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You’ll be able to preorder a Nintendo Switch on Friday (in NYC, at least)

by Chaim Gartenberg

Nintendo is releasing more details on the upcoming Nintendo Switch later this week, but the first piece of official news has already dropped. The New York-based Nintendo store Twitter account announced that a “limited quantity” of preorders for...

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What to expect from Nintendo’s Switch event

by Andrew Webster

After this week we’ll know a whole lot more about Nintendo’s next console. The company is holding a pair of events — one in Tokyo, one in New York — where it plans to unveil some important new details about the Nintendo Switch, most notably when...

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You can now hack an NES Classic to add more games

by Chaim Gartenberg

Since the NES Classic was first announced, fans have been wondering if it would be possible to somehow add more games to Nintendo's diminutive retro console, which comes with 30 curated titles and no official options to add more. But over the...

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Pokémon Snap is coming to the Wii U tomorrow

by Andrew Webster

Don’t put away your Wii U just yet: Nintendo 64 cult classic Pokémon Snap is coming to the console. The game will be available to download through Nintendo’s virtual console classic games service starting tomorrow. First released on the N64 in...

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The Verge 2016 tech report card: Nintendo

by Natt Garun

From years of watching E3 and knowing deep down that every cool game being demoed from Nintendo won’t be released for at least another year (or two), the company was a refreshing surprise this year. By capitalizing on nostalgia, Nintendo made 2016...

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Nintendo is considering releasing up to three mobile games a year

by Ashley Carman

Nintendo might expand its mobile game universe well beyond Super Mario Run, according to an interview between the company’s president Tatsumi Kimishima and Japan-based media outlet Kyoto NP. Kimishima says the company is considering releasing two...

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Super Mario Run was downloaded a record 40 million times in its first four days

by Andrew Webster

Nintendo’s first proper smartphone game has proved to be a huge hit. According to the company, Super Mario Run was downloaded more than 40 million times in its first four days of availability on iOS, breaking the App Store record for number of...

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NES Classic will be available at Best Buy on December 20th in ‘limited quantities’

by Megan Farokhmanesh

You better get in line now

Super Mario Run was downloaded 2.85 million times in its first day

by Andrew Webster

Super Mario Run is on pace to have the biggest launch in the history of the App Store. According to analytics firm Apptopia, the game was downloaded 2.85 million times in its first day of availability. Those numbers handily beat out Pokémon Go,...

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You’ll be able to play the Nintendo Switch before it launches in March

by Andrew Webster

Nintendo is taking its next console on tour. Today the company announced that starting January 13th — the day after it reveals more details about its next piece of hardware — Nintendo will be making the Switch playable to the public at large, with...

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Nintendo has sold nearly 200,000 NES Classic Edition consoles in the US

by Nick Statt

It almost beat six months of Wii U sales

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How to master Super Mario Run: 13 quick and easy tips

by Megan Farokhmanesh and Andrew Webster

Super Mario Run, Nintendo’s first true smartphone game, arrives today on iOS. It’s a little different than your typical Mario fanfare, which typically send the mustachioed plumber out on a grand adventure. Instead, the game has three modes — which...

Super Mario Run review: a fun but compromised Mario on iPhone

by Andrew Webster

Oftentimes Super Mario Run, the first smartphone game created by Nintendo, feels like a compromised version of the classic games. To work comfortably on a touchscreen held in one hand, Nintendo has had to change its proven formula. This isn’t new...

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Super Mario Run: everything you need to know about Nintendo's first smartphone game

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Super Mario Run is available now to download on iOS

by James Vincent

Super Mario Run is now live on the App Store — buy it yourself for $9.99. The much-anticipated game is Nintendo’s first real attempt to puts its storied back catalogue of video game characters to use in the mobile world. Super Mario Run is a take...

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Nintendo Switch VR headset shows up in patent

by Adi Robertson

A recently published Nintendo patent shows how virtual reality could work on the company’s upcoming Switch console, despite Nintendo’s overall ambivalence toward VR. The patent, spotted by a NeoGAF member, describes a head-mounted display that...

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Super Nintendo World is coming to Universal Studios Japan by 2020

by Sam Byford

Nintendo announced a tie-up with Universal Studios last year, and since then it's been confirmed that the parks in Osaka, Orlando, and Hollywood will eventually see areas with Nintendo-themed attractions. Now the company has revealed details for...

