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The company that gave the world Mario, Link, and Samus is the undisputed champ of the modern console war, with nearly 150 million Switches sold since 2017. But now, speculation is rampant about the company's next console, rumored to launch in 2025.

A 36 year-old trucker was arrested in Aichi Prefecture, Japan for allegedly hitting and killing a 9 year-old boy. The suspect is quoted as saying he was playing Pokémon Go, wasn’t looking at the road and “didn’t see what was in front of him.”

Nintendo made money last quarter, thanks to its Seattle Mariners sale and Pokémon Go. The company’s net income was 62.8 billion yen ($603 million), compared to 3.2 billion yen the previous year. Because of the stronger yen, Nintendo lowered its operating profit for the next quarter from 45 billion yen to 30 billion Read more

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I am a simple man who takes pleasure in simple things. Like how Will Smith’s Switch is such a good/dumb fit with Nintendo’s debut Switch trailer.

You can now get a lime green edition of the Nintendo New 3DS XL that comes pre-installed with Super Mario World. The old-style 3DS isn’t able to play ports of SNES games, like Earthbound. Nintendo is selling the system exclusively through Amazon.

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