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Video We Have An EarthBound Conspiracy Theory
Fuzzy pickles, fuzzy pickles, fuzzy pickles
It's an old chestnut now. Way back in 2006 it was disappointing — if not surprising — that Mother 3 wasn't brought to the West, but after Lucas came to Super Smash Bros. in 2015 it seemed like a foregone conclusion that we'd see the third part of the EarthBound trilogy officially localised at some...
News Global Chip Shortages And Supply Issues To Continue Into 2023, Says Intel Boss
"exploding demand has persisted"
We've already heard how supply and production issues in the tech industry won't be improving anytime soon, and now Intel chief Pat Gelsinger has issued yet another reminder that the shortage of semiconductors will likely continue into 2023. "The overall semiconductor shortage is quite significant and the...
And so Kinect was born
Xbox's new six-part documentary series celebrating the 20 year history of Microsoft's console gaming division has a lot of company secrets and industry insights and one highlight from a Nintendo perspective is a brief segment about motion gaming in Chapter 5. In the holiday 2006, Nintendo launched its new motion-controlled...
News Rabbids Coding App Partners With Digital Schoolhouse For Free Learning Project
Resources also utilise games like Super Mario Maker 2
Rabbids Coding is a free app launched back in 2019 by Ubisoft, which can be downloaded for free on PC or mobile. In essence a puzzle game, it offers a learning experience to budding young programmers as you construct commands to the Rabbids to get them through a number of stages. It's now been...
Soapbox Nintendo's Game Awards No-Show Proves It Simply Doesn't Need Anyone Else
More Direct-to-you than ever before
Last week was The Game Awards 2021, an event organised and hosted by Geoff Keighley that's supposedly designed to bring together the entire industry for a general celebration of video games — and some awards, too (after all, it's there in the name). Opinions will vary, of course, but perhaps for Nintendo fans...
News Nintendo Is Investing In Office Space In Japan To House More Game Development
Nintendo HQ 2: HQ Reloaded
Once upon a time, Nintendo was a little playing card company, located in a regular-sized office building in Kyoto, Japan. They're a bit bigger now, and you may have seen their boring-but-iconic Kyoto headquarters before: It's a big white cube covered in windows. But it looks like there's about to be a second big cube...
News Nintendo Has Added Paper Mario 64 To Switch Online's Expansion Pack
See how the original Paper Mario adventure unfolds
Update [Fri 10th Dec, 2021 08:00 GMT]: Paper Mario has now been added to NSO's N64 Expansion Pack service. Enjoy! Original article [Fri 3rd Dec, 2021 01:30 GMT]: Nintendo will be adding a N64 classic to its Switch Online Expansion Pack service next week on 10th December. It's the original Paper...
News Nintendo's Switch OLED Dock Can Now Be Purchased Separately
Buy one today!
Back when the Nintendo Switch OLED model was announced, Nintendo revealed the dock would be made available for purchase as a standalone item. It's compatible with the standard Nintendo Switch, but it does not include an HDMI cable, AC adapter or packaging. One other catch is it's not being made available at retail stores and is only...
News Nintendo Switch Online Hit By Amazon Web Service Outages
"We apologize for the inconvenience"
Update [Wed 8th Dec, 2021 05:30 GMT]: According to Nintendo's customer support account on Twitter and network maintenance webpage, these issues have now been resolved: "The failure related to the Nintendo Switch network service in general, which occurred around 0:35 on December 8, has been recovered. We...
Random Nintendo Has Already Let One Celebrity Play Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Watching a family member play counts, right?
In the lead-up to the holiday season, Nintendo has been getting celebrities to promote the Switch and its extensive library of games in brief commercials. So far, there have been actors like Neil Patrick Harris and Jessica Alba playing games like
Video The GameCube Is Over 20 Years Old, And Blimey Do We Have Memories Of It
It's not even a cube
2021 marks the GameCube's 20th anniversary, which means it's already been hitting pubs in the UK for two years by now, but being the old group of sods on the video team that we are, we remember it when it was merely a proverbial babe in Nintendo's proverbial (thankfully) arms. At 20 Nintendo's cuboid console hasn't even been...
Feature The Best (And Worst) Of Nintendo At The Game Awards - Zelda, Smash, And More Zelda
Two Nintendo franchises are top of the Keighley tree
Nintendo often marches to the beat of its own DK bongos, hoarding its own first-party announcements for sporadic Nintendo Direct presentations – bar one exception, that is: Geoff Keighley’s yearly awards bash, The Game Awards. Over the years we’ve seen some surprising announcements and...
