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The Nintendo Download: The Strange Olympics
17.6.2021
The constant flow of new Nintendo Switch games slows to a relative trickle in the wake of E3 2021, with only 23 new games coming to the Switch eShop this week. They include Rebellion’s 2018 co-op supernatural shooter Strange Brigade, and Sega’s fresh take on the Tokyo Olympics. Read more
Breath Of The Wild 2 Looks A Lot Like Skyward Sword, Huh?
15.6.2021
The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword is perhaps one of the most divisive main titles in the entire Legend of Zelda series. But with a new HD re-release and elements seen in today’s Breath of the Wild 2 trailer, Nintendo seems to want to rehab Skyward Sword’s reputation.Read more
Nintendo Briefly Shows Off Skyward Sword HD Details
15.6.2021
Today, during Nintendo’s E3 presentation, we got another peek at The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD. The HD remaster of the 2011 Wii title will be released on the Nintendo Switch July 16 and is available for pre-order now.Read more
The Best Moments In E3 History
8.6.2021
Before E3, everyone gets excited for the big new announcements. But after E3, all anyone remembers—and cherishes—are the kind of screw-ups, misfires and awkward heroism you can only get when corporate executives and video game developers have to get on stage and act like salespeople in front...
The Nintendo Download: Save Us, Super Hero Girls
3.6.2021
This week sees a mighty torrent of 47 new games barreling towards the Nintendo eShop. Can the DC Super Hero Girls save us from this tidal wave of games, or are they part of the problem? Read more
It's 10 Years Since You First Didn't Plan To Buy A Wii U
2.6.2021
Cast your minds back, nostalgia fans, to those halcyon early summer days of June 2011. It was E3, back when people met together in buildings and when people still cared about E3, that Nintendo revealed the follow-up to their astonishingly popular Wii console. Yes, as Reggie Fils-Aimé took...
The Nintendo Download: Color Dots Connect Color Dots
27.5.2021
There are 39 games coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop this week. One of them is called Color Dots Connect. Another is called Connect Color Dots. They are two different versions of the same sort of puzzle game. Nintendo really needs to rein this nonsense in. Read more
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
21.5.2021
Did you know the weekend was the best possible time to play an absurdist take on the traditional Japanese role-playing game? I just made that up, but it’s probably true. Read more
The PS2, GameCube, And Game Boy Advance Are All Officially Retro Now, It Seems
14.5.2021
Maybe you already thought they were! To be honest, I’m not sure if I did, but that doesn’t really matter. Retro game master Shinya Arino thinks so!Read more
The Wait Is Over: Calculator Debuts For Nintendo Switch
12.5.2021
Today, after weathering a presumably blistering fan campaign (Project Nerdfall?), Nintendo added a Calculator app to the Nintendo eShop. For 10 whole-ass American dollars you can purchase what comes in every other phone, tablet, and computer for free.Read more
The Nintendo Download: Lo-Fi Skateboarding And Pretty Girls Poker
6.5.2021
It’s Nintendo Download day, the day when we get a look at the *checks list* 30 new games coming to the Switch eShop over the coming week. This week’s activities include chilling on a skateboard and playing poker with those boom anime babes that make you think the wrong thing. Read more
Trapný dar pro Alžbětu II. znovu na scéně. Zlatá konzole Wii míří do dražby
2.5.2021
Na aukčním portále eBay se objevila unikátní kopie videoherní konzole Wii od Nintenda. Je vyrobena ze zlata a byla určena jako dar pro britskou královnu Alžbětu II. Ta ji ovšem nikdy nepřijala, a pokud zrovna máte po ruce šest a půl milionu korun, může být vaše
A Golden Wii Made For Queen Elizabeth II Is Now For Sale
28.4.2021
Back in 2009, as part of a publicity stunt for...Big Family Games, publisher THQ commissioned the creation of a golden Nintendo Wii, and had it delivered to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.Read more
The Nintendo Download: That SaGa Frontier Life
15.4.2021
Last week we restarted our weekly Nintendo Download feature, highlighting 31 games released for the Switch over the course of seven days. This week only sees 30 new games joining the lineup, including SaGa Frontier Remastered, FEZ, Pocoyo Party, and a bunch of crap you’ve never heard of. Read more
The Nintendo Download: 31 New Games For The Switch This Week
8.4.2021
Every week, Nintendo releases a list of new games coming to the Switch. It is, almost always, a very long list. This week’s list includes Spry Fox’s Cozy Grove, Switch Online exclusive Pac-Man 99, the Switch version of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV, and 28 more games, many of which...
Xbox Is Supporting Old Games, While Sony And Nintendo Are Leaving Them Behind
1.4.2021
Yesterday, Microsoft made it possible to instantly stream a bunch of older Xbox 360 and original Xbox games to any device compatible with Game Pass. It’s another piece of evidence that Microsoft is taking backward compatibility very seriously this time around, and that Sony and Nintendo have fallen...
Wind Waker Speedrunners Finally Found A Way To Skip Cutscenes
1.4.2021
The latest trick in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker speedrunning has the potential to do away with the game’s previously unskippable cutscenes entirely.Read more
Animal Crossing Sanrio Amiibo Cards Sell Out Immediately, Make Everyone Sad
26.3.2021
The Target-exclusive six-pack of Animal Crossing: New Horizons Sanrio Amiibo cards went on sale this morning at 9am and sold out almost immediately. Moments later the six-dollar packs started showing up on eBay for upwards of $100. Is anyone surprised?Read more
Super Smash Bros. Devotes An Entire Update To Nerfing Wii Fit Trainer
24.3.2021
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate balance changes tend to come in waves. Whenever the developers add new content to the game, players can expect to be greeted by a handful of character adjustments across the expansive roster. But in the latest update, the decision-makers at Nintendo set their sights...
Please Enjoy Breath Of The Wild In 8K (If You Can)
18.3.2021
A few years back I was marvelling at Breath of the Wild in 4K, now we are all free to admire the game running in 8K, and with some (shaded) ray tracing to boot.Read more