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Nintendo, Please Turn This Animal Crossing Animation Into A TV Show, Immediately

Taking as many cues from the soothing Rilakkuma and Kaoru as it does Nintendo’s big series, this teaser hints at a better world. A world where every time I turn on Netflix I’m asked if I want to keep watching an Animal Crossing series, and I get to say yes Made throughout the course of the…

You Can (Finally) See Playtime Statistics On The PlayStation 5

It’s just a matter of knowing where to look, since the option is buried inside some menus and submenus.

The Switch reached 68.30 million units sold worldwide as of September 30 of this year, surpassing the Nintendo Entertainment System’s 61.91 million global sales. The NES first launched as the Famicom in 1983 in Japan, where it was finally discontinued in 2003. The Switch went on sale in March 2017. 

Well, Nintendo Is Doing Great

The global pandemic has meant that people are spending more time at home, playing more video games. Consequently, during the past six months, Nintendo has seen its profits jump by over 240 percent. In its six-month earning statement ending on September 30 of this year, Nintendo reported that year-on-year net sales are up 73.3 percent,…

Nintendo Switch Emulator Adds Online Support, Quickly Regrets It

Yuzu, a popular Switch emulator, earlier this week decided to add limited online multiplayer support for its games. A decision it swiftly reversed.

Part Time UFO Has A Very Good Dog Butt

Part Time UFO, the HAL Laboratory mobile game ported to Switch today, is a charming little project about an alien helping the people of Earth tidy up with its spaceship’s arcade-like claw. It also has a very good dog. I don’t really have much to say about Part Time UFO other than that. It makes…

The Project Trying To Put Every Single Super Nintendo Instruction Manual On The Internet

A lot is made, and rightly so, of the plight of retro video games once they succumb to the passage of time. But while we focus on preserving the games themselves, what happens to the instruction manuals that used to come with them? In some cases, they’re lost forever! Other times, we’re lucky to have…

Metroid Cosplay For The Ages

By day, Brenden McCormack is a developer at Wargaming, working on World of Tanks. In his spare time, though, he’s built (along with his wife Laura) one of the most impressive pieces of Nintendo cosplay I have ever seen. In addition to the power-up gif up top, here are a bunch of other photos of the…

Resident Evil 3 Cloud Version Graphic Found Through Switch Game Streaming Service

Earlier today, a streaming version of Control was released for Switch. And while waiting in line to play video games is a bummer—the service has a queue if too many people try and play at once—this down time gave folks the opportunity to poke around in the streaming service’s launcher and uncover a very different…

Everything Nintendo Showed In Today’s Mini Direct

Nintendo dropped another surprise Mini Direct this morning, and in it announced some big games coming to Switch via cloud streaming, as well as release date for Bravely Default II. It’s been delayed, but only by a few months. Phew. It’s been a very weird year, including for Nintendo. Instead of long Directs showcasing its…

Bravely Default II Misses 2020, Launches February 26

The Switch sequel to Square Enix’s 3DS RPG Bravely Default, originally slated for a 2020 release, is now scheduled to arrive on February 26, 2021. According to the opening segment of this morning’s surprise Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase, developers are using the additional time to work on balancing difficulty and reworking controls after the more…

Mario Goes Hatless In Leaked Super Mario World Sprites

Apart from his prodigious jumping abilities, Mario’s key defining feature is his hat. He’s been wearing that thing since the days of Donkey Kong. Another little slice of the ongoing Nintendo leaks, however, reveals that the iconic red cap wasn’t always glued to the plumber’s head in Super Mario World Nintendo Metro, a fantastic resource…

30 Years Later, The Original Fire Emblem Is Getting Localized For Switch

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, the game that kicked the turn-based strategy series off, is finally getting an English version on Switch on December 4. The game will be $6 to download, but Nintendo is also releasing a special 30th Anniversary edition of the game for $50 complete with a replica…

Cynthia Harrell, The Woman Who Sang ‘Snake Eater,’ Is Ready To Be Heard Again

Her powerful vocals suffuse “Snake Eater” with such gravitas, elevating it from a simple song on a video game soundtrack.

Players Discover Luigi Easter Egg In Super Mario Bros. 35

It turns out there’s a way to unlock 8-bit Luigi in Super Mario Bros. 35 after grinding through a bunch of the game, because it’s always the Year of Luigi somewhere. It’s unclear who was the first person to discover Mario’s brother in the battle royale game, but players started to take note after Tetris…

Cats Vs. Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

Now that Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit is out, people have a chance to see what it’s like first-hand. But they’re not alone. Cats do, too. As noted on My Game News Flash, Twitter and YouTube users in Japan have started setting up circuits in places their cats have already claimed. Curious feline friends are…

Nintendo Goes After Zelda Fan Game For Violating Copyright

The Missing Link, a new Zelda fan game made by a team led by prominent Mario modder Kaze Emanuar, has had its website and trailers taken down by Nintendo. We wrote about the game back in July 2020, which was actually 37 months ago, and it looked great! Made using mostly recycled assets from both…

Japanese Farm Hides One Hell Of A Video Game Collection

I have seen some impressive game collections in my time, but few that can match either the scale or presentation of this one, which is basically sitting in the middle of some farm fields in Japan. In this episode of Collector’s Quest (via former Kotaku editor Chris Kohler), Nintendo super-fan and author of the incredible…

In Japan, Nintendo Delays Detective Game Remakes For Switch Until Next Year

In September 2019, Nintendo revealed that remakes of the first two Famicom Tantei Club games were heading to the Japanese Switch sometime this year. Today, the Kyoto-based game company announced the games would be delayed until 2021. The first in the adventure game series, Famicom Tantei Club: Kieta Koukeisha, was released on the Famicom Disk…

Oh No Steve

Minecraft’s Steve went live in Smash Bros. Ultimate overnight, and yup, no problems there. None whatsoever. Enough beating around the block: Steve looks like he’s got a massive boner every time he wins a match. He’s actually just holding a hunk of, well, meat at a weird angle, but the way the camera zooms in…