Guide Handmade Nintendo Christmas Gifts And Crafts - Festive Gaming Stocking Fillers
A crafted world, indeed
Making an early start on your Christmas shopping this year, are you? That's probably a good idea given one thing and another. Fortunately, there are plenty of Nintendo-related gifts for your loved ones that are only a click away this holiday season. From ugly gamer Christmas sweaters (the sweaters are ugly, not the gamers, of...
Guide Nintendo Christmas Gift Ideas - Art Prints And Posters
Brighten up your wall with these charming Nintendo posters
What gifts are you getting for your loved ones this Christmas? With so many gamer gifts and trinkets to choose from, it's a tricky question, for sure. If you're looking for something classy that's not going to clutter the place, perhaps one of these lovely Nintendo art prints or posters...
Guide Christmas Jumpers And Ugly Sweaters For Gamers - Pokémon, Mario, Sonic, And More
Garish gaming garments to keep you warm this Xmas
You hear that? That jingle bell-tinged drone is the sound of festive inevitability! In amongst the socks and the boxes of deodorant you'll be gifted this holiday season, there's a high probability there'll be an ugly festive jumper in there somewhere. Yes, even though granny's turned the thermostat...
Random This Accidental "Cursed" Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Mod Turns Everything Into A Nightmare
BOTW's Hyrule has a Dark World, too
We've all had that moment where we're messing around with a game's files, and we accidentally turn the world into a strange, wrong-coloured nightmare, where all the trees are screaming and the sky is as black as a void, right? No? Ah, you're missing out. Postposterous — whose video about Link's sunburn we...
News Nintendo Switch System Update 13.2.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Super stable
After some rather exciting firmware updates like Bluetooth Audio support, dock updates, and the release of the 'Expansion Pack' tier for the NSO, Version 13.2.0 focuses on stability improvements and enhancing the overall user experience. Here are the full patch notes, courtesy of Nintendo's official support page: Ver. 13.2.0...
News Updated Nintendo Policies Push For Increased Transparency And Diversity
Also expands procedures for dismissal of Directors
Recent weeks and months have brought a lot of attention to allegations of misconduct at Activision Blizzard, with a leaked email from Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser reacting and explaining that "every company in the industry must create an environment where everyone is respected and...
Video Boundary Break Takes Another Look At The "Out Of Bounds Secrets" In Wii Sports
Travel back to 2006
If you played the Wii back in the day, at some point you likely tried out the included launch title Wii Sports. It was a mix of sports that demonstrated the capabilities of the system's Wii Remote and motion controls at the time. If you've ever wondered what's beyond the boundaries of the game, then you might want to take a look...
News Nintendo Of America Employee Says Goodbye After More Than A Decade
"I will remain a Nintendo fan and gamer forever"
Last month, a report from Kotaku revealed Nintendo had shut down its branches located in California and Toronto. At the time, it was also confirmed Nintendo of America's SVP of Sales and Marketing, Nick Chavez, would be moving on. Chavez has now taken to social media to thank Nintendo for his time at...
Random Xbox's 20th Anniversary 'Metaverse' Acknowledges The Time It Tried To Acquire Nintendo
And the rest is history
Update: Our friends at Eurogamer have gone an extra step and transcribed part of the letter from within Xbox's virtual museum. The letter was sent by Xbox's Rick Thompson to NoA's business boss Jacqualee Story and attempts to set up a meeting with Nintendo's boss Hiroshi Yamauchi and hardware chief Genyo Takeda. "Dear...
Poll What's The Best Spider-Man Game On Nintendo Systems?
With great power comes great crashy bang bang
The internet has been a-tinglin' our spidey senses recently with rumours about the upcoming movie Spider-Man: No Way Home flying around social media. Will Maguire and Garfield return for this one? And, perhaps more importantly, will the film be a good one — like the last one with Doc Ock — or will it...
Random Reggie Fils-Aimé Admits He Bought Xbox Over GameCube As He Hosts 20th Anniversary Panel
"I actually didn't buy a GameCube until I was already part of Nintendo"
Reggie Fils-Aimé has done all sorts of things since he retired from his role as Nintendo of America's president in 2019, and his latest temporary gig is well worth watching if you love learning about the history of the video game industry. The man who made a name for himself...
"They run counter to my values as well as Nintendo’s beliefs"
Update: Nintendo has now officially confirmed this in a PR response to Fanbyte: “We can confirm the content of Doug Bowser’s internal email to Nintendo of America staff is accurate. We have nothing further to share on this topic.” Nintendo of America's president Doug Bowser...
