Nintendo may be finally ready to bring its storied handheld gaming library to the Nintendo Switch — Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles will soon join the 100-plus NES and SNES games that it offers via its Switch Online subscription service, according to rumors from the “Nate the Hate” podcast, corroborated by Nintendo Life on Tuesday and now again on Friday by Eurogamer. It’s not every day we see a Nintendo rumor that strong.

It looks like Gas Guzzlers Extreme is coming to the Nintendo Switch and PS5 later this year, as it’s been rated by the ESRB. “This is a combat racing game in which players engage in racing/battle events. Players use cars outfitted with machine guns and rocket launchers to drive and shoot opponents around several tracks. Combat is highlighted by frequent gunfire and explosions. Some events allow players to shoot/run over zombies and undead animals in frenetic combat.

The Nintendo Switch has become the first system in 33 years to completely take over the Japanese weekly games charts.

Switch faves like Mario Kart 8, Breath of the Wild, and Smash Bros. are chart mainstays

Released in 2017, the Nintendo Switch is a little console that packs a big punch. It sets itself apart from other gaming systems through its hybrid nature. The console can be played docked and connected to a screen like a conventional console, or it can be used in portable form when you need to game on the go. Since its release, the console and the many games it supports have broken a slew of records.

Nintendo released their first financial report from the fiscal year set to end March 2022 this morning, and while the report shows a small decline in hardware sales compared to the same quarter last year...

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Nintendo has issued an unusual statement denying a report that said the upcoming OLED version of the Switch would have higher profit margins than the regular model. The report in question was published by Bloomberg last week and speculated that the higher-end components in the OLED Switch could total around an extra $10 per unit, based on analyst estimates.

The June 2021 NPD report has just been published, and as well as detailing figures for the month, it also sums up US gaming sales performance for the first six months of 2021.

Australian studio Tantalus is credited for creating the HD version of the Wii game, just as it did for the earlier Zelda re-release for Wii U.

Nintendo fixed those pesky control problems but not the way you might think

Fans think the "Easter egg" is a tribute to the company’s late president Satoru Iwata.

As expected, the console has a larger OLED screen.

Welcome to the Metroid Dread Report! This series of news articles will introduce the newest information on Metroid Dread for Nintendo Switch and the world of the Metroid series, along with behind-the-scenes glimpses from the game’s development team.

For months now, there have been rumblings that Nintendo has been working on a Switch Pro, a new, upgraded version of the original Switch with 4K capabilities when docked and an OLED handheld screen, among other upgrades. And a recent Bloomberg report suggested that it was set to be announced before E3 and debut as soon as this fall.

When an Amazon listing pops up for a Nintendo Switch Pro, it's all but certain that it'll be coming out soon. Twitter user @Alphabeat_g spotted a Switch Pro listing when perusing through Amazon's Mexico website. The listing showed a blank page with "New Nintendo Switch Pro" plastered up top and Nintendo listed as the seller. This further confirms a Bloomberg report claiming that the Nintendo Switch Pro be coming out this year, it will be announced before or during E3, to which pre-orders should start soon thereafter.

Nintendo's long-awaited Switch upgrade is expected to be shown ahead of E3 2021, according to a report published by Bloomberg today and Eurogamer's own sources. I understand this is to ensure third-parties working on games which support the upgraded Switch are free to announce these projects at E3, and before Nintendo's own digital showcase later in that week.

Nintendo sold more than 28 million Switch consoles during the past fiscal year, bringing the platform's lifetime sales up to 84.5 million. According to company president Shuntaro Furukawa, about a fifth of the systems that Nintendo moved last year were to homes that already owned one.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is an unstoppable sales juggernaut. The game has surpassed 35 million copies sold since it debuted in 2017. From April 2020 through March 2021 alone, Nintendo sold 10.62 million copies of the mascot racer. That makes Mario Kart 8 Deluxe one of the best-selling games through that period even when compared against some of biggest releases of the year.

Semiconductors are one of the main components in the production of almost all of the electronics we use. This is no different for gaming consoles, which then lights up a red alert since we are having a great shortage of semiconductors.