Tag: Nintendo

July 10, 2019

There’s a new Switch on the way, and it’s a whole lot smaller. Today Nintendo revealed the Switch Lite, designed as a less expensive alternative to the original tablet / console hybrid. It comes in at $199 — $100 less […]

June 12, 2019

Nintendo has reportedly begun producing two new variants of its Switch console, and at least some of them are being manufactured outside of China in order to evade new tariffs on US imports. The Wall Street Journal reports that sources […]

April 26, 2019

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is one of the most engrossing games I’ve ever played. In the shift to an open-world structure, Nintendo gave players an unparalleled amount of freedom to explore the fantasy realm of Hyrule […]

November 14, 2018

The Switch has been a huge success for Nintendo, already outselling both of its predecessors: the GameCube and the Wii U. But the portable console — coming up on its second holiday season — is about to face its biggest […]

November 8, 2018

The PlayStation Classic is a copycat, and Sony seems largely unashamed by that fact. The device, a retro miniature console launching next month for $99.99, is nearly identical in every way to Nintendo’s NES Classic and SNES Classic devices, save […]

September 7, 2018

The Nintendo Switch is getting a big dose of strategy later this year. Today, 2K announced that Civilization VI is coming to the portable console, and the game is due to launch on November 16th. The Switch version looks to […]

March 7, 2017

Nintendo’s Switch made its debut at retail stores on Friday in one of the gaming industry’s most anticipated product launches. The console, which retails for US$299.99, is Nintendo’s attempt to revolutionize the industry by offering a device that can provide […]

February 10, 2017

Nintendo has latest mobile game, ‘Fire Emblem: Heroes’, has so far earned the game company $5 million dollars since its launch on February 2, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima advised in an interview, with the Japanese firm increasing its confidence in […]

September 1, 2015

Reggie Fils-Aime was telling the truth, the smaller version of the New Nintendo 3DS will be heading to the US in the fall. Bundled with Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, the more petite version of Nintendo’s new handheld will cost […]

July 27, 2015

Just when you thought to yourself, “You know what? There’s almost nothing Nintendo can make at this point that’d surprise me,” it comes out with something so far-fetched that you begin to question your own sanity. Today that came in […]

June 25, 2015

Nintendo on Wednesday said “Splatoon,” a new game for its Wii U console that launched late in May, reached a million in sales worldwide. “Splatoon” is Nintendo’s unconventional approach to the shooter genre, in which characters can turn into squids […]

March 18, 2015

Although we don’t know much about it, we do know that Nintendo has a new system in the works. Nintendo held a press conference in Tokyo today, and they discussed a new system that they’re working on. Satoru Iwata had […]

February 26, 2015

Video games used to only take 16-bit graphics to blow our minds. This great time capsule of a video for a kids-and-parents outlet called Kidsmag! takes us back to 1992, when the Consumer Electronics Show still had a summer show […]