Video Sit Back And Watch Darksiders: The Documentary For Free
Something, something, dark side...
Soapbox With Microsoft Playing Ball, It’s Finally Time For Banjo-Kazooie To Return To Nintendo
And we know just the studio that could pull it off...
News Nintendo Has Filed A Mysterious Patent For Amiibo-Style NFC Cards
A new kind of Pokémon trading card game, perhaps?
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April2018
News Nintendo Says It's Not Trying To Innovate, It's "Trying To Find Ways To Make People Happy"
A look behind the curtain
The Guardian recently interviewed Nintendo's own Shinya Takahashi, and the general manager of the Entertainment Planning & Development Division revealed some of the interesting ways the firm is innovating without consciously trying to do so. “People always ask us whether we take risks on purpose," he reveals. "But to...
Video Take A Quick Peek Inside Nintendo HQ In Japan
Where dreams are made
Many of us are familiar with the half beautiful, half corporate-looking appearance of Nintendo's Japanese headquarters from the outside; this huge, white, cube-like building has likely been the subject of thousands of online searches and probably the first place many of us tried when opening up Google Earth for the first time...
News Nintendo May Be Facing Heat From The FTC Over Its Warranty Policy
*Grabs popcorn*
Nintendo has always been very protective of its tech, and for generations now has held a policy that voids your ability to have the company repair your console for free if you use a third party product in tandem with it. So, for example, if you were to replace the software on the Switch with something of your own design, Nintendo...
March2018
Video Sit Back And Watch Darksiders: The Documentary For Free
Something, something, dark side...
With the Darksiders franchise due to make a triumphant return with Darksiders 3 later this year (a title, sadly, that isn't currently slated for Nintendo Switch), there's never been a better time to get to know the series, its origins, the downfall of original developer Vigil and its eventual revival. The...
Soapbox With Microsoft Playing Ball, It’s Finally Time For Banjo-Kazooie To Return To Nintendo
And we know just the studio that could pull it off...
Soapbox features enable our individual writers to voice their own opinions on hot topics, opinions that may not necessarily be the voice of the site. In today's article, editor Dom tackles a subject very close to his heart - his rabid love for a certain seminal platformer from Rare, and...
News Nintendo Has Filed A Mysterious Patent For Amiibo-Style NFC Cards
A new kind of Pokémon trading card game, perhaps?
There's nothing quite like a mysterious patent to get chins wagging and brains ticking over. And this latest one from Nintendo is a right head scratcher. The patent, which was filed earlier this month to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, present a set of collectible trading cards with...
News Nintendo says Switch "play activity is still being recorded accurately in the background"
A future update will fix the issue
Without any sort of trophy or achievement system in place, Nintendo Switch owners only have one metric (apart from their pride, that is) to measure their dedication to a certain game: the play time activity tracker. However, a recent bug that's reset the timer for launch games such as The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of...
February2018
News Metacritic Ranks Nintendo Second In Its 2017 Game Publisher Rankings
GG, Bethesda
Every year, Metacritic tallies up all the review data it collects and publishes a report that summarizes how each publisher did overall for that past year. Naturally, this makes for some interesting reading, as it provides a wider snapshot of how the industry is doing, as well as how each company has been performing year on year...
News You Can Now Leave User Reviews On Nintendo's Official Website
Everyone's a critic
In a bold move by Nintendo Of America, you can now add reviews for certain Switch games on its official website. So far games such as The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild and Splatoon 2 have garnered universal praise from customers, as you'd expect. So just to make sure the system was working correctly we headed over to...
Random You Can Play Donkey Kong 3: The Great Counterattack Right Now
The Sharp X1 version is finally free
Back in the '80s and the '90s, Nintendo worked with third-party developer Hudson Soft to bring many of its NES and arcade titles to Japanese personal computers. Most of these ROMS have made their way to the West over the years, but one has remained locked away. That game is Donkey Kong 3: The Great Counterattack...
News Nintendo Changes Requirements For Its Controversial YouTube Creators Program
*coin sound*
There’s been lots of noise made about how Nintendo treats its fans in the video production world, with many decrying its arguably unfair rules against content creators. Those who produce videos about Nintendo content must subscribe to the program in order to receive a cut of the advertising revenue, and now a new rule change has...
Guide Bayonetta 2 Angelic Hymns Locations - How To Find Them All And Unlock The Hidden Weapons
Heaven's wrath
There are a bunch of collectibles to track down in Bayonetta 2. You've got Angelic Hymns, Hidden Verses, Journal Echoes, Umbran Crows, Broken Moon Pearls, Broken Witch Hearts, Accessories, Weapons, and Costumes. It's pretty insane. We want to make it easier for you to unlock all of these things, so we're running a guide series on how...
