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Random New Zelda: OOT Speedrunning Route Requires A Wii U GamePad And A Rubber Band
But is it legal?
The world of Zelda: Ocarina of Time speedrunning is a wild one. The best of the best have Any% runs down to under four minutes these days, but there's still hope that it can be done faster. And so we reach the latest discovery, one that utilises a Wii U GamePad and a rubber band to shave three to four seconds off the current world...
News Nintendo Of Europe Completes Plan To Merge Subsidiaries
All hail NoE SE
In addition to its usual financial shenanigans, Nintendo has announced that its plan to merge its European subsidiaries under one banner is now complete. The merger - the details of which were originally divulged back in November 2022 - saw the likes of Nintendo France, Nintendo Benelux, and Nintendo Ibérica effectively cease to...
Random Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Sold Better Than Tears Of The Kingdom Last Quarter
Showing the youngsters how it's done
Well, we weren't expecting this. After crunching some of the numbers from Nintendo's latest financial report, it turns out that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - which was a launch game in 2017, mind - actually sold better than its direct sequel, Tears of the Kingdom, during Q1 of FY2025 (cheers, Mr. Jon...
News Nintendo Notes A Rise In Research And Development Costs As 'Switch 2' Looms
Whatcha working on?
File this one in a box labelled "Huh, makes sense", because Nintendo has confirmed that its selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) expenses rose by 2.4% year-on-year during its latest financial report. "Okay, so?", you might ask, and it's a fair question. While certainly not a particularly noteworthy announcement on its...
News Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door And Luigi's Mansion 2 HD Both Surpass One Million Sales
A good day for Mario and friends
Nintendo has published its financial results for the first quarter of FY2025 and we have a couple of first-party titles that have crossed their first major milestone. If the headline hadn't given it away already, Luigi's Mansion 2 HD and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door have both surpassed one million sales...
News Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of June 2024
Change may be afoot
Nintendo has published its latest financial data for Q1 of FY2025, and as part of that, we've got an updated look at the top ten best-selling games list for the Switch. The order stays the same with some minimal additions to the total sales figures, but there may be a shift in the coming months. Take a look at Zelda: Tears of...
News Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Upcoming Switch Games
Four first-party servings left for 2024
Nintendo has released its Q1 financial report for FY2024 and, as usual, has published its timetable for 2024/25 releases for its upcoming first-party Switch line-up. There are no surprises here if you've been keeping up with release date news, but following the June 2024 Nintendo Direct, this is the first one...
News Nintendo Switch Sales Hit 143 Million As Hardware And Software Figures Decline
The TOTK and Mario Movie effects take their toll
Nintendo has published its financial results for the first quarter of the 2024/25 fiscal year, revealing that Switch hardware sales now stand at 143.42 million units sold (as of 30th June 2024). This is up from 141.32 million as reported in May, with Nintendo selling 2.1 million consoles across the...
More multiplayer madness coming later this month
Nintendo has announced the Mega Multiplayer Festival, a season of multiplayer-themed events running throughout August. The proceedings kick off today with the Mega 12 + 2 promotion, adding an extra two months onto all 12-month Nintendo Switch Online memberships purchased between 1st August and 8th...
News Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Soundtrack Now Available, But Only In Japan
You can import a copy, if you really want it
To mark the first anniversary of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom earlier this year, Nintendo lifted the lid on a new soundtrack featuring a whopping 344 tracks across 9 discs. The Limited Edition version also includes a Master Sword USB containing 15 high-resolution sound sources. As of this...
Anniversary The Game Boy Is Now 35 Years Old (North America)
Now you're playing with portable power
There were already some celebrations for the Game Boy's 35th anniversary earlier this year in April, but this week technically marks 35 years since the western release of Nintendo's popular handheld. Yes, this classic system - packed with experiences like Super Mario Land, Tetris, and the Pokémon series...
Poll Which Is Your Favourite Nintendo Game Cartridge Design?
Works of cart
We love video games in whatever form they're delivered. Give us a disc or a stick or a digital download - if the game's a good'un, we'll be happy whatever the format. However, around these parts, we're undeniably partial to the heft and clunk of a good old cartridge. Perhaps it's because we're gamers of, ahem, a certain vintage who...
News Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Artist Celebrates Second Anniversary With New Illustration
Spotlighting Eunie
This week marks the second anniversary of the Switch exclusive Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and while there's nothing planned for this occasion, it seems the game's character designer Masatsugu Saito has shared some new artwork on his social media page. It's an illustration of the character Eunie, with some English text on the side to...
