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It's been announced by Nintendo that president Tatsumi Kimishima will be stepping aside from his role this coming June after two and a half years in charge. It's been a banner few years for Nintendo, a company that prior to the release of the Switch, was floundering The Wii U was a pretty big failure, struggling[...]

If you haven't already updated Splatoon 2 today with the new 3.0 update that Nintendo dropped on the game overnight, you might want to jump on that since the update contains a chunk of old and new content, along with some new awesome features The biggest addition tot he game is the new Rank X[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Nintendo's Detective Pikachu is pretty strange right from the start Mostly because you've got a Pikachu with amnesia, who acts a whole lot like a middle-aged hardboiled detective Weirder is the fact that everyone who knew him before swears he used to be cute and adorable – like the Pikachu we're all familiar with[...]

If you didn't already know, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is coming to the Nintendo Switch next week The Wii U title was released back in 2014, and it appears the company decided that rather than taking a few years to make a new Donkey Kong title specifically for the Switch, they would release a popular[...]

Platinum Games has publically made a case for the Wonderful 101 to appear on the Nintendo Switch. The Wonderful 101 was a weird title Coming from Platinum Games, it's not like most of the developer's output The studio is known for some stunning third-person action experiences, from Vanquish to Bayonetta, it's a genre Platinum has a[...]

credit//Nintendo   I will freely admit that the Nintendo Labo kits are beyond me However, quite a few people are thrilled with the cardboard perhipherals for the Nintendo Switch However, one problem with them is the lack of spare parts However, the Labo blueprint patterns are now available online through Nintendo (for free, even), however the Labo[...]

Bishop Games have confirmed the release date for Light Fall, their 2D platformer, which will hit Steam and the Switch on April 26th, 2018 after being delayed last month. 

Today, Nintendo released an English version of a Japanese trailer for Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition, which puts the highlights squarely on a number of heroes from previous games that are beloved by the fans You may remember some weeks back us showing off this trailer for the game, which featured seven specific characters[...]

So when you see the man jump into modern gaming tech like the Nintendo Switch and play with its systems, you know you're getting a fun education Today, as the new Labo sets are released for you to build and play with, Nintendo did one of the smartest PR videos they possibly could by having[...]

The Nintendo Pro controller or setting the Joy-Cons into the controller dock is your best bet for a traditional shooter feel, but you can get away with playing the game on handheld Especially if you're willing to take a slight hit to your game performance. Bethesda's switch ports so far have been an enjoyable experiment in[...]

A fun little thing happened from Nintendo that they tried to slip under the radar last week, but thankfully Digital Trends caught wind of, as the company filed for a new patent that could change what they do with the Nintendo Switch, or perhaps the next console they produce The patent was published on April[...]

The tweet below went out this morning, letting Nintendo Switch fans know that the game would see a delay, but that all other consoles and platforms were still good to go. Due to the nature of causality, we must announce that the Nintendo Switch version of #DarkSoulsRemastered will be pushed back to summer of 2018, and[...]

Nintendo released a brand new update for the Nintendo Switch overnight that didn't really have any ramp up or preamble to it, and with good reason as it only fixes a couple of issues that maybe some of you have been experiencing The 5.0.2 update addressed the motion controls within the Switch, which apparently have[...]

If you've been looking forward to playing the new retro platformer Venture Kid on console, you'll need to make sure you have a Nintendo Switch ready as the game has officially been announced as a console exclusive title The news came down today from FDG Entertainment's Twitter feed, who cleared up any confusion about the release,[...]

8 Circuit Studios, which is comprised of industry veterans formerly at Nintendo, Microsoft and EA, is attempting to create an efficient cryptocurrency ecosystem to benefit gamers, developers, and publishers alike One of their goals includes the creation of a metaverse. By using the Ethereum blockchain, 8 Circuit Studios is able to create, attribute and safeguard digital[...]

Another fun item we managed to pick up from the ThinkGeek booth over at PAX East was an interesting officially licensed Nintendo product I never thought I'd see them brand as they produced a Cartridge Canteen To be clear, I've seen this product before in different forms as other companies have created knock-off versions that[...]

More Sega Fes news, this time, Sega has announced that they'll be bringing Valkyria Chronicles to the Nintendo Switch. The strategy game was first released on the PlayStation 3 back in 2008 to wide acclaim, and has seen a recent resurgence with a remastered version hitting both PlayStation 4 and PC in recent years The Switch edition[...]

Back in March it was leaked that several Sega Genesis games would be making their way to PC, Xbox One, and PS4 as part of the Sega Genesis Classics bundle, and many were sad at the suspicious lack of a Switch release. Now, there will be a Switch version.

We, unfortunately, didn't get to book much of anything with Nintendo this time around at PAX East inside their booth The one appointment we were able to secure was with inside developer Henchman & Goon who wanted to show off their game Pode on the Nintendo Switch The game revolves around a co-op system where[...]

As you can see below from the version they sent us when we got home from the event, the game focuses on Nintendo's Mario Kart with a simplified board and a different set of rules Every time you go around the board, you start a new race for people to compete in, all while they[...]

Nintendo's Shinya Takahashi took some time out during the BAFTA Awards after-party rounds to tease the idea of new hardware coming from the company Nintendo did take home a hanful of awards at the show this year, nabbing two for Super Mario Odyssey and another for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Speaking to[...]

Some cool news from Atlus today as we now know when we'll be seeing Etrian Odyssey X be released for Nintendo 3DS After posting a teaser for the game last week, this week we get a full announcement that the game will be released in Japan on August 2nd Not a ton of details have been[...]

If you haven't been playing Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp in a while, now might be a great time to go back to the game and try some new stuff out as Nintendo have added in a new character this week called Gulliver As you can see from the promo picture below, he is a seagull dressed[...]

Niantic Labs has partnered up with Mission Blue and Playmob for their upcoming Earth Day event for Pokemon Go, which encourages players to try and make the world a greener place.

Psyonix has added a new option for Rocket League on the Nintendo Switch which will allow players to bump up the game's resolution and add effects while sacrificing some framerate speed Meaning Switch players now have to make the dreaded choice of performance versus quality The different modes come as part of the game's 1.43 patch[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Kirby is one of my favorite creations from Nintendo, if for anything the fact that his design was a placeholder until it was decided he was too good to be replaced, making him one of Nintendo's best happy accidents Over the years he's gained a cult following of bubblegum-chewing marshmallow-loving gamers who love the[...]

Access to new in-game equipment is regulated almost entirely through Loot Boxes, but in Cuisine Royale they are not only free with their content known in advance, but also come with a 100% guaranteed drop chance on the labelled content." And Nintendo decided to celebrate with the 25th anniversary of the best Kirby character ever, Waddledee. [...]

Yes today might be Easter Sunday, but it is also April 1st, meaning that the video game dev gags are in full swing. Niantic Labs have gotten in on the fun this year by running Pokémon Go in 8-bit graphics to give you that retro feel.

An interesting choice has been vocalized by Akihiro Hino, the CEO of Level-5 this week, as he informally announced that the company will be focusing efforts to only release their top major titles exclusively on the Nintendo Switch In an interview with Japanese pop-culture website Nikkei Trendy, Hino said "Basically, in the future our main titles will all[...]

The last time we wrote about Xenoblade Chronicles 2, we were told that Nintendo would be making some improvements to the game after breaking it in a few key areas Not ones to disappoint, the latest update for the game fixes a lot of issues while teasing new features on the way The first is that[...]