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Billy Mitchell may not be the current reigning champion of Donkey Kong, but he's still in danger of losing his high score. Mitchell's 2010 high score for Donkey Kong has been called into question on a Twin Galaxies dispute forum by Jeremy Young, the moderator of Donkey Kong Forum (DKF).

credit//Nintendo Nintendo may have announced the Labo weeks ago, but we still don't know who is responsible for the cardboard contraptions that will be making your Switch slightly more edgy and a whole lot more recyclable. Kotaku reports the company is being unusually tight-lipped about the creative team or teams involved in the Nintendo Labo — which is[...]

Pokémon Go is adding a trio of new outfits players can buy, but these have a new twist: You have to earn them first. The new outfits — Jogger, Battle Girl, and Fisherman — require players to earn corresponding medals in-game.

Nintendo has announced that the SNES Classic Edition has surpassed 4 million sales. For a while there, the SNES Classic was seemingly impossible to find The fairly cheap nostalgia trip was a huge seller and much like the NES Mini, it never quite matched up to the massive demand While Nintendo has seemingly caught up and[...]

The Nintendo Switch's online will finally be moving from a free service to a paid on in September. The Nintendo Switch has online play and for the most part, some roundabout apps for voice chat aside, it functions pretty well There aren't a huge number of games that use the service, but titles like Mario Kart[...]

Some big news from Nintendo as they have decided to expand their mobile gaming system yet again with a brand new title, this one focusing on the Mario Kart series The company announced Mario Kart Tour would be coming next year as a mobile app game on their Twitter account. The checkered flag has been raised[...]

The Nintendo Switch has outsold the Wii U already surpassing the sales of Nintendo's last system, the Wii U. The Wii U was a bit of a disaster for Nintendo The console confused mainstream audiences who just wanted another Wii and never quite seemed to have the library to sustain the more hardcore It was a[...]

Developer Tribute Games has announced that their indie platformers Flinthook and Mercenary Kings will be coming to the Nintendo Switch, making them effectively Nindies. The two titles are being brought to retail courtesy of Limited Run Games, who recently expanded out to the Switch as a consumer base. LRG announced the ports on their Twitter with accompanying box arts, showing[...]

Nintendo took to Twitter yesterday to reveal some brief new details about the version 1.3.0 update coming to Xenoblade Chronicles 2.  The version 1.3.0 free update for #XenobladeChronicles2 arrives mid-February, and will introduce a new second playthrough game mode! pic.twitter.com/1JBazo66ts — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 27, 2018 Players who have completed the main campaign can check out a new[...]

Nintendo and Game Freak re-released Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver on virtual console last year, and now it's time for the third game in the second gen series to hit re-release Yes, Pokémon Crystal has released on Virtual Console today I'm almost more excited about Crystal's re-release than I was for Gold and Silver because Crystal was the first time I could create[...]

Masaru Oyamada, the producer of the Secret of Mana remake for PlayStation 4, PS Vita, and PC, spoke about the possibility of the game eventually making its way to the Nintendo Switch in a recent interview with IGN. While Square Enix doesn't currently have plans to port the full 3D Secret of Mana remake to the hybrid console, the[...]

dropped some awesome news yesterday by announcing that Wild Guns Reloaded would be coming to the Nintendo Switch sometime in early 2018, most likely coming out closer to the spring The game is already out on Steam and the PS4, but it kind of felt out-of-place not seeing it on a Nintendo console since the[...]

credit//Epic Games   There are no definite plans for Fortnite to appear on the Nintendo Switch, but there is interest from a key member over at Epic Games that could make it happen Specifically, Epic Games worldwide creative director Donald Mustard has responded positively when asked if Fortnite might be joining the legion of games making their way to the hybrid[...]

Nintendo will hold a pair of talk sessions at this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC) Those panels will offer insight into the development of both Splatoon 2 and Arms. In the session titled "Splatoon and Splatoon 2: How to Invent a Stylish Franchise with Global Appeal," producer Hisashi Nogami will discuss the genesis of Nintendo's popular ink-based shooter, as well as[...]

