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Feature Nintendo's 130th Birthday Comes During A Golden Age For The Company
A look at Nintendo’s changing fortunes over the last few years
T'was Monday 23rd September in the year 1889 - a fateful day in Kyoto, Japan - when Ian Nintendo woke up and decided to form a video game company... Okay, there may be a couple of minor discrepancies in that opening statement, although the date and the founding of the company we now...
Feature The Most Important People In Nintendo History
The key figures who got Nintendo to where it is today
In September 2019 (Monday 23rd, to be exact) Nintendo celebrated its 130th anniversary. Founded back in 1889, it famously started out as a manufacturer of playing cards. Eventually, the company went into the toy market with the Ultra Hand, an extendable arm developed by an employee in his spare...
News Nintendo And Your Favourite Game Developers Share 'Happy Holiday' Messages
Ho ho ho!
The holidays are well and truly upon us and the developers behind all of our favourite games have been sharing festive messages for fans, friends, and everyone in between. We've gathered a handful of these for you to check out below, hopefully getting you into the festive spirit ahead of the big day, and also reminding us just how...
News Grab This Glow In The Dark Polter Pup Shirt From Nintendo's Online Store (North America)
Or redeem a new item from My Nintendo
My Nintendo users located in North America can now purchase exclusive hoodies and t-shirts from the Nintendo Store. These designs are based on Luigi's Mansion 3, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and the prices range from $24.99 to $44.99. [image.or
News Luigi's Mansion 3 Is Now Outselling Link's Awakening In The UK
It's also outperformed a few other first-party exclusives
Luigi's Mansion 3 was well-received by fans and critics alike when it was released in October, so how is it doing on the sales front? In the UK, Luigi's third outing is performing quite impressively at the moment in the local game charts, even though it wasn't able to claim the top spot when...
Video Our 10 Favourite Winter-Themed Levels In Nintendo Games
What to play if you're snowed in
The winter season has arrived, at least in the northern hemisphere, and we thought now would be a good time to compile a list of our 10 favourite winter-themed levels featured in Nintendo games. These titles cover bigger series like Animal Crossing and Super Mario, and we've also given a shoutout to a few indie...
News Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto Honoured By His Hometown In Japan
One of four citizens recognised
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto is a living legend and an individual responsible for many of the most famous video game series of all time. He currently acts as a 'Creative Fellow' at the Japanese company and passes his ideas and knowledge onto the next generation of video game designers. Now, Miyamoto has been...
News Zelda: Breath Of The Wild And Pokémon GO Feature In TIME's Best Games Of The Decade List
Here are the top 10
Following on from TIME's list of the most important and influential gadgets of the decade, it has now released its top ten best games. With the Switch being recognised as the number one gadget in 2017, you would think a Nintendo game released around the same time would be featured in this list, and sure enough, one has been. Of...
News Hamster Is Bringing VS. Balloon Fight To The Switch eShop Next Week
Likely to be the last Arcade Archives release of 2019
Like many other companies, Hamster looks like it'll be working right up until the end of 2019. Its next classic game (arriving in all regions next week on 27th December) is likely to be the final Arcade Archives release of the year. It's Nintendo's 1984 arcade release VS. Balloon Fight. This...
News You Can Now Dress Up As Sothis In Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Provided you've purchased the Expansion Pass
Nintendo's certainly been busy with a lot of smaller announcements and reveals this week. Just yesterday, Cadence of Hyrule scored free DLC adding Octavo as a playable character and spooky
News Super-Sized Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament Taking Place Later This Week
Bigger and better
This week's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate event is a a lot bigger than normal. As you can see above, it'll feature super-sized characters including the likes of Jigglypuff, Pac-Man, Isabelle and R.O.B. As noted in the tweet below, the big brawl rule set will be active and the more matches you win, the better the spirits you'll...
News Nintendo Shares Spooky New Details About The Multiplayer DLC Coming To Luigi's Mansion 3
Pre-order now to get a special Polterpup flashlight
As you might recall, Luigi's Mansion 3 is receiving additional DLC next year. Today, Nintendo has rolled out a press release revealing more information about what to expect from this paid content. This special multiplayer pack includes part one and part two and will not be available for individual...
News Someone Has Already Offered $1.2 Million For The SNES PlayStation Prototype
Big money
The owner of what is believed to be the only remaining Super Nintendo PlayStation prototype (outside of Sony's archives) has decided to sell this extremely rare system early next year via Heritage Auctions, after knocking back a million-dollar offer previously. For the uninformed, this unreleased system is able to play both Super Famicom...