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Super Mario Run will need an active internet connection to play

by James Vincent

Super Mario Run is coming out December 15th, but to play it you’ll need an active internet connection. That means no using the game on a subway or plane — unless you’re above ground or connected to Wi-Fi. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed...

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Super Mario Run hands-on: like Mario, just simpler

by Andrew Webster

A week ahead of the release Nintendo’s first true smartphone game, Super Mario Run, we had a chance to spend a half-hour with the portable platformer. How does it feel? Surprisingly like a classic Mario game. Super Mario Run strips the core of a...

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Watch Miyamoto play the Super Mario Bros theme song with The Roots

by Thomas Ricker

Here’s footage of Shigeru Miyamoto playing the Super Mario Bros. theme song with The Roots. It’s probably the most famous song in video games being played by the most famous video game designer and producer...

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Watch Jimmy Fallon play Zelda on the Nintendo Switch

by Sam Byford

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé swung by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon tonight to show off two of the company’s most important products in years — smartphone game Super Mario Run, and the new Switch console. Fallon gets...

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A chat with Shigeru Miyamoto on the eve of Super Mario Run, Nintendo’s first smartphone game

by Andrew Webster

The creator of Mario on how smartphones will introduce new players to Nintendo

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You may be able to play GameCube games on the Nintendo Switch’s Virtual Console

by Chaim Gartenberg

As we get closer to the next major Nintendo Switch unveiling in January, details about the new console continue to trickle out. The latest is a report from Eurogamer that claims that the Nintendo Switch will be adding GameCube Virtual Console...

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Super Mario Maker on 3DS is the perfect way to introduce kids to Mario

by Andrew Webster

It’s hard finding a video game for a three-year-old to play. My oldest daughter wants to play games — she can’t help it, she’s around me all the time — but the simple fact is most games just aren’t fun when you’re that age. They’re too rigid, with...

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Watch two new trailers for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

by Andrew Webster

With its 2017 release approaching, Nintendo is giving us yet another in-depth look at the much-anticipated Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. At the 2016 edition of the Game Awards tonight, the company showed some direct footage of the game in...

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Pokémon Sun and Moon are Nintendo’s fastest-selling games ever in Europe and the Americas

by Andrew Webster

Pokémania is in full effect: Nintendo says that the recently released Pokémon Sun and Moon are the fastest-selling games in the company’s history in both Europe and the Americas. According to Nintendo, the 3DS games sold a combined 3.7 million...

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You can play the NES Classic wirelessly with this tiny adaptor

by Andrew Webster

The biggest problem with the NES Classic Edition — besides it being sold out everywhere — is that the tiny console’s wired controllers are far too short, making it a challenge to play in most living rooms. There are a few solutions already on the...

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Nintendo attractions are coming to Universal theme parks in Orlando and Hollywood

by Andrew Webster

Nintendo has revealed a few more details on its ongoing partnership with Universal theme parks: namely that its upcoming attractions are coming to America. The two companies previously announced a partnership last May, and this past March it was...

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Black Friday 2016: the best PS4, Xbox, and PC gaming deals

by Chaim Gartenberg

Sony and Microsoft just released new versions of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Plus, all the new fall games are out, and you’ve probably already fallen behind on the latest and greatest. Black Friday is a perfect time to upgrade your gaming...

Nintendo Switch will reportedly get a version of Pokémon Sun and Moon

by Kwame Opam

The Nintendo Switch may be the first home console to get a core Pokémon game. Eurogamer reports that the upcoming hybrid console will receive a new version of the just-released Pokémon Sun and Moon in 2017. Titled Pokémon Stars, this new title...

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Nintendo is turning The Legend of Zelda into an escape room game

by Andrew Webster

It turns out The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild isn’t the only Zelda adventure in the works — Nintendo is also creating a new escape room puzzle game based on the world of Hyrule. Called “Defenders of the Triforce,” the real-world game is...

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You'll have only minutes each day to order the NES Classic from Walmart this week

by Nick Statt

It may be nigh impossible to purchase Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition console right this very second, with stock shortages and sell outs at Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop and many other retailers. But have hope. Once a day, for a few minutes before...

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