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Random So, Someone Just Bought An "Among Us Shaped" Chicken Nugget For Almost $100,000
After an impressive 184 bids
We like video games. We like chicken. In fact, a combo of the two can make for a truly cracking night in. This doesn't mean that we'd ever spend $100,000 on a game-themed chicken nugget, though, and not just because we'll never be able to afford such a thing in our lifetime. Amazingly, someone has just purchased an...
Random "Spaghetti Legs" Guardian Glitch In Zelda: BOTW Looks Like A Scene Out Of 'One Piece'
Gum-Gum Guardian!
If you think you've seen it all in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, think again, because there's a video of a Guardian with "Spaghetti Legs" doing the rounds at the moment. This new clip from the Breath of the Wild subreddit by Bl4ckm4rs, shows a Guardian being hit at full force, and while its body is sent flying, its...
Random Forget "Can You Pet The Dog", Does Your Favourite Game Have A Crab In It?
Thursday Crab News returns!
It's Thursday again, folks, and as promised last week, it's time for another pinch of CRAB NEWS. Yes, we're doing this every week. Yes, it's actually quite difficult to find crab news every single week. But we do it for you, dear readers. This week's Crab News is fresh from the net: if you're aware of the Twitter...
Random Pixel Artist Reimagines Zelda: Wind Waker As A Turn-Based RPG
The final showdown with Ganondorf could take a while...
Back in March, we asked the Nintendo Life community if The Legend of Zelda was a role-playing series. According to more than half the votes, it's not. What if it was though? A freelance artist known as John Bond (@kaimatten over on Twitter), has shared an image of what the 2002/03 GameCube...
Random N64 Sleuths Are Trying To Figure Out What Game This Old Cartridge Is
Ocarina of Grime
We thought the GameStop stock saga couldn't get any weirder, but the latest drama in the dedicated subreddit is... trying to find out the identity of a dirty N64 cartridge. Reddit user salemxbanks was picking up trash in a local park (what a sweetie) when they stumbled across an old, rusty, dirt-encrusted game cartridge, with no...
Random Who Needs A Switch Pro When There's The Wii U Pro?
Wave storage issues goodbye!
Bored of 'Switch Pro' rumours? Well, feast your eyes on this custom-made, beefed-up Wii U that could put any official hardware revision to shame. Maybe. Yes, Reddit user orlandots has shared a custom modification project that has transformed a Wii U into a, well, slightly better Wii U. This new beast includes a built-
Random Someone 3D Printed Their Very Own Crash Bandicoot Smash Bros. amiibo
"Hopefully I'll get to stick him next to an official one soon... "
We've seen Nintendo fans use existing amiibos to create slightly different ones in the past, but rarely have we seen someone build one from scratch. That's exactly what artist Thomas Dulaney has done. It apparently took him "about 10 hours of work" all up to 3D print and paint this...
Random 'Twice For Nintendo Switch' Twitter Trend Leaves News-Hungry Fans Disappointed
News is pretty non-existent, to be fair
TWICE appearing in a new Nintendo ad for Miitopia It's currently that pre-E3 calm before the storm season, Nintendo hasn't announced any of its plans yet, and everyone in the world is fed up with reading 'Switch Pro' rumours only to find that Nintendo still won't announce the darn thing. News is pretty slow...
Random Can You Spot Your Favourite Pokémon In This Huge Art Piece?
All 898 Pokémon are here, somewhere
18-year old artist Foozhochii (AKA Yousuf Hasan) drew every single Pokémon in a week. You know what we got done last week? A lot less than that. But we can't be too bitter, because daaaamn. Just look at it: As a reminder, there are 898 Pokémon in existence at the time of writing, and Foozhochii would have to...
Random Fan Project Is Making Super Mario Galaxy DS A Reality
What sorcery is this?
Super Mario Galaxy is a classic, and certainly in the conversation when debating the best ever Mario games; it shone on its Wii debut, and more recently looked rather nice as part of the Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection. Imagine, though, if it was playable on Nintendo DS. That's what a group of four talented homebrew...
Random This Kid Tried To Sell His Prized Pokémon Card Collection To Save A Sick Puppy
The dog is okay, don't worry
An eight-year-old named Bryson Kliemann from Virginia, USA was worried about his dog. The puppy, Bruce, was lethargic and acting differently — not like a puppy at all. After taking the poor pup to the vet, he was diagnosed with parvo, a contagious virus mainly seen in canines. Parvo is extremely dangerous, and can lead...
Random Nintendo Of America's President Doug Bowser Is An Extreme Dude
He's living life on the edge!
It's not every day you get to see what the president of a major company does on their day off, but today is one of those rare occasions. Nintendo of America's Doug Bowser likes to share a little bit of his personal life on social media from time to time, and in the latest update, he's revealed his love of mountain bikes...
