Category: Nintendo
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 […]
Nintendo Download: 25th July (North America)
Arranger! The Star Named Eos! Bō! The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop – Highlights […]
Japanese Charts: Nintendo World Championships Can’t Outrun The Competition
Powerful Pro Baseball knocks it out of the park. We are back with the latest look at the Japanese gaming charts thanks to Famitsu and, unusually, a new Nintendo release has not taken the top spot. Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition winds up in third in its debut week, only shifting 27,391 copies. It’s hardly […]
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. […]
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 […]
LEGO Reveals New Shadow The Hedgehog Set, Launching This October
Oh Shadow, what have they done to you? LEGO has today revealed a Shadow the Hedgehog bust set, which is set to be released on 1st October 2024. Retailing for £59.99 / $69.99, the 720-piece kit features Shadow’s head mounted on a stand with an attachable nameplate. It all sounds rather sinister when we write […]
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 month, […]
Super Mario World Lego Set Revealed, Here’s A First Look
It’s been spotted in the wild, too. It looks like another premium Mario Lego set will be released in the future. This new set is based on the SNES hit Super Mario World. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Zelda Producer Eiji Aonuma Says He’s “Really Thrilled” About The First Set
The Deku Tree is the “first element” represented in bricks. After ongoing rumours, The Legend of Zelda ‘Great Deku Tree 2-in-1’ set was finally confirmed earlier this year in May. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Zelda Producer Eiji Aonuma Says He’s “Really Thrilled” About The First Lego Set
The Deku Tree is the “first element” represented in bricks. After ongoing rumours, The Legend of Zelda ‘Great Deku Tree 2-in-1’ set was finally confirmed earlier this year in May. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
