The Direct format worked for the first movie’s trailer drops, seemingly as it grossed a billion plus at the box office, so of course Nintendo are using the same marketing strategy with the Direct branding again to generate hype.
Lego was a bit of a surprise, not often you see Nintendo do in-game collaborations with non-gaming companies, think the last one can recall was the Mercedes Benz vehicles in Mario Kart 8?
Would be great to see Nintendo bag the Xmas number one, don’t think that’s ever happened even during the Switch years (predicting it’ll obviously be FC 25)
Comments 533
Re: Hamster's 'Console Archives' Is The Closest We'll Get To Virtual Console In 2026
My initial thought was hopefully Dreamcast games.
Re: Hollow Knight - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Has Been Rated
May get a small annoucement during the Partner Showcase shortly.
Re: Nintendo Explains Why Switch Games Are Still Getting Free Updates
I like this was addressed with stability.
Re: Switch Online's Virtual Boy Adding New Feature To Change Screen Colour "Later This Year"
Hope they’re less headachey
Re: Super Mario Bros. Wonder + Meetup In Bellabel Park Arrives On Switch 2 In March
Upgrade pack is listed as £16.99 on eShop
Re: A 'World Class' Pokémon Attraction Is Coming To Universal Studios
Stimulate all five senses?
Re: Sega Confirms Another Retro Arcade Game For Yakuza Kiwami 3
How very Shenmue.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel - Mario Power Tennis (GameCube)
Japan one looks like the Mario Tennis N64 boxart
Re: Showcase Your Authoritah When South Park And Fortnite Collide This Week
Think they’ve missed an opportunity in not collaborating with Hello Kitty Island Adventure
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's N64 Library With Two Classic Platformers
Best version of Rayman 2 was the Dreamcast port with beautiful visuals & performance for the time, VMU extras were also fun.
Wonder if this means we’ll also get the GBC and GBA versions of Rayman with the Ubisoft support for NSO.
Re: Nintendo Teases A New Lego 'Legend Of Zelda' Set, Possibly Including Ganon
Watch him cost £300/too many rupees
Re: Super Mario Galaxy Movie Nintendo Direct Announced For Wednesday, 12th November
The Direct format worked for the first movie’s trailer drops, seemingly as it grossed a billion plus at the box office, so of course Nintendo are using the same marketing strategy with the Direct branding again to generate hype.
Re: Nintendo Music Updated With Animal Crossing's 3DS Soundtrack
I’m assuming Amiibo Festival on Wii U won’t be making the cut.
Re: UK Charts: EA Sports FC 26 Kicks Pokémon Legends Z-A Into Second Place
So can safely say Donkey Kong Bananza is a continous evergreen release, great stuff.
Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is Getting Collabs With Lego, Splatoon, And Zelda
Lego was a bit of a surprise, not often you see Nintendo do in-game collaborations with non-gaming companies, think the last one can recall was the Mercedes Benz vehicles in Mario Kart 8?
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's SNES Library With Three More Titles
“A game with Mario wearing a bucket on his head!”
Pokémon Red/Blue Trainer will be thrilled.
Re: Random: Don't Worry Folks, Nintendo Says Mario And Peach Are Just "Good Friends"
Makes sense as the whole basis would’ve been baking a cake every time she’s rescued.
Re: UK Charts: Hideo Kojima's Latest Project Leaves Mario Kart World Stranded In 2nd
It’s quite funny seeing two Mario Kart’s in the top 5.
Re: Nintendo's President Apologises For Not Being Able To Meet Switch 2 Demand
Please understand!
Re: Review: Tron: Catalyst (Switch) - A Repetitive & Forgettable Time On The Grid
I’ll stick with the Tron world in Kingdom Hearts 2.
Re: Capcom Spotlight Announced For Next Week, Here's A Teaser Trailer
Ace. Attorney. Please.
Re: UK Charts: Nintendo Switch 2 Annihilates The Competition In Its Debut Week
Amazing result for Cyberpunk, really deserved for all the work CD Projekt RED put into the port and making the a game a full cartridge release.
Re: Everybody's Golf: Hot Shots Has Been Rated By The ESRB
I wonder what those suggestive themes are.
