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Chalk a win up for Mojang as Minecraft Dungeons has pushed Animal Crossing: New Horizons off the #1 spot on the eShop No one remains on top forever, but if anyone had a shot it was Animal Crossing as the game got a boost from having an anticipating fanbase, a worldwide plague that kept people[...]

A harsh lesson for indie developers as Nintendo will start checking games they accept into the eShop more closely after one tried to sneak a fast one by them This week it was revealed by Eurogamer that the Nintendo Switch title A Dark Room was removed from distribution after the game's developer Amir Rajan revealed[...]

But this week some news quietly dropped into the European eShop that end up revealing the release date for the game Well, at least in Europe, anyway May 24th is the date that you can expect to see the game drop overseas, meaning that either North American audiences can see it on the same day, or[...]

If you haven't had a chance to try out Portal Knights on the Nintendo Switch, you'll probably be excited to hear that you can download a free demo of the game from the eShop today. As a kind of teaser to get people the game before the next big update comes to the console, Keen Games and[...]

As we've previously talked about, Nintendo will be shutting down the Wii Shop next year as they move forward with the more popular and, in some cases, easier to navigate eShop being used on the Nintendo Switch The transition was expected as Nintendo will shed off their old consoles and focus primarily on the current[...]

There's a thread on ResetEra today that's been catching everyone's eye today as Dan Adelman (Nintendo's former Head of Digital Content), who has been going into what he refers to as "inconsistent policies" at Nintendo when it came to adding indie titles to the eShop The entire thread is a Q&A session presented in him answering[...]

Nintendo has made a change to the way their currency works as you are now allowed to use Gold Points to purchase items in their eShop for the Switch and 3DS Before you get too excited and think you're about to break the bank with everything you've saved, it isn't all that exciting, as one[...]

Have you ever wanted to leave your own personal thoughts on a Nintendo game for other Nintendo players to read? Well, you're soon going to get your shot as it appears Nintendo will be adding player reviews to the eShop Polygon caught Nintendo in the act, so to speak, noticing that Customer Reviews has recently[...]

According to the Norwegian Consumer Council, Nintendo is in some hot water as they have determined that the no-refund policy within their eShop (used by 3DS and Switch owners) violates Eurpoean law You can read the full PDF letter here, but the language being used in the document is less than flattering The short version[...]

To be clear, you won't be seeing a physical copy of the 3DS title, only a port through the eShop of the game which brings the entire trilogy into one title No official release date was announced yet, though we're sure we'll be hearing about it soon in the coming months ahead. Exciting news! Very soon[...]

Now, you can snag a free demo from the Nintendo eShop as they've now loaded a demo port of the game online You're going to have to dig for the demo, though, as the eShop didn't make it easy to locate You'll need to go to the Coming Soon section of the shop where you'll find[...]