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Poll Tell Us Who You're Siding With In Splatoon 2's Final Splatfest
This is it!
We apologise for bombarding you with Splatoon 2 news, but this weekend is the final Splatfest. It has us wondering if you will be raging against the machine with Pearl and Team Chaos or banding together for a new and brighter future with Marina and Team Order. We want to know - so pick a side in the poll below and tell us how your...
News Class Action Lawsuit Officially Filed Against Nintendo For Switch Joy-Con "Drifting" Issues
"Filed on behalf of purchasers"
Yesterday, we found out a law firm located in the United States was preparing to file a class action lawsuit against Nintendo, based on reports the Joy-Con controllers for the Switch can experience "drift" issues. Now, in the latest development, the lawsuit against Nintendo of America has been officially filed by the...
News Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order Receives A Day One Patch
Adds online multiplayer and resolves a few bugs
The latest Nintendo exclusive Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order has received a day one patch. According to Nintendo's Japanese website, Version 1.0.1 adds support for Online Multiplayer, a DLC Menu and bonus costumes which are obtainable by purchasing the game's Expansion Pass. It also fixes...
News Dr. Mario World Surpassed Five Million Downloads In Its First Seven Days
Making the big bucks
Last weekend, we heard how Dr. Mario World had been downloaded two million times in its first 72 hours of availability. Now, according to even more Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data, it's been confirmed the game ended up surpassing five million downloads in its first week. This makes Dr. Mario World Nintendo's fourth-biggest...
News US Law Firm Opens "Switch Joy-Con Drift" Class Action Investigation
Calling on users experiencing issues
Anger over Joy-Con drifting issues appears to have finally boiled over, with a US law firm reportedly preparing to file a class action lawsuit against Nintendo. Details about this come straight from Chimicles, Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith – the firm currently looking into the possibility of a such a...
News Loki, Cyclops And Colossus Join Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
Yeeesss!
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order is now available worldwide on the Nintendo Switch. To celebrate launch day, the Marvel Games panel at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con has revealed new information about the additional characters coming to the game. The brother, enemy, and antihero Loki is joining the alliance on day one and this...
Video Daemon X Machina Has A New Japanese Trailer For You To Gawk At
Explosions and weapons and mechs, oh my!
Daemon X Machina may have been a tad underwhelming to some in its Prototype Demo form, but developer Marvellous has been taking feedback seriously it seems, and every new trailer we see only makes the game look better and better. That's no exception for this latest trailer either, from Marvellous' official...
News Doug Bowser Says Nintendo Is "Closely Watching" Streaming Technologies
Could it be the future of gaming?
Streaming is being promoted by companies such as Google as the next big thing within the video game industry. The search-engine giant wants to make high-end gaming accessible across multiple devices and remove the current technical barriers and limitations in place with its new Stadia platform. So, what does...
News Splatoon Producer Hasn't Thought About The Future Of The Series Just Yet
"we’ll think of them after everything is over"
After two years, Splatoon 2's development appears to be winding down. It has received an expansion and this weekend Nintendo is hosting the final Splatfest. After this, though, future support will be limited to balance adjustments and monthly league matches. So, what's next for the Inkling and...
News Nintendo Inexplicably Deletes Popular Mario Maker Streamer's Level
A little bit of history repeating
GrandPOObear - popular Mario Maker level creator ever since the original game and general Mario speedrunner extraordinaire - has once again felt the pointy end of Nintendo's moderation stick and had one of his levels for Super Mario Maker 2 deleted for unknown reasons. The streamer (real name David Hunt) has had...
News Train Up In This Weekend's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit Event
Starts this Friday
Later this week on 19th July, Nintendo is hosting a summer training spirit event in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The event will run for a total of three days and during this period you'll be able to get triple the number of spirit points. As you can see, you'll be able to get hold of spirits such as Miles "Tails" Prower from Sonic...
News Nintendo Focuses On Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 At San Diego Comic-Con
The Black Order booth
With Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order launching this week, Nintendo has decided to devote its booth at San Diego Comic-Con exclusively to that game. The event runs from 18th-21st July with the game launching on 19th and the Marvel connection seems like a natural fit for the biggest comic book convention of them all...
News Banjo-Kazooie Composer Grant Kirkhope Doesn't Know If There's A Market For A New Game
"I just don't know"
Around the time of E3 2019, when it was revealed Banjo-Kazooie would be added as a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the composer of the bear and bird's original Nintendo 64 outing spoke with VGC about the possibility of a new entry in the series. In a more recent interview with the same website, the one and only...
