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Credit: Nintendo The first day of the Kyoto's Nintendo Live event happened today, and plenty of festivities with it Despite the typhoon that's been roaring through Japan, the Splatoon 2 concert that had been scheduled still took place. During the concert opening, fans were treated to a fun cameo from a familiar face K.K Slider from Animal[...]

Credit: Nintendo First 4 Figures is hard at work on a new Luigi's Mansion 3 figure that you'll want to Hoover up ASAP You should, because it's up for pre-order now. The 9"-inch figure features Luigi himself, clutching his Poltergust G-00 while an LED-lit Polterpup hangs out beside him in the more expensive options You can opt[...]

You can see the area bustling with people, and while it may not be active people, it does harken back to older games in the series where people were just hanging out. Credit: Nintendo Enjoy the footage of everything to see and do as we wait for Pokémon Sword & Shield to be released on Nintendo Switch on[...]

This morning, Nintendo gave a proper release date for Dr Kawashima's Brain Training on the Nintendo Switch… for Europe Originally, the only info we know about the game was that it would be coming out in Japan on December 27th, but nothing else was announced after that Now we know the European version will be[...]

Nintendo has added a brand new track to Mario Kart Tour this week, giving players a chance to zoom through the streets of Tokyo They've done their best to make the tracks look like the city with every highlight they can, even sticking Mount Fuji in the background You can check out more in the[...]

Credit: Nintendo Mario Kart Tour is headed to Tokyo as the game's second set of courses arrive in the game. The update is coming to the game starting at 3 AM ET on October 9 The official Mario Kart Tour Twitter account posted some quick concept art from the upcoming tracks You'll race through scenic vistas and[...]

For retro game collectors, one of the holiest of holy grails you can't really get your hands on has to be the Nintendo PlayStation prototype console This thing was only seen in visual promo material up until a couple of years ago when someone found it in an attic Now after having it featured on[...]

The original plan for the cafe was to be open for roughly a year and get people to try an exciting new location based on the Nintendo character What they didn't expect was for the cafe and all the other pop-up locations to be so popular So, the decision has been made to reopen the[...]

This week, we learned that former Nintendo attorney John Kirby passed away at age 79 on October 2nd, 2019, according to the New York Times Normally when regular staffers from gaming companies pass away, there isn't a ton of fanfare in the public eye But this case is different as the man had two significant[...]

But then, very randomly, a new creature came into view as we got to see a unicorn-like Pokémon make an appearance. Credit: Nintendo People have assumed, because there's no official name, that they're a breed of Ponyta You can see two of them playing together below as they show off their rainbow manes[...]

Mario Kart Tour is Nintendo's latest mobile game release, and it's doing quite well for itself. The iOS and Android title racked up a whopping 90 million downloads in its first week alone That makes it Nintendo's biggest smartphone launch ever Mario Kart Tour stands atop the list, over Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp at 14.3 million downloads and[...]

Some cool news from Nintendo today as the company just gave Super Mario Maker 2 a free update for both online and multiplayer modes The Version 1.1.0 update will not give you the ability to play co-op and versus multiplayer with people on your Nintendo Switch friends list This update works for both Multiplayer Versus and[...]

According to Game Informer, there will be 18 total Gyms found in Pokémon Sword and Shield, which will be split up into Major and Minor Leagues.

Nintendo has announced the return of their mind fitness title Brain Age, bringing the series to the Nintendo Switch for the first time.  The new title is called officially called Train Your Brain: Nintendo Switch Training For Adults It will launch in Japan on December 27th There's currently no word if the game will be[...]

Cool new for fans of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, as Nintendo and Team Ninja have released the first DLC pack today The pack will give you four new heroes to fight with in the form of the Marvel Knights: Punisher, Blade, Moon Knight, and Morbius Along with these four, you're getting some[...]

It looks like this colorful little adventure is poised to have something for everyone, from catchy music to unique mechanics. Little Town Hero will arrive on October 16 as a Nintendo Switch exclusive You can pre-order it now via the Nintendo Switch eShop. Game Freak has debuted a new trailer for its upcoming role-playing game Little Town[...]

For all of the years we've had game consoles in our homes, many agree one of the worst controllers ever created was the N64 controller by Nintendo Some find it to be a thing of beauty, but for those of us who wrecked our thumbs on the thumbstick and had to deal with the Z-Button[...]

Even some entities from other Nintendo properties like Super Mario Bros and Kirby's Dream Land All revolving around something called the Wind Fish Like the heads of Nintendo dropped acid one night and wrote a new adventure Now, 26 years later, we have a remake of the original So how does it hold up? We[...]

Would you like to win a Nintendo Switch Lite, completely free and ready to play your favorite Switch titles? All you need is a Twitter account We've partnered with eBay to give away a single unit of what will be one of the biggest must-have gifts of the 2019 holiday season Of course, eBay would[...]

This morning, Nintendo announced they would be doing another college tour this fall, bringing the Nintendo Switch to a campus near you Well, near you if you're in the mid-west and southwest For two-day periods, the company will be bringing the setup you see here to several colleges from Illinois to California, showing off Switch[...]

Breath of the Wild was a remarkable game and Good Smile Company is giving us an amazing Zelda Nendoroid who is rady to find her knight.

Figuarts and Bandai released a set of Super Mario figures from Nintendo The companies have released a few different sets of the toys, and we got what is essentially a starter kit for the entire line in the mail for review. Credit: Gavin Sheehan So to start things off, we have Mario This is a fully poseable[...]

Apparently, Shigeru Miyamoto had made a request as to whether or not they could do a Zelda-version of Mario Maker, where you could build your own old-school dungeons. Credit: Nintendo "I talk to Mr Miyamoto regularly about 'the next Zelda game,' and one time, he asked me if I could come up with a game that features[...]

Those of you who have been waiting for the Nintendo Switch controller for Nintendo Switch Online, the wait is over as they are for sale The company put up a listing for the controllers this past week, as you can now purchase them for $30 a pop Plus, this isn't a pre-order for the holiday[...]

Game Informer is reporting that Nintendo will be releasing a multiplayer DLC for both the ScareScraper and ScreamPark modes in the game You'll still get those modes with some games, but in the future, if you wish to expand on them, you'll need to pay for them What exactly will be in each mode int he[...]

With The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening on the way, we thought it might be good to review another Zelda product with this Triforce Alarm Clock from Paladone.

Nintendo was showing off a new dungeon for The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening at PAX West earlier this month The dungeon shown off at the convention required some strategic bomb usage, which is absolutely not my forte It doesn't help that you need significantly more bombs to progress through the dungeon and the final boss[...]

Nintendo decided to show off Luigi's Mansion 3's co-op mode at PAX West As this is Luigi's Mansion, the co-op experience is shared-screen with one player taking the role of Luigi and the other becoming Gooigi Because obviously Luigi's best ghost hunting pal is his own goo clone. The co-op in Luigi's Mansion 3 is absolutely a case of[...]

Nintendo, Microsoft Studios, and Moon Studios GmbH showed off Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition at PAX West The game was playable on Nintendo Switch, with the altered controls necessary for the Switch's button-layout While that might trip you up a bit at the start, the altered controls are relatively easy to get used to[...]

The next Tetris 99 Maximus Cup has been announced and this time around the theme will center around the new Nintendo game Super Kirby Clash The seventh cup will kick off at Midnight on September 20th and run until the same time at the end of September 23rd This one has some special rules, which[...]