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If you case you missed Nintendo's big announcement this week, the company's much-anticipated and oft-referenced Switch 2 console is finally official. However, what we got from Nintendo was a "first-look trailer" that showcased the upcoming console's design, but it left out many explicit details such as the underlying...
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After what seems like a decade (because It almost was...) Nintendo has finally officially revealed its Switch 2 console. It draws a lot of similarities with the original Switch, with a few physical changes such as a larger size. Nintendo knows it had a good thing with its original console, as the sales numbers will...
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After playing it coy for several months, Nintendo has finally outed the promised "successor" to its immensely popular Switch handheld game console. In a "first-look trailer," Nintendo showcases several design changes and officially reveals what the next-gen handheld will be called. Are you sitting down? The upcoming...
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Japan is a staunch ally of the United States and the two countries share many values. They don't agree on everything, though, and one of the most contentious areas between Japanese and American businesses is the matter of copyright. It may be hard to believe, but copyright law is much stricter in Japan than it is in...
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The last couple of weeks have seen numerous and varied leaks of the Nintendo Switch 2 hardware. Not only have there been leaks of the external shell and appearance, but also of the motherboard and other components. The latest leak was a gaming accessories company known as Genki showing off a very realistic "mock up" at CES 2025 that it claims
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Nintendo has a little under three months to officially reveal the successor to the Nintendo Switch, but the company has been almost completely mum to date besides acknowledging that it will play your current Switch games. Fortunately, we have numerous leaks that paint a pretty vivid picture of what the machine will be...
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One can only speculate why Nintendo has not yet gotten around to formally introducing its promised Switch successor, which we're calling the Switch 2 until told otherwise. If the increase in leaks is any indication, however, a launch is not far off. The latest leak purportedly gives us several views of the upcoming...
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There has been a noticeable increase in leaks and rumors pertaining to Nintendo's next-generation handheld, which is widely referred to as the Switch 2 (until Nintendo says otherwise). From purported specs to interesting design language changes (including magnetic Joy-Con controllers), there is a fair amount of...
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Feel like playing Star Fox 64 again? You could drag out the old N64 and an unwieldy pile of display connection adapters. You also could play it on the Nintendo Switch, if you happen to have one of those, are a subscriber to Nintendo's Switch Online service, and pay up for the "Expansion Pass" to that service so that...
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Nintendo's popular Switch console released in 2017 has been nothing short of a massive success, and it continues to rack up accolades. Its latest achievement (in a long line of them) is leapfrogging Sony's PlayStation 2 in lifetime console sales in the United States. It now only trails another super-popular Nintendo...
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Dbrand, the accessories maker famous for its cheeky marketing, has potentially spilled the beans on one of the most hotly anticipated gaming devices, the Nintendo Switch 2. Known for crafting cases and skins for phones as well as gaming devices like the Steam Deck and the original Switch, Dbrand has now unveiled a new...
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If your Nintendo Wii is buried under a pile of clothes in your closet, don't fret, we have good news for Donkey Kong fans. Nintendo is releasing Donkey Kong Country Returns HD for the Switch with a refreshed look. Originally released on the Wii, this version will be visually amped up to modern graphics standards with...
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There are three certainties in life—death, taxes, and rumors surrounding Nintendo's next game console. We want no part of the first too, but regarding the latter, the latest leak purportedly offers up a first glimpse of Nintendo's upcoming Switch 2 console (or whatever it ends up being called), and in particular the...
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While some retailers and companies got a jump start on the Black Friday festivities, by and large, Nintendo held strong until the actual day-of-savings was upon us, which it now is. And with it comes a host of discounts for Nintendo Switch owners, including somewhat rare markdowns on popular games that, years after...
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Nintendo still is not ready to reveal a successor to its immensely popular Switch console just yet, but it is sharing some additional information that will come as great news to owners of current generation Switch consoles, especially those with big game libraries. In a post on X/Twitter, Nintendo President Shuntaro...
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Nintendo surprised just about everyone with its announcement of the Alarmo, especially with gamers waiting on the eventual arrival of the not-so-secret Nintendo Switch 2. Alarmo is a proprietary device with limited out of the box functionality, and so in time-honored tradition, someone figured out how to run Doom on...
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Nintendo fans hoping for a new console will need to continue waiting patiently, as the company’s latest announcement still has nothing to do with its next generation Switch. Although the wait should be a little more bearable with the company's latest project, Nintendo Music, which is an app available now for iOS and...
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As gamers wait with bated breath for the eventual reveal of Nintendo’s next console, which has already seen several leaks, the company is reaching back into the Wii U catalog to bring another fan favorite to the Nintendo Switch. Sci-Fi RPG Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is coming in March of 2025 with...
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Fan favorite Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete gets an official release date for iOS and Android. The current free-to-play version, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, will shut down after a seven year run on November 29, 2024.
Animal Crossing: New Horizon players were saddened when Nintendo announced the 2.0 update...
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A Brazilian journalist has suggested that Nintendo could reveal its promised and much-anticipated successor to its Switch console—possible called the Switch 2—in the coming days, perhaps as early as next week during the company's next shareholder meeting. It's important to note, however, that this is largely...
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It appears as if the Nintendo Wii U is a hardware failure waiting to happen, which is less than ideal now that Nintendo no longer repairs the console for customers. According to information posted on X by the Retro Blast account, the console is starting to die on owners. To avoid this fate, it’s recommended that...
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The retro gaming experts at Analogue are at it again, this time bringing the Nintendo 64 into the modern age with the Analogue 3D console it teased last year. The company already has a strong track record of bringing back older consoles in style, having released their modern interpretations of the Gameboy, NES, SNES...
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