Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo 3.0.0 update out now with new features, patch notes
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A new version 3.0.0 update is now going out for Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo.
A few new features are included with the patch such as the ability to set separate alarm times and modes for each day of the week, preview alarms, and more. Additionally, as we usually see, Nintendo says there are some stability improvements.
The full rundown is as follows:
Xenoblade dev Monolith Soft says it will never be satisfied with the status quo, wants to aim for higher quality
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You could make the case that Monolith Soft is one of Nintendo’s most important studios at the moment. Aside from developing different entries in the acclaimed Xenoblade Chronicles series, the company has worked directly on high-profile first-party games. Monolith Soft has contributed to Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, all of the Splatoon games, and more.
Yet despite its incredible track record, Monolith Soft strives for more. Hirohide Sugiura, the company’s co-founder and representative director, has mentioned that the company will never be satisfied with the status quo and will always aim for higher quality.
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The most and least useful amiibo figures ever released
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Ethan in Features, General Nintendo, Switch | 0 comments
With confirmation that the Nintendo Switch 2 is backwards compatible with Switch software, it’s safe to assume that includes amiibo – and if that’s true, then it’s also safe to assume that Nintendo’s signature lineup of toys-to-life figurines isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. That being said, there are hundreds of amiibo figures to choose from, and that’s not even including amiibo cards. So today, we’re analyzing which specific figures are the most useful across many Nintendo games. And although we did look at eight of the most useless amiibo almost a year ago, we’ll also be determining the definitive most useless amiibo today.
Nintendo joins ESA’s new Accessible Games Initiative
Posted on 4 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
At GDC 2025 today, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced the Accessible Games Initiative, a cross-industry effort to provide consumers with clear information about the accessibility features available in video games.
Nintendo will be participating as a founding member company along with Electronic Arts, Google, Microsoft, Nintendo of America and Ubisoft. Sony Interactive Entertainment, Amazon Games, Riot Games, Square Enix, and Warner Bros. Games are also participating.
Here’s a bit of information about how it all works:
Ken Kutaragi, the father of PlayStation, has a Nintendo PlayStation tucked away in his closet
Posted on 4 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
It’s been revealed that PlayStation co-creator Ken Kutaragi has a Nintendo PlayStation prototype tucked away in his closest, and it’s a bit different from the hardware we’ve seen previously.
Julian Domanski, a professional photographer in Japan, recently met up with Kutaragi and shared a few photos of the hardware on social media. Needless to say, these things are pretty rare. Domanski mentioned that “the last one in existence was believed to have sold at auction for $300,000.”
Here’s the full set of images:
LEGO Pokemon sets announced
Posted on 1 month ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
We’ve already seen LEGO cross over with Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Animal Crossing, but it’s now been announced that another Nintendo-related property is getting the same treatment – that being Pokemon.
Earlier today, a video was posted by LEGO Mexico on Facebook before it was quickly pulled. During that period when it was available, fans were able to preserve it in full. While it doesn’t show much, Pikachu is teased in LEGO form. It’s a quick clip, though it’s nonetheless clear that we’re getting LEGO Pokemon sets in the future. It’s now confirmed that this will all kick off in 2026.
Here’s that video in full:
Palworld dev was surprised by Nintendo / Pokemon lawsuit, was “a very depressing day”
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During a talk at GDC 2025, Pocketpair global community manager John Buckley responded to the lawsuit Nintendo and The Pokemon Company filed against the company over Palworld.
Buckley spoke about how the move came as a shock for Pocketpair since the team “did legal checks” before the game’s release. He also mentioned that “it didn’t feel good obviously” and “it was a very depressing day” when the lawsuit came in.
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4 ways the next Animal Crossing could improve multiplayer
Posted on 1 month ago by Ethan in Features, General Nintendo, Switch | 0 comments
One of the most highly-criticized features of Animal Crossing: New Horizons is its multiplayer system. Strangely enough, though, multiplayer was also one of the reasons the game became such a runaway success. It released during the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, which played a big part in why New Horizons sold almost 50 million units. Players were able to use Animal Crossing as something of a communication medium during this time – where people couldn’t meet up and hang out in real life, they still could in Animal Crossing to an extent. That being said, once players actually visited each others’ islands, they found that there wasn’t all that much to do. You could take others on a quick tour of your island, but that wouldn’t take much time After that, all that’s left is to walk around and look at things. Animal Crossing’s multiplayer has always been like this, to an extent, but its shallowness kind of hit a peak with New Horizons.
So today, we’re looking at multiplayer in the Animal Crossing series and how Nintendo could improve it for the next game in the series. There’s real potential for something great here, and we have some ideas on how to make it much better.
Pokemon Build-A-Bear plushie line reveals Wooper
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Build-A-Bear is back with the announcement of another Pokemon Build-A-Bear plushie, and next up is Wooper.
Wooper, originally appeared in Generation 2 with Pokemon Gold and Silver. The Water Fish creature is known for the transparent mucous membrane covering its body.
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Nintendo San Francisco store announced [update: opening date]
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May 24: Nintendo will open a new store in San Francisco, the company just announced.
This is notable news as the company only had one official store previously in the United States. That of course is Nintendo New York. The location first opened in 2005 and was first called the Nintendo World store. In 2016, it was rebranded to Nintendo New York.
