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Nintendo unveils Donkey Kong Country at Super Nintendo World in Japan

Nintendo unveils Donkey Kong Country at Super Nintendo World in Japan

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Nintendo’s famous game designer Shigeru Miyamoto showed off the Donkey Kong Country area at Super Nintendo World. The unveiling is a major addition to the theme park within a theme park that opened at Universal Studios Japan in March 2021. Nintendo has opened or is opening its theme parks in Hollywood, Osaka, Orlando (2025) and Singapore (TBD). The aim is to widen its funnel for consumers and get more people familiar with Nintendo’s intellectual property than gamers alone. The entrance to Donkey Kong Country in Super Nintendo World in Japan. The new area is part of the Super Mario World section of the theme park in Japan. As you move from one area to the Donkey Kong Country, Miyamoto pointed out that you move from blocks to rocks as you go through a tunnel. With a jungle theme, Miyamoto showed off the Donkey Kong Tree House and the Golden Temple. On the temple, there’s a face of a monkey with steam spewing out of its mouth. He played large conga drums that were connected to …

The story of the Nintendo Switch in 15 slides

The story of the Nintendo Switch in 15 slides

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Nintendo’s executives gave a slide show that told the state of the Nintendo Switch game console. The Switch has been the mainstay of Nintendo’s hardware strategy since 2017. It combined the portable gaming device with the home living room console, and players have loved that versatility. Here’s the story of the Switch in 15 slides. Nintendo pointed out that the Switch user community has grown to 127 million annual players, reaching new heights every year since the launch. The number of Nintendo Switch users has grown across seven years. Nintendo’s strategy to make the Switch into a global phenomenon. Nintendo kept the Switch business growing through different strategies. Online play has lagged other platforms, but it has steadily grown. Nintendo online membership has steadily grown. The Switch’s online capability has led to bigger digital sales, reducing dependence on expensive cartridges. Nintendo has had more digital game sales lately. The biggest game companies have embraced the Switch. That was never a given, but high volumes of device sales brought in the big players. Nintendo’s third-party ecosystem …

Nintendo revives Famicom Detective Club in year of mystery | Kaser Focus

Nintendo revives Famicom Detective Club in year of mystery | Kaser Focus

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GamesBeat is excited to partner with Lil Snack to have customized games just for our audience! We know as gamers ourselves, this is an exciting way to engage through play with the GamesBeat content you have already come to love. Start playing games here.  As both a mystery game fan and a Person in the Games Industry, I would like to hereby dub 2024 the Year of the Mystery Game. We’ve gotten a new Nancy Drew game, two Ace Attorney collections (which I’m hoping against all odds means we might get a new game at some point in the future), a Golden Idol sequel and now Nintendo has announced it’s making a new Famicom Detective Club game. Specifically, the game is called Emio — The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club, and it launches on August 29. The Emio reveal was especially enjoyable for me, as I hadn’t played the Famicom Detective Club games before Nintendo remastered the duology for Switch in 2021. The fact that they managed to revive such an old franchise to the …

New female-led Zelda game announced by Nintendo to surprise of fans | The Legend of Zelda

New female-led Zelda game announced by Nintendo to surprise of fans | The Legend of Zelda

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Nintendo surprised fans yesterday by announcing a new chapter in its 40-year-old Zelda saga, one of the Japanese video game titan’s biggest franchises. During an event broadcast on the web, the firm said The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is scheduled for release on the Switch console on 26 September. Eiji Aonuma, producer of the Zelda series, said on a webcast that fans would be able to play as Princess Zelda herself rather than the elf-like warrior Link – a first for an official entry into the game’s canon. “This time around Link has vanished and it’s up to Princess Zelda to step into the protagonist’s role,” Ao­numa said. Each new chapter of Zelda is eagerly awaited by fans – the fr­anchise has racked up well over 140 million sales since it began in 1986. Last year’s edition, Tears of the Kingdom, sold 10 million copies in just three days. Nintendo showed some gameplay from the new title during the webcast, revealing cartoon-style graphics similar to 2019’s Link’s Awakening rather than the sleek realism …