Random Lenovo Wants You To Know Its New Android Tablet Can Double As A Switch Screen
Riding on Nintendo's coattails, perhaps?
Lenovo’s releasing a new Android tablet, called the Yoga Pad Pro. This device boasts a 13-inch, 16:10 LCD screen with a 2K resolution, is powered by a Snapdragon 870 chipset and offers 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Keeping things ticking over is a 10,200mAh battery. Why are we telling you this? Because...
Random How Many Crabs Can Unreal Engine 5 Render At Once? The Answer May Surprise You
Crabs crabs crabs crabs crabs
It's Thursday, and you know what that means: it's time for crab news. First, a bit of backstory: Unreal Engine, created by Fortnite developer Epic, has been used by game studios since at least 1998. Games such as Rocket League, Bioshock, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and Dragon Quest XI were all built using Unreal...
Random Golf Clubs And 'Brass Knuckles' - Nintendo Switch Accessories Reach New Heights
Seriously, Brass Knuckles
If you cast your mind back to the Wii days, we were graced with more silly plastic accessories than you could wave a Wii Remote-supported Stick™ at. Of course, with the Nintendo Switch reaching similar giddy heights of popularity the wacky accessories are back, just with slightly smaller slots in which you can clip your...
Random Japanese Café Introduces Limited-Time Only Ace Attorney-Themed Menu
Object-YUM
When it comes to Ace Attorney and food, what comes first to most people's minds is the series' slightly strange localisation of common Japanese foodstuffs into American dishes, like Maya's love for ramen being translated as "burgers". But we're not here to split hairs noodles about whether or not a burger is a type of sushi — we're here...
Random This 3D Version Of A 2D Zelda Took Two Months To Make
It's a secret to everybody!
Everyone loves 2D Zeldas. Everyone also loves 3D Zeldas. But what about 3D-2D Zeldas? Best of both worlds, in our opinion. Prolific YouTuber CodyCantEatThis makes a lot of videos with titles like "I made (video game) but with (interesting twist)": over the last year, that's included Minecraft but made of LEGO, Sonic the...
Random We're Getting Major 'Nintendo DS' Vibes From Microsoft's Surface Duo Running Xbox Game Pass
Dual-screen goodness
This week, Microsoft pushed a new update to its Android-based Surface Duo which allows owners to run Xbox games via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. So far, 50 titles are available, but the really cool thing about this is that it effectively turns the Surface Duo into a Nintendo DS-style games console. The catch here is that the Duo...
Random This Dungeons & Dragons Map Is A 4K Recreation Of Zelda: ALTTP's Light World
Dungeons and Temples and Dragons and Ganons
The creativity of the Zelda fandom continues to blow us away. Today's offering is a rather detailed map, made in Inkarnate, a web-based cartography tool that people use to make worlds for their tabletop RPG campaigns, that's a miniature recreation of the Light World from A Link to the Past. The artist...
Random Filling New Pokémon Snap's Photodex Is One Thing, But Have You Completed It In Real Life?
An Absol-utely awesome keepsake
New Pokémon Snap has been available in the wild for almost a month now, and early adopters are starting to complete their Photodex missions by getting wonderful shots of every monster in the game. It's a great feat – congratulations if you've achieved it yourself – but there's one way to make the experience even...
Random One Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild's "Impossible" Treasure Chests Has Been Reached
Here's how it was done...
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has plenty of hidden secrets to discover that'll keep most players going for well over 100 hours, but when you throw the "impossible" treasure chests into the mix, well... That's another story entirely. For anyone unaware, players have discovered that Breath of the Wild features a...
Random Someone Is Trying To Recreate Counter-Strike On The Nintendo DS
Boom!!! Headshot!
If you were one of the many people enjoying PC gaming in the year 2000 (the same year we saw the release of Rare's Perfect Dark on the Nintendo 64), one of the titles you might have played is Valve's original online team-based FPS, Counter-Strike. Although this game never got released on a Nintendo platform, French YouTuber...
Random What If The Resident Evil 8 Bosses Were Pokémon's Elite Four?
Step aside, Lance. There's a new Dragon Trainer in town
Resident Evil Village, the eighth main title in the classic horror-survival series, is an absolute gem. Unfortunately, it's not currently on Nintendo platforms... but we can imagine that it is, thanks to the excellent artistic work of ΛΛoth, AKA @LatterBug on Twitter. The pitch of "Resident...
Random DOOM CAPTCHAs Are Way More Fun Than "Click Here If You're Not A Robot"
R1_p_4N--d...t3aR
No one likes CAPTCHAs. We all understand that they're a necessary evil, to stop evil robots from infiltrating our favourite Metroid fanfic forums and writing nonsense about Samus Aran and Mother Brain kissing, but do they have to be so terribly boring? It's all, "click here to prove you're human" and "please select all squares...