Video The Varied And Fascinating Sources Of Inspiration For Metroid
A hugely revealing look by "Critical Kate" Willært
With Metroid Dread arriving to much acclaim in October, and by Nintendo's own description bringing an end to the original saga of the series, plenty of eager fans have been poring over the lore and detail of the franchise. A recent video by "Critical Kate" Willært (above) gives a fascinating and...
Feature A Link To The Past's Dark World Changed Zelda Forever
"Everyone who wanders into this land is changed to a shape that reflects his true nature"
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, we ran a series of features looking at a specific aspect — a theme, character, mechanic, location, memory or something else entirely — from each of the mainline Zelda games. Today, on the 30th...
Anniversary Zelda: Twilight Princess Is Now 15 Years Old (That's 105 In Wolf Years)
Wolf Link is going grey
The Wii is 15 years old this week. That's not too bad, right? It feels like it came out around a decade and a half ago, right? For context, here are some other things that happened in 2006: The first Cars movie, the first Daniel Craig Bond movie, Casino Royale, and we met Dr Kawashima in the very first Brain Training game...
News Nintendo's American Branch Didn't Like The Idea Of GameCube Being Purple
"we pushed for black and silver"
Xbox isn't the only one celebrating 20 years this week. The GameCube - which ended up selling about 21 million units worldwide during its lifetime - is currently reliving its North American launch from two decades ago. While purple might seem like a fitting theme for the system, prior to its launch in 2001, there...
News Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Calls For Industry-Wide Support Of Game Preservation Via Emulation
"My hope is as an industry we'd work on legal emulation"
Xbox, as you might have heard, is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary. As part of this head of Xbox Phil Spencer has been doing a lot of interviews with media outlets this week - discussing the past, present and future. In his latest chat with Axios, he's passed on a message to the...
Poll What's The Best Pokémon Game Ever?
[insert game here], I choose you!
This week brings the launch of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, the 4th-gen remasters/re-imaginings that add a Chibi-style and some quality of life tweaks compared to the DS originals. Naturally it's got us thinking a little about the long history of the series, especially as we only gave the newest...
News Metroid Dread Version 1.0.3 Is Now Available, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Take note, speedrunners
Surprisingly Nintendo and MercurySteam have released another update for Samus' latest adventure, Metroid Dread. This latest update fixes an issue that would make Samus disappear under certain conditions. The development team says it's made the fix to keep the experience as it was intended. Apart from this, there are no other...
News Surprise! Nintendo Has Released A Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain Demo
Download it from the eShop today
Following on from the Metroid Dread demo late last month, Nintendo has now released another one - this time for its upcoming title Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain. If it looks or sounds familiar, it's because it was originally released during the Nintendo DS era way back in 2005/06. The new version arrives on the...
News Riot Forge Nintendo Switch Showcase Airing Later Today
"get a look at some upcoming indie games"
Riot Forge and Nintendo's Indie World team appear to be uniting to promote a special showcase that'll be taking place today. As you might recall, Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story is out tomorrow on Nintendo Switch - so it's expected to be on display. Apart from this, we might see Ruined King: A...
"we’ve observed as people have returned units"
Nintendo's released all sorts of statements regarding Switch Joy-Con 'drift' in recent times, and the latest one comes from the NoA's Doug Bowser. In the same interview with The Verge - where he sort of addressed complaints about Switch Online's N64 emulation - Doug was queried about the company's...
News Doug Bowser (Kind Of) Addresses Complaints About Switch Online's Nintendo 64 Emulation
"We take feedback very seriously"
Nintendo launched its Switch Online 'Expansion Pack' premium tier earlier this month, but it's not exactly received the warmest welcome from fans - with concerns raised about the price and value, the quality of N64 emulation, and the official trailer for it becoming the most disliked video ever on Nintendo's YouTube...
News Niantic's New Pikmin Game Has Been Downloaded 2 Million Times In Two Weeks
Growing the garden
Pokémon GO developer Niantic recently launched its new mobile AR walking game, Pikmin Bloom - so how's it doing? According to Sensor Tower (via our friends at Eurogamer), the title has been downloaded 2 million times in two weeks. 864k of those downloads were from players in Japan, US had the second-largest player base and the...
News Nintendo Is Eager To Utilise More Franchises For 'Visual Content' Like Movies
"We want to work diligently to build up a strong offering"
You don't have to be a genius or an 'insider' to figure out that Nintendo is planning more movie-style content beyond the Illumination-developed Super Mario film due in late 2022. From appointing Illumination founder Chris Meledandri to Nintendo's board as an Outside Director, to persistant...
