Enlarge / One console, four displays, zero “split-screen” antics (credit: B&H Photo and Video) Anyone who remembers playing GoldenEye 007 on the N64 likely remembers having to account for the “screencheaters” that would glance at another quadrant of the split-screen shooter to gauge an opponent’s locations. There’s even a modern game that forces players to […]
Enlarge / We wish we had better news to report about Nintendo’s first easy-to-access N64 collection in a long time. Alas. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Nintendo) On Monday, Nintendo released its latest collection of emulated N64 games—and its first since the Wii U’s Virtual Console—as a package of games exclusively available on its Switch consoles. […]
Enlarge / We’re well past the days of CRT TVs by default, and Nintendo Europe’s latest welcome update acknowledges this. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) On Monday, Nintendo of Europe announced a very region-specific—and era-specific—tweak for its upcoming collection of N64 games on Switch: an option to switch between the video standards PAL and […]
Enlarge / Get N(S) or get out. (credit: Nintendo / Sam Machkovech) On Thursday, the latest Nintendo Direct presentation confirmed something most Nintendo fans had either suspected, hoped for, or predicted (based on a recent FCC “controller” tip ): the N64 is finally back. Instead of a miniaturized N64, however, the company’s first dedicated 3D-rendering […]
Get ready for the Super Mario film, hitting theaters in a little over one year. [credit: Nintendo ] Nintendo’s “winter 2021” direct-video presentation exploded on Thursday with reveals of serious fan service coming to not only Switch consoles but also movie theaters by the end of next year. The event’s biggest pop-culture announcement was the […]