With the fiscal year having come to a close in March 2021, Nintendo released its full report, and the results even managed to surpass expectations. Thanks to high sales numbers for titles like Animal Crossing: New Horizons and for the Switch console itself, Nintendo had …Read more »
As a result of the Epic Games vs Apple trial, some Nintendo documentation has come out into the public. Part of the documentation says that a “Content Provider” in Japan cannot be involved with “Boryokudan,” which is translated as “violence groups” and can be viewed …Read more »
An animated movie based on the Super Mario Bros. game franchise is scheduled to come out in 2022, but if Nintendo has anything to say about it, this is only the beginning of them turning their products into animation. “Animation, in general, is something that …Read more »
You may recall a story back in 2019 about a gold-plated Nintendo Wii that was sent to Queen Elizabeth II over a decade ago. Naturally, the package never actually made it to the Queen herself, but the shimmering curiosity lives on, and now it’s up …Read more »
With Japan planning to extend its state of emergency until March 7, it’s going to be a while before it’s safe for Super Nintendo World to open. But other outlets are allowing Japanese fans to express their joy for all things Super Mario, including a …Read more »
For a few years Nintendo and Mari Mobility Development Inc. have been duking it out (legally). Mari Mobility Development Inc. owns MariCar, a Mario-Kart-esque tourist attraction in Tokyo and Osaka where you used to be able to wear Nintendo outfits while driving. Nintendo’s initial fears, …Read more »
The qualifications for getting into a Super Smash Bros game, at least these days, consist of “be a video game character.” That’s why you can throw Mario, Mr. Game and Watch, and your Wii yoga instructor into the same fight. Even Sans Undertale makes an appearance …Read more »
Kodansha began the Noma Publishing Culture Award last year, where it awarded your name.’s director Makoto Shinkai, author Keigo Higashino, models Mai Shiraishi and Erika Ikuta, and publishers Ribon and Nakayoshi. This year the award goes to Demon Slayer creator Koyoharu Gotouge, Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: …Read more »
Friday marked the release date of Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, an augmented reality game where you drive a Mario RC car around a track you build in your house. You control it with your Nintendo Switch, which shows the view from the car’s camera …Read more »
The Super Nintendo World extension to Universal Studios Japan was meant to open up this year for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, but got postponed because of COVID-19. However, we’ve gotten an update from Universal Studios Japan on the matter, and they say that part …Read more »
It had a good run, but it’s finally time to call it a day for the Nintendo 3DS. According to a report on The Verge, the Japanese Nintendo website announced the discontinuation of the beloved portable, putting a cap on a nine-year run and effectively …Read more »
When a series of any kind runs for literal decades, the opportunities for less-than-good entries become more and more frequent — and this is just as true in The Legend of Zelda as anywhere else. Turning out games like Breath of the Wild and Twilight Princess …Read more »
On September 14, 2001, the gaming world welcomed a new console to its ranks: the Nintendo GameCube. The ‘Cube, Nintendo’s successor to the Nintendo 64, was unique for many reasons. For one, it marked the first time Nintendo switched from cartridges to optical discs—though in …Read more »
September 13, 2020 will mark the 35th anniversary of the first Super Mario Bros. game, so Nintendo has been making some big announcements. According to Anime News Network, “Nintendo will release a Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. handheld device, as well as the following …Read more »
It feels like, not so long ago, the phrase “VTuber” was completely foreign to us. Most of us knew Kizuna AI, and perhaps one or two others we’d found randomly and subscribed to. But in mid-2020, the anime-style mo-cap stars are big enough to have …Read more »
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