Guide Bayonetta 2 Hidden Verses - How To Find Them In Every Single Chapter
Also known as Muspelheim
In your single minded determination to burn through all Bayonetta 2 has to offer, you might completely miss a bunch of Hidden Verses. These provide even more battles in each chapter that let you duff up even more enemies, and beef up your score at the end. So they're well worth hunting down, basically. Or, you could save...
Guide Bayonetta 2 Journal Echo Locations – How To Find All Of Them To Fill In Plot Gaps
Echoes of the past
There are a bunch of Journal Echoes to collect in Bayonetta 2, and while they don't actually unlock anything, they're worth collecting if you care about story. Each of them fills in a few gaps in the plot to help enrich the experience, and breath a bit more life to the world around you. So if that sounds good to you, read on to...
Guide Bayonetta 2 Broken Moon Pearl Locations - How To Find All Sixteen To Increase Your Magic Gauge
It's a kind of magic
Find two Broken Moon Pearls in Bayonetta 2 and you'll get an extra orb on your magic gauge. So if you like using attacks that require magic, you're going to want to hunt these down. To make that easier for you, we've listed all of their locations below by chapter. <related tags="Bayonetta 2, Guides">Are you finding this...
News Miyamoto Explains Why Illumination Was Chosen For The Upcoming Mario Movie
And talks about quality control
You may remember that Nintendo recently announced an upcoming animated movie starring Super Mario in partnership with Illumination - the film studio behind Despicable Me (and Minions), 2016's Sing, The Secret Life of Pets, and many more. This partnership has triggered an awful lot of debate; while some fans are...
News Spread The Love With These Adorable Nintendo-Themed Valentine's Cards
Available to download for free
If you're planning to pluck up the courage to finally ask your crush on a date this Valentine's Day, or even if you just want to send your special someone a nice little message, these Nintendo-themed Valentine's cards might just do the trick. Featuring a whole host of well-known characters from your favourite Nintendo...
News Legendary Nintendo Developer Takehiro Izushi Has Officially Retired
His 43-year-long career had a huge impact on Ninty
Nintendo has waved goodbye to one of its most influential - and longest serving - voices with the news that producer and developer Takehiro Izushi has officially retired at the age of 65. The legendary figurehead joined Nintendo in 1975, where he was involved in the mechanical design of the...
Random Orchestra Pranks Conductor With An Impromptu Rendition Of The Mii Channel Tune
Bach to reality
You know it's Friday when you log onto social media and see a video about an orchestra playing Nintendo music is going viral. Oh internet, never change. The prank was pulled off by the Wind Symphony, a college orchestra based in Lynchburg, Virginia, who decided to troll their conductor with a rendition of the Mii Channel...
January2018
Feature Skin Deep With The Exciting World Of Nintendo Tattoos
Inking boys and inking girls
Die hard fans of any medium or facet or popular culture have been known to take their passion to the next level, and Nintendo fans are no different. A Portsmouth tattoo parlour has seen an increase in the number of requests for some of Nintendo's most famous mascots. Nintendo Life decided to go under the proverbial...
News Check Out Nintendo's Original Headquarters
Back when they were still paying loans to Tom Nook
Though Nintendo has existed as a game company since the 80’s—still one of the longest standing institutions in the game industry—it’s actually been around in various other forms since 1889. In the nearly 100 years between then and its start as a game company, dabbled with taxis, love hotels,...
News Indie Dev Talks About Having Switch Proposals Turned Down By Nintendo Five Times
Make or break
Having your game published on the Switch right now seems to be a very smart move for indie developers; we've been seeing countless stories over the last few months of smaller studios being overjoyed at the sales they are seeing on the console. Not everyone manages to have such a lucky break, however, with some developers struggling to...
News Nintendo's Employees Once Went On Hunger Strike In Protest To Factory Closures
Back in 1955, that is
We'd all probably love to have a job at Nintendo these days, but back in the 1950s - when Ninty was a manufacturer of playing cards (specifically, a popular Japanese game called 'hanafuda') - things were a little different. Decades before its move towards video games, the firm was going through some internal struggles, which...
News A "Do Not Forgive Nintendo" Hashtag Has Been Going Viral in Japan
And things are getting weird
Yesterday we reported that Nintendo is currently filing a lawsuit against Japanese mobile game company Colopl, stating that the developer has violated five tech patents in its mobile RPG, Shiro Neko Project. As it often does, and especially at the moment it seems, the world of Twitter soon got involved and things...
News Nintendo is Suing Mobile Game Company Colopl For $40 Million
Ouch!
