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Random: Japan’s Former PM Wasn’t So Sure About Promoting Tokyo 2020 As Mario

“I waited for over ten minutes in that pipe”. The now-former prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, who retired due to health reasons in September, recently spoke to Nikkan Sports about making an appearance at the 2016 Rio Olympics closing ceremony (as Mario) to promote Tokyo 2020. Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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Poll: Rate Your Favourite Wii Games

Help us assemble the top 50 Wii games ever. Next year will be the fifteenth anniversary of the humble Nintendo Wii, the little motion-controlled console which broke away from the competition and started a revolution. It was a brilliantly compact piece of hardware (the size of three DVD boxes, remember?) which hosted a huge library […]

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Japanese Charts: Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit Speeds Into First Place

As Nintendo takes nine of top ten. Famitsu’s Japanese chart figures are now in for 12th – 18th October, revealing that Nintendo’s Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit has debuted in first place. Combined sales of the Mario and Luigi bundles reached an estimated 73,918 units in its opening week, comfortably sitting ahead of the second-place […]

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Nintendo’s brand fresh translation song? Just what a Fire Emblem re-release signifies in 2020 

The particular edition includes everything found here, available in December. Costs not yet declared. Nintendo’s most up-to-date surprise statement hinges on another anniversary compared to the typical mascots such as Mario, Link, and Pikachu: It is for Fire Emblem, the turn-based approach show which started only in Japan in 1990. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, […]

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Hands On: Immortals: Fenyx Rising Could Be The Switch Adventure You Need This Holiday

A Greek Mythological take on the Breath of the Wild formula. Last year at E3, the world was given the first look at a brand new, animated adventure from Ubisoft names Gods & Monsters, and after a year’s worth of radio silence, we were finally treated to our first look at gameplay, along with a […]

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Nintendo Discounts Three Major Mario Games On Switch For A Limited Time (Europe)

33% off three Mario hits! As part of Nintendo’s ongoing Super Mario 35th Anniversary celebrations, a small selection of Mario hits are currently reduced on the Nintendo Switch eShop in Europe. As you’ll likely be aware, it’s not all that often that Nintendo-published games get discounted, so if you’re still to pick up any of […]

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Nintendo Download: 22nd October (Europe)

Horace! Transformers! GONNER2! The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch Retail eShop – New Releases Asterix & […]

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Nintendo Download: 22nd October (North America)

The Red Lantern, Supraland and GONNER2! The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop – Highlights […]

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2D Metroidvania DeathStick Brings Dimension-Shifting Platforming To Switch

But it won’t be out for a while. TeamNora Games and publisher HypeTrain Digital have announced that they’ll be bringing DeathStick, an upcoming action-platformer, to Nintendo Switch. The teams describe the game as “a beautiful 2D pixel art Metroidvania/slasher platformer,” where players follow the story of a young girl called Mako. She’s on a quest […]

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Torchlight III Arrives On Switch Today, Here’s The Launch Trailer

“A perfect fit for the Nintendo Switch”. Echtra Games’ Torchlight III launches today on Nintendo Switch, and a brand new trailer has been released to get you in the mood. The game will have you exploring the vibrant world of Novastraia, hack’n’slashing your way through quests and boss battles across randomly-generated areas. This new Switch […]