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The DS was Nintendo at its best and weirdest

September 17, 2020
Nintendo has always been a strange company. The Kyoto-based game maker turned an Italian plumber into one of pop culture’s biggest icons, and the company has experimented with everything from DIY cardboard game accessories to three-pronged controllers. This unpredictable nature is what makes Nintendo so exciting (and occasionally infuriating). Often, these concepts seem to come out of left…
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Monster Hunter: Rise comes to Switch on March 26

September 17, 2020
Capcom has revealed two new Monster Hunter games for the Switch during today’s Nintendo Partner Showcase. The first, Monster Hunter: Rise, comes out March 26. Monster Hunter games have players, well, hunting monsters. They are action role-playing games with a focus on multiplayer. Monster Hunter has long been a big hit in Japan, but the franchise found success in the U.S. in 2018 with Monster…
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Ori and the Will of the Wisps comes to Switch

September 17, 2020
Microsoft came to the latest Nintendo Partner Showcase to announce that Ori and the Will of the Wisps is coming to Switch later today. It wasn’t too long ago that the idea of a Microsoft game coming to a Nintendo platform would seem insane, but Microsoft and Nintendo have…
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Will the Xbox Series S hold back next-gen gaming?

September 17, 2020
Microsoft revealed its Xbox Series S console last week, aiming to offer more budget-friendly next-gen gaming for $299. The console is specifically targeted at 1440p resolution rather than 4K, leading to some lingering questions and confusion around just how well it will play…
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Watch the latest Nintendo Direct Mini here at 10AM ET

September 17, 2020
It’s been a strange year for Nintendo Direct. In March, Nintendo hosted a surprise Direct Mini event, where it dropped several Switch titles. We haven’t heard much since then. Today, Nintendo is hosting another Direct Mini. This time it’s not exactly a surprise, but it’s also short notice. The livestream begins at 10AM ET / 7AM PT. Rumors are circulating that we’ll hear more about a new…
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Sony: We’ll have more PS5s than we did PS4s at launch

September 17, 2020
Despite rumors to the contrary, Sony will have plenty of PlayStation 5 consoles ready for launch — more than it did when the PS4 first appeared, according to Sony Interactive CEO Jim Ryan. At the same time, he admitted that Sony wasn’t sure about either the supply or…
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Nintendo has discontinued the 3DS family

September 17, 2020
Three years after launching the Switch, Nintendo is putting the 3DS out to pasture. Back in July, the gaming giant shut down the Wii U and 3DS eshops in dozens of regions. Now, it has officially discontinued the family of handheld devices, which used to be wildly popular…
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Hacker turns little Lego man Mario into Super Mario Bros. controller

September 17, 2020
There are lots of ways to play Super Mario games if you’re feeling creative. You could use a regular controller, sure, but why not a Guitar Hero guitar, Donkey Kong’s famous bongo peripherals, or even a real-life drum kit. And what about using Mario himself, turning a figurine of everyone’s favorite plumber-slash-war criminal into a physical controller? That’s what self-declared…
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