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News Unreleased 'SimCopter 64' E3 Prototype Preserved And Detailed In New Deep Dive
The Video Game History Foundation digs into Maxis' E3 '97 build
A new deep-dive article into the history of Maxis' ill-fated SimCopter 64 has been published by the fine folk over the Video Game History Foundation, and it delivers some fascinating new insight and information about the unreleased Nintendo 64 game. This particular prototype build —...
UK Charts Sonic Frontiers Starts Strong On Switch While God Of War Cleans Up
RagnaRÖKING the charts
The latest UK charts for boxed game sales is now in and what we are seeing this week paints quite a different picture to what has come before. It should come as no surprise that Nintendo doesn't hold the top spot this week. The release of God of War: Ragnarök was always going to shake things up a little as Sony's...
News Switch Fighting Game ARMS Receives Its First Update Since 2018
Available now
Nintendo has just rolled out a bunch of updates for a number of games including ARMS. This title originally made its debut on the Switch in 2017 and is one of the newest IPs from Nintendo in recent years. The last update was rolled out in September 2018 and made a number of balance adjustments. The latest one isn't quite as exciting...
News Nintendo's Pikmin Mobile Game Gets A Limited-Time Pikmin 3 Deluxe Event
Reunite with Alph, Brittany and Charlie
As you might recall, Nintendo and Niantic are currently celebrating the first-year anniversary of Pikmin Bloom on mobile. The game's been hosting a series of exciting "first anniversary events" and the latest one happens to be a crossover with Pikmin 3 Deluxe, which got a release on the Nintendo Switch in...
News Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Overtakes Zelda In Famitsu's Most-Wanted Games List
I choose you!
The latest most-wanted games list has been published in Famitsu, measuring the most hotly-anticipated titles according to the Japanese site's readership. The most recent edition (using votes cast between 27th October and 1st November) saw a new frontrunner as Pokémon Scarlet and Violet overtook the consistent podium-topper The Legend...
News This Upcoming Super Mario Bros. 3 Mod Adds New Playable Characters, Wall Jumps And More
Coming 'Thanksgiving 2022'
At this point, word of a new Mario game would have a whole host of Nintendo fans super jumping for joy - finally breaking away from the five-year gap that has followed in Super Mario Odyssey's wake. While there is nothing official to speak of on this front just yet, we have now seen a teaser trailer for an upcoming Super...
What would you like to see next?
Earlier this week, Nintendo's latest financial report revealed Switch Online subscriptions had now "exceeded" 36 million paid memberships - with an increase of around four million subs compared to the previous year. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was also asked about the future of the service - explaining how...
News Mario Kart Tour Brings Back Classic Donkey Kong Circuit For Upcoming Animal Tour
Fire away!
According to Mario Kart Tour, Autumn is officially over (at least, the Autumn Tour is) and that means that the mobile game is speeding onto the next one without any delay. The Animal Tour will be setting off from the start line on 15th November if you're on Pacific Time and on the 16th from those in Europe, with this period's main...
Random Doug Bowser Takes A Trip To Nintendo's Kyoto Headquarters
"Good to be back"
Nintendo of America's president Doug Bowser appears to be catching up with his bosses over at the main headquarters in Kyoto, Japan. He recently shared a shot of the office in a post on social media and followed up with photos of the new Osaka store, which is now open. The Osaka store opened in the Daimaru Umeda building today...
Random No, Nintendo Of America Didn't Tweet A Pic Of Mario Flipping The Bird
Another day, another Twitter verification controversy
If you have found yourself logging onto Twitter in the past 24 hours, you may have come across a picture of Mario making a somewhat unsavoury gesture, seemingly posted by the official account for Nintendo of America. Yep, we were a little confused at first too. Has Mario seen all the outpouring...
News While Old Games Are Easily Delivered, Nintendo Is Focused On New Experiences, Says Miyamoto
Still no word on GBA games coming to Switch
Backwards compatibility is rapidly becoming easier for Nintendo than ever before. At least, that's what Shingeru Miyamoto implied at a recent Q&A following the company's latest financial report. And while the Switch continues to build up a growing library of NES, SNES and N64 titles (if you have the...
News The Real-Life Splatoon X Pokémon T-Shirts Are Now Available In The UK
Finally!
Update [Wed 9th Nov, 2022 14:30 GMT]: After weeks of radio silence from Nintendo, we now know that those real-life Splatoon X Pokémon Splatfest t-shirts are coming to the UK! What's more, they are available to order on the My Nintendo Store right now! <products id="21203,21204,21205"> The three t-shirts each match those worn by...