Poll Get Your Votes In For Nintendo's Game Of The Decade
Help us by rating your favourite Nintendo games from the past 10 years
As the third number of the Gregorian calendar year prepares to flip over from 1 to 2, it's the perfect time to look back over the past ten cycles and start calculating and compiling our picks for Nintendo Games of the Decade. Nintendo has really been on a rollercoaster over that...
News Isabelle's Twitter Account Will No Longer Provide Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Updates
Lloid the gyroid is now in charge
Update - Tue 17th Dec, 2019 01:45 GMT: Isabelle has officially passed on the Pocket Camp duties to Lloid the gyroid. As of today, he'll be covering all of the updates tied to the mobile game. This clears up the main Animal Crossing Twitter account, which hopefully means we'll get some New Horizon updates as we get...
Random Reggie Probably Had A Bigger SNES Collection Than Most Nintendo Fans
"I had over 80 games on that system"
The former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé has always said he was a fan of the company and while we've heard many stories in the past about the time he spent with Mario and the other Nintendo mascots in his younger years, we don't ever recall him mentioning the sheer amount of games he actually...
News Switch Recognised As One Of The "Most Important And Influential Gadgets" Of The Decade
TIME's top ten
Reflect on 2017 and you might remember this was the year Nintendo launched the Switch. It also happened to be the same year TIME named the system the top gadget. The device managed to beat Apple's iPhone X and Microsoft's Surface Laptop. Now, TIME has put together a top ten list of the decade's most important and influential gadgets...
News Former Nintendo Of America President Reggie Says The Future Of Games Is In The Cloud
Streaming is the way
Although Reggie Fils-Aimé is no longer Nintendo of America's president, he was still able to score an invite to this year's Game Awards as a special guest and presenter. Before taking to the stage, he walked the red carpet of the sixth annual event. Here he was asked by The Hollywood Reporter about "game-changing" moments in...
News Hundreds Of Fake NES Mini Consoles Seized By Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce In The US
Estimated street value of $800k
The real NES Classic Mini sold by Nintendo Since the success of the NES Classic Mini, we've seen plenty of knock-off versions released that have no official ties with Nintendo. At a Triangle shopping center in Raleigh, North Carolina recently, an anti-counterfeiting
Video Let's Play Legend Of Zelda Levels In Super Mario Maker 2
A legendary update
It's been another busy week in the world of Nintendo, with the release of more SNES and NES games on the Switch Online service, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winning an award, and Bravely Default II b
News Nintendo Of America Has 14 Internships Up For Grabs In Summer 2020
Have you got the chops?
If you've always dreamt of getting your foot in the door and working for your favourite video game company, Nintendo of America has a selection of internships open for applications on its careers website. As noted on reddit by user Jeezy1296, the 14 available positions are predominantly at the firm's Redmond, Washington...
News Luigi's Mansion 3 Wins Best Family Game Of 2019
Nintendo dominated the category
Unsurprisingly, a Nintendo game won the best family game award at the 2019 Game Awards. The company filled every slot in this particular category, and in the end, Luigi's Mansion 3 took out the title. It beat Ring Fit Adventure, Super Mario Maker 2, Yoshi's Crafted World and the best-fighting game award-winner,
News Fire Emblem: Three Houses Crowned Strategy Game Of The Year
A critical hit
It's been a great year for the Nintendo Switch, with many top tier games released just about every month. One of the biggest highlights was Fire Emblem: Three Houses, developed by the talented team at Intelligent systems. We praised the game itself when it arrived in July and we're glad to say it's now been recognised at this year's...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Awarded Best Fighting Game Of 2019
Bowser takes to the stage
Nintendo's all-star brawler Super Smash Bros. Ultimate might not have taken out GOTY at this year's Game Awards, but it's at least picked up the best fighting game award. Doug Bowser, Nintendo of America's president, took to the stage to receive this award on behalf of Nintendo and thanked Masahiro Sakurai and his team for...
Delivering happiness and smiles
For 27 years now, Nintendo of America has been helping the Starlight Children's Foundation bring seriously ill children joy, through the power of play. Today, the newest addition in the Starlight Gaming program was revealed: the Nintendo Switch Gaming station. It was officially unveiled at the Mary Bridge Children's...