Random Behold This Awesome Game Boy Advance SP-Style Nintendo Switch Dock
Nintendo's missing a trick
The official Nintendo Switch dock is fine and all, but what if you could shove your console into a mega-sized Game Boy Advance SP? YouTube channel CASS Designs has shared a new video which shows off exactly that – a custom-made dock inspired by Nintendo's classic handheld system. It's 3D-printed and comes complete with...
Random "Nintendo-kon" Trends In Japan As Two Nintendo Ad Stars Get Hitched
Love and #NintendoMarriage
We are gathered here today for our daily dose of wholesome Nintendo content. Japanese Twitter was all abuzz yesterday as a celebrity bride and groom began a life of matrimonial bliss and "Nintendo-kon" started trending. What does it all mean? How is this related to Nintendo? Is this a new Joy-Con controller or console or...
Random Forget 'Mario & Sonic', Sega's Blue Blur Has Found Himself A New Crossover Pal
"As part of Sonic's 30th anniversary celebration"
As one of the world's most recognisable video game characters, Sonic is a hot property when it comes to promotional opportunities – as is evidenced by his latest match-up in Sega's smartphone title Sonic Dash. However, while Sonic has previously rubbed shoulders with Mario (in the Olympic Games...
Random Animal Crossing Player Transforms Island Into A Resident Evil Village Nightmare
And you can visit, too
Before last year, we would have said that combining Animal Crossing with anything even remotely horror-based would be a crime against nature and anything doing such a thing should be thrown into the sea. Then all the Animal Crossing: New Horizons x DOOM stuff happened (like this incredible fan-made animation, or this
Random What If Nintendo Made A LEGO Mario Kart Game?
Well, it'd look a little something like this
We live in a world where Mario Kart, LEGO games, and an actual LEGO Mario exist, yet LEGO Mario Kart does not. But what if it did? Over the past few months, YouTube channel Banana Pictures has been creating a LEGO Mario Kart project, taking everything that makes Nintendo's hit racing series tick and...
Random Step Aside Twitter, Discord Is Now Playing Pokémon Emerald
From the creator of Twitter Plays Pokémon
Remember the social media experiment Twitch Plays Pokémon? Last year it was followed up by Twitter playing Pokémon Red inside someone's avatar on Twitter. Now, the same mastermind behind the Twitter experiment is back, this time with a Discord bot that allows Pokémon fans from around the world to play...
Random Speedrunner Beats Super Mario 64 With Nothing But Drums
Super Mario is now a rhythm game. We don't make the rules
Look up. Do you see that? Way, way up in the sky? That's the new bar for coolness, set by speedrunner CZR, who just completed a sub-1:30 70-Star Drum% run of Super Mario 64 using only a drum kit. Let's explain a little for people who don't speak speedrunner. Speedrunners are gamers (and...
Random Did You Know The Wii U Can Burn eShop Games To Discs?
Not any old disc, mind you
Just like the Switch, Nintendo's Wii U only shipped with 32GB of internal storage – or even less than that if you picked up the 8GB white model. If you're the type to buy games digitally, or if you had a pretty beefy collection of Wii U eShop games, you probably had to make use of some form of external storage to keep...
"It makes us a bit of a laughing stock"
We're all familiar with the iconic green Warp Pipe, right? As devoted fans of Mario's classic platforming adventures, we'd very much welcome the idea of a few Warp Pipes dotted around our local town centre, but some residents in Walsall, UK aren't quite on the same page. As reported by Birmingham Live,...
Random Nintendo's Doug Bowser Introduces His Parents To Mario Kart 8 On Switch
Family fun for all ages
If you wanted to get a friend or loved one hooked on the Nintendo Switch, what game would you choose for them? For some, it might be The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild or Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but for Nintendo of America's current president Doug Bowser, the top pick is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. In his latest post on...
Random Fans Are Having A Field Day Reviewing Nintendo Switch's Calculator
"GOTY"
An official screenshot of 'Calculator', now available on Nintendo Switch. Earlier this week, Nintendo Switch got its very own Calculator. It's oddly pricey, and arguably entirely unnecessary, but the absurdity of it all turned it into one of the week's most-talked-about Nintendo Switch releases. We're being serious – news is slow right...
Random Check Out These "Mock-Ups" Of Game Boy Advance For Switch Online
Please Nintendo, we're begging you!
If you're like us, by now, you're probably missing Game Boy Advance games. Nintendo made them available during the Wii U generation on the eShop and also gave them to 3DS ambassadors in 2011. So, what about the Switch Online? Could we perhaps see them on this paid service one day? We're evidently not the only...
A perfectly normal query, if you ask us
Listen, we're well aware that big companies like to do odd promotional stunts to gain attention – who could forget Jedward starring in Nintendo commercials? – but the latest campaign by The Pokémon Company's UK arm really has us scratching our heads. It has enlisted the aid of the England Football Team...