News Splatoon 2 Final Splatfest T-Shirts Go On Sale In Australia And New Zealand Tomorrow
Pick a side
If you want to show your fellow inkling and octoling which side you'll be supporting in this weekend's Splatoon 2 'Splatocalypse' and happen to live in Australia or New Zealand, tomorrow you'll be able to purchase a Team Chaos (Pearl) or Team Order (Marina) t-shirt from Nintendo's AUNZ website. These shirts will be available in...
News My Nintendo Adds Dr. Mario World Wallpapers For PC And Smartphone (North America)
Just what the doctor ordered
To celebrate the release of Dr. Mario World, My Nintendo in North America is offering special themed wallpapers for your PC and mobile device. You can select Wallpaper A or Wallpaper B and each one will set you back 50 silver coins. Both are available in multiple sizes and can only be redeemed once. This offer will...
News Dr. Mario World Racks Up Two Million Downloads In Its First 72 Hours
And it has already banked $100,000
Early this week, Nintendo released its fifth mobile game, Dr. Mario World. The game modernises the classic action puzzle formula with a unique touchscreen twist and online multiplayer. So, how has it been received by the general public? According to Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data, there were more than two...
Random Someone Has Recreated The Mona Lisa Using Super Mario World Sprites
Because of course they did
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Nintendo's Super Mario are perhaps two of the most famous 'M's in the world. Amazingly, we've had to come up with a way of introducing both of these famous faces in the same sentence because one clever individual has created one of the most unexpected mashups you'll see today. That's...
Random Grandma Finally Beats Zelda: Twilight Princess After 755 Hours, Internet Falls In Love
"I'm so incredibly proud of her"
The Legend of Zelda is a special series for many of us, mostly thanks to the grand sense of adventure it provides and the memories made playing through its wonderful games. For this gaming grandma, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will no doubt stay in the mind forever - partly thanks to just how much time...
News Nintendo Might Be Updating Some Components In Its Original Switch Model
Standard practice
Nintendo appears to be updating some components in its original Switch model, but it's not the sort of upgrade you would probably expect. According to The Verge, recent filings with the United States Federal Communications Commission suggest the currently available Switch will soon be receiving a new processor and flash storage...
News Nintendo Switch Pro Won't Be Coming This Year
"Bowser says the larger Switch won't get an upgrade right now"
The Switch Lite is all well and good, but what about the rumoured Switch Pro? If it's coming, it doesn't look like it will be this year. In an interview with CNET, Nintendo of America president
News Doug Bowser Says Nintendo Will Continue To Support The 3DS Family Of Systems
"as long as there is demand"
The Nintendo Switch Lite seems like the perfect successor to the 3DS line of systems. It's a dedicated handheld and it's more affordable than the original Switch hardware. Despite this, Nintendo has no plans to drop support for its existing handheld device just yet. During an interview with The Verge, shortly after the...
Video The 25 Best Nintendo 3DS Games Of All Time
What will you play?
Can you believe the 3DS been chugging along since 2011? It outlived the Wii U and has even received a number of games during the Switch generation. With the system essentially on life support at this stage following the announcement of the Nintendo Switch Lite, now is a great time to reflect on the 25 best 3DS games of all time...
Random Turns Out DK Gives Diddy Kong A Little Cuddle Every Time They Sit In A Barrel
In Donkey Kong Country Returns, at least
Let us improve your day dramatically by sharing the most wholesome piece of Nintendo trivia we've stumbled across in recent times. Anyone familiar with the Donkey Kong Country Returns series will likely remember the barrels used to transport DK around each stage; hop into one of these explosive beasts and...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate Splatoon-Themed Spirit Event Starts This Friday
Celebrate the final Splatfest
In the lead up to the final Splatfest for Splatoon 2, a few other Nintendo games are running Splatoon-themed events this weekend. One of these titles is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It's hosting a Splatoon spirit board event, which starts later this week on 12th July and runs until 14th July. You'll be able to obtain...
News Super Mario Maker 2 Players Have Already Uploaded More Than Two Million Courses
And the game isn't even a month old!