News Switch Estimated To Have Sold More Than 50,000 Units On Launch Day In China
Welcome to club
Update - Thu 12th Dec, 2019 02:00 GMT: Following on from last week's Switch pre-order data for China, Niko Partners now estimates "more than 50,000" Nintendo Switch Console (Tencent China Version) were sold to consumers in the country on launch day. This data comes from online retailers and Niko's own market model. Online retailer...
News Nintendo Reminds Us To Watch The Game Awards
We'll try not to get too excited
We're now roughly 24 hours out from the start of this year's Game Awards hosted by the one and only Geoff Keighley. It's a time where the industry comes together and reflects on the year that was, along with all the amazing games released. Nintendo will, of course, be in attendance, and like everyone else en route...
News Celebrate '80s Gaming In This Week's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament
Old school
The 1980s saw the birth of many iconic video game characters. It started off with Game & Watch and Pac-Man and a year later we got Mario and Donkey Kong. In the same decade, we saw Link, Mega Man and Samus for the first time ever. To celebrate this era, this Friday, on 13th December, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the Switch will be...
News Nintendo Has Been Taking On An Increased Number Of Graduates In Japan
Figures rise year-on-year
In Japan, Nintendo offers a number of graduate employment schemes for those looking to get a foot in the door. As anyone just coming out of the education system will tell you, any opportunity like this is hugely welcome, and Nintendo has been increasing its number of recruits year-on-year for a while now. The company has...
Video Nintendo Russia Surprises Frozen 2 Movie Audience With Free Switch Bundles
Happy holidays
Nintendo Russia hasn't had the best year, with the CEO Yasha Haddaji making headlines in January when he lost his temper on an official live stream and was then accused of violent behaviour and harassment in the workplace. Fortunately, this Nintendo branch has ended the year on a much happier note. As part of a special giveaway tied...
Random Rare Forgot To Remove A Shotgun From Donkey Kong 64 Before Showing Miyamoto
There was a "look of horror" on his face
Last month, Donkey Kong 64 turned 20 years old. Since then, the development team behind the game has been doing the press rounds to celebrate the anniversary. During a recent interview with Games Radar, one of the creative leads George Andreas recalled a horrifying moment when Rare was showing the game to...
News Reggie Is Returning To The Game Awards As A Presenter
He's back!
Later this week, the 2019 Game Awards are taking place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Although Reggie Fils-Aimé has now officially moved on from his role as Nintendo of America's president, it turns out he'll still be making an appearance at this year's show. After all, he's been a huge part of the industry since he walked out...
News Reggie's Game Awards Appearance With Xbox And PlayStation Bosses Almost Didn't Happen
"I thought it had fallen apart"
One of the highlights of last year's Game Awards was right at the very beginning of the show, as Nintendo of America's president at the time, Reggie Fils-Aimé, shared the stage with Xbox’s Phil Spencer, and ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden. It was a humbling display of solidarity between gaming's major rivals,...
News You Can Now Redeem A Seven Day Switch Online Trial From My Nintendo (North America)
Available until the end of January
Nintendo's online service for the Switch has been up and running for more than a year now. In that time, modern titles like Tetris 99 have been made available as well as plenty of old-school games from the NES and SNES era. Although the service has already got more than 10 million subscribers, Nintendo is always...
News My Nintendo Holiday Sweepstakes Announced, 10 Days Of Prizes Up For Grabs (North America)
Take home some amazing gifts
Nintendo is putting its rewards program My Nintendo to use this Christmas, with a special holiday sweepstakes event. From now until 14th December, you'll be able to enter once a day, and go in the draw to win a daily prize pack. You'll also be entered into a grand prize draw, and the more you enter, the more chances you...
Reminder You Can Now Play As Link In Super Mario Maker 2, And Here's What It's Like
After all, it's dangerous to go alone
At the start of this week, Nintendo revealed Link from The Legend of Zelda series would be coming to Super Mario Maker 2 in the version 2.0 update. The good news is that this update has now arrived – and, as you can see from the video above, we were lucky enough to go hands-on with it a few days ago. It's good...
News Nintendo Switch System Update 9.1.0 Is Now Live
Resolves a minor Joy-Con issue
After rolling out a system update for the 3DS earlier this week without any stability, Nintendo's now released its monthly update for the Switch. Fortunately, this one comes with plenty of stability improvements to enhance the overall experience. More importantly, though, it resolves an issue with the Joy-Con not...
News Hey Nintendo, Can We Please Have Famicom Wars?