Nintendo has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Japanese mobile game company Colopl, currently asking for a rather staggering $40 million in damages. According to an official statement from Colopl, Nintendo has claimed that five tech patent rights have been violated in the game Shiro Neko Project. One of these patents is said to...
News Miyamoto Gives a Surprising Insight Into What He Looks For In New Game Designers
Fancy your chances?
Have you ever fancied yourself as the next upcoming star in Nintendo's illustrious team of game developers? Even for those who actually possess any kind of skills in that area (so not us, then), making it into one of the largest companies in the industry would be an incredibly difficult task. Information has now emerged from Mr...
December2017
News Nintendo Launches Official Nintendo Power Podcast
Now you’re playing with power!
One of the most celebrated publications in gaming history is that of Nintendo Power, the long running magazine that covered all things Nintendo. Though the changing times ultimately led to the magazine’s demise, it’s legacy has still been fondly remembered by the community, with projects like Nintendo Force...
News Nintendo Files Patent for a 'Passive Walking Device'
Probably not for a LEGS sequel to ARMS
Nintendo's made it clear for many months that it is still looking at ways to expand its business outside of video games. We haven't seen any recent firm updates on the 'Quality of Life' initiative, but it seems the company is exploring options to produce products with potential medical or scientific uses. In...
Will Nintendo be big winners?
The Game Awards are here, a rather enjoyable annual event in which lots of games are praised, we roll our eyes at some annoying commercials, and many jokes are made in the live chat. It's a tradition we wouldn't miss for the world, and Nintendo has a good chance of winning lots of awards; perhaps there'll be a reveal or...
November2017
News Super Mario Cereal Will Start Milking the Franchise on 11th December in the US
"We are thrilled to pack so much fun into one box of cereal", apparently
It's been a crazy week in the world of themed cereals, as rumours of a Super Mario Cereal with an amiibo box turned out to be true - though it's only confirmed for the US. It brings to mind Nintendo's pomp in the late '80s and early '90s when it dominated popular culture and...
News Nintendo Switch and Super Mario Odyssey Among the Big Sales Winners Over Holiday Weekend
Adobe reckons it was a record-breaking weekend online
The biggest shopping weekend of the year has now passed, from Black Friday to Cyber Monday. It's a hugely important period for retailers, and the shift to online shopping continues to gain momentum; data from Adobe suggests that's the case. In a press release outlining its estimates for the...
News Nintendo of America's Thanksgiving Message Highlights the Joys of Portable Gaming
Switch and 3DS together
While a number of us - such as this writer in the UK - see this week / weekend as a 'stay away from the shops' occasion, in the US it's Thanksgiving, a Holiday that for some is the most significant of the year. Nintendo of America has offered its followers a Happy Thanksgiving in a few ways, such as a News post on the...
News Shigeru Miyamoto is Now 65 Years Young
Still leading the younger generations at Nintendo
On 16th November Shigeru Miyamoto turned 65 years old, a landmark that in some countries represents retirement age. The legendary game designer doesn't seem to be going anywhere, however, as he now leads the next generation of Nintendo creators as the company's Creative Fellow. In his younger years...
News Nintendo is Close to a Major Deal for a New Mario Bros. Movie
An animated movie this time
Over recent years Nintendo's been making a major effort to expand its commercial efforts - there's been merchandise and various tie-ins, most notably plans for a Universal Studios Japan attraction. That deal with Universal seems to have led to further opportunities, with The Wall Street Journal (paywall
News Europe Gets Eight New Wii U and 3DS My Nintendo Discount Rewards
It's time to join the Federation Force!
Everyone loves a good discount and in Europe of Nintendo has slashed the prices of eight Wii U and 3DS games with discount rewards which are now available on My Nintendo. It's a good excuse use up those pesky platinum and gold points you may have been hoarding. Here are the discounts on offer this week:...
October2017
News Nintendo Confirms a 'Holiday Experience' Mall Tour for Switch and 3DS in the US
"We want to bring smiles to people’s faces", says Bowser
Nintendo of America is now well into the routine of regular 'mall tours' throughout the US, in which notable games and systems are shown off. The subsidiary has now outlined plans for its Holiday Experience tour, which looks set to offer quite a lot of hands on opportunities. Along with the...
News Nintendo is Heading for Its Best Ever eShop Revenues, Driven by Switch Success
The store's most successful six months to date
All of Nintendo's download platforms have delivered success on various levels, from standout hits on the Wii and DSi stores, to notable landmarks achieved by the 3DS and then Wii U eShop. With the Switch eShop we could be heading for genuinely sustainable success, however, with an impressive number of...
