Image: Nintendo / Kotaku Bad news for anyone trying to redownload some old 3DS digital games or Wii titles via each consoles’ respective store channels: Currently, players report both channels are down and have been for a few days now. Many are now concerned the channels may not return, possibly locking away a lot of …
Image: Nintendo Five years after it came to Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is about to get eight new race tracks as part of its Booster Course Pass DLC, and players are already parsing whether they look deluxe enough. The consensus? There isn’t any, at least not yet. The new courses go live on March …
Image: Nintendo Nintendo’s decision to close its Wii U and 3DS stores has been met with widespread criticism, not for the closures themselves—this always happens to old hardware—but for the way it has once again reminded the world of how terribly Nintendo handles access to its back catalogue, easily the most beloved (and valuable) in …
It had a good run. Photo: Will Ireland/T3 Magazine/Future (Getty Images) As you’ve likely heard, Nintendo is closing the Wii U and 3DS eShops. With Nintendo Switch Online in full force, the official line is that Nintendo has “no plans to offer classic content in other ways.” Yikes! The fear that many online in Japan …
Image: Nintendo In a post titled “Wii U & Nintendo 3DS eShop Discontinuation”, Nintendo just announced that in March 2023 the online storefronts for both systems will be ceasing operations. But in a practical sense the closures will begin a lot sooner than that: – As of May 23, 2022, it will no longer be …
Yep, that’s the Nintendo logo.Photo: BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP (Getty Images) While Xbox and Sony are entering an acquisition arms race, Nintendo isn’t so eager to snap up a slew of game studios. In a recent investors’ meeting, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was asked about acquiring game companies—a timely question for sure. “Our brand was built upon …
Image: Nintendo / Kotaku Nintendo sold a lot of Switch consoles in Japan last year. Like a lot—5.3 million, to be exact. The Switch was easily the best-selling console in Japan in 2021, beating out the PlayStation 5, which didn’t even crack a million units. In fact, you can add up all the other consoles …
The Game Boy Color was released in 1998, a few years before the earliest and crudest smartphones had hit the market. Back then, the internet was still fairly new and the idea of carrying around a single device that could email people, search the web, send photos and stream live videos was years and years …
Unfortunately, Reggie did not say, “My Xbox is ready.”Screenshot: Microsoft Alumni Network Right from the get go, former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé addresses the elephant in the room: “I’m sure at this point you’re wondering, what is the former president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America doing at a Microsoft Xbox …
Image: Nintendo / Kotaku On November 19, 2006, Nintendo released the Wii, the GameCube successor. It would end up becoming one of the best-selling video game consoles of all time and would push the other console makers to add motion controls to their current machines too. And while the whole motion control thing didn’t pan …