Tag Archives: Nintendo

The upcoming 3DS games for 2017 and beyond

2017 has been quite the year for 3DS owners so far, what with the release of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minion, Minecraft 3DS Edition and Metroid: Samus Returns, among other titles. But the season of great portable gaming isn’t over yet, and a bunch of interesting new …

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How Nintendo took the world by storm then blew it

The constant allure of Nintendo is you never know what you’re going to get.  The mysterious NX will be revealed later this year, ahead of a March 2017 release (opens in new tab), but Nintendo is in a precarious position. The Wii U has failed to capture public interest to …

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How Super Mario Bros famous glitch captured our imaginations

Science has mostly usurped the supernatural in our collective consciousness, but the concept of magic is too old and too meaningful to just fade away. The inexplicable continues to slip through the chinks in reason, taking the form of ghostly presences, statistical flukes, and psychedelic experiences. But the kind of …

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Pokemon X and Y 3DS XL bundles revealed for Japan

Pokemon X and Y are the first games in the series to appear on Nintendo 3DS, so Nintendo will provide two charming system bundles to get trainers up to speed. Official Nintendo Magazine grabbed the first pictures of the twin 3DS XL systems: the above Xerneas and Yveltal Blue Edition, …

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Nintendo to merge handheld and home console divisions

Times are changing fast in the hardware industry, and Nintendo hopes to keep the pace by combining its handheld and home console divisions. Nikkei reports (translated by IGN, confirmed by Engadget) the company plans to pull 130 staff from home consoles and 150 from handhelds into the new unified division, …

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