Analysis Switch Drives Impressive Sales as Nintendo Delivers Q2 Profits
Revenues from mobile also play their part
As you've likely already seen, Nintendo has increased its forecast for Switch hardware sales and delivered some impressive results in its Q2 reports. Let's break the results down. Starting off with net sales, at 374,041 million Yen ($3293 millionUSD, approximately) it's a number that's easily the highest...
Video Watch Jimmy Fallon Play Super Mario Odyssey On The Nintendo Switch
This man really loves Mario
It’s been well publicised how the current host of The Tonight Show is a big fan of Nintendo. Every year E3 rolls around, Jimmy Fallon often gets Reggie and his crew on so he can try out the latest Nintendo systems and games. We have also heard stories in the past about how he missed out on a chance to date the...
News Nintendo Earnings Predictions Anticipate Increased Switch Sales
But Nintendo shares are down nearly 4%, so who knows
The start of next week should be very interesting indeed, as Nintendo will reveal its Q2 financial results. After a rather uneventful set of reports for Q1 - and doggedly sticking to conservative Switch projections despite speculation otherwise - we could see Nintendo shift its sales targets for...
Editorial Nintendo's Surprising Fanbase is a Major Strength, Which Bodes Well for Switch
Gaming for all
As a '90s kid I was only really aware of two main groups of gamers - kids and teenagers. It was a pre-internet age, so the points of reference were limited, but I doubt I was that far off. 'Gaming' had been a thing in the '70s and '80s, of course, but a rapid expansion of the industry - after Atari somewhat went off a cliff - was...
Random You Can 'Level Up Your Look' With Super Mario Bros. Beauty Products
Sure, why not
In todays episode of 'Nintendo tweets the darndest things', we have its plug of shu uemura's Super Mario Bros. themed beauty products. It's tempting to be bemused by this, but in reality it makes perfect sense - we've had Mario-themed shoes, toys, plushes and lots of other things besides, so why not beauty products? Plus, you've got...
News The Nintendo Creators Program Now Rules Out Live Streaming on YouTube
Oh dear
It's fair to say that the Nintendo Creators Program hasn't had the most stellar of reputations - it's designed to allow Nintendo to review and share revenue on YouTube content based upon its games. It's an alternative to Nintendo simply claiming full revenues or issuing copyright strikes, but it also introduces awkward limitations and the...
September2017
News Nintendo is Now 128 Years Old
From Hanafuda playing cards to video game world domination
On September 23rd, 1889, Fusajiro Yamauchi established the Nintendo Playing Card Company in Kyoto. Over one century later and a couple of Yamauchi generations since, would he have ever believed that we are now associating the word Nintendo with a pair of plumbing brothers and their strangely...
Review It's All Business As We Play Monopoly Gamer
Monopoly meets Mario Party
A few months ago Hasbro and Nintendo announced a brand-new board game: Monopoly Gamer. After a first glance of the packaging we instantly thought it’d be yet another skinned Monopoly board. However, after watching a video of how the game works it's easy to be sold on the idea. Monopoly Gamer isn’t just a Super...
News FIFA 18 Will Cost Less On The Nintendo Switch In Australia
Bucking the "Switch Tax" trend
The year is 2017 and Nintendo Switch owners are paying more for their games than people are on rival platforms. The unfortunate term “Switch Tax” has been coined to explain why certain developers and publishers are upping their prices for games released on Nintendo’s latest system. The whole issue as we’ve...
Random Enjoy A Nice Bowl Of Grape Nuts And You Could Win A Nintendo Switch
It's a super cereal promotion!
We normally start out our day with a lovely big bowl of SEGA's Gold Rings, but if you'd like to win a Switch then you might want to try out a bowl of Honey Bunches. Nintendo has teamed up with Post Cereals to slap Mario's face on the box and give lucky customers a chance to win a Switch. PR as...
News Not One But Two Prototypes For NES Sim City Are Discovered
Bowser sighted off the 8-bit coast!
One of the holy grails of NES gaming archaeology has been spotted in the wild! Nintendo had negotiated the rights from Maxis to produce Sim City for their 8-bit hardware and while the original Super Nintendo version is acclaimed as one of the very best iterations of Will Wright's city-building opus, all the...
August2017
News Nintendo Affected by Recent Online Issues in Japan, Google Admits Fault
A simple 'network configuration error', apparently
While the internet and modern technology are wondrous, powerful things, it's interesting to note how vulnerable and susceptible they are to tumbling down. This was highlighted last week in Japan (on 25th August), when a number of services - including the eShop and servers for Nintendo Switch, Wii U...
