If you’ve ever seen an original Famicom cartridge, you probably wondered what those little holes on the top edge…
After disappearing from store shelves, the NES Classic is returning next year. But that’s not all: the Super NES…
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It’s the 30th anniversary of Doki Doki Panic, the Famicom Disk System game that would get reskinned and released as Super Mario Bros. 2 in the U.S. But what exactly was Doki Doki Panic, anyway? That question is answered in this brilliant historical video from YouTuber “Gajillionaire.”
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Years before Sega did what Nintendon’t the two gaming giants briefly went head to head in the newly discovered…
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Just as Nintendo has decided to end NES Classic production, it’s doing the same in Japan for the miniature Famicom.…
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The Famicom Mini sold 262,961 in its first four days on sale in Japan, Famitsu reports. Not bad, Nintendo! Not bad at all.
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Now this is cool. The Mini-Famicom’s commercial recreates the original Famicom ad from 1983, big pink puffy sleeves and all. Watch both ads and compare for yourself!
Now, this is brilliant. The dad from YouTube channel RuiRei Channel created a Famicom console costume to wear with…
Nintendo Japan have today given fans a brief glimpse at what must be one of the most sought-after areas of the…
Do you have small hands? This might be the controller for you!
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America is getting the Mini-NES. Japan, naturally, will be getting a Mini-Famicom to match.
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Many games offer ways to program new code that allows players to skip to the credits. It’s a complicated process…
In 1991, Nintendo published an adventure game (developed by Pax Softnica) in Japan for the Famicom Disk System…
On July 15, 1983, the Family Computer was released in Japan. Video games were never the same.
Japanese game magazine Famitsu is celebrating its 30th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the publication polled…
It’s May, which means it’s time for the annual Famicase exhibition, a showcase put on by Japanese game store Meteor…
In Japan, games don’t get much bigger than the Dragon Quest franchise. Recently, series creator Yuji Horii uploaded…