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Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 is releasing in July

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Nintendo Switch exclusive Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order has just received an official release date of 19th July 2019. Initially announced at The Game Awards, the Team Ninja developed title will have players assemble and play as an array of Marvel characters including Iron Man, Spider-Man, Hulk, Captain America, Deadpool, and Wolverine – each with […]

Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey receiving Labo VR support

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey will be receiving free updates to enable Nintendo Labo VR support. Announced by Nintendo via Twitter, both games will be updated on 25th April, a couple of weeks after the release of the Nintendo Labo VR goggles – which are releasing on 12th April. Experience 2 beloved games in new […]

Video Game Review – Yoshi’s Crafted World

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Shaun Munro reviews Yoshi’s Crafted World… If Yoshi’s Crafted World doesn’t break Nintendo’s streak of releasing solid if fairly routine offerings for its sub-Mario mascots on the Switch, it still delivers a reliably breezy weekend’s worth of spritely fun with just enough push-back to satisfy. As has been the trend in recent years for everyone’s […]

Nintendo could release two new Switch consoles this summer

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If you haven’t yet picked up a Nintendo Switch, 2019 might be the perfect opportunity to reconsider. An insider report from the Wall Street Journal claims that two new Nintendo Switch consoles are in development and that they could be released as early as this summer. This information should undoubtedly be taken with a huge […]

Nintendo of America’s Reggie Fils-Aimé announces retirement, Bowser takes over

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In a surprise announcement yesterday, Nintendo of America president and COO Reggie Fils-Aimé announced his retirement. As of April 15, 2019 he will be handing the duties of NOA president to current Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Doug Bowser. The joke is lost on no one. Bowser’s role of Senior VP of Sales […]

Nintendo Direct February 2019 Highlights – Mario, Marvel, Final Fantasy, Link’s Awakening and more

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The first Nintendo Direct of 2019 seems to have set the stage for the first half of the year nicely, shifting the focus entirely towards upcoming games for the wildly popular Switch, with not a single mention of the aging-yet-still-living 3DS platform. With only a few exceptions, most titles mentioned will be arriving in stores […]

Super Mario Maker 2 announced for the Nintendo Switch

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Back in 2015, Super Mario Maker was released on the WiiU and was an absolute gem of a game to play and provided so much enjoyment.  Now, thanks to an announcement from Nintendo, that enjoyment is set to happen again on the Nintendo Switch with the launch of Super Mario Maker 2 this June.  Nintendo […]

Nintendo scraps Metroid Prime 4 development, starting afresh with Retro Studios

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At E3 of 2017, just a few short months after the launch of the Switch, Nintendo announced that Metroid Prime 4 was in development for the system. This announcement in itself came ten years after the release of Metroid Prime 3 : Corruption back in 2007. The fourth installment has been heavily anticipated since the […]

Nintendo finally settles the NES pronunciation debate

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It’s a debate that’s raged since the early 80s: just how do you pronounce ‘NES’, the abbreviated name of the classic Nintendo Entertainment System console. NEZ? NESS? Or – god forbid – N-E-S? Well, the answer is finally here, direct from Nintendo itself, with the video game giant confirming that the correct pronunication is in […]