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Nintendo Slammed With Yet Another Joy-Con Lawsuit

A Quebecois woman has filed a lawsuit against Nintendo over Joy-Con drift. The lawsuit joins a number of others pursuing action against Nintendo over faulty hardware, with many consumers' Joy-Con…

January 20, 2021 | 11:00 EST

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New Pokemon Snap Release Date Set For April 30th

We finally have a New Pokemon Snap release date. The game, which will see you taking fun photos of all kinds of Pokemon, will launch for Nintendo Switch on April 30th. It'll bring with it a whole new…

January 14, 2021 | 08:52 EST

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Super Mario 3D World Bowser's Fury Gameplay Revealed

Nintendo has revealed some gameplay for the upcoming Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. As well as a remastered version of the 2013 Wii U game, the package will also include a new open world-style…

January 12, 2021 | 09:55 EST

Six of the Power-Up Bands that will be used in Nintendo's new Super Nintendo World theme park
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Super Nintendo World Bands Are Also Switch Amiibo

Nintendo has revealed more information about Power-Up Bands, the wristbands it will offer at its new Super Nintendo World theme park. Specifically, the Power-Up Bands will have functionality similar…

December 29, 2020 | 11:12 EST

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Nintendo Leak Reveals Extreme Measures Taken To Track Hackers

An internal Nintendo leak has revealed measures the company took when approaching a 3DS homebrew hacker. The measures are rather extreme and apparently include surveillance of the individual in…

December 22, 2020 | 09:16 EST

The title screen for Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & The Blade of Light
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Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & The Blade Of Light Coming To The West

Famicom classic Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & The Blade of Light is coming to the West with an English localization for the first time. The first game in the Fire Emblem franchise is headed to…

October 22, 2020 | 10:18 EDT

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Nintendo Employee Advocated For Use of Emulators in Testing Games Found In Leak

The Nintendo Gigaleak continues, but this time we go some interesting tidbits of Nintendo History to sift through, and in one case, a Nintendo employee pushing the company to use ROMs. A few days…

October 2, 2020 | 11:30 EDT

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Pokemon Go Link To Pokemon Home Coming This Year

During today's Pokemon Sword and Shield DLC presentation, Nintendo revealed that the long-awaited link between Pokemon Go and cloud storage service Pokemon Home is coming soon. This will let you …

September 29, 2020 | 09:36 EDT

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French Consumer Group Targets Nintendo Over Joy-Con Drift

The Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift saga continues. French consumer group L'UFC Que Choisir is pursuing legal action against Nintendo, alleging planned obsolescence and inadequate response to consumer…

September 23, 2020 | 09:03 EDT

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The Nintendo 3DS Has Officially Been Discontinued

It's official: the Nintendo 3DS family has been discontinued. This means that production of all 3DS models, including Nintendo 2DS and 2DS XL, has completely ceased. Nintendo will now be focusing…

September 17, 2020 | 08:15 EDT

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Nintendo eShop Now Lets You Cancel Pre-Orders

Starting today, Nintendo is changing pre-downloads via the Nintendo eShop to pre-orders. This means you'll now have up to 7 days before the launch of a game to cancel your pre-order if you place said…

September 1, 2020 | 09:58 EDT

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Animal Crossing Is The Second Best-Selling Switch Game Ever

Nintendo's fortunes are looking pretty rosy. The company's financial report for the three months ending on June 30th 2020 has shown strong performance for both the Switch console and Animal Crossing…

August 6, 2020 | 08:37 EDT

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X Rocker Partners With Nintendo For Official Gaming Chairs

Gaming chair company X Rocker has teamed up with Nintendo to create a series of Super Mario-themed gaming chairs. The chairs will launch in the UK and the EU on August 1st. What are the X Rocker and…

July 24, 2020 | 09:51 EDT

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Nintendo Research And Development Spikes To Nearly $800m In FY 2020

Nintendo has released its annual financial report for the 2020 fiscal year. In keeping with standard accounting practices, the 2020 fiscal year covers 2019-2020 since it ended on March 31st of this…

July 20, 2020 | 10:01 EDT

The new Lego NES set, produced in collaboration with Nintendo
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LEGO NES Announced with over 2500 Pieces

Nintendo has teamed up with Lego to announce a new set based on the NES. The Lego Super Mario Nintendo Entertainment System set launches on August 1st and comes complete with a set of nostalgic…

July 14, 2020 | 08:48 EDT

Artwork for Donkey Kong Country, one of this month's Nintendo Switch Online games
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Donkey Kong, Shin Megami Tensei Join Nintendo Switch Online

Some new Nintendo Switch Online offerings have been announced. They include a classic beloved platformer, an arcade wrestling sim, and an isometric fantasy adventure game. On the Japanese side, you'…

