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The Mario creator has been the face of Nintendo for a long, long time and his contributions to video game are pretty much unrivalled. He was out at E3 this week showing off Nintendo's wares, and in doing so, stopped off by NPR for an interview In it, he interestingly opened up about the lackluster sales[...]

Nintendo were probably the first major game publisher to jump onto the VR wagon back in 1994 with the famous VirtualBoy That was an absolute mess of a console, but it showed the company getting behind virtual reality in a big way. It seems they've changed its tune in the ensuing 21 years, mind Nintendo of[...]

By Phil Harris Nintendo was by far the most entertaining outing of last year and this years outing started with an equal degree of fun One of the reasons is they now do their press launch by pre-recorded video and can add a good deal of production value to the presentation, which makes good sense in[...]

Star Fox is probably one of the only series I get genuinely nostalgic about so the fact that we now have seen the long awaited Star Fox Wii U game has me

I caught a little of the Nintendo World Championships today, and it seemed like a really fun little event The Mario Marker final match was great watching and the whole event seemed like a great, new thing for E3 I hope happens every year. I just thought I'd share this great little section of the stream[...]

Nintendo have shown previously that they like to add characters from third parties into the game, famously having featured Metal Gear Solid's Snake in the past. Well, the fighter's inclusion into Super Smash Brothers has now been confirmed During the smash specific Nintendo Direct this morning, the character was announced with a new trailer. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kalsCPXfaQ[/youtube] Alongside that, it[...]

It is an inspired, if not quirky idea with a sense of colour we can only expect from Nintendo Its spin on the shooter genre is really something to be experienced. But what if you don't have a Wii U? Well, if you have a copy of Minecraft, you could try this alternative Youtuber SethBling threw together this[...]

The game released to a lot of fanfare and acted as the icing of the cake of a great year for Nintendo. If you've been playing solidly since then though, you probably want something else to do Well, how about a new character to learn? As previously announced, EarthBound's Lucas is going to be joining the[...]

Here is my story. When Amiibos were first announced by Nintendo, they announced a handful of characters from the Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS games They'd release a couple of the more popular and unique characters and if it went well, they'd release more, with the potential to have other series follow down[...]

They can be truly wince inducing. But hey! Let's take a look and see what they look like in the bright and colourful world of Nintendo YouTube user Sterling decided the cut together footage from Smash Brothers with the Mortal Kombat X-Ray shots so we can really see Ganondorf break people's skulls like we always knew[...]

Well that was fast. Yesterday I reported that Nintendo's next console, codenamed the NX, was rumoured to be running on an Android OS, as per an article by Japanese outlet Nikkei. Nintendo did not hang around when it came to letting that rumour roll around When talking to The Wall Street Journal, a Nintnedo spokesperson said quite[...]

As of right now, we don't really know what Nintendo's next console, codenamed NX, is going to look like There has been a lot of speculation that it will be a console/mobile hybrid, but right now, it remains just that Speculation. Well, here is a little more to add onto the pile Japanese outlet Nikkei are[...]

Mario and Sonic are going to be fighting it out for gold medals once again in one of the bizarrest crossover franchises that refuses to die. The game was announced during the Japanese Nintendo Direct that showed today It was noted that both Golf and Rugby would be making an appearance in next year games, which[...]

The franchise sales like gangbusters in the East though, which is why in today's Japan only Nintendo Direct, the announcement that Monster Hunter X is coming for the 3DS has been huge The game is slated to come out in Japan in Winter 2015, but there was no mention of a western release yet though[...]

There has been a little controversy swirling around Project Cars this past week, that hasn't endeared Nintendo fans to the game As I reported, the game is struggling to reach a level Slightly Mad Studios is happy with on the Wii U, and thus have expressed concerns for the future of the game on the[...]