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That Time Nintendo Canceled The Nearly Finished Star Fox 2

It’s never been strange for Nintendo to delay a game until they’re happy, but Star Fox 2 was a rare moment it canceled a game that was almost done. Star Fox was a big hit when it was released in 1993, and showed how the SNES could still compete technologically, even as new hardware was…

Mario And Sonic At The Fast Food Drive-In

Not nearly as healthy as Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games but slightly more edible, Nintendo has teamed up with exactly the right American fast food restaurant to distribute Mario & Luigi Paper Jam toys. There are several Sonic Drive-In restaurants near my home. Every time I pass one and catch a glimpse of…

The First Pokémon Games Took So Long To Make Because of EarthBound

The first Pokémon Game Boy games Pocket Monsters Red and Green were released in 1996. But as Shigeru Miyamoto points out, they were held up. The reason? EarthBound. In a newly released video to celebrate Pokémon’s 20th anniversary, Shigeru Miyamoto talked about the franchise’s early years, working for six years testing what would become Red…

Watching an estimated 70-hour Animal Crossing 100 percent “speedrun” is hard. I keep popping into rolfkon’s stream to try and follow his attempt, but then start getting sympathetic feelings of drowsiness. Even too sleepy to ask why it says “cum” in the bottom left.

The Mess That Came After Nintendo Fired An Employee

The twisting controversies about the translation of Nintendo games, harassment, and the firing of one of its employees got even messier this week. Two weeks ago,word spread through social media and sites like ours that Nintendo had fired product marketing specialist Alison Rapp, the target of a months-long campaign to initially blame her for perceived…

Ten Hours With The Excellent New JRPG Bravely Second

Bravely Second, the appropriately titled sequel to Bravely Default, is out in North America for 3DS today. Like its predecessor, Bravely Second is a smart, lighthearted role-playing game with killer combat and enough customization to keep curious players occupied for quite some time. I’ve spent around ten hours with Bravely Second, and I like it…

Yokai Watch 3 will be released in Japan on July 16. There will be two versions of the 3DS title: Yokai Watch 3 Sushi and Yokai Watch 3 Tempura.

Totally Official Pokémon Lingerie 

Over the years, people have made numerous Pokémon-themed lingerie. Those have been totally unofficial. Until now. Via Kai-You, here is a new collection of Pokémon undergarments for Yummy Mart, a new Japanese lingerie brand spun off by lingerie company Peach John. These are officially licensed, but sadly, not for sale. Probably for the best as…

Super Mario Bros. World Record Beaten With Near-Perfect Run

There’s a new world record for beating Super Mario Bros. quickly—and it may be the fastest possible time that a human can achieve. That’s why Darbian, the man behind the new record, is now hanging up his hat. Earlier this month we actually profiled Darbian and his quest to get a “perfect” run of Super…

No, thank you, Animal Crossing Today marks the 15th anniversary of the original Animal Crossing’s release on the N64 in Japan. To celebrate, Nintendo put together this cute retrospective video.

Kobe Bryant’s 20-Year Career, In Video Games

His first video game appearance was so long ago it was on the SNES

Earthbound‘s Intro Has A Tiny Secret Most People Don’t Know About

You might think that by now, most Earthbound fans know everything there is to know about the iconic SNES game. You’d be wrong. Even the most hardcore of hardcore likely don’t know about this tiny easter egg, brought to my attention this week by Clyde “Mato” Mandelin (best known for leading the fan translation of…

The Zelda CD-i Games, Remade In 3D

The HD remakes no one ever asked for. Back in the 90s, not every Legend of Zelda game was made by Nintendo: The games for the Philips CD-i, for example, were developed by others and, well, they were a bit disappointing The world should forget that Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand…

Look At This Box Art

It’s for the Super Famicom-themed 3DS that Japan is getting. As if the handheld itself wasn’t beautiful enough, now this? This should be on a gallery wall, not a retail shelf. For reference, like the 3DS itself, the box is a homage to the Super Famicom’s packaging: (via Tiny Cartridge)

Custom Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts Amiibo Are Terrific

Nintendo have released a lot of Amiibo by now, but they’ll never make everyone happy with their character selections. Which is why there’ll always be room for custom builders like GandaKris. We featured her Detective Pikachu a while back, but some of her latest work is so good that it’s worth looking at her whole…

Bravely Second‘s Got Jedi Mind Tricks

In 2014’s Bravely Default, there was no real explanation for the random encounter slider, a toggle you could use to reduce or amplify the rate of invisible enemy attacks. It just kind of existed. The sequel, Bravely Second, does things a bit differently. Early in the 3DS role-playing game, which comes out on Friday, there’s…

The Rarest Animation In Super Mario Bros. 3 

Here’s a fun way to amuse yourself on this sleepy Monday afternoon: Supper Mario Broth, an old tumblr page that’s full of cool Nintendo art, screenshots, and trivia. For example: did you know that Super Mario Bros. 3 has an animation that you can only see if you get the Hammer Suit when you’re in…

New Mario Maker Guidelines Still Don’t Explain Why Levels Get Deleted

Nintendo has been deleting Mario Maker courses for months without explanation, and the community is tired. The company updated its Mario Maker support page today with new guidelines, but it doesn’t have many answers. “A Course I Uploaded Seems to Have Disappeared. Where Did it Go?” reads the support page, in which the company declares…

Nintendo’s New Amiibo Stands Are Terrific

Nintendo Japan are selling these things for people who want to display their Amiibo with a little pizazz. The Kirby one is cute, but the Smash stage one is amazing Going on sale later this month, they’ll run for ¥864 (which is around USD$8). Best part? That’s nice.

Nintendo’s asked the makers of that lovely 3D Legend of Zelda tribute game to pull it down. Over on their Facebook page, the developers say that they’re pulling any copyrighted material from the release and making the code available for folks to learn from.