News Nintendo Confirms [email protected] and Lots More for PAX West
Playable Super Mario Odyssey, too
It's been expo season all around the world, and the next major event for gamers on the US West coast isn't far away - PAX West. As was the case in previous years Nintendo is showing plenty of enthusiasm for the Seattle event - running from 1st to 4th September - with a mix of Nindie and big-name goodness for...
News The Nintendo World Championships 2017 Have Been Announced
It's a rather limited event, however
After a nostalgia-fuelled event at E3 2015 reminded us all about the Nintendo World Championships, Nintendo of America has confirmed that the event will be back for another run in the US in 2017. It's exciting in principle, but in reality the contest is rather limited. In August and September eight Best Buy...
July2017
News Nintendo Records Best Q1 Sales Since 2011 in Profitable Start to the Year
Sales targets for Switch and 3DS remain unchanged
Nintendo has unveiled its Q1 financial results (covering 1st April to 30th June), including some solid numbers for the Nintendo Switch and its games. Those looking for dramatic increases in projections and confidence will be left disappointed, however, with the company's core sales estimates...
Gallery Nintendo at San Diego Comic-Con - The Booth and Some Standout Cosplay
From Breath of the Wild, to ARMS and more besides
San Diego Comic-Con is wrapping up as we publish this, a weekend jam-packed with hype and reveals across movies, TV, comic books and of course video games. Nintendo had a booth inside the main expo to showcase Super Mario Odyssey, and also welcomed gamers (with or without expo tickets) at a separate...
News Nintendo Confirms Its Plans to Switch Things Up at San Diego Comic-Con
"San Diego Comic-Con is full of so many Nintendo fans", says Bowser
San Diego Comic-Con, one of the biggest events of its kind, is just one week away. It's running from 20th-23rd July, and Nintendo has now confirmed its plans for the event. Nintendo will have a booth within the main convention center (no. 235), but it'll only have one game on show...
News Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima's Approval Rating Grows 10 Percent
97.70 percent, up from 87.14 percent last year
It's been a crazy rollercoaster ride since Tatsumi Kimishima was named as the new Nintendo president, following the tragic and untimely passing of Satoru Iwata. He had big shoes to fill following Iwata's success during the Wii and DS era, and steering the company out of the commercial disaster...
June2017
News Monopoly Gamer Brings a Mario Spin to the Classic Board Game
Boss fights, coins, and Power Packs
Earlier today we reported on an apparent World Premiere of a new Hasbro / Nintendo game being hosted by TheJWittz later today. Well, it won't be the Premiere any more, as a press release has rolled out and Kotaku has posted details on the game for us all - it's Monopoly Gamer, with a Mario theme. Though it is...
News TheJWittz to Host World Premiere of New Hasbro Nintendo Game
Coming from the Nintendo NY store
It seems that Nintendo is gearing up for another game / merchandise collaboration, this time with Hasbro. The hugely popular video presenter Joshua Wittenkeller (aka TheJWittz), has teased a world premiere from the Nintendo NY store that he'll be hosting on Twitch. It seems to be a board game, which is further...
News The LeSportsac X Nintendo Collection Introduces Some Neat Bags and Accessories
Sure, why not
In recent times Nintendo has been stepping up its efforts with merchandise and tie-ins, including Vans shoes and UNIQLO t-shirts. The latest collaboration is with LeSportsac, a company that makes fashionable bags and cases (or so we're told). LeSportsac and Nintendo have confirmed a new collection that's hitting Japan in July and...
Talking Point What Social Media Told Us About Nintendo at E3 2017
Mario and a logo led the way for the big N
E3 is already drifting into the distant past, by internet standards, as hype deflates and is replaced by real life. Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony all gave the event a solid effort, arguably, with some notable reveals and plenty of online streams to keep gamers' attention. Some of the biggest third-party...
Watch It's the Final Nintendo Treehouse Live Stream from E3 2017!
One more round
E3 is now in the homestretch as we gear up for one last day of Nintendo Treehouse demonstrations and (possibly) a reveal or two. We can expect to see more showcases of some major games already announced; today doesn't include any Invitational events, so it's going to be demonstrations for the whole session. <liveblog...
News Nintendo's Share Value Reaches New Heights in Positive Reaction to E3
Buzz around Mario and a certain logo help the cause
There's still a full day of E3 to come and Nintendo could yet produce a surprise or two, but early assessments of the event and its levels of success are already emerging. Nintendo seems to have come out of the event rather well so far. One metric is the company's share price (we'll cover other...
Watch Nintendo Treehouse, Pokkén Tournament DX and ARMS Invitational Live Stream from E3 2017!
Here we go again!
