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Someone Created A Pokémon Red and Blue ‘Virus’, And It’s Wild

It’s been over twenty years since the release of the original Red and Blue, but people are still messing around with the games to discover new glitches and exploits. It’s incredible. Last week, we told you about a recent Red and Blue exploit that allows you to delete your opponent’s save files just by playing…

For Its Three Year Anniversary, Twitch Plays Pokémon Gets Its Most Ridiculous Game Yet

Has it really been three years since the internet collectively tried using Twitch chat to control a single Pokémon game? Time flies. Even more absurd: Twitch Plays Pokémon is still going, and the latest iteration may be the best one yet. Right now, Twitch Plays Pokémon (TPP) is running a modified version of Pokémon Yellow,…

You Know An Internet Joke Is Kinda Over Once Nintendo’s Had A Turn

The Roll Safe meme, in which logically sound but absurd advice is accompanied by someone pointing to their head with a knowing half grin, has slowly been building up steam since late January. But late last week the Internet joke hit critical mass in the gaming world when Nintendo took it to a new plateau…

Limited Splatoon 2 Demo Will Be Available On Nintendo Switch In Late March

Proving that they’ll do what they want, whenever they want, Nintendo just announced in the middle of a weekend night that there will be a “global testfire” for Splatoon 2 from March 24-26 on their new console. The summer-slated sequel to the mostly multiplayer team pain-shooter will be available for Nintendo Switch owners to play…

The 11 Most Popular Monsters Tearing Up Competitive Pokémon

Out of hundreds of potential choices, competitive Pokémon players can only bring six Alolan monsters into a battleground. Three months in, despite the uncertainty of the overall metagame, some picks are turning up more often than others. In an effort to illuminate the current state of VGC, below are 12 of the most popular monster…

What Are Your Best StreetPass Stories?

There’s a lot of reasons to love the Nintendo 3DS, but StreetPass will always hold a special place in my heart. This function allows you to swap Miis with other 3DS users who pass you by, and then use them in cute minigames. The anticipation of new passes made a lot of things more tolerable…

Link’s Full Name Is ‘Link Link,’ Miyamoto Says

Did you know that Mario’s last name is also Mario? He’s not alone. Apparently, it’s an ongoing gag spanning multiple games over at Nintendo HQ, where they jokingly give characters silly full names. Game Informer recently sat down with game developer legend Shigeru Miyamoto and Breath of the Wild producer Eiji Aonuma to ask 51…

New Pokémon Red and Blue Exploit Lets Players Delete Opponents’ Save File

“I battled a Mew and it deleted my save file” almost sounds like a creepypasta and yet, it is completely real. Welcome to the wild world of Pokémon Red and Blue glitches, where terrifying corruptions are possible. For years now, hardcore players have known about the “Cooltrainer” glitch, an exploit that is “meant to represent the…

Player Spends $1,000 In Fire Emblem Heroes, Still Doesn’t Have Hector

While many of us are struggling to resist dropping $12.99 on a full five-character pull in Fire Emblem Heroes,Redditor Kooko22 dropped a cool grand on Nintendo’s latest mobile game, expanding their team size to 500 and filling it completely—yet they still don’t have Hector. According to the AMA posted alongside a gallery of the expansive…

The Nintendo Switch Is Perfect For Japanese Celebrities

Are you a Japanese celebrity? No? Well, Yo Oizumi is, and he’s going to show you how the Switch is ideal for famous folks. We’ve seen loads of footage showing plebs enjoying the Switch at home. And here is the actor, TV personality, and Professor Layton voice actor doing that, too. He’s just like us!…

Nintendo Turns The Switch Into A Crying Baby

The mini-games we’ve seen for 1-2-Switch haven’t been that odd. (Well, save for that cow milking one.) Today, however, Nintendo revealed more of its mini-games, and one of them sure is unusual.   Nintendo does have a long, proud history of bizarre mini-games, like clearing the air after Wario farted or shooting bananas up a…

Nintendo Thinks It Can Win Over Third-Party Developers

One of the Wii U’s biggest weaknesses was third-party support. But this time, Nintendo doesn’t want to repeat that mistake with the upcoming Switch. Last month, Nintendoannounced a slew of third-party titles for the Switch, including Skyrim. A promising sign? During a recent financial meeting, Nintendo talked more about this time will be different (which,…

Fire Emblem Heroes Is A Horny Casino

I’ve been playing Nintendo’s latest free mobile game, Fire Emblem Heroes, for the last few days, and I’m struck by how subtly sexual it is. Take Niles the archer, for example. His description alone is fucky: If you rub Niles, he’ll say stuff like “Yours until I break, master,” and “Now now, be gentle.” It’s…

A Month Before Nintendo Switch Launches, We Really Should Know More About It

The Nintendo Switch is dropping on March 3, less than a month from now, and it feels like we still don’t know some key features about the console. But how does that compare to other console launches? Is this lack of information unprecedented or par for the course? So what don’t we know about the…

Nintendo Literally Switched The Super Bowl

Nine minutes and 40 seconds before the end of Super Bowl 51, the Atlanta Falcons were about to cap off what had until then been a snoozer. Leading 28-12, the Falcons had a 99.9% win probability and had just gotten the ball back, giving them the chance to truly heal America by defeating the New…

Tips For Playing Fire Emblem Heroes

Fire Emblem Heroes isn’t a difficult game, but it is confusing to navigate and understand, especially if you’ve never played a game in the series before. Here are some tips and tricks to make the most out of it. If you haven’t started yet, consider rerolling This is possibly the most annoying tip on this…

This year is the 30th anniversary of the Jake Hunter detective game series. To mark it, Arc System Works just announced a new Jake Hunter for the Nintendo 3DS. No word about a release date. 

Here’s What One Gym Class Looks Like In 2017

The Interactive Gym, the latest project from the Canadian tech company SAGA, takes the traditional idea of gym class and adds a layer of augmented reality, turning the walls into giant games of skee-ball. Videos of the collaboration recently posted on Youtube give a basic demonstration of how it works. Images of floating shapes are…

Hideo Kojima Calls The Nintendo Switch An ‘Extension’ Of ‘Transfarring’

It’s 2017 and Hideo Kojima is still talking about “Transfarring.” Speaking at RTX Sydney, a two-day video game convention hosted by Rooster Teeth!, the creator of the Metal Gear series told IGN that he sees Nintendo’s upcoming Switch gaming console as the next step in an evolution he imagined years ago with the feature known…

Simpler Video Game Menus Are Better

The release of the former Wii U exclusive Yoshi’s Woolly World to the Nintendo 3DS demonstrates once again that gaming menus are best when they’re lists. Nothing fancier is needed. We don’t need to be able to wander every which way through them. Both versions of Woolly World are sidescrollers. They pretty much have the…