Rumour Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games "Finished"
Update: IOC apparently wanted to explore new deals, NFTs and esports
Update [Wed 31st Jul, 2024 00:30 BST]: Following his comments on social media, Lee Cocker has now told Eurogamer it was the International Olympic Committee that decided to end its partnership with Nintendo and Sega to explore new partner deals, NFTs and esports. "They wanted to...
Talking Point Will The Switch Ever Get A 'Nintendo Selects' Range?
Discounted delights
Before the June Direct came along, we were starting to think that 2024 would be the year of remakes and remasters on Switch. We had Another Code: Recollection, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Luigi's Mansion 2 HD already banked and that
News Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Ganondorf Figma Scores 2025 Release, Pre-Orders Now Live
"Do not look away"
After being teased earlier this year, Good Smile Company has finally given us a proper look at the upcoming Tears of the Kingdom Ganondorf figma and it's a beauty. Set to release in Q4 2025, the highly-detailed figure retails for $84.99 / €104 (or your regional equivalent) and pre-orders are now live from both the North...
PSA Receive 1,000 Gold Points With This Switch Online Family Membership Offer (North America)
A "limited time" offer
Nintendo is currently running a "limited time" promotion where you can earn 1,000 My Nintendo Gold Points when you purchase or renew a 12 month family membership for NSO or the Expansion Pack service. This offer is currently open to residents located in North America and will be available until 11th August 2024. These Gold...
News Super Smash Bros. N64 Storyboard Artwork Discovered
Depicting the opening movie
The original storyboard documents for Super Smash Bros. on the Nintendo 64 have been discovered online. David V. Kimball, a marketing director and content creator who has previously made videos about Super Smash Bros. Melee, stumbled across the design documents — drawn by Masahiro Sakurai — by using the Wayback...
UK Charts Luigi's Mansion 2 HD Starts To Slip In A Quiet Week
M-m-mariooooo?
We are back with our latest look at the UK physical gaming charts and, in a quiet week for new releases, might we finally be seeing Luigi's Mansion 2 HD starting to slip? Nintendo's latest remaster has slid down to fifth this time, with the behemoths of Hogwarts Legacy, EA Sports FC 24 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe climbing above it. The...
Soapbox 20 Years After His Last Mainline Appearance, Tingle Deserves A Comeback
Yes, TWENTY years
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Jim is manifesting a comeback for Zelda's most iconic NPC... If you have made it past the headline, chances are you fall into one of the following camps. One: You believe that...
Poll Do You Prefer Fire Emblem: Three Houses Or Engage?
Fight fire with fire
Believe it or not, today marks five years since Fire Emblem: Three Houses launched on Switch. We'd imagine that most of you SRPG fans out there have polished it off by this point — we'd go even further to wager that you have likely done the same for its successor, Fire Emblem Engage, which is now a little over a year old...
News AI Generator Scraped YouTube Videos Without Permission, Including Nintendo's
Uh oh...
Runway, the multi-billion dollar company claiming to 'move creativity forward' with artificial intelligence (yuck!) has reportedly trained its text-to-video generator by scraping thousands of videos from YouTube, potentially including several of Nintendo's channels. As discovered and reported by 404 Media, the information comes via a...
Random Zelda: TOTK Meets Super Mario 64 In Latest Ridiculous Ultrahand Creation
Here we goooo!
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players are still creating utterly ridiculous contraptions using the game's Ultrahand ability, but this latest build that injects a bit of Super Mario 64 into the experience might be one of the best ones yet. Posted to social media by @saiotoko002, the creation is undoubtedly bolstered by the...
News Famicom Controllers For Switch Are Now Up For General Sale In Japan
Switch Online membership no longer required
Just recently, we reported on the newly announced Official Joy-Con Charging Stand for the Switch (which is totally to allow users to charge their Joy-Con when used as additional controllers with the 'Switch 2' - wait, where are our tinfoil hats?). Amid all the initial confusion, however, we happened to...
Poll Are You Ready To Move On From The Switch?
It's not you, it's me
Earlier this year, Nintendo finally caved under the overwhelming weight of customer and shareholder expectations and announced that the successor to the Switch would be revealed "within this fiscal year", aka before the end of March 2025. For many, it marked the beginning of an exciting new chapter in gaming. Although fans...