It's day two of E3, and Nintendo isn't done yet. This is a particularly busy day as we'll have Pokkén Tournament DX and ARMS Invitational events, in addition to Nintendo Treehouse demonstrations. We're not sure whether the Treehouse has any more reveals to give, but we'll certainly be watching closely. <liveblog...
Feature What We Expect from the Nintendo Spotlight and Treehouse at E3 2017
Time to Switch it up
E3 2017 is well and truly underway, with Microsoft, Sony and a range of third-parties having made their pitches to the gaming public. As is now standard Nintendo is saving its show for the opening of the expo, this year in the form of a 25 minute 'Spotlight' followed by more reveals, demonstrations and Invitational events from...
Video The Top 5 Most Embarrassing E3 Moments by Nintendo
All that glisters is not gold
E3 is a time for most video game fans to get excited and hyped about upcoming releases, and to see all the newest tech that various games companies have to show off. It is sometimes, however, an event of disappointment. Hopefully this year's E3 will be able to surpass the moments in the video above, which highlights...
Poll Are You Excited About Nintendo at E3 2017?
Switching it up
As E3 looms there's a sense that it's no longer the indispensable behemoth it once was, the central point of the gaming year. Even so, it's still a big deal, as media and fan interest ramps up and gaming companies flood into Los Angeles to flaunt their wares. Nintendo, and some third-parties making games for its systems, are among...
Guide Nintendo E3 2017 Press Conference Schedule
Mario, Switch, 3DS, Invitationals and more
Well, E3 has crept up rather quickly, hasn't it? The expo is due to run from 13th to 15th June but, as veterans of the LA show will know, that's only the beginning. A lot of companies will be broadcasting showcases and live press conferences before the doors are even open, and then there'll be live streams...
Video What We Think Could be Announced at E3, and What Definitely Won't
Predictions and stupid stuff together at last
E3 is just around the corner now, and with the internet abuzz with ideas and predictions I thought I'd throw my personal list of expectations into the mix. That being said serious videos aren't really my preference, so alongside this straight-laced symphony is a hard mewling of stupid, totally...
May2017
Video James Farr's Star Wars Story Continues in The Triforce Awakens Part 2
Even does THAT scene
Last September we shared James Farr's terrific mash-up based on Star Wars: The Force Awakens - The Triforce Awakens. That was just part one, and the talented animator has now finished that movie's story with the release of part two. We reckon it's another terrific watch; you can see it below along with Part 1, if you need to...
News Confidence in Nintendo Grows as Share Value Surpasses Previous Pokémon GO Peak
The highest it's been in over 5 years
Many will recall that, when Pokémon GO went viral last Summer it led to an extraordinary spike in Nintendo's share value; though it was partly irrational, even after the inevitable fallback and decline Nintendo was still left with a significantly higher company value than before the app's launch. Although...
Gallery Winning UTGP'17 Nintendo T-Shirts Now Available From UNIQLO
Gotta Wear 'Em All
We love a good t-shirt here at Nintendo Life and as previously reported UNIQLO ran a global design competition last year and recently revealed the fantastic winning designs from over 16,000 entries. These t-shirts are now available to order and are, in our opinion, very reasonably priced. We've picked out a few of our...
News Investors Show Optimism as Nintendo's Share Value Hits 2017 High
A week of steady gains
Just over a week ago Nintendo unveiled its annual financial reports, with the most notable announcement out of those days being the New Nintendo 2DS XL. Beyond that we saw that the Switch easily beat its launch sales projections - shifting 2.74 million units in March - and got a sense of Nintendo's plans for the year ahead. In...
News Nintendo of America Spent Big on Switch TV Advertising in March
Pushing the Switch towards a successful launch
By its own expectations and indeed those of some others, Nintendo had a successful launch with the Switch. It hit company-high numbers and confirmed last week that it beat its own initial sales forecast, with the sense that the hardware has picked up strong early momentum. There are always multiple...
April2017
Talking Point As Nintendo Switch Looks to Rapidly Overtake Wii U Sales, 3DS Lives On
Nintendo backs both systems, but needs improvement in mobile and amiibo
As we await full publication of Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima's annual financial results presentation, early snippets from journalists on the ground in Japan suggest it won't pull up any trees. There's confirmation of unannounced games still to be revealed for Switch this...
News Nintendo Beats Profit Projections as Switch and Pokémon Sales Lift Company
Offers a bright outlook for current year
As expected Nintendo has begun the roll-out of its financial reports, so far in the form of the formal documentation outlining sales and profit margins. In the coming days we should see manuscripts of President Tatsumi Kimishima's presentation and an investor Q & A. For now, however, we have a set of...