You know, the original Advance Wars game
After months of waiting, Nintendo has finally announced the next batch of SNES and NES titles will be added to the Switch Online service next week. There are a total of six titles coming to the libraries in America and Europe, but as usual, the line-up is slightly different in Japan. This time around, it's...
News Nintendo Expands The Switch Online SNES And NES Service With Six Classic Games
Arriving next week
Well, what a surprise. The day after Nintendo told us to try out F-Zero and other classic SNES games, it has now announced it will be adding six – yes, six – games to the Switch Online service on 12th December. Four are for the SNES app and the other two are for the NES app. Arguably the most exciting of the lot is Star Fox 2
News Ubisoft Shows Its Support For Nintendo Switch's Chinese Launch With An Exclusive Rabbids Game
And three other titles
Earlier this year in July, Ubisoft lifted the lid on a brand new Rabbids game for the Switch that looked similar to Nintendo's Mario Party series. In case you forgot, it's known as Rabbids: Adventure Party and was created by Ubisoft Chengdu. Interestingly, it's also a Chinese exclusive. During the official Chinese Switch
News Mario Kart Tour Is Apple's Most Downloaded Game Of 2019
Racing ahead
Nintendo's Mario Kart Tour might have only launched in September, but it's experienced one of the biggest mobile video game releases of 2019. In its first 24 hours of availability, it was downloaded 20 million times and banked $1 million. By the end of the first month, the downloads skyrocketed to 123 millio
News Nintendo Switch To Officially Launch In China Next Week
The Chinese market opens at last
Tencent, Nintendo's regional partner in the Chinese market, has finally revealed the Switch will launch on 10th December for the recommended retail price of RMB 2,099 (US$300). Additionally, games will be priced at RMB 299 (~$42), which is typical for the region. This particular model will come bundled with New Super...
News Nintendo Shows Off New Mexican-Inspired Clothing In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Dressing up
The next big Nintendo Switch title due out is Animal Crossing: New Horizons in March 2020. While there's already been quite a lot revealed about the latest entry in the lifestyle simulation series, more details are always appreciated. This latest morsel of information comes from an event held by Nintendo Latin America, where it...
News Nintendo Reminds Switch Online Users To Check Out F-Zero And Other Classic SNES Titles
How about a service update?
When Nintendo launched the SNES digital library on the Switch in September, it also revealed that additional titles would no longer appear on a monthly basis. Since then, there have been no game updates to the service, and the last time we received an update for the NES digital library was in August. You'd be forgiven...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate Celebrates Its First Anniversary With A Special Spirit Event
And you're invited!
Later this week, Nintendo's all-star fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate celebrates its first anniversary. Depending on how much you've played the game since it was released, it might feel like its launch was just yesterday or a lifetime ago. So, how exactly is it celebrating this milestone? With a limited-time spirit board...
News The Latest 3DS Update Is Now Live, But There's No Mention Of Stability Improvements
Is the system finally stable?
Nintendo has just rolled out what is likely to be the final update for the 3DS this year. Oddly though, there's no official mention of stability improvements. Instead, Version 11.13.0-45 resolves a small issue linked to StreetPass. Here are the firmware notes from Nintendo's support page: Resolved an issue where...
News Nintendo's Mario Kart 8 Switch Bundle Dominated This Year's Black Friday Sales
And Switch was a top Google Trend
As Microsoft and Sony gear up for the next generation of console gaming, Nintendo is focused on maintaining the sales momentum of its current hardware. The holiday period is obviously an important time for these sales, and according to some "early analysis" from Wedbush Securities, the standard Switch featuring a...
"The same general game, but now it's version five or six"
Reggie "The Regginator" Fils-Aimé, former Nintendo of America President, has been discussing - among many other things - how Nintendo believed that before the Wii the games industry was in trouble, with stagnation setting in and increasing complexity in games blocking growth. Speaking with...
News Reggie Asked To Speak To Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Before Accepting The NOA Job
"It actually was a bit of a disruption in the process."
In an interview with GameDaily.biz, former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé has shed some more light on his legacy at Nintendo and his relationship with Satoru Iwata. In particular, he has shared a story about how during his initial recruitment pr
News Win Prizes Every Day Until Christmas With Nintendo's Festive Gaming Calendar (Europe)
Consoles, games and more up for grabs for 24 days
Childish it may be, but whatever your age there is something incredibly, unnaturally exciting about an advent calendar, even if you know there's nothing of value hidden inside. Well, now that December has begun Nintendo of Europe has got into the festive spirit and started its own Advent...
