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The Way Nintendo Used To Make Mario Levels

Did you know: old-school Mario games were drawn out on graph paper by designers like Shigeru Miyamoto? It’s pretty cool! During Nintendo’s E3 Digital Event, Miyamoto shared graphs and original design docs of older Super Mario games. It’s amazing. You can watch Nintendo explain the older design process here, around the :38 second mark. Or, if…

Level 5’s super popular ghost catching series, Yokai Watch, series is finally leaving Japan, and Nintendo said it’s arriving “holiday 2015.” If you don’t get what’s up with the Yokai Watch series, we ran an explainer not too long ago. Contact the author at [email protected]

Paper Mario Meets Mario & Luigi in New 3DS RPG

Nintendo’s two Super Mario RPG series are mashing up in early 2016 in a game called Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam A new trailer from Nintendo showed a game that looks like it takes place in the world of Mario & Luigi games, with little sprite characters, one that has been visited by a flat…

Animal Crossing Board Game Is Coming To The Wii U

Nintendo is not bringing a proper Animal Crossing to their home console, but, rather, a virtual board game supporting up to four players. Each player uses an Amiibo. Think Mario Party, but with Animal Crossing characters. So, it’s way, way cuter. The game will be out this holiday season. A glimpse of the Amiibo coming:…

The 3DS decorating game Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer now has a September 25 release date, according to Nintendo. The game is expected to support Amiibos that are in the form of trading cards.

Metroid Prime Is Returning In The Weirdest of Ways

Following a more than five-year drought since the last Metroid game, Nintendo is bringing back their space adventure franchise with what looks to be a multiplayer-centric first-person game that, at least from its debut trailer, doesn’t feature much (or any?) of Samus Aran. The game is called Metroid Prime Federation Force. The trailer showed three…

Nintendo’s E3 Event Began With A Bizarre Puppet Show

Nintendo kicked off this year’s digital E3 event by transforming its most public faces into puppets, and then Star Fox characters. These guys. At least Iwata, Reggie and Miyamoto look like they’re having fun, and that’s what it’s all about at the end of the day.

The Next Zelda Is A Three-Player Co-Op Adventure For 3DS

You wanted surprises from Nintendo at E3. Here’s one: The Legend of Zelda: Tri-Force Heroes, announced by Nintendo today at E3. It harkens back to Zelda co-op games like Four Swords Adventures, but this time for three players. The 3DS game is played from an overhead perspective like classic Zelda games and is slated for…

There Will Be Bowser And Donkey Kong Skylanders That Are Also Amiibos

There are no Digimon that are also Pokémon and no Thundercats that hang out with He-Man, but there will be two new Amiibos this year that also work as Skylanders. Nintendo and Activision showed off the hybrid figurines during Nintendo’s Digital Event today. The figures will be compatible with this year’s Skylanders SuperChargers game on…

Reiterating the company’s position from last month, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told Nintendo fans today that the gaming giant won’t be discussing its “new dedicated game platform, code name NX” until 2016. Notice they don’t specify whether it is a console or handheld.

Nintendo Officially Announces Star Fox Zero

Nintendo promised a new Star Fox was coming, and, yep, a new Star Fox game is coming. Star Fox Zero looks familiar to other Star Fox games we’ve played in the past, though obviously it’s the first time Star Fox has appeared in high-definition, thanks to the Wii U. The big change with Star Fox…

Watch Nintendo’s E3 Presentation Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]

It’s time for the third and final day of E3 press conferences, starting off with a pre-recorded digital presentation from the House Of Amiibo. Nintendo’s presentation starts at 12pm ET. They will probably not announce Mother 3. Watch here:

E3 2015: Nintendo Press Conference Liveblog 

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The New Rhythm Heaven’s Saddest Stage

Rhythm Heaven the Best + is full of cute Nintendo musical mini-games—and one surprisingly depressing one. At first sight, it doesn’t seem so sad. After all, it’s just a blue bear holding two sacks of groceries—one full of doughnuts and the other full of cake. But then he starts eating—popping cake and doughnuts up into…

Super Mario Maker Looks Nuts

Here’s Mario’s iconic 1-1 level, remade into a giant death trap by the folks at Nintendo. Wow! The GIF above is a small slice of a Mario level debuted at the Nintendo World Championships today, and it gives us a small taste of just how bonkers Mario Maker levels will be. Players will be able…

Reggie Plays Smash, Gets Owned, Talks Mad Shit

Last year, Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime made a shocking confession: he sucked at Smash Bros. But he swore he’d be back a year later to kick some ass, and true to his word, return today he did. He just forgot the part about kicking ass. Before it went down, he was talking the…

Metroid-Looking Mech Game Blastball Debuts At Nintendo Worlds

Two teams of three players attempt to shoot a ball through a shrinking goal in Blastball, a 3DS game with a Metroid-vibe making its debut during competition at the 2015 Nintendo World Championships. While the graphical style, the HUD and the single-weapon arm are giving off a real Metroid vibe, all we know about Blastball…

Watch The 2015 Nintendo World Championships Live, Right Here

The greatest Nintendo players in the country have converged on Los Angeles to compete in the 25th Anniversary Nintendo World Championships. Come watch history in the making. Well, first watch a brief pre-show from the Nintendo Treehouse, and then watch history in the making at around 3 p.m. Pacific, as the eight top Nintendo gamers…

Image of New Animal Crossing, Mario Maker Amiibo Emerges

This image is currently viewable on Nintendo of Europe’s site (via Eurogamer). It appears to show new Animal Crossing Amiibo, as well as an old-school Mario for Mario Maker, alongside some Amiibo we know already. We’re guessing they’ll make an official appearance at next week’s Nintendo Direct. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK, bringing…