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Nintendo Releasing The New Nintendo 2DS XL In July
Late yesterday, Nintendo released details of the New Nintendo 2DS XL, with a suggested retail price of $150, which Nintendo says will "offers pricing and features that fit between the Nintendo 2DS and New Nintendo 3DS XL systems." Here's a glimpse of the new system due out on July 28. credit//Nintendo The system will be released the same[...]
Nintendo & McDonald's Pair Up Again For New Happy Meal Toys
The company is partnering with Nintendo again for a round of Happy Meal toys. credit//McDonald's Starting today until May 22, you can snag one of these eight toys in your Happy Meal as part of a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe promotion But they're not simply toys, that would be ridiculous in this day and age Each one[...]
Target Stores Are Being Turned Into 'Mario Kart' Racetracks
Okay, so you're not really doing to get to race around the store and slam other karts off into the oblivion that is the bath and shower section, but Target is partnering with Nintendo to turn a lot of their stores into a Mario Kart themed store The move is being onto to promote the[...]
We Just Want To Hug This 'Binding Of Isaac' Amiibo
But it isn't too far fetched since The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ is currently on the Nintendo Switch And after the success they saw with the Shovel Knight line on the Wii U, you would assume Nintendo would be open to doing more amiibo figures for indie titles We like to believe it's happening, but no[...]
PSA: The Switch Emulator Scam – What To Look Out For
credit//Nintendo This one comes from Time, as apparently the Federal Trace Comission (FTC) issued a warning yesterday called "There's no Nintendo Switch emulator" by attorney Lisa Schifferle, which details a scam that is making the rounds. "There's apparently a noteworthy scam making the rounds, wherein people are either going looking for counterfeit software on dubious websites, or being approached[...]
Nintendo Reportedly Working On A SNES Mini
Out of the rumor mill and into the speculation machine, am I right? After what was considered to be a business faux pas last week by canceling the NES Classic Edition and suspending the Famicom Mini, Nintendo is apparently hard at work on developing a mini version of the SNES for the holidays. The news was broken[...]
Nintendo Being Vague With Updates Is Not Cool
Well, that's what Nintendo did yet again with their latest software update to the Nintendo Switch. On their website, the notes for today's 2.2.0 software update for the console simply says "General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience." …THAT TELLS US NOTHING, NINTENDO! I've personally been going through my menus and games for about[...]
'Lady Layton' Gets A New Name And A Worldwide Release Date
After originally being announced during the Japanese Nintendo Direct presentation, Level-5 decided to give full details on the game and expand on the release The full title will now be Lady Layton: The Millionaire Ariadone's Conspiracy, and will be released worldwide on smartphones (instead of just in Japan) on July 20. Today the company provided more info[...]
Nintendo Also Temporarily Halts Production On Mini Famicom
(We were hoping to see one, if only for the sake of being able to use the microphone in the original Zelda game.) Now it looks like this system is getting the shelf as well, but only temporarily. Translated from Nintendo's Japan website, the company says "Production of this product is ending temporarily When manufacturing resumes,[...]
Nintendo's Server Maintenance Next Week Will Affect All Systems
This coming Monday, Nintendo will be doing a system-wide server maintenance that is said to affect your WiiU, 3DS and Switch consoles The announcement came last night saying they would be doing "emergency maintenance" and that online services would be unavailable It won't affect any of the games you're playing except for ones that are[...]
Nintendo's Switch Sales Were A Record For The Company
The Nintendo Switch has sold faster in its launch month than any other video game system in Nintendo history The game system sold more than 906,000 units in March, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States That makes Nintendo Switch one of the fastest-selling video game systems of all[...]