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10 Close Calls That Brought Smash Bros. Matches Down To The Wire

Nothing beats the adrenaline high of watching a close call in a competitive match—and that’s especially true with Smash Bros., a chaotic game where unexpected things happen all the time. GRsmash has collected 10 nail-biting moments from Smash Bros. tournaments, and they’re a joy to watch. It’s a montage of matches where both players had…

The State Of The 3DS In 2015

Though it launched with a whimper, the 3DS has long since roared to life. Even after a soft 2015, Nintendo’s DS successor remains great: If you like Nintendo games, there’s really no reason not to have a 3DS these days. This is part of our 2015 “State of” series, a look at how the five…

Starting November 24, Nintendo will sell Wii U GamePads as stand-alones. Only one GamePad can be used per console, so that hasn’t changed, but if you need a spare, you can get one for 12,800 yen (US$104). No word yet about similar offers outside Japan.

Nintendo’s 80s Christmas Parties Sounded Wild

Younger readers were spared the hassle/cost, but older folks will remember that people used to have to make phone calls to get tips and strategies for tough video games. The most famous was Nintendo’s Power Line, and over the weekend the AV Club spoke with three former employees about what life was like working for…

Look At This Amiibo Display Stand

Just look at it. It even clicks apart, like LEGO, so you can resize and rescale the steps. (via Tiny Cartridge)

Lottie from Animal Crossing joins the Amiibo army today. She’s a Target exclusive in the States (Best Buy in Canada). I know this because I am a well-informed member of the gaming press, and not because I was at Target when they opened this morning,dammit.

Let’s See Which Sort Of Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon Says I Am

Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon was released yesterday, and as with all entries in the dungeon crawling series it kicks off with a personality test to determine which Pokemon best suits the player. Let’s see who I am! The game opens on the title screen, which features the logo floating over whatever your 3DS camera is…

The 58 Playable Characters in Project X Zone 2

What do Capcom, Sega, Bandai-Namco, and Nintendo all have in common? They all lend characters from some of their most popular franchises to team up in the mega-crossover, Project X Zone 2 [Spoiler Warning: One of these character portraits—taken from the Project X Zone 2 official site—is basically a spoiler for their parent game (which…

Look Inside Some Classic Nintendo Controllers

This week, tech hardware site Fictiv sat down with a bunch of classic Nintendo controllers and…tore them apart, all in the same of science/entertainment. The entertainment comes from regular folks just getting a good look at the inner workings of these iconic pads (they tore down the NES, SNES and N64 controllers). The science comes…

‘Bowser’ Made A Stage In Mario Maker And It’s A Real Bastard

Though I’m done with Dan Ryckert’s latest Super Mario Maker stage, I’m still playing new levels every morning, in search of the latest, greatest, and most difficult. Today, I took a look at what Nintendo’s been cooking up in-house. What I didn’t expect to find was a devious, troll-y level from Bowser himself. In the…

The Up-All-Night Stream Plays Project X Zone 2 [Stream Finished]

The Sega, Capcom and Bandai-Namco mega-crossover series returns—once again bringing you into a world where your fighting force includes the likes of Chun-Li. KOS-MOS, and Sanshiro Segata …But I’ll probably just repeatedly use Phoenix Wright to kill enemies with paper work. Come join me! Watch live video from BiggestinJapan on www.twitch.tv Project X Zone 2…

You Finally Got Me Amiibo, But Your Animal Crossing Board Game Is A Bore

Up until last Friday I possessed a grand total of two Amiibo figures. Now I own nine, and I’m eagerly awaiting the release of more. It’s too bad the game they’re attached to is a snooze-festival. How much did I not care about Amiibo figures prior to this past weekend? So much so that I…

Satoru Iwata Really Is Gone

Sometimes things don’t hit you until later. Much later. Former Nintendo President Satoru Iwata died this summer. Even as Kotaku reported the news and even as the video game community paid its respects, Iwata’s passing still felt rather abstract. We had known for a while that he was dealing with health issues, but it all…

June 2011? Hey there, Nostradamus

Cute, Nintendo. Very cute Thanks @SvennaCirclet!

Look At This Box Art

While everyone was busy looking at Cloudand Linklein the American Nintendo Direct, the company quietly dropped some box art on their Japanese site that is just *bites lower lip*. In a blog post, Nintendo’s Kaori Ando has shown off the Japanese box art for Genei Ibun Roku, the Shin Tegami x Fire Emblem crossover that…

Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow Are Coming To 3DS

The original Pokémon games are coming to the 3DS, Nintendo announced today. They won’t be remakes, as everyone had guessed/hoped, but the games will have online functionality that will allow you to trade with others without needing a cable link. Ha.

Female Link Now A Playable Zelda Character

Previously only mentioned in Hyrule Warriors’ art book, Linkle—an all-new character that’s a “girl version of hero Link”—is now a playable character in an upcoming 3DS edition of the game.

The Megaman Legacy Collection is coming out for the Nintendo 3DS on February 23, 2016, Nintendo announced during its Nintendo Direct livestream this evening. They’re releasing a rad-looking gold Megaman amiibo with it too!

Mother 3 is coming to the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan on December 17, Nintendo announced today. That same day, Nintendo is also releasing a Lucas Amiibo in the country.