Random Lego Is Now Blocking Idea Submissions Based On The Legend Of Zelda
Could an official set be on the way? Probably not
Since the arrival of the Super Mario Lego sets, fans have been clamouring for an official set based on Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda franchise. Several projects based on the classic series have been submitted to the 'Lego Ideas' initiative in the past, but none have yet seen the light of day. It...
News Nintendo Highlights The Environmental Benefit Of New Switch Packaging
Smaller boxes are on their way
A lot of the statistics contained in the recent Nintendo financial report covered how successful the company had been in business terms, but equally important is what it is doing to combat climate change and its negative impact on the environment. Fortunately, the follow-up presentation outlined the steps that the...
News Over 100 Million People Played Switch In The Last Year
More reveals from the Nintendo financial report
Yesterday we got our peepers on the Nintendo financial report covering Q2 of the fiscal year ending March, 2023, and there was a lot to unpack. If the highest-selling Switch games, digital download data and
News Switch Is Most Popular With 22-Year-Olds, Nintendo Says
Well, that rules us out then
Update [Wed 9th Nov, 2022 14:20 GMT]: After the below article went live, it came to our attention that the data supplied by Nintendo might actually be more inaccurate than we'd initially believed. As pointed out by Colm Larkin over on Twitter (and indeed by a few of our own clever community members), the sharp spike at...
News Nintendo Has Shipped More Than 77 Million amiibo Since 2014
"We continue to release new amiibo products"
The stats just keep coming in Nintendo's latest financials. This time the focus is on its amiibo line and just how much it has sold since they were first launched in 2014. Nintendo as of 30th September 2022 has now shifted a whopping 77 milion NFC figures - based on franchises like Mario, Donkey Kong,...
News Nintendo's Mobile Game Downloads Surpass 800 Million
Helping grow Nintendo IP
Following on from the news yesterday that Nintendo would be partnering with the mobile firm DeNA to establish a joint venture company, it's now released an update on its mobile apps. President Shuntaro Furukawa has revealed the company's mobile business has now surpassed more than 800 million downloads (as of October 2022)...
Memberships have grown alongside Switch purchases
As part of Nintendo's latest financial report, the Japanese company has provided an update on Switch Online memberships. In the latest development (as of 30th September 2022), the service has now "exceeded" 36 million paid memberships. This is around an increase of four million subs compared to the...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Becomes Japan's Best-Selling Game Of All Time
Nintendo consoles take up 19 of the top 20
You might have heard of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. That cute little life sim which came out at the prime time of the global pandemic had us all picking weeds, catching fish and paying bills (extortionately priced, we might add) when we weren't able to be outside picking weeds, catching fish or payi-...
News Nintendo's Q1-2 Digital Sales Make Up Over 50% Of All Software Revenue
Thinking outside the boxed
We have been excited to see Nintendo's growth this morning as the company published its financial report for Q2 of the fiscal year ending March, 2023. One stat that has really stood out to us comes in the continued popularity of digital sales, with this mode of buying now accounting for 49.3% of all software sales in the...
News Nintendo To Merge Its European Subsidiaries Into One Big Organisation
Say hello to Nintendo of Europe SE
As part of its latest financial report, Nintendo has announced that it will be merging its European subsidiary companies, including Nintendo France S.A.R.L, Nintendo Benelux B.V, and Nintendo Ibérica, S.A, into one organisation under the title Nintendo of Europe SE. Currently, these subsidiaries, in addition to...
News Kirby And The Forgotten Land Is Now The Best-Selling Kirby Game Ever
A mouthful of sales!
During Nintendo's previous financial report back in August, we reported that Kirby and the Forgotten Land had become the second best-selling Kirby game ever. Well, we can now confirm that it has surpassed the previous record holder Kirby's Dream Land as of September 30th, 2022, and is now officially the best-selling Kirby title...
News Splatoon 3 Sold Almost 8 Million Units In September, 2022
Booyah!
Nintendo has today revealed its financial report detailing the company's growth in Q2 of the fiscal year ending March, 2023. As was to be expected, it was a strong period for Splatoon 3 with the latest shooter shifting a whopping 7.90 million units. This is an impressive number, yes, but it gets even more so when you consider the fact that...
News Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Upcoming Switch Games
Sorry, still no date for Metroid Prime 4
Nintendo has release its latest financial report, detailing its usual business highlights including the top ten best-selling Switch games and the total number of Switch consoles sold. As part of this, the company has also reconfirmed the release windows for some of its major upcoming tit
News The Nintendo Switch Has Exceeded 114 Million Units Sold
Catching up on the Game Boy
As part of Nintendo's latest financial report detailing performance for Q2 of fiscal year ending March 2023, the company has confirmed that the Nintendo Switch has now sold a gargantuan 114.33 million units. Once again, however, Nintendo states that sales have declined year-on-year thanks to the ongoing semiconductor...
News Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of September 2022
Animal Crossing: New Horizons breaks 40 million
NIntendo has released its six months earnings reports for fiscal year ending March 2023 and, as per the norm, we've got an update on the top ten best-selling Nintendo Switch games. There's no major change from the last update back in August, but one noteable exception is Ring Fit Adventure. Selling a...
Random Bayonetta 3 Was Reportedly Planned To Be An Open-World Game
Thank goodness it didn't end up that way!
After literal years of waiting, Bayonetta 3 finally launched for the Nintendo Switch at the end of October. For many, the game stands as one of the finest action titles every released and builds on what the first two games accomplished with their respective gameplay mechanics. According to Imran Khan...
UK Charts Mario Kart Speeds Back Into Third Place In A Strong Week For Nintendo
Engines keep on revving
It's Monday again and you know what that means. That's right, it's time for this week's UK gaming charts! Continuing last week's unsurprising success for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (no, not that one), this week sees Activision's shooter once again in the top spot. What follows is a barrage of Nintendo-friendly titles in...
News This Huge Star Fox Mod Adds New Levels, Ships, Weapons, And Even Multiplayer
Update: Launching November 11th
Update [Sat 5th Nov, 2022 20:00 GMT]: A new teaser trailer has been uploaded - revealing a release date of November 11th: Original article [Fri 12th Aug, 2022 11:15 BST]: There has been no solid news of a Star Fox game on the Switch and Nintendo fans are growing restless. None more so is this case than modder...
Guide Best Simpsons Games On Nintendo Systems
Every Simpsons game, as ranked by you
If you've been playing video games for a while, then it stands to reason that you have probably stumbled across one or two games based on The Simpsons in your time. A whole bunch of these have been made available to Nintendo systems throughout the years (19 to be exact) and they range in quality from yeah,...
News The Splatoon X Pokémon My Nintendo Rewards Are Now Available
Update 2: Keychains now available
Update #2 [Thu 3rd Nov, 2022 17:45 GMT]: The keychains are live now on the My Nintendo Store in Canada and North America. These cost 550 My Nintendo Platinum Points each, so grab the one that matches your team in the upcoming Splatfest and get repping early! Update [Wed 19th Oct, 2022 14:30 BST]:
Video Kirby Makes An Unusual Friend In The Latest 'It's Kirby Time' Story
Plant-et Popstar
Nintendo has brought us another lovely 'It's Kirby Time' video today, featuring the pink puffball getting up to mischief and making friends — and that last one is important for today's story, 'Together with Kirby'. The fourth video in this series — which is translated from the Japan-only children's picture book series of the...
Random Nintendo Doesn't Want You To Get Mario Party Blisters This Time Around
New warning precedes the game
Both Mario Party and Mario Party 2 have rolled their way onto the Switch today thanks to the NSO Expansion Pack, bringing with them waves of party co-op nostalgia (and/or rivalry). Aside from the minigames, music and those creepy character designs, for many of us one of the biggest memories of the original N64 title is...
Feature The Best Moustaches In Video Games Ranked
Let's-a MO
It's November. You know what that means. The nights are longer, the weather is colder and, just to top it all off, a whole bunch of people who should really know better are going to spend the next four weeks growing out a moustache to varying degrees of success for perhaps the weakest portmanteau ever contrived, Movember. As the...
News Nintendo's Pikmin Mobile Game Celebrates 1st Anniversary
Now bring on Pikmin 4
It's now been a year since Niantic's Pikmin Bloom game for mobile devices was made available in certain parts of the world. In an official blog on the game website, the creators thanked the community for their support over the past year with a short message and told fans to stay tuned for more "exciting" things: "We hope...
News Nintendo Switch System Update 15.0.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Download it today
Nintendo has just released another new firmware update for the Switch - bumping the system up to Version 15.0.1. This one resolves a few issues including one problem causing an error code when playing DLC on a unit that's not your primary console. It also fixes an issue preventing screenshots during certain in-game scenes on...
