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Sony worries Microsoft will only give it a “degraded” Call of Duty
"Our business would never recover," Sony exec says of potential substandard version.
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Designing a mobile Mario game was "challenging", Shigeru Miyamoto says
Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of the Super Mario series, has revealed the difficulty faced when creating Mario games for mobile. Mario has had a few mobile outings over the last seven years - starting with Super Mario Run in 2016, and then Mario Kart Tour and Dr. Mario World in 2019.
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Joy-Con Control Sticks Are Not Responding or Respond Incorrectly (responsiveness syndrome or so-called “drifting”)
Important: These steps may fix your issue. If your problem isn’t resolved, you can set up a repair for affected Joy-Con controllers.
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Why Tetris Consumed Your Brain
Tetris exploded in popularity after a race in the 1980s to secure global rights for the Soviet-made video game, a tale retold in a new movie. It is still captivating minds decades later.
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Microsoft and Nintendo Sign 10-Year Contract for Call of Duty
Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, has now confirmed the company’s 10-year commitment to release Call of Duty on Nintendo devices “the same day as Xbox, with complete feature and content parity.” According to Smith’s tweet announcing the partnership, “[Microsoft’s] commitment to deliver Xbox games and Activision titles like Call of Duty to more people on more platforms” is a result of this new agreement.
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Nintendo May Be Working On A 3D Donkey Kong Game For The Switch Successor
Multiple sources have reported that Nintendo may be working on a brand new 3D Donkey Kong game for the Switch successor. According to information shared by Famiboards member Professor Chops as well as YouTuber Nintendo Prime, Nintendo had been working with Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy developer Vicarious Visions on a 3D open world Donkey Kong game for the Switch, following the release of Skylanders: SuperChargers.
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Final Fantasy Creator Reveals How Cloud Strife Changed Video Games Forever
Final Fantasy VII was a turning point for the long-running RPG franchise, propelling it to new heights of success and altering the genre for decades to come. According to series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, the reason the game caught on in the West came down to its use of CG cutscenes.
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Switch’s successor faces backwards compatibility challenges, developer suggests | VGC
A new video has suggested that a successor to the Nintendo Switch could face backward compatibility issues, due to the technical hurdles of moving from the Nintendo Switch’s architecture to new hardware.
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The Legend of Zelda timeline, explained
Where does Tears of the Kingdom fit in the convoluted plot?
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Nintendo Switch Online 2.5.0 version rolling out with new upgrades
Just recently, Nintendo has started releasing a new version 2.5.0 build for its Nintendo Switch Online service, which includes various improvements, including updated content for the Splatoon 3 widgets. Additionally, some minor changes have also been implemented to enhance the overall user experience. With these updates, Nintendo aims to provide a smoother and more enjoyable online gaming experience for its users.
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Nintendo Confirms It Won't Be at E3 2023
Nintendo is skipping this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3. The Switch maker confirmed on Friday it won't participate in the gaming convention, which is returning this summer after being canceled in 2022.
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Miyamoto doesn't like being called the Spielberg of video games: "Nintendo is Nintendo"
Nintendo game director and creator of Super Mario Bros. Shigeru Miyamoto would kindly request you stop calling him the Spielberg of video games
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Even Mario’s creator wasn’t sure a Nintendo theme park could work
Polygon spoke with Shigeru Miyamoto and Shinya Takahashi about bringing the park to life
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'Metroid Prime Remastered' Is a Reminder of a Bolder Era of Video Gaming
The latest revamped classic is excellent — but might make you long for something genuinely new
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Nintendo promises 10% pay hike even as it trims profit outlook
Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.T) said on Tuesday it plans to lift workers' base pay by 10% even though a firmer yen forced it to trim its full-year profit forecast. The hefty pay hike comes amid calls by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for Japanese companies to pay workers more as inflation takes hold in an economy used to years of deflation and stagnant wages, and as Japan prepares for its annual spring round of labour negotiations.
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Nintendo Wins "Switch Joy-Con Drift" Class Action Lawsuit
Drift? What drift? Remember a story we ran about some parents in the US who were trying to get their kids to sue Nintendo over "Joy-Con drift" in a class action lawsuit? Well, it seems the video game giant has come out on top.
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A new Nintendo Direct could drop next week, it’s claimed
Asked about speculation that a Nintendo Direct presentation could take place this month, Giant Bomb reporter Jeff Grubb said he’d heard that a showcase is planned for the week beginning on February 6. “Everything I’m hearing—and it’s all just sort of reiterating it—it continues to be the week of February 6,” he said. “Over and over and over again, every little detail I get is, basically, a week from now we should begin hearing about all this stuff.”
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Xbox's quarterly results prove that pure on-paper value isn't enough
The entire platform cannot be Xbox Game Pass.
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This Hall Effect Stick Upgrade Kit Will Solve Joy-Con Drift Forever
GuliKit, makers of the truly excellent KingKong Pro 2 wireless controller for the Nintendo Switch, which we reviewed last year, has just released an upgrade/repair kit for the official Nintendo Joy-Cons that brings its drift-free Hall effect joysticks to the handheld console’s native controllers.
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YouTuber Beats Nintendo After It Tried Nuking Evidence Of A Canceled Zelda
DidYouKnowGaming’s video about a failed Retro Studios pitch survives
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