Submit a news tip



General Nintendo

Update: Looks like it’s already sold out. Hopefully some of you had success!


Original: Amazon France has the SNES Mini up for pre-order at the moment. If you’re interested, reserve it here. Regardless of what the page says, this should ship to the US.

More:

The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.

Along with new Metroid discounts, a pair of wallpapers have been added to My Nintendo in North America. Both cost 50 Platinum Points each.

The first wallpaper is here, and the second is here. You can nab them until the start of February. Wallpapers can be used with PCs, smartphones, and tablets.

Miiverse

The end of Miiverse is quickly drawing near. Once November rolls in, the social networking service will be no more. A bunch of games will be impacted by its closure, but the community itself will also be shuttered.

Nintendo is allowing members to save their own posts. Miiverse as we know it will be gone, however. So what will happen to all of the lovely artwork and user posts created over the years?

More:

The Mega Man movie is something we’ve heard about for awhile, though it has only become more concrete in recent months. That being said, it’s still a long ways off. Masayori Oka, who produced the Death Note adaptation for Netflix, gave an update in an interview with Collider.

Oka mentioned that the team “just started” working on the Mega Man movie. The project is in the early stages, and the script is currently being worked on.

Oka said:

Supper Mario Broth has posted a scan from a 2000 Nintendo Power interview with Hiroyuki Takahashi and Syugo Takahashi of Camelot. In it, the two developers discussed why Wario and Waluigi don’t have female partners like Mario and Luigi have Peach and Daisy in Mario Tennis.

The Takahashi brothers explained how they wanted Luigi to have his own partner similar to Mario and Peach. However, Shigeru Miyamoto ended up suggesting Daisy. They also wanted Wario and Waluigi to have girlfriends, but Miyamoto wasn’t interested.

Here’s the full excerpt of the Nintendo Power interview:

Source

On its Japanese website, Nintendo has character profiles for various characters in the Mario franchise. One change in particular is earning a great deal of attention.

This is Nintendo’s character description for Mario:

More:

Japanese magazine Famitsu put out its 1,500th issue this past week. In celebration of that, readers were asked to vote on the top 100 games of all time.

A number of Nintendo games made the list, including the a few in the top ten. These include Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Splatoon, which were selected fifth best and third best respectively.

The full list is as follows:

More:

Nintendo Sweden has posted the packaging images for the new Super Mario Odyssey amiibo. These include the 3-pack as well as the individual figures. We have the 3-pack above, and the standard ones below.

Source

More: ,

Later this year, a new edition of The Official National Pokedex will be available. It’s being updated for the newest Pokemon games, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Below is the official description:

Data for all known Pokémon species in the National Pokédex, including their different forms!

Key info on each Pokémon’s Evolutions and how to obtain them—plus Abilities, moves, stats, and more!

Lists of TMs and items that give details on finding them in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon!

Reverse Lookup tables for moves and Abilities—perfect for the competitive battler!

Amazon has Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon Edition: The Official National Pokedex listed for December 17. Pre-orders are open here.

Thanks to Wagner C for the tip.


Manage Cookie Settings