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Here, A Bowsette Amiibo, I Hope You’re All Happy

Nintendo has of course released official Peach Amiibo. But it’s up to people like GandaKristo turn them into something fans truly want The custom Amiibo creator extraordinaire has created the masterpiece you see here. And the back: Perfection. We’vefeatured her work here before, but in the time since our last showcase and this she’s also…

Cloud Saves Will Last Six Months After A Switch Online Subscription Ends

When Nintendo Switch Online launched last week, subscribers gained the ability to finally back up their save files. One question remained, though: what would happen if the subscription lapsed? Nintendo’s original support page FAQ was vague on the matter, but today the company confirmed they’ll last for six months. For $4 a month or $20…

Speedrunner Achieves ‘Impossible’ Super Mario Bros. Record Time

The original Super Mario Bros. is tightly optimized, as far as speedruns go. Runners have been shaving off milliseconds using highly-skilled play and glitches, all in the hopes of someday reaching a theoretically perfect run. Previously, this was only achievable using special programs, but last night, a runner did what some people thought impossible, matching…

The Internet Has Been Replaced By Bowser Wearing The Super Crown

A concept introduced in a single fan-made comic strip has absolutely destroyed the internet. In the port of New Super Mario Bros. Wii U for the Switch, called New Super Mario Bros. Wii U Deluxe, Toadette has an item called the Super Crown that turns her into a character called Peachette. That was two weeks…

Wandered into an Akihabara store last night and had an amazing score: Nintendo’s 1970s electro-mechanical Duck Hunt toy! This was what inspired the NES game. The store, notorious for its high standards, had it marked at 3000 yen ($27) because it was missing the battery cover.

Hands On With Yokai Watch 4 

In 2014, Yokai Watch’s popularity exploded in Japan. The 3DS game and its anime became a nationwide phenomenon, with kids singing the theme song (and doing its catchy dance) and begging their parents to buy them Yokai Watch toys. It seemed like Yokai Watch was on track to surpass Pokémon, but by late 2016, the…

Ninjala Is Multiplayer With Bubble Gum 

One of the biggest booths at this year’s Tokyo Game Show is for Ninjala, a multiplayer action game for Nintendo Switch. The character design and the color palette are reminiscent of Splatoon, but I wondered if that’s where the similarities end. You gotta be charmed by a video game in which one of the central…

Mario Kart Has Voice Chat Now And It’s Very Wholesome

This week, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe got online voice chat as part of Nintendo Switch Online. Before now, I didn’t think I would want to hear from any of my competitors in Mario Kart. Turns out, it rules. I like to play Mario Kart online. Starting with Mario Kart 8, I’d lie in bed playing…

Police Arrest Dad Who Sent Toddler Inside Prize Machine To Steal Nintendo Consoles

The father who sent his young daughter inside a vending machine to steal some Nintendo consoles has been arrested and charged after turning himself into police. The Union Leader reportsthat Anthony Helinski, a 34 year-old from Lawrence, Mass, “surrendered himself, accompanied by his lawyer, after a warrant was issued for his arrest Wednesday.” He has…

Massive ads for Dragalia Lost, the new mobile game from Nintendo, line the walkway to the train leading to the Tokyo Game Show venue. It’s out on September 27.

Don’t Worry, Switch Online’s CRT Filter Isn’t Damaging Players’ Screens

Nintendo’s online service for the Switch also grants you access to some classic Nintendo games, and the NES library even provides a filter so it looks like you’re playing them on an old school CRT television. Unfortunately for some players, playing those games with this filter on has left them with an afterimage on the…

Hackers Have Already Cracked Open The Switch Online’s NES Library

Nintendo Switch Online hasn’t even been out for a day and hackers have already found a way to upload new NES games to its existing library. Nintendo Switch Online, a paid subscription service required to play most Switch games online starting today, also included other features like cloud backup saves and a downloadable library of…

PSA: Switch Online doesn’t create backup saves for games automatically. You have to manually initiate the process by either loading the game or going into its settings by hovering over top of its icon and clicking “+”. Only afterward doing that will the backup saves stay updated automatically.

LEGO And The Nintendo Switch Go Very Well Together

Nintendo’s Labo system was designed for use with cardboard, but LEGO designer Vimal Patel (like, he actually works at LEGO designing) has other ideas. He’s taken (via Gamasutra) some of Labo’s existing cardboard tools, like the piano and handlebars, and built them out of LEGO Technic instead. Which is more complicated and less accessible than…

Undertale Is Finally On A Nintendo Console Where It Belongs

Undertale is out on Switch today. It took three years for the excellent JRPG-inspired adventure to finally arrive on a Nintendo console. Now it has and, despite the sometimes clumsy Joy-Con controls, the game feels like it’s come home. In Undertale you play as a kid who’s somehow ended up in the underground, a world…

Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s New Expansion Improves On The Original, But Not Too Much

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 — Torna: The Golden Country is a new standalone expansion pack that does away with some of the more inelegant and tediousbits of the original game. Taking place 500 years before the events of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Torna: The Golden Country follows new characters as well as some of the original game’s more…

Stormy Daniels Says Donald Trump Has “A Dick Like The Mushroom Character From Mario Kart“

Stormy Daniels, the adult performer at the centre of one of President Donald Trump’s larger personal scandals, has a new book out next month, and somehow there is room for an excellent Nintendo/dick reference in it. An early copy of the book—called Full Disclosure—has been obtained by The Guardian, and amidst all the other details…

This very rare, very early Japanese game history book published in 1988 is currently for sale in Akihabara for about $200. Check out that young Miyamoto mugshot!

Dad Gets Toddler To Climb Inside Prize Machine, Steal Nintendo Consoles

A man is wanted by police after being filmed sending his daughter inside a BarBerCut Lite cabinet, where she was able to get her tiny hands on some prizes and retrieve them before the pair (and another child, believed to be the man’s son) left the scene. The Union Leader reports that security at the…

The Nintendo Switch’s Online Service Has Some Weird Details

Nintendo Switch Online launches tomorrow on September 18, and in the past few days, we’ve learned a bit about the new features coming as part of the service and how they will affect the games involved. Switch Online is Nintendo’s version of Xbox Live and PlayStation Plus, and like both of those services, it costs…