Super Mario Maker 2 might have only been out for a few weeks, but the game's community has already uploaded and shared more than two million courses online. Nintendo of America confirmed this earlier today in the following tweet: In this short time frame, we've seen Zelda-themed levels, a full
Video Nintendo Highlights "Games For Every Gamer" With Existing And Upcoming Releases
That's a lot of games
Nintendo of America has uploaded a new trailer promoting a number of existing games in the Switch library as well as multiple upcoming releases, due out later this year. It uses games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Cuphead, and Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age to promote the fact the system now has w
News Dr. Mario World Launches A Day Earlier Than Expected, Out Now On iOS And Android
Check it out
Well, that was unexpected. Nintendo's latest smartphone game Dr. Mario World has launched a day earlier than planned. That's right, if you have a compatible Android or iOS device, you should be able to hop on to your download store and install the game as we speak. Over the last few hours it's been rolling out to various countries...
News NPD Reveals The Best-Selling Third-Party Nintendo Games In The United States
And the best-selling portable games of all-time
Last week, NPD Video Game Industry Analyst Mat Piscatella shared the top ten best-selling games on the Nintendo Switch in North America. Apart from Ubisoft's title Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, there were no other third-party games featured. To make up for this, he's now revealed Nor
News Nike Is Releasing Air Max Inspired By The Nintendo 64 Generation
Get some fresh kicks
According to House of Heat, Nike is releasing Air Max 97 inspired by Nintendo's beloved 64-bit system. Both the shoes and the system were released months apart back in 1996/97, so it's fitting to see these generational icons honoring the era together. The grey on the shoe symbolises the system's controller and the splash of...
News Nintendo Reportedly Exploring Production Alternatives Outside China
Joins other electronics manufacturers looking at alternatives
Video games consoles can be expensive at the best of times and proposed tariffs on Chinese goods by the current US administration have the potential to drastically increase the cost of hardware of consumers. Recently, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft penned a joint open letter highlighting...
News Bethesda's Pete Hines Says "It's Clear" The Studio Is Bringing New Players To Switch
Players buying Switch to play DOOM, Skyrim
Despite mostly skipping the Wii and Wii U, Bethesda has been one of the most supportive third-party developers on Switch. With games like Skyrim, DOOM, Wolfenstein II all on the system, the company's relationship with Nintendo has never been better. As you might expect, the partnership appea
Rumour Super Nintendo World Rides And Layout Potentially Revealed In "Leaked" Images
Including a Donkey Kong area!
As part of Nintendo's goal to maximise the potential of its beloved franchises, a 'Super Nintendo World' theme park is planned to open next year at Universal Studios Japan. You may well be aware of this already, but these new images might just have given us our first true look at how the park will look. The images come...
News It’s Official: The Switch Online Service Has Surpassed 10 Million Subscribers
Nintendo will continue to make it more appealing
The Nintendo Switch Online service might have only been launched late last year, but it's already got more than 10 million subscribers. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed this at the company's recent Shareholder Q&A. The number of subscribers for Nintendo Switch Online has increased...
News Nintendo Not Actively Pursuing Large-Scale Collaborations, But Open To Partnerships
To increase the value of its IP
At Nintendo's 79th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders recently, president Shuntaro Furukawa was asked what Nintendo thought about new competitors entering the video game market and how exactly it went about collaborating with other companies on projects. This was his reply: We consider it to be a very good...
News Nintendo Explains How It Would Combat A Hostile Takeover
“We do have systems in place”
During Nintendo’s recent Shareholder Q&A, company president Shuntaro Furukawa was asked what the video game giant would do in the event of a "hostile takeover" if another company wanted its intellectual property. Furukawa responded by explaining how Nintendo had not adopted any "anti-takeover" measures, but...
News Nintendo Is Actively Investigating 5G Technology
For a future Switch revision?
Shareholders love buzz words, don't they? As far as telecommunication buzz words go, there is nothing spicier than '5G' right now. The telecom sector is ripe with dreams of how 5G will change our lives and is desperate to sell us new subscriptions and handsets. But what does this mean on the gaming front? Nintendo was...
News Nintendo Intends To Create The Next Generation Of Controllers
Miyamoto striving to set a new standard
Nintendo has been a leader in video game controller design for the past 30 years. However, at its recent Shareholders Q&A, it stated how it is actively working on establishing a 'new standard' within the industry. When asked if he thought developers would continue making video games where players were...
News Nintendo Wants The Switch Business To Continue For As Long As Possible
"We hope to maintain sales over a long lifecycle"
During Nintendo's recent Shareholder Q&A, president Shuntaro Furukawa explained how the Japanese company wanted to maintain Switch sales momentum over a prolonged period of time, when queried about the system potentially dropping off when it reached its peak, much like the Wii did. We want the...
