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Nintendo’s Switch sales drop as it contends with chip shortage
Nintendo's Switch sales fell significantly last quarter, dropping to 3.43 million units compared to 4.45 million during the same period last year, according to its earnings report. Software sales also fell to 41.4 million units compared to 45.3 million year over year. All that that resulted in an operating profit of 101.6 billion yen ($763 million), down from last year and short of what was expected.
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Nintendo Switch global sales hit 110 million, set to break Sony PS4 record
According to VGChartz statistics, the total global sales of Nintendo’s console Switch reached 110 million, which is about to break the record of Sony’s PS4. And according to the current trend, the sales of the Nintendo console Switch may even exceed the highest sales in history created by the Sony PS2.
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Super Metroid is the Ideal Video Game Adventure
Few video games trust their audience quite like Super Metroid. Despite releasing nearly a full decade after the original Metroid, Super’s mere premise is predicated on a firm understanding of the series’ lore. Exploration is non-linear and in the spirit of M1, but Planet Zebes is so much bigger this time around that inattentive players will eventually trick themselves into believing they got stuck somewhere.
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Nintendo acquires animation studio that’ll become ‘Nintendo Pictures’
The acquisition is expected to complete in October.
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New 2D Donkey Kong Game Reportedly Not In Development
A new 2D Donkey Kong game is reportedly not in development, contrary to prior rumors claiming this to be the case.
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Nintendo Posts Tips to Prevent Switch Overheating in Summer
It’s summertime in many parts of the world, including Japan. The country experiences notoriously hot and humid summers. For example, Tokyo’s average temperature during summertime averages at 27°C (80°F). Nintendo Support of Japan kept people, and their Nintendo Switches, in mind, though. The official Twitter account spread some public reminders to help customers avoid Switch overheating issues.
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This reimagining of the Game Boy looks like a prototype Nintendo could have made
Game Boy Advance but for the previous decade
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Nintendo Filed a New Donkey Kong Trademark
Nintendo needs no introduction, but if you are unfamiliar with the company’s long history, it was founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, and the company mainly made hanafuda playing cards. Over its lifetime, the company has become the most successful, selling various consoles and some classic games, including Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Pokémon, and so much more.
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'Die-hard' Nintendo fan spent over $40,000 buying stock and then asked top executives why the company won't make more of a fan-favorite series
A gamer said he spent over 5.6 million Japanese yen — or over $40,000 US dollars — on Nintendo stock, and used his opportunity to ask a question during the Japanese gaming giant's annual shareholder meeting Wednesday about a fan-favorite series he wants to see revived.
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Nintendo Says It's 'Difficult' to Make All the Sequels Fans Ask For
Nintendo appreciates its passionate and patient fan base, but says it's difficult to make (and remake) all the games it's asked for. At the company's annual general meeting (independently translated by IGN), Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was asked if there were any plans to release remakes or new entries in long-dormant franchises such as F-Zero.
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Steam Deck Has Ruined Nintendo Directs For Me
I used to marvel at all the indie games I could finally play. Now I've already got access to them elsewhere for cheaper.
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Metroid Prime Games Are Coming To Nintendo Switch
At long last, it appears the Metroid Prime trilogy is finally coming to Nintendo Switch. Metroid Prime Remastered is reportedly only a few months away, with remastered versions of the second and third games also planned.
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I miss the whimsical charm of the Nintendo 3DS
It’s hard to believe that already a year and a half has passed since the Nintendo 3DS family of handhelds ceased production. Obviously, Nintendo saw no further need to keep the product afloat amid rocketing sales of the hybrid Switch, a console that has now claimed fifth place in all-time hardware sales — a particularly startling feat considering it has only been on the market for five years.
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Reggie Talks About Nintendo's Slow Adoption Of Online Play
"Culturally, the company didn’t see a huge opportunity in online."
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Zelda: Skyward Sword HD's Non-Motion Sword Controls Took a Year and a Half To Perfect
It took developer Tantalus Media a year and a half to turn The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword's original Wii motion controls into regular button inputs for Nintendo Switch HD version. CEO Tom Crago shared the trials and tribulations of the game's development with the Fragments of Silicon podcast (as spotted by Nintendo Everything) and also dismissed rumours of a Zelda: Twilight Princess port for Switch.
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NVIDIA Job Listing Suggests Next Gen Nintendo Switch Might Be In The Works
Nintendo sells consoles based on the strength of its game experiences rather than the power of their processors, but technology marches on regardless, and the venerable NVIDIA Tegra X1 is getting pretty long in the tooth. While its ARM Cortex-A57 CPUs are roughly comparable to the old AMD Jaguar CPUs in the last-generation consoles, it only has four, and only three of them can be used by games.
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Nintendo Switch Has Now Sold Over 107 Million Units
Though shortage of parts results in 20% decrease YoY
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Breath of the Wild fans are making expansive mods while waiting for the sequel
After nearly a year since the last update for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s still-unnamed sequel, Nintendo recently announced it will delay the game’s release until spring 2023. Good things, it seems, come to those who wait. And then there are Zelda fans who decide to make their own games instead.
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Rumor: Game Boy Advance Games May Be Coming to Nintendo Switch
An alleged official Nintendo Game Boy Advance emulator called Sloop has been found, suggesting GBA games may head to Switch Online (NSO).
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Super Mario Bros.' Iconic Blocks Hold More Coins Than You Think
Without thinking too hard about it, what’s the maximum number of coins you can knock out of multi-coin blocks in the original Super Mario Bros.? Did you say 10? Well, you’re wrong, but it’s not your fault. You just haven’t done a deep dive into the almost 37-year-old game’s code like a complete weirdo.
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