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Comparing Nintendo Switch Sales To The Wii’s And The Wii U’s

The Nintendo Switch sure is doing great. Previously, we’ve seen how its sales numbers compare with the PS4’s, but let’s now look at how it stacks up with Nintendo’s last two consoles. The comparison is interesting, because the Wii, of course, was a smash hit. The Wii U was not. These sales charts appeared at…

Nintendo has sold 4 million SNES Classics worldwide, it said today. Its president confirmed that it will bring back NES Classic this year and sell it alongside SNES Classic “as an opportunity to garner interest in Nintendo Switch from those who have not interacted with video games in a long time, or ever.”

Nintendo just announced that it is working with Illumination (Despicable Me, Secret Life of Pets) on a Mario movie, confirming a report from the Wall Street Journal last year. Shigeru Miyamoto will be co-producing.

Mario Kart Is Coming To Smartphones

First Mario, then Animal Crossing, now Mario Kart is on its way to iPhone and Android devices. Nintendo just announced Mario Kart Tour, which is due for release sometime before March 2019. And…that’s all they said. But it’s not hard to look at the changes made to those other series and draw a line to…

The Nintendo Switch’s Online Service Will Launch In September

Nintendo Switch Online, the console’s long-delayed premium monthly subscription service, will finally launch in September 2018, the company just announced. The service, originally supposed to launch last year, will cost $20 a year, which will allow users to play Switch games online (they are only free until the service launches). Subscribers will also get access…

Which New Nintendo Stat Is Most Impressive?

We reported earlier that Nintendo is doing well. No kidding. The Switch is on fire. The company posted a bunch of sales numbers overnight, and we at Kotaku HQ have been discussing which is the most stunning. Let’s just say that we’re not all in agreement. Which is your pick? (Please say it’s the Splatoon…

Nintendo’s Hardware Wizard Will Get Lifetime Achievement Honors

Genyo Takeda might not be a familiar name to Nintendo fans, but he’s been the driving force behind the company’s iconic game console hardware and revolutionary controllers, and a few classic games besides. And now, he’s getting a well-deserved lifetime achievement award. The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has told Kotaku that it will…

Nintendo Printing Money, Profits Up 261 Percent

Nintendo released its earnings for the three months ending last December, and the Kyoto-based game company is doing extremely well. Revenue reached 482.97 billion yen ($4.44 billion) and surpassing forecasts of 407.86 billion yen. As CNBC points out, Nintendo’s operating profit also jumped 261 percent year-on-year. Nintendo has also increased its Switch sales projections to…

When a game owned by Microsoft is available on a Nintendo console, things are sometimes going to get awkward.

Princess Peach, Protecting The Payload

Look, if Nintendo can work with Ubisoft, they can work with Blizzard. Art by Antonio Demico.

My Favorite Nintendo Is Weird Nintendo

The Nintendo games that star an acrobatic plumber, a go-kart-racing dinosaur or a bounty hunter are what passes for normal from the world’s most successful video game company. Thank goodness Nintendo regularly gets far weirder than that. I certainly enjoy playing new Zelda games and get excited for new Fire Emblems, but the recent announcement…

You can do some pretty cool stuff with just one button. Out today for the Nintendo Switch, Super One More Jump from SMG Studio is a true test of timing and patience, especially in the more challenging of the game’s 100+ levels. It’s perfect for a quick gaming fix, unless you get hung up on…

Understanding The Hype (and Hate) For Nintendo Labo

Nintendo’s upcoming grand experiment with cardboard is unexpected enough that people have reacted dramatically to the announcement. Largely, fans seem to fall into two camps: either they’re psyched to build their own contraptions, or they don’t understand why something like this exists at all. Isn’t Nintendo a video game company? What are they doing messing…

Miitomo Is Shutting Down In May

Miitomo, Nintendo’s first tentative step into the world of mobile gaming, will be ceasing operations at 12:00am on May 9. While Nintendo can’t reach into your phone and delete the app, they’ll be shutting down pretty much everything it relies on, saying “If you launch the app after the end of service on 5/9, you’ll…

Here’s What Nintendo’s HQ Looked Like In 1889

It’s well-known that Nintendo was originally founded in Kyoto, Japan as a maker of playing cards in 1889. But a recent historical project by the city of Kyoto has turned up, for the first time, a photograph of what the company’s headquarters looked like in that year. The photo, and an accompanying blog post, were…

Your Uncle Who Worked At Nintendo Still Had To Pay For His Games

Even if someone’s uncle really did work at Nintendo, guess what: he probably didn’t get that kid down the street a copy of Mario for free. Chris Bieniek from Video Game Ephemera has got hold of some 1991 “Employee Purchase Order” paperwork from Nintendo of America, which shows how workers were able to buy their…

Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Controllers Make Excellent Grasshopper Legs

If Nintendo is short on Labo ideas, which I doubt, here’s one from Twitter user Colonel Odonger: a cardboard grasshopper. I have no idea what kind of game could be made with it, but putting those Joy-Cons in the grasshopper’s legs is neat. The building level, though, looks high Colonel Odonger has already been running…

Splatoon Player Clinches Win With The Most Satisfying Dunk

Most players might just use Splatoon 2‘s high-flying super jump to get back into the action after you’ve respawned. Saffron Rice’s DNerd found a different use: to sink the game-winning clam. During yesterday’s Splatoon 2 tournament at Genesis 5, Saffron was down in a game of Clam Blitz that had gone into overtime. Their opponents,…

The Competitive Smash 4 Scene Is Anxiously Awaiting Nintendo’s Next Big Move

The last few years have been pivotal in establishing Super Smash Bros. For Wii U as its own game, separate from its everlasting older sibling Melee. The Smash 4 scene has grown, developed major personalities and storylines, and saw its Evo grand finals live on cable television. Now all eyes are on Nintendo for what’s…

An In-Depth Look At Breath Of The Wild‘s Divine Beasts

For over a year, YouTube critic Mark Brown hasbeen exploring the dungeons in each Legend of Zelda game. His series concluded today with a look at Breath of the Wild outlining how the design of the game’s Divine Beasts is great but also frustrating. Brown’s gone to great lengths investigating the design of dungeons in…