UK Charts Bayonetta 3 Takes The Bronze In A Strong Week For Nintendo
The witch strikes back
We know you all love a good top ten UK chart on a Monday morning; what better way to kickstart the week? Well, we have one for you right here - on time, no less! It's a strong week for the Nintendo Switch, despite the gargantuan launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (the new Modern Warfare 2, not the old Modern Warfare 2 -...
Feature The Spookiest Levels In Non-Spooky Games
Melloween
Aside from costumes, big bowls of sweets and the impending fear that I'm A Celebrity will soon dominate TV again, if there is one thing that you can bank on over Halloween, it's lots, and lots of scary video games. The spooky season has an annoying habit of seeking out those of us — this writer included — who are not the best with...
News Physical Switch Copies Of Bayonetta Are Returning To My Nintendo Store Later This Year
"We apologise that we could not meet demand"
After a year of waiting and months of delays, Bayonetta did get a physical release on Switch earlier this week. Not that many people will have been able to get their hands on a copy of course, as the out-of-the-blue drop sold out almost instantly. Fortunately, Nintendo has confirmed that it plans to...
News Brace Yourselves, Splatoon 3's Judd And Li'l Judd Plushies Are On Their Way
Cushions also available
We are so used to seeing Splatoon 3's Judd and Li'l Judd calling the all-important results of a Turf War Battle that it is easy to overlook the Splatlands' cuddliest little guys as a mere token on winning or losing. But today we all win. Why? Because both of the cats are to receive the Sanei Boeki plushie treatment in January...
News Mario Kart Tour Brings Back Two City-Themed Circuits For Autumn
I want to be a part of it...
Mario Kart Tour has today announced that is it speeding onto its next season after the end of the Halloween celebrations on 1st November (or the 2nd, depending on your timezone), sharing details about what we can expect from the upcoming Autumn Tour. The next entry in the ever-updating game will begin right as its...
Random Princess Peach Sure Looks Different In This Officially Licensed Picture Book From 1986
Totes adorbs
While we're expecting Princess Peach to look the same as she always has in the upcoming movie, throughout the years her design hasn't always been consistent. As highlighted by the Supper Mario Broth blog on social media recently, there was a moment in history when the princess had basically no resemblance to her modern counterpart...
Soapbox After 10 Years I'm Finally Getting A Wii U, But Where Should I Start?
What would U suggest for Mii?
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, as the Wii U approaches its tenth anniversary next month, Jim is trying to make amends for missing out on a misunderstood Nintendo console, with your help and ours...
News These Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Plushies Will Make Choosing Your Starter Even Harder
I choose you! Wait, no, you! Wait...
As if picking your starter Pokémon wasn't already a difficult enough decision, Sanei Boeki has announced a line of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet plushies modelled on the game's leading trio, making that all-important choice a whole lot harder. The Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly plushies join the company's 'All...
News Nintendo's Next Switch Game Trial Is Now Available To Online Subscribers
Just in time for Halloween
If you happen to be a Switch Online subscriber and are eager to play something else outside of Mario Kart and all the usual offerings, why not try out the latest trial? Nintendo has announced OBAKEIDORO! as its next free trial for Switch Online subscribers. It's available in North America and Europe from now until...
News Splatoon 3 Version 1.2.0 Is Now Available, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Improvements to online play & much more
Update [Wed 26th Oct, 2022 03:30 BST]: This update has now officially gone live. Nintendo's official Japanese Twitter account has shared a reminder. You can see the full patch notes in the original post below. Original article [Tue 25th Oct, 2022 04:00 BST]: Nintendo has announced Version 1.2.0 of Splatoon...
News Nintendo's 3DS & Wii U Image Share Services Have Now Ended
"Thank you for using our service"
Last month, Nintendo revealed it would be discontinuing two more 3DS and Wii U features on 25th October 2022. It's now officially past this point in certain locations around the world, and this means the Image Share feature is no longer available on both of these devices. To remind everyone, Nintendo's Japanese...
News Apple iOS Update Adds Support For Switch Online Classic Controllers
Play the Nintendo way
Companies are always adding support for various wireless devices and controllers, and this time it's Apple's turn. The latest update for iOS 16.1 has added support for the Nintendo Switch Online classic controllers. Based on tests so far, it seems the SNES and N64 wireless controllers work. It's not been confirmed just yet if...
News Nintendo's YouTube Channel Gets Renamed, Loses Verification Tick
Now known as "Nintendo of America"
Verification ticks are an important part of social media and websites like YouTube nowadays - allowing users to easily identify legitimate channels and accounts. With this in mind, it seems Nintendo's American YouTube channel has recently lost its tick. As highlighted in a post on the Nintendo subreddit (via...