos? For me…

Speedrunner Completes Zelda: Breath of the Wild In Less Than One Hour, A New World Record

One week after release, the speedrun for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has fallen under one hour thanks to a slew of optimizations and new techniques. Yesterday, speedrunner gymnast86 completed the game with a time of 58 minutes and one second. It is a significant time difference from the game’s first completed…

Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Is Full Of Amazing Little Details

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild manages to be both massive and unusually detailed. The sprawl of Hyrule will take weeks or even months for most of us to explore, not just because of its square mileage but because of how much there is to see and do in a given field or…

Blaster Master Zero For Switch Is An Excellent Retro Remake

A good remake of a retro gaming classic has to evoke the feeling of playing the original while making the game feel fresh and new. Blaster Master Zero for the Nintendo Switch is a very good remake of a retro gaming classic. So good. You may have seen the name on release lists. You may have…

Unlucky Zelda: Breath of the Wild Player Gets Blood Moon During Final Boss Fight

One Zelda player was surprised to find that the worst possible hiccup can happen while trying to save Hyrule. (SPOILERS AHEAD.) As many of you know, a “Blood Moon” is a mechanic in Breath of the Wild where the sky turns crimson, and all enemies respawn. It’s the game’s way of keeping the overworld stocked…

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Teaming Up With Monster Hunter XX

Hey, you’ve got some Breath of the Wild in my Monster Hunter XX! The upcoming Capcom title is getting a special in-game crossover with the latest Zelda According to Inside, by completing special DLC event quests, players can get Zelda gear.  This isn’t the only collaboration. As Inside reports, there are also crossovers with Garo…

It’s Unclear Why Indie Game Rime Costs $10 More On Switch

Yesterday, the developers of the colorful adventure game Rime announced that it will be out on May 26 for PC, PS4, Xbox One. Later, it’ll also come to Nintendo Switch, although you’ll have to pay an extra $10 for the privilege. Rime, which was originally announced as a PS4 exclusive before the developers at Tequila…

Move over, Zelda—the next BoxBoy is coming to North America and Europe on March 23. Nintendo says this is a 3DS eShop exclusive, meaning we’re not getting the Amiibo, but hell yes to more BoxBoy. Anyone else wish this was coming to Switch?

The Nintendo Switch Makes Its Japanese Classroom Debut

Why study during class breaks when you can play the Nintendo Switch? Images are popping up online, showing junior high and high school kids playing the Nintendo Switch. Obviously, many, if not most, schools do not allow students to bring game hardware. Depending on the school, some won’t even allow smartphones! You bring any of…

The Nintendo Switch’s First Week Game Sales In Japan

Early sales figures showed The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sales numbers for Japan, but for those who wonder how the other Switch titles did, let’s find out! For the week of February 27 to March 5, five of the top ten games are Switch releases. Not bad for games on sale only…

The Nintendo Switch Really Needs More Music

Unlike its predecessors, the new Nintendo Switch has a boring operating system. Not only does it lack Nintendo’s characteristic oddball playfulness, it’s also nearly silent. There’s no music. It’s a shame. The 3DS and the Wii U, Nintendo’s two most recent gaming systems, both had incredible menu music. If you’ve been using a Switch for…

Hookshots, Wii U Maps, And Other Things Nintendo Cut From Zelda: Breath of the Wild

To make a game as massive and astounding as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the developers at Nintendo needed to take a lot of experiments. As a result, they left a lot of ideas on Hyrule’s floor. Unlike other Zelda games, Breath of the Wild won’t give you access to environment-altering items…

Nintendo Flags YouTuber For Using Switch Sound

YouTubers who feature Nintendo games and products have long had issues YouTube’s controversial Content ID system, and Nintendo’s aggressive usage of that system is already impacting how YouTubers cover games on the Switch. Recently, a YouTuber had their video flagged by YouTube’s Content ID system over a sound effect from a Switch launch game. YouTube’s…

Switch Owners Report Hardware Problems, Though It’s Tough To Tell How Many

With every new console launch comes a suite of hardware issues, and the Switch is no exception. People who bought Nintendo’s hybrid console say they’re running into all sorts of problems, ranging from big (crashes) to small (dead pixels). There’s no way to tell just how many Switch users have received malfunctioning consoles. We reached…

The First Nintendo Switch Sales Numbers For Japan

The Nintendo Switch has sold an estimated 330,637 units in its first three days on sale in Japan. That’s according to Famitsu, which adds that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sold an estimated 190,060 copies in the country. That figure is retail only and does not include downloads.  These early figures are…

My Kind Of Nintendo Portable

I know the Switch is a portable console in theory, but it feels so precious in the hand. This custom handheld, on the other hand, has some heft It’s a portable Super Nintendo that just puts a screen and an actual Super Famicom pad inside the console. Because the screen is where the cartridge slot…

Nine Things To Do If You Can’t Play Zelda

Like many of you, I failed to order a Switch and instead spent the weekend kicking myself because I couldn’t play Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. While the weekend only lasted the usual 48 hours, it felt like 10,000 hours, making me an expert on this subject. I am, therefore, authorized to give…

NES/SNES – childhood, N64 – college, GCN – 2nd full-time job, Wii – working at MTV, Wii U – Kotaku EiC, Switch – just became a dad. You? Add your history below. PlayStation, Xbox and Sega timelines also welcome!

When Miyamoto First Played Zelda: Breath of the Wild, He Wouldn’t Stop Climbing Trees

Nintendo creative maestro Shigeru Miyamoto is a genius. He’s generally considered to be the greatest game developer of all time. And, just like you and me, all he wants to do is climb trees. Here’s a fun story from deep inside Nintendo, a company that doesn’t often speak openly about their development process. When Nintendo…

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Players Share Their Best Deaths

Breath of the Wild is hard enough that death has become one of the most common shared experiences for players discussing the game. Link has died in all sorts of surprising and absurd ways, and it’s a joy to watch. Perhaps “joy” seems like a strange word to use when talking about failure, but that’s…