Arms has stopped production on new content for the game according to the game's director Kosuke Yabuki. The Nintendo Switch had a stellar year last year, with both The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey coming to the platform That's on top of the console's stellar sale figures We mustn't forget about the cute Arms,[...]

Nintendo has announced that it will be stopping support for Miitomo starting today and leading to eventual close of the app in May. Miitomo was a big deal when it came out While the 'game' part of it left a lot to be desired, it was Nintendo's first foray into mobile At the time, with a[...]

What you'll find most interesting are the results on interest in the Nintendo Switch and interest in loot boxes. It seems like interest in developing games for the Switch is growing with 12% of respondents working on a game for the platform 15% planning to make their next game available on Switch As for which platform[...]

This was a great item that will be put to use on the convention rounds. Next up is a special notebook from Nintendo The books came in the display you see below, which is a lovely throwback to the NES cartridge packaging of the late '80s and early '90s Inside I was amazed to[...]

Stardew Valley was the most downloaded game on the Nintendo Switch last year, with Minecraft coming just behind it. Credit: 505 Games The Nintendo Switch most certainly got off to a flying launch year It sold a huge number of consoles, becoming the fastest selling console in US history over 10 months That means that the ecosystem and[...]

It's hard to imagine any Zelda fan needing a reason to get excited for Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition before it comes out on the Nintendo Switch, but just in case you need one, Nintendo has released a new trailer for the game in Japan Aside from the text on the screen, the trailer is primarily action[...]

It's been announced that the Nintendo Switch sold a staggering 1.5 million units last month in the US. We've been hearing the Nintendo Switch has done really well all through the last few weeks It supposedly claimed the title for fastest-selling console in the US ever, and it continues to showcase its popularity with each new[...]

One of last year's indie darlings, Night in the Woods, is about to make the hop over to the hot Nintendo Switch. The title captured a lot of hearts last year, telling the story of a character in their early twenties coming home after being away for a few years at college It's very… familiar to[...]

Nintendo has just shown off a really cool and inexpensive way to create a ton of new products using nothing more than cardboard and rubber bands The new product that they've been teasing all day was officially unveiled as Nintendo Labo, a series of cardboard punch-out toys that interact with the Nintendo Switch As you[...]

Nintendo has said that it is announcing something tonight that will be a "new interactive experience" for the Switch. Just last week, Nintendo surprised fans with a Nintendo Direct Mini where a few announcements were made, including the reveal of Dark Souls Remastered It seems the company isn't done with its surprises yet either as it has[...]

credit// Nintendo   Siliconera reports that the Pokémon Company has dropped a serial code for the Mythical Pokémon Arceus into the February issue of CoroCoro Comic that released today in Japan. What makes this news even more important is that Arceus can't be acquired in Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon by normal means, so this will be a good opportunity for fans to[...]

credit// Nintendo Nintendo has gently reminded us that they have no plans to explore virtual reality or 4K support, and they've used the relatively small market for those technologies as the main reason behind their decision Which we absolutely can't fault them for Nintendo has never really been the cutting edge of gaming technology When they[...]

Splatoon 2 has passed a significant milestone becoming the first game to sell 2 million copies on a home console in Japan in over a decade. credit///Nintendo It's no secret that mobile is king in Japan As how console and PC gaming are seen as the primary interaction with games in the West amongst core gamers, handheld[...]

Netflix has revealed on social media that it has no plans to put an app on the Nintendo Switch anytime soon. Credit: Netflix The Nintendo Switch has sold like hot cakes, mostly off the back of its hybrid nature and an embarrassingly good launch year in terms of software With things to play and the ability to take it[...]

The game was put on the Nintendo eShop in 2016 for Wii U users, but little else has changed for the GalaxyTrail title since Flash forward to this weekend where a post was made on the game's official Facebook page, showing off the image below along with the words "Are we doing it right?" added. credit//GalaxyTrail It's[...]

If I were to sit you down and tell you that South Park: The Fractured But Whole would be coming to the Nintendo Switch, chances are (if you haven't done it already at the headline) that you'd laugh off such a notion as ridiculous While Nintendo may be delving into sketchy indie titles and have bloody[...]