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Nintendo Confirms The Obvious: It Won't Be At The Tokyo Game Show
3.9.2021
On September 30, this year’s Tokyo Game Show will kick off. Once again, because of the pandemic, the online-only event will not be in person. And, once again, Nintendo will not be showing up. This evening, Japan time, Nintendo tweeted out that it will not be exhibiting its own games at Tokyo Game...
Global Chip Shortage Will Continue For Another Year
3.9.2021
Earlier this year, Kotaku reported that the global chip shortage, which impacts everything from graphics cards to PS5, was becoming a “crisis.” Now, Toshiba is warning that the shortage will continue for another year. Read more
Toy Pokédex Becomes Working Nintendo DS
30.8.2021
Pokémon’s Pokédex has had a few different looks over the years, but one in particular looks just like a certain Nintendo handheld.Read more
Nintendo's Parent Guide To Securing Credit Cards From Kids
13.8.2021
If you’re a parent, you know. Children can rack up in-game charges if you’re not careful. Not every mom or dad is, or even knows to be, so Nintendo is here to help.Read more
The Absolute Girth Of This Very Wide Game Boy
13.8.2021
Last year, The Retro Future made a very long Game Boy, and honestly where else do you go from there other than making a very wide Game Boy Advance.Read more
Everything Shown During Today's Nintendo Switch World Showcase
11.8.2021
It’s time once again for Nintendo’s Indie World, a semi-regular showcase of some of the cool indie games coming to the Switch in the coming months. This latest presentation features a combination of exciting, brand-new games and old favorites making their Nintendo Switch debut. Here’s all...
Collectors Are Driving Up PSP And Nintendo DS Game Prices In Japan
11.8.2021
While the Nintendo DS and the PlayStation Portable’s 2004 release seems so recent, that was a skin-wrinkling seventeen years ago. At almost two decades old, soon both handhelds will be considered retro.Read more
Nintendo Sold Too Much Animal Crossing Last Year And That's Hard To Repeat
5.8.2021
Last year was effing awful, but Nintendo did great. At this time last year, Kotaku reported that Nintendo’s profits between April and June 2020 increased by over 400 percent—a number that even a year later is hard to comprehend. Understandably, during that same period this year, the feat was hard...
GameCube Emulator Now Has A Built-In Game Boy Advance
23.7.2021
One of the best, but sadly least-used features of the Nintendo GameCube was its ability to talk to a Game Boy Advance. A few games used it, some exclusively, but now a lot more people can hopefully enjoy the idea with the release of a new version of popular GameCube emulator Dolphin.Read more
The Best Switch Carrying Cases
22.7.2021
Even if you primarily use your Nintendo Switch as a living room console, situated in its dock and hooked up to your TV, you’ll probably want to take it on the go from time to time. That’s...kind of the portable’s whole deal. Even figures released by Nintendo show that roughly 80 percent of Switch...
Infamous 'Lost' Nintendo Mean Girls Game Now Fully Revealed
20.7.2021
In the late 2000s, 505 Games and Crush Digital Media planned to release a Nintendo DS game based on Mean Girls, the coming-of-age comedy starring Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams. However, there’s no proof that the game ever came out, leaving many expert DS observers to regard the game as “lost...
The Best Nintendo Switch Memory Cards
19.7.2021
Nintendo Switch storage always has been and always will be a joke. Before Nintendo’s hybrid console released in early 2017, the then-unreleased Dragon Quest Heroes was revealed to be bigger than the available 32GB internal storage capacity. The Switch Lite, released two years later, didn’t improve...
Nintendo Says Switch OLED Profit Story Is 'Incorrect'
19.7.2021
Last week, a pair of analysts cired in a report from Bloomberg claimed that Nintendo’s new OLED model of the Switch contained “upgrades [that] are estimated to cost around $10 more per unit”, despite the console costing $50 more at the register than its predecessor. Today, Nintendo took the unusual...
Nintendo Switch Fans Say They're Fixing Joy-Con Drift With Tiny Cardboard
16.7.2021
Earlier this week, a video by YouTuber VK’s Channel purported to finally have the fix for the pernicious Joy-Con drift plaguing countless Nintendo Switch fans. It is the latest in a wide-ranging number of home remedies attempted by desperate people who don’t want to see 70-80 dollars go down...
Nintendo's Switch Testing Program Just Got Uglier
14.7.2021
When a Nintendo Switch rolls off the proverbial factory conveyor belt, the systems don’t just get stuffed into boxes for sale. Nintendo tests all hardware to make sure that it runs correctly, of course. And as of the latest (and handy) Switch firmware update, the tool it uses to put the system...
Man Arrested For Selling Modded Zelda Save Files
10.7.2021
A 27-year old man in Japan was arrested after he was caught attempting to sell modified Zelda: Breath of The Wild save files. Read more
Black Woman Gets Two World Records For Her Vast Vintage Gaming Collection
9.7.2021
Y’all! A Black woman was named the winner of not one but two world records for having the largest collection of LCD and playable gaming systems and my mind is alight with joy.Read more
You Can Buy The New Nintendo Switch OLED Model's Dock Separately
7.7.2021
Nintendo’s new Switch model has most of its improvements, like a bigger and better screen, on the unit itself. But its dock has also been upgraded with a new look and more features, and Nintendo says that if you only want that, and not a whole new system, then you can buy it separately.Read more
The New Nintendo Switch OLED Doesn't Need 4K, Let's Be Real
6.7.2021
For ages now, we’ve been hearing reports of an upgraded “Nintendo Switch Pro” that would, among other things, allegedly display games at 4K resolution. Tuesday morning, Nintendo surprised everyone by finally unveiling their next Nintendo Switch model, and while there are indeed improvements, they...
The New OLED Switch Wasn't What Anyone Was Hoping For
6.7.2021
For the past couple of years, Nintendo fans have been eagerly awaiting news of a new, more powerful version of the Nintendo Switch. We’ve been expecting a more robust Switch, capable of running games at faster frame rates and higher resolutions than ever before. The Switch (OLED Model) Nintendo...