News New Pokémon Snap Is The First Official Pokémon Release In China Since 2000
Albeit with some minor alterations
After China finally ended the complete ban on the production, import, and sales of video game consoles, in effect from 2000 to 2015, its doors were opened to the official release of Nintendo titles. Although the Switch itself would be subject to several alterations in the country to effectively region-lock the...
News Nintendo Live Threat Culprit Sentenced To One Year In Prison
All because he kept losing at Splatoon 3
The man charged with sending threats to Nintendo, leading to the cancellation of Tokyo's Nintendo Live event earlier this year, has been sentenced to one year in prison following a court ruling (thanks, Splatoon Torikara & Nintendo Everything). The 27-year-old individual admitted to his crimes last...
News Super Mario World Lego Set Revealed, Here's A First Look
Pre-orders are now live
Update: Pre-orders for this set are now live on the Lego website. It's priced at $129.99 / £114.99. Below is a look: <products id="27207"> <products id="27206"> Original: It looks like another premium Mario Lego set is on the way, and this time it's based on the SNES hit Super Mario World. Following leaked...
Random We'd Kill A Bokoblin To Get This Zelda: BOTW Switch Cartridge Case
Better than finding opals, anyway
One of the coolest examples of the emergent gameplay in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was the selection of outposts scattered throughout Hyrule, largely comprised of Bokoblins and other hapless beasts. Defeating them would unlock a nearby treasure chest, often containing a variety of goods including...
Random Nintendo's New 'Button Collection' Toys Can Be Used For Real Controller Repairs
Can we fix it?
Yesterday, Nintendo revealed a new range of gashapon fidget toys based on the SNES, N64 and GameCube controllers. We were quick to throw in the Futurama "Take my money!" gif after an initial glance (even though they are still only available in Japan for the time being), but, on closer inspection, it turns out they are even cooler than...
News Mario + Rabbids Director Davide Soliani Leaves Ubisoft After 25 Years
"Thanks a lot for everything, truly"
Davide Soliani, the creative director for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and its sequel, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, has announced he has left Ubisoft after 25 years. Posted on social media, the announcement states "After 25 years, 11 of which beautifully spent working with Nintendo on Mario+Rabbids along...
News Nintendo Strips Team Jackpot Of Splatoon 3 World Championship Win
"acted in a manner not in line with our Community Guidelines"
Nintendo has stripped the team that won the recent 2024 Splatoon 3 World Championships of its first place win following evidence of racist behaviour from "certain members of team Jackpot". In an official statement released by the official Nintendo Versus account on Twitter, the company...
News Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Weekly Challenges #2 Now Live
Test your speedrunning skills in five different games
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition has been out for less than a week and Nintendo is already rolling out a new batch of weekly challenges. This time you'll be competing in NES classics like Metroid, Super Mario Bros., and Donkey Kong. As you can see below there are two normal and two hard...
UK Charts Luigi's Mansion 2 HD Stands Firm While Sales Shake Things Up
Remastered strength
After a brief delay, the latest UK charts are in and while all of the familiar faces remain at the top, Prime Day sales have shaken things up elsewhere. The top three are unchanged this time around, with Hogwarts Legacy, EA Sports FC 24 and Luigi's Mansion 2 HD claiming the podium. The only real surprises in the top ten this...
News Nintendo Expands 'Controller Button Collection' In Japan With SNES, N64 & GameCube Keychains
Pushing buttons
Nintendo Japan has today revealed six new designs joining the 'Controller Button Collection' — a range of miniature fidget cube-like keychains inspired by classic Nintendo controllers. On top of the initial NES and Famicom designs, the collection now also includes buttons and sticks based on the SNES, N64 and GameCube. There are...
News Nintendo Reminds Us Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Is Now 20 Years Old
The GameCube classic debuted in 2004
Nintendo doesn't tend to acknowledge the GameCube too often, but it has made a special exception this week, reminding followers on social media accounts about one important anniversary. Yes, today marks, the 20th anniversary of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on the GameCube in Japan. This classic is often...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition?
Championship score?
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition has been out on Switch for a few days now, bringing with it plenty of fast-paced retro delights and highlights. Inspired by the Nintendo World Championships and acting as a sort of spiritual follow-up to the NES Remix games, it was a bit of a surprise announcement back in May. Yep,...
News More Pikmin Terrarium Figures Are On The Way, And They're Expectedly Adorable
Bottle it up
Last year, Japanese toy company Re-Ment released a range of Pikmin terrarium figures and we collectively lost our minds over their cuteness. Well, guess what? There's a new collection coming to Japan this Winter and we are once again itching to get our hands on them. Re-Ment took to Twitter to reveal the new collection, which this time...