News Sakamoto: Metroid Dread Is Not The "Ultimate End", Samus Will Continue Her Adventures
As long as she "exists" there'll be more games
In the same interview with CNET, where Metroid Dread producer Yoshio Sakamoto spoke about how he would like to see a Metroid movie become a "reality", he's also discussed the future of the Metroid series in general. Dread marks the end of the five-story Metroid arc that originally began on the NES in...
News Nintendo And LEGO Reveal Brand New Super Mario Expansion Sets
"launching early 2022"
Following on from last week's surprise announcement of Luigi's Mansion sets, Lego has now revealed some exciting new Super Mario expansion sets. Nintendo shared this news on its social media accounts, which also confirms they'll be arriving early on in 2022. Check them out above and below. As you can see, some familiar faces...
News Metroid Dread's Producer Would Like To See Samus In Her Own Movie One Day
"I hope that it does become a reality"
If you have ever wanted to see Nintendo's Metroid series get adapted to the big screen, you're not alone. During a recent interview with CNET, Metroid Dread producer Yoshio Sakamoto - who originally worked on the series as a designer - voiced his own interests in seeing Samus in cinema. He finds the idea of it...
News Nintendo To Invest Huge Sums In Game Development And Online Infrastructure
Initiatives beyond standard R&D costs
Throughout the Switch generation Nintendo has benefitted from a lucrative period of sustained profits, putting it in a distinctly 'cash-rich' position. In its most recent financial reports presentation it's now outlined bold plans to invest significant amounts of money in three key areas. It's important to note...
News Nintendo Reiterates 'ESG' Initiatives On The Environment, Diversity And Transparency
Will continue to target 'environmentally conscious products'
Nintendo's extensive financial results briefing has plenty of information in various areas, and right at the back is the company's renewed commitment to its 'ESG' Initiatives - Environment, Social and Governance. It reiterates some information seen in the most recent corporate social...
News Nintendo Talks About Its Future And Reconfirms Next Gaming System Is Coming In "20XX"
An update from Nintendo's president
There's always talk about what's next for major gaming companies like Nintendo, but what is actually next for Nintendo? Well, in its latest Corporate Management Policy Briefing led by president Shuntaro Furukawa - the company has shared another incredibly vague update about future hardware plans - essentially...
Subscriber count growing alongside hardware install base
During Nintendo's latest Corporate Management Briefing, it was revealed its paid subscription service - Nintendo Switch Online - now has over 32 million members, as of September 2021. The last significant figure was in September 2020 when the company said it had over 26 million users...
News Nintendo Is Opening A New Store In Japan
Expected to be up and running by the end of 2022
Nintendo has announced it will be opening a new retail and merchandise store located in Osaka, Japan. It'll be located within the Daimaru Umeda building. It will be the second store to open in the company's homeland, following on from Tokyo in 2019. It's currently scheduled to open "at the end of...
News Zelda: Skyward Sword On Switch Has Already Matched Its Lifetime Wii Sales
The sky is the limit
It seems Nintendo's decision to remaster and port its 2011 Wii release The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD to the Switch has well and truly paid off. In the company's latest financial report, it's been revealed the Nintendo Switch version of the game has already sold 3.60 million units as of 30th September 2021. As...
News Nintendo's Profits Remain Down But On Track, Despite Drop In Switch Sales Projection
Confirms previous Nikkei report on production issues
Earlier this week Nikkei reported that Nintendo was encountering production issues related to the ongoing chip shortage, which has also been a problem for Sony and Microsoft with its latest hardware. In the updated Q2 financial reports issued by Nintendo it's effectively confirmed that report,...
News Nintendo Adds N64 Controller Support To 3D All-Stars Version Of Super Mario 64
Play like it's 1996
Well, here's a surprise - Nintendo has now added N64 wireless controller support to the Super Mario 3D All-Stars version of Super Mario 64. In other words, you can now play the classic N64 Mario game, similar to how to back when the game was originally released on the N64. Here are the full patch notes for Version 1.1.1,...
News Metroid Dread Version 1.0.2 Is Now Available, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
A "final boss fix" and more!
We weren't necessarily expecting regular patches for Nintendo's recent release Metroid Dread, but it seems there are still quite a number of issues that need to be resolved in the game. As a result of this, MercurySteam has rolled out yet another update including a handful of general fixes - to improve the overall...
News Nintendo Won't Have Any More Switch Online N64 Controllers Until 2022 (North America)
If you missed out, you'll just have to wait
If you happen to be located in the North America and were unable to get hold of the wireless Nintendo 64 controller for Switch Online, you'll probably have to wait a while for a restock. An update on the official Nintendo Store page for this region has changed a notice about more controllers being made...
