July 2022

Image: Forest of Illusions (via Twitter)Nintendo Preservation Website forest of illusions managed to acquire another rare piece of gaming history. He was able to archive a Japanese prototype Nintendo DS X4 firmware - salvaged from an X4…

This week on All Things Nintendo, Brian welcomes game informant Associate Editor Jason Guisao to break down his review of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, the massive role-playing game that hit Nintendo Switch today. Before that, the two caught up…

A new report has claimed that a popular first-party game released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2012 will be remastered for Nintendo Switch in the coming year. Since the Switch launched in 2017, we've seen a number of different…

Hearing Nintendo Playstation has an almost alternate universe, but it's something that happened in that very universe (and who knows, something that might have prevented it from going completely off the rails). Anyway, let's go back to…

Update: Amazon again offers Nintendo's Game & Watch Zelda handheld console at all-time low $39.97 shipped. This corresponds to the lowest price we have ever tracked. Walmart is now offering the Nintendo Game & Watch:…

Wander got some serious buzz after it launched on PlayStation and PC platforms, and gamers also want to know if Stray is on Nintendo Switch. As you'd expect, there's a lot of interest in a new cat-centric cyberpunk adventure. And the good…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8oKY3FhGxoTo subscribe to Nintendo's life on Youtube We've all heard of the phrase "go big or go home", right? Well YouTuber and all-around tech wizard Bigrig Creates seems to have fully embodied his…

Nintendo has given specific dates for the closure of the 3DS and Wii U eShops.As revealed earlier today on July 19, the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShop will permanently shut down next year on March 27, 2023. Nintendo originally set the target…

The Wii U and Nintendo 3DS are two consoles that have taken very different paths for Nintendo. While the Wii U never caught on and only had a five-year lifespan before Nintendo released the Switch, the 3DS was hugely popular around the…

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There have been several rivalries in the history of the game that have lasted for centuries and continue to this day. Although most fans are already familiar with Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox, they may not be familiar with Sega…

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System featuring the hit…

The 3DS was almost a flop for Nintendo, which is funny considering it used 3D. Nintendo's other 3D-enabled console, the Virtual Boy, has become synonymous with failure not just with them, but with video games as a whole. The first…

The Game Boy wasn't the first handheld console on the market, but it was the most revolutionary of its kind. The same goes for the NES as it too broke the mould. Nintendo experimented with on-device multiplayer early on and continued…

Imagine if Nintendo made a Game Boy Advance without the Advance part. That's what video game console and handheld modder Obirux did: they created a redesigned original Game Boy handheld that retains the aesthetic language of the 1989…

The Super NES is arguably the best-known console of the 16-bit era. It usually came in the form of a gray box with gray or purple buttons, and an angular or streamlined design, depending on whether you lived in North!-->…

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Nintendo's GameCube is one of the oldest video game consoles that found decent popularity when it was released. However, PlayStation 2 and Xbox had eclipsed GameCube's full potential as a diverse console. Nintendo fans, meanwhile, loved…

You've seen Halo games on Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. Maybe you've played one or two on PC, especially since Halo: Master Chief Collection hit the platform in 2019. However, you probably haven't seen Halo on Nintendo…

Emulation gives you an accessible and affordable way to play older games that can be hard to get your hands on these days. Your Android phone is capable of emulating most home and handheld consoles up to the fifth generation of consoles,…

Xbox users on Xbox One, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X just got a stealth release, and the game in question is a former Nintendo 3DS exclusive. It's not often that Xbox consoles get a stealth release, with a majority of…