Tag: Nintendo
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Nintendo’s Latest NES Collection Focuses on Speedrunning
Nintendo has announced Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, a new collection of NES games for the Switch, designed to cater to the speedrunning trend. The set comprises 13 of their classic games such as Metroid, The Legend of Zelda, and Super Mario Bros., however, players are challenged with completing “bite-sized bits of classic blockbusters” as…
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Nintendo Aims to Aggressively Sell 13.5 Million Switch Consoles by March 2025
During the fiscal year 2024, Nintendo reported selling 15.7 million Switch consoles, accordingly raising their lifetime sales up to 141.32 million units. Although this outcome fell short of the previous year, the company remains content with the figures and has boldly signalled plans to sell at least an additional 13.5 million units by March next…
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Reveal of Nintendo Switch Successor Is Slated for This Year, Confirmation of June 2024 Nintendo Direct Announced
Nintendo’s President Shuntaro Furukawa has revealed that the successor to the Nintendo Switch, referred to as the Switch 2, will be unveiled later this fiscal year. However, this news may not please all fans, as he also confirmed that the upcoming Nintendo Direct scheduled for next month won’t feature any new information on the next…
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ESRB Leaks Nintendo World Championships: Switch Edition for NES
An upcoming Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition game for the Switch has been inadvertently revealed by the ESRB’s rating announcement. Rated for everyone with elements of Mild Fantasy Violence and In-Game Purchases, the game will include a collection of 2D challenges and platformer games featuring speedrun and survival modes. Several challenges involve reaching specific points,…
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Switch to feature Inti Creates Gold Archive Collection
Inti Creates has unveiled a new collection titled Inti Creates Gold Archive Collection, set to release on August 20 for the Nintendo Switch in Japan. The collection, priced at 3,278 yen, compiles three previously digital-only games, Mighty Gunvolt, Mighty Gunvolt Burst, and PuzzMiX, onto one physical cartridge. Additionally, an 8,778 yen limited edition version offers…
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Why Samus from Metroid Almost Joined Fortnite and the Reason She Didn’t
Samus Aran from the Metroid series came close to entering the world of Fortnite, but negotiations between Nintendo and Epic Games collapsed due to differences regarding her implementation. In an interview with Game File, former Epic Games Chief Creative Officer Donald Mustard shared that Nintendo was hesitant about featuring their characters on platforms other than…
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Nintendo Will Not Attend Gamescom This Year, Indicating No Switch 2 Debut
Nintendo has announced that it won’t be presenting at Gamescom 2024, according to statements from Nintendo of Europe and Nintendo UK. Although typically a regular participant at the popular gaming event, the company has opted out in 2024 after thorough consideration from all perspectives. However, this doesn’t completely rule out any upcoming reveals in the…
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Nintendo Unexpectedly Releases a Demo for Princess Peach: Showtime!
Nintendo has announced the surprise launch of a free demo for the upcoming game, “Princess Peach: Showtime!” on the Nintendo Switch eShop. The game, set to release on March 22, casts Princess Peach as the heroine for the first time in almost twenty years, embarking on a mission to save the Sparkle Theater from villains…
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Nintendo Files Lawsuit Against Creators of Yuzu, an Open-Source Switch Emulator
Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against Tropic Haze, the makers of the open-source Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu. According to the lawsuit, Nintendo alleges that Yuzu bypasses the company’s security measures, allowing the decryption of games with an illegally obtained copy of prod.keys, thus enabling unauthorized versions of games to be played on PCs or Android…
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A New Pokémon Legends Game Slated for Release in 2025
The Pokémon Company announced another Pokémon Legends installment, Pokémon Legends Z-A, during its 2024 Pokémon Presents presentation. The video game, which is set to release in 2025, was showcased in a teaser trailer featuring Pikachu moving through a city filled with numerous Pokémon. “Pokémon Legends Z-A” appears to trace the origins of Lumiose City, a…
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Nintendo Japan Reveals Change in Japanese Website URL
Nintendo Japan has announced changes to its company’s website, with the updated URL now being nintendo.com/jp. Users who employ the previous address, nintendo.co.jp, will still be redirected to the new webpage. This modification takes the Japanese site closer in form to its American counterpart, nintendo.com/us, rather than the U.K. version, nintendo.co.uk, and represents overall improvements…
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Creator of Mother urges fans to inquire about Mother 3 to Nintendo, rather than to him.
The much-acclaimed Mother RPG series, including titles such as Mother, EarthBound, and Mother 3, has a fervent audience that has long been awaiting the release of Mother 3 in the west since its 2006 release on the Game Boy Advance platform. Recently, news broke that Mother 3 will finally be available on Nintendo Switch Online,…