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Images of what are supposedly a factory prototype for the Nintendo Switch 2 alongside a spec sheet have appeared on a Chinese forum. The renders show the device from all angles and even comparison shots with the original Switch are included. The most notable changes are the large 8 inch screen...

Nintendo has just dropped four new classic games onto the Nintendo Switch Online service. These four titles are all Super Nintendo games, adding to the available repertoire. Headlining the games is Battletoads Double Dragon, alongside Big Run, Cosmo Gang: The Puzzle, and Kunio-kun no Dodgeball...

Unlike Call of Duty, Nintendo fans have had zero exposure to EA's Battlefield franchise, with the series mostly focusing on large-scale, 'AAA' releases on Sony and Microsoft's console platforms alongside PC. There's nothing to firmly suggest that this will change anytime soon, but thanks too a...

Limited Run Games has published multiple high-profile titles during the Switch's lifecycle, and while we don't know what the future holds for the physical distributor ahead of the current generation, interestingly the company's CEO Josh Fairhurst recently visited Nintendo's American...

Following what might have been a release date reveal by PlayStation, LEGO Horizon Adventures has now been rated for the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms. It's 'E' for everyone and includes fantasy violence and even some language. Here's the rating summary in full: At the end of...

Earlier this week, the author Florent Gorges announced the long-awaited release of The History Of Nintendo: the Story of the Family Computer and The History Of Nintendo: The Incredible Story of the Game Boy in English. As mentioned below, both books had previously only ever been published in...

Following rumours about some new Switch bundles, Nintendo Australia has lifted the lid on a brand new bundle featuring a Switch OLED model and a copy of Super Mario Bros Wonder. This bundle is set to release in this region next month on 24th October 2024. The Switch OLED is the 'white set' and...

Development studio Odyssey Interactive has announced that it is working on a prototype combining Smash Bros-style platform fighting with 40-player battle royale gameplay. What's more, it is releasing this prototype to the public (thanks, Eurogamer). Byte Breakers, as the dev is currently...

Hamster Corporation — the company behind Arcade Archives — has announced a new sale lasting until September 25th in Japan, which features a 30% reduction to the price of 10 classic Taito arcade games. The news was shared by several Japanese outlets earlier today like Famitsu and ASCII Japan...

Recently, we asked you if $499 would be too much to pay for a 'Switch 2'. 20% of respondees said 'nope', nearly 30% thought it would be too much, and the majority (rather sensibly) said that it would depend on how big of an upgrade Nintendo's next generation of hardware represented. Yesterday...

Cosmo Machia has announced via a new trailer that the expanded version of the arcade shoot 'em up TriggerHeart Exelica, Triggerheart Exelica Enhanced, will be coming to Switch in Japan in early 2025 (thanks Gematsu for the spot!). Cosmo Machia previously reissued the original 2006 arcade game...

"Super Mario Party, Mario Party Superstars, Mario Party 1, 2, & 3; what does that tell you about Mario Party games on Switch" "There's too many of them?" "Or, people like them, let's release some more of them." That's how we imagine the initial pitch for Super Mario Party Jamboree went down...

Remember the annoying Talking Flowers from Super Mario Bros. Wonder? The ones that would shower you with helpful advice like "onwards and upwards," "Hey!," and "WoOoAAhh" as you ran past? Well, you'll soon be able to have one of your own as toy manufacturer San-ei Boeki has revealed an all-new...

We had a great time with Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp when it finally marched onto Switch last year. The wait for this military tactics series' return had been a long one (15 years, to be precise) but for developer WayForward, the chance to work with Nintendo also felt like a long time coming...

Researchers from tech company Virtuals Protocol have published a paper on a new text-to-video AI model, MarioVGG, which can simulate Super Mario Bros. footage via some basic text inputs (thanks, ArsTechnica). The model was fed over 737,000 Mario Bros. frames, showing Nintendo's prized plumber...

Nintendo's Direct broadcasts come with all sorts of exciting news, and during the latest 'Partner Showcase' in August, developer Nihon Falcom even got a surprise. According to the developer's president Toshiro Kondo, he wasn't actually aware Nintendo would reveal Trails in the Sky the 1st...

Hironobu Sakaguchi needs no introduction. As the father of the Final Fantasy franchise, he's the mind behind one of the most successful and popular JRPG series of all time. With FANTASIAN Neo Dimension reuniting Sakaguchi-san with Square Enix, he's spoken about how returning to his former studio...

After learning last week that Pauline will be joining the fun in Super Mario Party Jamboree, Nintendo has today revealed another trailer, this time highlighting the game's new boards. Shared to Twitter by @NintendoUK, the 39-second video provides a whistle-stop tour of the five game boards and...

With rumours of a Switch successor announcement ramping up, it's worth keeping in mind that Nintendo still has lofty ambitions when it comes to its current hardware. According to its most recent financial data, Nintendo is still aiming to shift 13 million Switch consoles before the end of the...

As of today (5th September), McDonald's customers in Australia can nab themselves a sweet Mario Kart toy with every Happy Meal thanks to the latest crossover with Nintendo (thanks, Vooks). Unlike the cardboard collaborations we've seen in the past (like last year's Mario Movie European...