News Nintendo Switch Smashes Target With 2.74 Million Hardware Sales in March
Nintendo projects 10 million system sales in this financial year
As expected Nintendo has published its annual financial reports, and the initial documentation gives some sense of how strong the Nintendo launch has been. The sales in March have surpassed expectations, though the projected sales for this current financial year are perhaps best...
Feature What We Expect From Nintendo's Annual Financial Reports
E3 teases, sales, an insight into the big N's confidence in Switch and more
On 27th April Nintendo will publish its 'Fiscal Year Earnings Release' - understandably that phrase may not fill you with giddy excitement, but it's more interesting than it sounds. Typically these year-end results and reports, due to their importance and timing, reveal some...
Talking Point Nintendo Needs to Learn Lessons From Its NES Mini Mistakes
A simple product turned into a messy saga
Based upon the various decent emulators out there, it's not hard to run NES games. They're 30+ years old, and in this modern era of GPUs and accessible operating systems people are playing 8-bit games on a dizzying range of devices. Some of us, of course, spend decent money for official ROMs from Nintendo,...
News Hey! Pikmin will Launch with New amiibo on 28th July
Olimar will finally crash land onto your Nintendo 3DS!
Once again, Captain Olimar finds himself crash landing onto a planet inhabited by Pikmin. It's up to you to team up once again with the Pikmin to overcome the many puzzles and enemies present; you'll need all the Pikmin help you can get to gather treasure and refuel his ship to return home!...
News Dylan Cuthbert Talks About Star Fox, The 'Old' Sequel ROM and Working at Nintendo
Q-Games had a 3DS re-make demo of the original Star Fox pushed back
Dylan Cuthbert is a familiar name among Nintendo aficionados - he was a key figure at Argonaut Software and with the development of the original Star Fox on SNES, and has produced some excellent titles over the last 15 years through his own studio Q-Games. Just recently Cuthbert...
Feature The Best Nintendo April Fools' Day Gags of 2017
Breath of the Wild jelly beans, retro Fire Emblem and more
Well, 1st April has come and the joke articles, social media posts and GIFs have done the rounds. For our part we decided to make fun of Nintendo's inability to keep meaningful secrets over the past year, making up some nonsense about a Mario-themed operation to plug the gaps and stop leaks...
March2017
Weirdness Nintendo Accepts a Real Life Cow Milking Challenge
1-2-Switch just got real
For some mysterious reason one minigame in 1-2-Switch has captured the hearts and minds of gamers across the globe. Of course we're talking about the cow milking game, for which our friends over at Tiny Cartridge did such a good job of capturing the delicious awkwardness of playing. Alarmed by this over-simplification of...
News Hero of Time Orchestral Album Now Available for Pre-Order as Download, CD, or Vinyl
"An epic re-imagining of the iconic score "
The Legend of Zelda is a franchise with some of the most memorable music in gaming, and it's celebrated in various ways. Late last year we reported on an album by Materia Collective that is re-imagining the soundtrack from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; though it's not an official Nintendo product...
News "No Widespread Technical Problems" With Switch Joy-Cons, Claims Nintendo
Number of Joy-Con replacement or repair requests "not significant"
It's not uncommon for video game hardware launches to have teething troubles. The Xbox 360 had the red ring of death while the launch PS4 sounds like a hairdryer. Taking this into account it's perhaps understandable that the Nintendo Switch might have its own share of problems; there...
News Nintendo Lost 'Maricar' Patent Objection Prior to Recent Copyright Infringement Claim
Spun out
Just recently we reported on Nintendo opening legal proceedings against a Tokyo-based karting company that uses the name 'Maricar', citing copyright infringement. The company allows licenced drivers to take customised karts out onto real roads, with services including the rental of Nintendo character costumes. Nintendo was so hot under the...
News Nintendo Wins Court Battle Over Retailer of Flashcarts, Modchips and More
Well known 3DS homebrew hacks cited
Though Nintendo has succeeded in making each consecutive system tougher to hack than others, the company's hardware is still modded and hacked with regularity. It's a debate that certainly raises interesting questions - tools for 'homebrew' that are a haven for curious tech-heads can also be used for blatant...
News Have You Seen The Hidden Message Inside Your Switch Pro Controller?
D'aww, Nintendo!
You'd think that now Nintendo Switch is finally in the hands of game fans that we would know everything about it. However it seems Nintendo have left at least one little secret for players to discover all by themselves. If you were one of the many launch day buyers who picked up a Switch Pro Controller you are in for a little treat...
