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Nintendo Switch deals rarely offer this much additional gear at a discounted rate, but right now you can pick up a special edition console, a copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and a carry case for $344.99 at Dell (opens in new tab). By current prices on all of those …

After some stock difficulties over the last year, we’re seeing some excellent Nintendo Switch deals gracing the shelves in both the US and UK this week. From discounts on the new OLED model to some excellent value bundle deals coming in far cheaper than the cost of the console by …

Within a week of the Metroid 2 remake (opens in new tab) getting released – and immediately shut down (opens in new tab) – another group of Nintendo fans has decided to try its luck. Meet Pokemon Uranium, a fan-made Pokemon game that introduces a new graphical style, region, the …

Nintendo’s reign over the handheld market has never faced a stronger threat than the bite-sized mobile titles on your phone or tablet. They’re cheap, cheerful and immediately accessible. WarioWare, Inc: Minigame Mania! however, beat them all to the punch. In 2003 the idea of a game split into hundreds of …

First, there’s the origin story everyone knows. Following the success of Donkey Kong Country in 1994 a Super Mario World 2 prototype was rejected by Nintendo’s internal evaluation team and Shigeru Miyamoto was told to move the graphics in DKC’s pre-rendered direction. One year later, Yoshi’s Island was the result …

The outside of Peach’s Castle was 3D gaming’s gentle introductory playground. It seems oddly sparse today: just a cluster of trees and a lake devoid of traditional game-like challenge. But that’s the point. Nintendo built Mario 64 on a foundation of technological breakthrough with its sprawling 3D worlds, but nothing …

No tea tables were upended – as a Nintendo euphemism for radical changes towards the end of a game’s development goes – during the making of Super Mario 3D World. Since 2005’s Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Nintendo EAD Tokyo has blossomed into one of the publisher’s finest assets, and it …

Shigeru Miyamoto has been making games at Nintendo for more than 30 years. In that time, he has directly overseen dozens of titles, from the landmark Super Mario Bros. to his latest pet project, Pikmin 3. But all those projects don’t come without some missed opportunities. “I wouldn’t say that …

You might remember that immediately after the Wii U’s US launch a user of Neo GAF managed to accidentally hack into the console’s debug menu, discovering a couple of unannounced game titles in the process. One of those, Yoshi’s Land, has just turned up on retailer listings, with what sounds …

Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer of the Wii U, has admitted to employing 14-year-old students in making the consoles. Various reportage compiled by Eurogamer confirms the students, as part of an internship program, were illegally put to work to cover a production shortfall in advance of the console’s November 18 launch. …