Nintendo is removing Twitter / X integration from Switch

Nintendo is removing Twitter / X integration from Switch

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It’s official: All three major video game consoles are now getting rid of their integrations with Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. On Wednesday, Nintendo became the last of the big gaming companies to announce that gamers would no longer be able to post directly to X via the Nintendo Switch gaming console. Other X-related functions would be dropped as well. Tweet may have been deleted “As of June 10, 2024, it will no longer be possible to post screenshots and videos to X (formerly Twitter) from the Nintendo Switch’s Album, or send friend requests to social media users via the Friend Suggestions feature,” Nintendo of America posted on its official account on X. With this announcement, X has officially lost direct integrations with all three major video game console companies. Microsoft was the first gaming company to announce it was dropping its X integration in April of last year, with Sony following with a similar announcement in November. What’s being removed In a more detailed post on its website, Nintendo …

It’s Possible to Hack ‘Tetris’ From Inside the Game Itself

It’s Possible to Hack ‘Tetris’ From Inside the Game Itself

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Earlier this year, we shared the story of how a classic NES Tetris player hit the game’s “kill screen” for the first time, activating a crash after an incredible 40-minute, 1,511-line performance. Now, some players are using that kill screen—and some complicated memory manipulation it enables—to code new behaviors into versions of Tetris running on unmodified hardware and cartridges. We’ve covered similar “arbitrary code execution” glitches in games like Super Mario World, Paper Mario, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in the past. And the basic method for introducing outside code into NES Tetris has been publicly theorized since at least 2021 when players were investigating the game’s decompiled code. (HydrantDude, who has gone deep on Tetris crashes in the past, also says the community has long had a privately known method for how to take full control of Tetris‘ RAM.) But a recent video from Displaced Gamers takes the idea from private theory to public execution, going into painstaking detail on how to get NES Tetris to start reading the game’s high-score …

Deals: Wireless Controllers for Nintendo Switch with RGB Lights

Deals: Wireless Controllers for Nintendo Switch with RGB Lights

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Are you a gaming enthusiast looking for the perfect controller to enhance your Nintendo Switch gaming experience? Look no further! We have the perfect solution for you – a wireless controller designed specifically for the Nintendo Switch. This controller is not just a gaming accessory; it’s a game-changer. It’s packed with advanced features that will take your gaming to the next level. This wireless controller is designed with the gamer in mind. It features advanced sensor and vibration feedback technology for precision, accuracy, and control. The controller’s design is stylish and comfortable, perfect for those long gaming sessions. It also supports multi-platform connectivity, making it compatible with PCs and other mainstream gaming devices. Key Features of the Wireless Controller for Nintendo Switch 360° joysticks and a 6-axis gyroscope for immersive gaming control and precise aiming. Dual shock response for an enhanced gaming thrill. Vibrant RGB lighting and Turbo (T) buttons for games that require rapid firing or quick repetitive actions. Long battery life, powering 30 hours of gameplay. Split-handle design, offering both left and right …

Switch 2 Will Be Officially Announced Before Next April, Nintendo Says

Switch 2 Will Be Officially Announced Before Next April, Nintendo Says

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After plenty of rumors about the Switch 2, Nintendo has given its clearest signal yet that another console is coming. The company pledged to announce its follow-up to the 7-year-old Nintendo Switch in the next year.  The news comes after Nintendo released financial results from its last fiscal year, which ended March 31. In a post on X, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed that the company would introduce the successor to the Switch within the next fiscal year — in other words, between now and the end of March 2025. Nintendo didn’t release any additional details about the console, or even whether it would retain the Switch’s branding. The only hint at a timeline was in the remainder of Furukawa’s post, which noted that it’s been nine years since March 2015 and the initial reveal of the original Switch, which was then released two years later.  Furukawa also noted that further details wouldn’t be coming in the next Nintendo Direct product showcase, which is scheduled for June and will cover some games coming to the …

3 Streaming Services You Can Use on Your Nintendo Switch

3 Streaming Services You Can Use on Your Nintendo Switch

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Quick Links How to Download Streaming Apps on Nintendo Switch Can You Get Netflix on Nintendo Switch? Key Takeaways Hulu, YouTube, and Crunchyroll are the Nintendo Switch’s only streaming services. Funimation, Twitch, and Pokémon TV used to be available, but these shut down in 2024. The Switch is better for gaming than streaming; apps from the likes of Netflix and Prime Video are unlikely to happen. The Nintendo Switch is a great games console, but unlike the PS5 and Xbox Series X, it doesn’t have a wide range of streaming apps. While it does offer some media consumption services like Hulu and Crunchyroll, it’s not possible to stream yourself on the Switch. In this article, we show you the streaming services that you can use on your Nintendo Switch, all of which are available to download from the eShop. Image Credit: Nintendo The Hulu app is free, though you will need a paid subscription to use the Disney-owned service, which lets you watch thousands of movies and TV shows. For an additional cost, you can …