News Nintendo Focusing On Switch Install Base To Combat Next-Gen Performance Gap
Strength in numbers
It's well documented the Nintendo Switch is underpowered when compared to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. However, it's currently an accepted differential due to the fact those systems are tethered to televisions and Switch's unique selling point of becoming portability shines through. We've reported on a large number of ports...
News Fire Emblem: Three Houses Director Reveals It Took Him 80 Hours To Complete One Pathway
"More than 200 hours" for all three
The upcoming Switch release Fire Emblem: Three Houses promises to offer plenty of bang for your buck – with Intelligent Systems' director Toshiyuki Kusakihara revealing it took him 80 hours to complete just a single storyline, during an interview with the French video game website, Jeuxvideo. Here's a...
News Samantha Robertson Leaves Treehouse And Moves Into A New Role At Nintendo
Working with the whole family
Nintendo of America's Samantha Robertson has left the Nintendo Treehouse after eight years. Robertson made the belated announcement herself over on her Twitter page. There's no need to be upset about her departure though, as she's simply moved into a new role at the company. She's now the Manager of Product Marketing...
Video How To Use Every Power-Up In Super Mario Maker 2
Power-up your courses
If in-game tutorials aren't your cup of tea, perhaps you would prefer to watch the above 25-minute video, demonstrating how to use every power-up in Super Mario Maker 2. Yes, for your viewing pleasure, our lovely senior video producer Alex Olney has recorded how each one of the power-ups in the Nintendo Switch Super Mario...
News Zelda Is Getting An Adorable Breath Of The Wild Nendoroid Figure
Long hair edition
Good Smile has teased a prototype for an upcoming Nendoroid figure for none other than the Princess of Hyrule, Zelda. The design was revealed at this year's Anime Expo and is based on Zelda's appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. You can see the prototype figure in full below - as you'd expect, it features the...
News NPD Reveals The Top 10 Best-Selling Switch Games In The United States
Mario Kart 8 is still in first place
NPD Video Game Industry Analyst Mat Piscatella has shared the top 10 best-selling games on the Nintendo Switch in North America since the system was launched in 2017. This includes physical game sales as well as digital sales for publishers who are members of the digital leader panel. Nintendo is responsible for...
News The Second DLC Pack For Tetris 99 Will Include Offline Multiplayer
Fun for family and friends
Nintendo's Japanese website has confirmed the second offline DLC pack coming to Tetris 99 later this year will include a mode allowing you to play with family and friends. No extra information has been provided and there's the word on when it will arrive. Next weekend, Tetris 99 celebrates Splatoon 2's final Splatfest...
Video New Dr. Mario World Trailer Shows Off Playable Characters, Abilities And Assistants
Learn all about the game
Nintendo has shared another new trailer for upcoming smartphone game Dr. Mario World, this time giving us a look at the playable characters and their abilities. We get to see Dr. Mario himself (of course), Dr. Yoshi, Dr. Bowser, and Dr. Bowser Jr., all of which have their own unique abilities which can impact your current...
News Chinese Video Game Giant Tencent Forms New "Nintendo Cooperation Department"
Making the Switch
In April, Tencent was given the approval by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province to start selling the New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Switch bundle in mainland China. The news saw Nintendo's shares surge by more than 13%, which was the highest they've been since October 2018. The latest update is courtesy of...
News Spike-Themed Spirit Event Begins This Friday In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Ouch!
This week, the spirit event in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is focused on spike-themed characters. Starting this Friday, players will encounter more spike spirits than usual. These include good and bad characters such as Dry Bowser, Zinger from the Donkey Kong series, the Able Sisters from Animal Crossing and Super Sonic. Spirits with sharp...
News Nintendo Opens Technical Support Twitter Account In Japan
Just don't expect a reply
Nintendo has set up a new Twitter account to provide support information about its products and services to Japanese followers. This one is a bit different to its existing accounts, and far less social, as it won't reply to any comments, questions or direct messages from followers. It's simply there to notify users about...
News This Bowser's Castle Playset Features Super Mario Sounds And Music
Pre-orders now live
Making us feel like over-excited children who are already looking forward to Christmas this year is this Bowser's Castle playset. Measuring in at 14-and-a-half inches wide by 12-and-a-half inches tall, the castle features deadly trap doors, spinning fireballs and a working lift - as well as a figure of Bowser himself. The best...