News Digital Foundry Hails Luigi's Mansion 3 As The Best-Looking Exclusive Switch Game
Lean, green, and mean
Digital Foundry has put out a new video taking a look at some of the best-looking Nintendo Switch exclusives since the console launched in 2017. There are some pretty obvious choices here that won't come as a surprise to regular readers, including the likes of Metroid Prime Remastered, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Zelda: Tears of...
News Circana Reveals Top 10 'Best-Selling Star Wars Games' In The US
An updated list as of May 2024
Star Wars games have evolved over time and if you're wondering what the most popular games are based on this galaxy far, far away, read on... Circana has released an "updated list" of the "best-selling Star Wars games" in the US according to lifetime dollar sales. This list dates back to January 1995 and runs up until...
Every TMNT game on Nintendo consoles, ranked by you
Remember, this is a reader-ranked list based on each game's User Rating in our database, which means it's subject to real-time change, even now. if you've played Wrath of the Mutants, or any other Turtles game below, you can rate it from 1-10 and influence the order. This recently released Switch...
News The Pokemon Company Will Be One Of The 'Line-Up Highlights' At Gamescom
However, Nintendo won't be attending this year
Gamescom will take place in Germany next month and although Nintendo won't be attending the event, it seems The Pokémon Company will feature as one of the "line-up highlights" between 21st - 25th August 2024. Alongside Pokémon, some other companies mentioned include Sony, Square Enix, THQ Nordic,...
News Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Hololive VTuber Tournament Announced
A Nintendo sponsored event
As part of the Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Switch launch this week, Nintendo has announced it's sponsoring a special competition featuring a bunch of Hololive VTubers. This tournament will take place on 29th July (aka next week) and is being broadcast on the official Hololive YouTube channel. The VTubers...
News Nintendo Reveals New Splatoon 3 Merch For September's 'Grand Festival' Splatfest
Including some Platinum Point pick-ups
Nintendo Japan has released a fresh batch of Splatoon 3 merchandise to tie in with the upcoming 'Grand Festival' Splatfest and it's looking preeeety sweet. Now, this was technically revealed during the barrage of Splatoon 3 amiibo / Splatfest news last night, but with so much coming in at once, we thought it...
News Switch Online NES Controller Limited-Time Sale Now Live (North America)
Get 20% off the regular price
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition can be played with all sorts of controllers, but if you want to perfectly recreate the retro speedrunning magic, you're going to need the official wireless NES controllers. Thankfully, they're currently on sale. Switch Online members in the US and Canada can now get 20% off...
News Nintendo Announces Official Switch Joy-Con Charging Stand
Out this October in North America and Europe
Update [Fri 19th Jul, 2024 02:30 BST]: Nintendo has also confirmed this product will be arriving in North America and Europe on 17th October 2024. One of the photos below also shows the Switch Online NES controller connected to the stand in place of the Famicom controller. Original article [Thu 18th...
News Splatoon 3 Fresh New Update Now Live (Version 8.1.0), Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Adjustments, bug fixes and more
Update [Thu 18th Jul, 2024 05:30 BST]: Here's your reminder that this update for Splatoon 3 is now officially live. It will bump the game up to Version 8.1.0 and comes with multiple adjustments, changes and fixes covering player controls, multiplayer and more. You can see the original story below: Original story...
News Switch Online's Missions & Rewards Adds Luigi's Mansion 2 HD Icons
Update: The final wave is now available
Update #3 [Thu 18th Jul, 2024 03:30 BST]: We've officially reached the fourth and final wave of Luigi's Mansion 2 HD icons. This latest selection once again features some icons of Luigi, Polterpup, and this time we've even got King Boo! Here's a look at every icon on offer courtesy of NSO Icons Alerts on X...
News Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Receives A Launch Update
Here are the full patch notes...
Launch updates have become increasingly common with new games during the Switch generation, and the latest game to receive a patch like this is Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. Nintendo has just rolled out Version 1.1.0 which adds in Survival Mode to the game and also fixes multiple issues. Here are the...
Talking Point Could Ganondorf Ever Be The Star Of A Zelda Game?
Gerudo or Gerudon't?
After decades of patiently explaining to elderly relatives, "No, Zelda is the princess", 2024 is going to be the year that Grandma is finally right. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is boldly going where no mainline series entry has gone before by putting the titular princess in the driver's seat. How shocking! How bold!...