Re: Japanese Charts: The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy Storms To The Top
Animal Crossing just lost 8m in sales haha, along with MK8 Deluxe losing 5m plus.
Re: Mulitple Profie Icons Revamped In Latest Switch Firmware Update
Partly think Nintendo are cackling in secret and purposefully rubbing it in with each redesign to rile people up haha
Re: UK Charts: Surprise! It's Another Sleepy Week For Nintendo
Isn’t that the lowest MK8 Deluxe has charted since the release date (nearly 8 years ago)?
Re: New Nintendo Music Update Beefs Up A Bunch Of Track Runtimes
Stickerbrush Symphony extended is most welcome.
Re: Nintendo Apologises As Japanese Store & eShop Malfunction For Five Days
Please understand.
Re: Rhythm Heaven Groove Announced For Switch, Launching 2026
Seems like a Jan 2026 release
Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond's Official Switch Box Art Is Absolutely Stunning
Feels a relief and somewhat surreal to see official Box Art, 8 years later
Re: Nintendo Has Sneakily Confirmed The Switch 2's Mysterious 'C' Button
C for Channel
Re: Pac-Man DLC Launches For Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble Alongside Version 2.20 Update
Surely the bananas should be replaced with Pac-Dots
Re: Tony Hawk Has Reportedly Demanded Bam Margera Be Included In New Game
What is this, the early 00’s?
Re: Poll: What Switch Game Could You Not Live Without?
Ring Fit Adventure
Re: Nintendo Places Outside Top 20 In Metacritic's 15th Annual Game Publisher Rankings
“Nintendo is doomed”
It’s been a while.
Re: Pokémon Company's CEO Reckons Series Can Reach Its 100th Anniversary
So that would be the 35th generation around that mark?
Re: Balatro's New Free Update Features Crossovers With Assassin's Creed, Fallout, Civ And More
Surely some exclusive Nintendo packs should happen, Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Animal Crossing etc
Re: Random: Switch Carts Survive House Fire Unscathed Thanks To Nintendo's Sturdy Cases
Now that’s stability.
Re: "Massive" Mario Kart LEGO Set Rumour Surfaces Online
An actually Lego-themed course would be great in Mario Kart 9, if they did an in-game crossover.
Re: Special Dragonite Short From 'Your Name' Anime Studio Heading To YouTube For Pokémon Day
Probably unlikely but would love if Radwimps had a song to accompany, per usual with the Makoto Shinkai soundtracks
Re: Don't Worry, Nintendo's Thinking About Affordability With Switch 2 Pricing
£349.99 my guess.
Re: Random: Oh No, You Can Buy A Life-Sized Gardevoir Plush From Pokémon Center
Do a Snorlax next please.
Re: Talking Point: What Do We Actually Want From 'Mario Kart 9'?
Luigi Death Stare
Re: Nacon Expects Switch 2 To Launch In The First Half Of Next Fiscal Year
That confirms a September 30th release at 11:59pm and 59 seconds then.
Re: Random: Donkey Kong Country's Artist Reacts To Nintendo's Redesign
I really wish we’d get an official artwork/screenshot of the new design rather than relying on that blurry screengrab.
Re: Nintendo Music Adds Another SNES Banger, Here's Every Song Included
I love that they included the sped up final lap tracks.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Mario Kart 64
Maybe nostalgia bias but the NA/Europe boxart just captures that awesome epic 90’s cool radness the N64 embodied.
Re: 'Nintendo Music' Adds Super Mario 64 Soundtrack, Here's Every Song Included
Am I the only one who thinks of it as the Jolly Roger Bay theme rather than Dire, Dire Docks?
Re: Opinion: The Biggest Question Of The Generation: Er, Why Isn’t Nintendogs On Switch?
Loved the Nintendogs back in the day, but the games are very much a product of their time and a staple of the DS era.
Still, virtual pets can always be a big selling point for the casual market and maybe they’ll be brought back in some evolved form of sorts one day.
Re: UK Charts: The Usual Suspects Make Up The Top Ten As Christmas Approaches
Would be great to see Nintendo bag the Xmas number one, don’t think that’s ever happened even during the Switch years (predicting it’ll obviously be FC 25)