July 8, 2020 | 10:21 EDT

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An Additional 140k Nintendo Accounts Were Compromised

Starting in March 2020, 160k Nintendo accounts were accessed via third parties, with Nintendo stating on April 24 that the accounts were compromised via "unauthorized logins" that obtained user's …

June 9, 2020 | 09:39 EDT

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Metroid Prime Trilogy Rumored To Have June 19 Release Date

Metroid Prime Trilogy was listed at the Swedish computer specialist retailer Inet, with a release date for June 19, 2020. Of course, this would be a very quick announcement-to-release schedule, with…

May 25, 2020 | 09:55 EDT

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Nintendo Switch Online Getting New SNES and NES Games

It had been a few months since Nintendo had added any games to the Nintendo Switch Online library, but tonight Nintendo dropped out of nowhere that they were adding three Super Nintendo and one…

May 14, 2020 | 10:15 EDT

A Gamevice in the wild.

Gamevice is Trying to Block U.S. Imports of the Nintendo Switch

Gamevice has launched yet another lawsuit against Nintendo, because they haven't learned from the last time that they attempted to sue Nintendo. Earlier this year, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board…

April 1, 2020 | 10:03 EDT

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New Report Says Coronavirus Could Effect Switch Supply Worldwide

As TechRaptor reported earlier this month, the coronavirus outbreak has squelched Switch supplies in Japan. Now according to a report from Bloomberg, there will likely be Switch shortages for both…

February 17, 2020 | 07:11 EST

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Nintendo's "Iwata Asks " Interviews To Be Collected As Book

Japanese company Hobonichi has revealed that Nintendo's "Iwata Asks" series of interviews will be collected as a single book. "Iwata Ask" began as a series of interviews between then-Nintendo CEO…

June 25, 2019 | 02:20 EDT

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[The Wire] Nindies Showcase Coming This Wednesday

Nintendo has announced a new Nindies Showcase, otherwise known as a Nintendo Direct focused on indies, will be taking place this Wednesday, August 30th. You'll be able to tune in and see the video…

August 28, 2017 | 04:23 EDT

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Nintendo Won't Have E3 Press Conference, But Has Something "Big" Planned

Much like Christmas perpetually being around the corner, so is the Electronic Entertainment Expo. The yearly trade show in Los Angeles opened the gates to the public, making the E3 way more attracted…

April 28, 2017 | 11:15 EDT

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Nintendo Download, Week of December 22, 2016: Opening the Bottle

Both the Nintendo 3DS and the Nintendo Wii U have had multiple titles released this week on Nintendo's eShop, along with Nintendo's annual holiday sales. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is the newest…

December 23, 2016 | 03:26 EST

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[The Wire] 4 New The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Trailers

Today's more prominent Nintendo announcement is still hours away, but that hasn't stopped Nintendo from releasing new footage of the highly anticipated The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.…

October 20, 2016 | 09:45 EDT

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[Updated] [The Wire] Nintendo NX Preview Trailer Tomorrow Morning

Nintendo has posted today that tomorrow morning at 10am Eastern, or 7am Pacific, the Nintendo NX will be revealed with a preview trailer. This means that months of rumors and speculations can…

October 19, 2016 | 09:41 EDT

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Nintendo Files Patent for Console with No Optical Drive

Nintendo has filed a patent for a console that has no optical disk drive. In other words, it does not have a slot for physical media.  The patent, filed February 10, 2015 and published August 22,…

August 22, 2015 | 05:54 EDT

Yoshi strolling through a level in Yoshi's New Island on 3DS
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Yoshi's New Island 3DS Release Date Announced

Your responsibility of taking care of Baby Mario in Yoshi's New Island starts March 14th, 2014 at retail and the Nintendo eShop. This release should start the 3DS's year off strong and prove that…

January 23, 2014 | 06:00 EST

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Nintendo Direct 12/18/2013 Recap

Nintendo let us take a look into its world this morning with a new Nintendo Direct, to show off what it's been working on and what is up its sleeve.   With a surprise announcement of a Tecmo Koei …

December 18, 2013 | 11:23 EST

Toad, Luigi, Peach, and Mario leaping into the air in Super Mario 3D World, one of the focus games for the November 2013 Nintendo Direct
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Nintendo Direct November 2013: Hey, We Have Zelda and Mario Edition

With Sony and Microsoft getting ready to launch their next generation, Nintendo would like to borrow your attention for a 30 minute Nintendo Direct and remind you that it is Nintendo and it makes…

November 14, 2013 | 09:00 EST

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Nintendo E3 2013 Recap

Nintendo opted out of its normal E3 presentation this year, choosing instead to directly share news with its followers through a Nintendo Direct@E3 presentation. This form of presentation was very…

June 13, 2013 | 02:39 EDT