February2017
News Nintendo Throws a Blue Shell at Real Life Mario Kart
Japanese Company "Maricar" is being sued for copyright infringement
A popular Japanese company that let you live out your childhood dreams and race karts dressed as Mario and company are being sued by Nintendo for Copyright Infringment. The go karting firm that goes by the name "Maricar" lets anyone that holds a Japanese driving license race around...
News E3 2017 Floor Plans Show Another Sizeable Nintendo Booth
Right next to the equally bold Sony
E3 2017 is still quite a while away, but you can bet that won't stop the chatter around the event. With the expo actively selling public tickets for the same event as the media, it promises to be a crowded and rather excitable event this year. It could be a big one, regardless of which platform manufacturers draw...
Random A Round-Up of Quirky Nintendo Valentine's Cards
Mario is red, Sonic is blue, will you be my player 2?
As our lovely video editor Alex says - "You're an excellent person who doesn't need to be validated by an overly commercialised, arbitrarily-named saint's day." But whatever you think of Valentine's Day it is somewhat inescapable. Whether you want to express yourself with cards, chocolates, teddy...
News Tatsumi Kimishima Discusses Nintendo's 'DNA' and Switch Bringing Players Together
"We're seeing that gap between people become smaller"
2017 is undoubtedly a hugely important year for Nintendo, with the launch of the Switch and the continuation of its moves into mobile games and apps. Maintaining the company's ethos and spirit throughout those new challenges is naturally important, and it seems to have been on the minds of...
News Tatsumi Kimishima Outlines His Nintendo Targets, Laying the Groundwork for a Successor
"I believe Nintendo constantly needs to undertake new endeavors"
Nintendo has released the official translations of its recent investor's Q & A, which re-iterates a number of points previously covered, namely that the company won't put those dreaming of a 3DS successor out of their misery by confirming either way, and that everything is awesome...
News Paper Mario: Color Splash and Pokémon Moon Shortlisted for Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
Pokémon Sun fans may picket the ceremony
The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards are coming on 11th March, and will be hosted by John Cena - he'll potentially be wearing tight orange shorts that can't be unseen. Now the shortlists have been revealed; the music category includes such family friendly acts as Drake and Rihanna, and that child-friendly...
News Nintendo's Share Value Takes a Hit Following Financial Results
Also rattles DeNA shares after suggesting other mobile collaborators
Nintendo's most recent financial results were some of the most contradictory the company has released in sometime - overall profits are higher than expected, but operational profits are expected to be down on previous projections. There were big download numbers for Super Mario...
January2017
News Nintendo Sponsors Nickelodeon's 2017 Kids' Choice Awards, Hosted by John Cena
You can't unsee those tight orange shorts
Nintendo of America has embraced the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in recent years, and with good reason - it's given valuable opportunities to promote games like Mario Party 10 and Splatoon, targeting a key demographic for the company. Nintendo is now listed as a core sponsor for this year's event, which...
News The 'January Digital Deals' Offer eShop Discounts in North America
Splatoon! Shantae! SEVERED! Games that don't start with an S!
Today's North American Nintendo Download Update was rather concise, but Nintendo is showing off its Sales and Deals website with some rather tasty 'January Digital Deals'. The best part is that some of the games also have an extra 10% off for My Nintendo members, too. All of the...
PlayStation Now is another example of the creeping role of cloud gaming
It seems an age ago now, but once upon a time Cloud Gaming was said to be an imminent reality - in 2010 it was hot news, with excitable talk about a revolution in how we play games. The concept has always been simple in theory - utilise remote processing power delivered by the...
News Nintendo Life's 12 Days of Christmas - Day Twelve
It's all about the new year
In this video series Alex takes a look at a wealth of wonderful Nintendo-themed goodies, unboxing one parcel at a time over the course of twelve days. If you fancy picking up what Alex unboxed today, click here.
News Nintendo Life's 12 Days of Christmas - Day Eleven
"Eleven pun"
In this video series Alex takes a look at a wealth of wonderful Nintendo-themed goodies, unboxing one parcel at a time over the course of twelve days. If you fancy picking up what Alex unboxed today, click here.
News Nintendo Life's 12 Days of Christmas - Day Ten
Ten-a-plenty
In this video series Alex takes a look at a wealth of wonderful Nintendo-themed goodies, unboxing one parcel at a time over the course of twelve days. If you fancy picking up what Alex unboxed today, click here.
Poll Are You Optimistic for Nintendo's 2017?
There's a lot on the horizon
2017 is a vital year for Nintendo; we think that's beyond dispute. 2016 did have highlights and moments of significant interest for the company, particularly in mobile and with notable Pokémon releases across smart devices and 3DS, but it'll also be remembered as a year in which Nintendo went into a bit of a holding...
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