D3 Publisher has announced that the Japanese trap adventure game Misshitsu no Sacrifice which originally released exclusively for the PSP in Japan in February 2010 is getting a remake for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam. The remake is called Abyss of the Sacrifice and will release worldwide on December 17, 2020. The game will support English, Japanese, Traditional, and Simplified Chinese languages.

With more than 75 million consoles sold, Nintendo is finally letting the 3DS' battery run out.

On September 13th, 1985, Nintendo released Super Mario Bros. for the Famicom. While Mario had [...]

Production of the mighty Nintendo 3DS system has been officially discontinued, Nintendo has confirmed. The news comes nine years after the handheld machine first hit the market back in 2011, introducing truly innovative glasses-free 3D tech and a fantastic library of games that would be enjoyed for years to come. The discontinuation applies to all six models of the 3DS family – the 3DS, 3DS XL, New 3DS, New 3DS XL, 2DS and New 2DS XL.

A Bloomberg report about Nintendo's plans to boost Switch production includes a brief mention of Nintendo's apparent request. Third-party developers have reportedly been asked "to make their games 4K-ready," which implies the company is at least considering a model of the console that can output at a higher resolution than Switch is currently capable of.

The movie was derided by critics as little more than a video game commercial masquerading as a ‘Tommy’ knockoff. But to ’80s babies, it tapped into something deeper.

Nintendo is celebrating Super Mario Bros.’ 35th anniversary in style, with plans to release a compilation of popular games in the franchise as well as a Game & Watch handheld for the festivities. Coming Nov. 13 as a throwback to the 1980 device, the Game & Watch will let fans play the original game, as well as Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. Pretty neat! But if you look closely, something about the device’s graphics might seem a little off.

Nintendo has re-affirmed that Super Mario animated movie will be theatrically released in the year 2022, during a corporate management policy briefing.

The Nintendo Switch has sold over 15 million units in Japan as of the month of September. This data has been gathered over the approximate time of three years and six months, according to Famitsu. [Thanks, Famitsu!]

Nintendo has rolled out a new update for the Switch and it bumps the hybrid device up to version 10.1.0. This is the smallest update that's been released in recent months, and according to the official support patch notes, sees the return of sweet stability improvements.

Nintendo is going back to the beginning with a modern version of its original Game & Watch handheld that’s been revamped with a full-color LCD. It can play Super Mario Bros. in honor of the franchise’s 35th anniversary. The new handled was announced during a surprise Nintendo Direct showcase.

Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch 2020, our new show following all the news and rumors on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. This week we discuss the rumored Nintendo Switch Pro, Sony PS5 pre-orders, and the latest game announcements from gamescom: Opening Night Live.

A heartwarming tale

In the Asahi Shimbun, one of Japan’s largest newspapers, 70-year-old Kuniko Tsusaka recounted how her mother always had a Game Boy nearby to play Tetris. But when her mother turned 95 and her health started to suffer, her Game Boy stopped working.

Nintendo director Shigeru Miyamoto has discussed how the company has worked to lose its reputation for being a “childish” brand. In a wide-ranging interview with Japanese magazine Famitsu, the Super Mario designer said the company made a “great effort” to shed the unwanted perception of it and become more family friendly during the Wii era.

During the IGN Podcast(1 Hour With Head of Xbox Phil Spencer), Phil Spencer explains the relationship between Xbox and Nintendo. Phil Spencer is an American business executive, who is the current executive vice-president of Gaming at Microsoft. He is currently the head of the Xbox brand and leads the global creative and engineering teams responsible for gaming at Microsoft

MY HOUSE IN Animal Crossing: New Horizons looks like the “guys really live in apartments like this” meme. My landscaping looks like the set of Holes. The host of a Netflix gardening show might issue a begrudging nod toward my patchy garden before they trip on a half-buried tire on their way out and stumble into a bramble of unpruned weeds.

The wildly popular game Animal Crossing: New Horizons reportedly disappeared off Chinese ecommerce platforms on Friday, seemingly after authorities caught wind that Hong Kong activists were organizing in-game protests. For many under lockdown, the game has provided a means of escape, allowing users to customize private islands and visit each other.

When I was in college, I was one of the folks living off campus. That meant guests all the time, and it meant house parties. I’m an introvert, but even now, I’m glad to put together brunch or whatever with friends. Thanks to Animal Crossing, I have an entire island where goofy stuff can happen.

The time I met Shigeru Miyamoto on the Tube is undoubtedly my strongest dinner party anecdote. It’s also the moment that undoubtedly rubber-stamped my commitment to working around games, as a 14-year-old meeting their hero on the Circle Line tends to do. And so none of my dinner guests have to suffer through this story ever again, here it is in black and white.