Random You Can Now Get Paid For Finding Rare Pokémon Cards
As long as you're 18 or older, of course
Lockdown has had an incredible impact on many industries, with video games (and related sectors) benefitting massively from the fact that people haven't been able to leave their homes for months. One of the more unexpected beneficiaries of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the world of Pokémon trading cards,...
Random This Rare Accessory Lets You Play Modern Consoles Through Your Nintendo DS
4K, 120fps output has never looked so good
We've seen some pretty crazy console setups in our time, but we didn't expect to see an Xbox Series X running on a Nintendo DS when we woke up this morning. YouTube channel The Retro Future has shared a new video (above) that showcases Microsoft's latest machine – claimed by the company to be the world's...
Random Did You Know Link Can Ride On Giant Barrels In Zelda: Breath Of The Wild?
Do a barrel roll!
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for the Nintendo Switch is now more than four years old and somehow players are still discovering new things within the kingdom of Hyrule. Over the past few weeks, many players seem to have just found out that Link can actually ride large barrels in the game. It appears to have surprised...
Random Elon Musk Appears On Saturday Night Live As Wario
"The defense calls Wario"
On the American comedy show Saturday Night Live this weekend, the billionaire Elon Musk - known for SpaceX and his car company Tesla - appeared as the show's host. If it wasn't already a big enough talking point, he also featured in a courtroom skit on the show as Mario's arch-rival Wario. And even his girlfriend Grimes...
Random The Internet Goes Wild For New Waluigi Render
Look at that tongue, and that pose...
If you're a fan of Nintendo's purple mischief-maker Waluigi, there's not all that much to be excited about right now. We guess that's why his followers on social media are so happy about the latest render of him that's popped up in this week's episode of Nintendo Minute. As our resident render expert Jon...
Random This Minecraft Version Of Peach's Castle Includes A Secret Wario Room
MinecWAAAAAAAft
Super Mario 64 never claimed that it was a realistic rendition of a castle, but still, we have to wonder — why are so many rooms in Peach's Castle empty? Why does she have a massive basement, but no bedroom? Did she ask her architect to include a bunch of long corridors, and forget to install a bathroom? The inclusion of...
Random Behold The Miya 2000, A Rare NES Accessory That Only Works With One Game
FORE!
Like any popular games console, the NES was host to some truly weird and wonderful accessories. Devices like the iconic Power Glove and the Brøderbund's U-Force tried to leverage the huge install base of Nintendo's system, but it's fair to say this was easier said than done and many of these products flopped at retail. We assumed we'd seen...
Random Video Game Companies Seem To Be Loving The Removal Of Twitter Crop
Mario joins in on the fun
Twitter users this week got quite the surprise when the social media platform announced it would allow "bigger and better" images to be shared within tweets. Basically, photos will now be displayed in all their glory. Apart from users, video game companies have also joined in on the celebrations by sharing extra tall and...
Random This Guy Makes Incredible, Wearable 16-Bit Cosplay
Flat-pack cosplay
Cosplayers are basically wizards. Sometimes, they are also literal wizards, when they dress up like Gandalf the White or Dumbledore, but we mean in terms of their creative skills — sewing, sculpting, and sometimes even electronics are all part of making a detailed, true-to-life cosplay of a beloved character. Here at Nintendo...
Random Someone Hire This Man To Do Pokémon TCG Art
Step aside, Smeargle
Trading card art is underrated. The variety of card art, even today, is astounding — and though the ones you remember most from the Pokémon TCG are probably the Fat Pikachu, the holographic Charizard, and Professor Oak standing in front of a concret
Random Two Of The Most Hated Zelda Games Have Now Been Totally Randomized
Will it make you play them again, though?
While the Zelda series is one of the most popular video game franchises of all time, there are two instalments in the lineage that have been largely passed over by even the most hardcore of fans: the non-canon Wand of Gamelon and The Faces of Evil, two titles produced by for the
Random Want To Develop For Nintendo Switch? Better Make Sure You're Not A Yakuza, Then
We hope you don't plan to use "threat or violence in connection with transactions"
Remember all that fuss between Epic Games and Apple regarding Fortnite on the App Store? Well, the court trial involving these two giants is currently underway, and as part of the legal proceedings, Nintendo has kindly provided its own publisher contract. While much...
Random Miitopia's New Tools Are Awesome - But We Still Can't Hide The Nose
No one nose how
Some people have a fear of spiders. Some have a phobia of heights. But I, dear reader, am terrified of the mortifying ordeal of being known. I do not wish to be perceived. And, like a beating heart at the centre of that fear, I specifically do not wish for anyone to be able to see my nose. Mii makers, for years, have been...
