Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition launch trailer
Posted on 1 week ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random | 0 comments
We’ve got one last trailer for Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. The game is out today worldwide, and the video shows off everything it has to offer.
Learn more about it in the following overview:
Kraft Mac & Cheese teams up with Super Mario
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A new Nintendo food partnership has been revealed, and Kraft Mac & Cheese is now featuring Super Mario.
Kraft Mac & Cheese Super Mario Power-Up Shapes features iconic elements of the flagship series. Fire Flower, Super Star, and Super Mushroom shapes are all included.
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Man jailed in the UK for four months for possession of replica Master Sword
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A man in the UK has been sentenced to four months in prison after being found in possession of a small replica of the Master Sword whilst out in public.
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Donkey Kong could have been called “Kong Dong”, plus other proposed names
Posted on 4 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random | 0 comments
Donkey Kong is one of Nintendo’s most-recognized characters and franchises, but it turns out that the name could have gone in a different direction.
You may recall that in 1983, Nintendo and Universal were going head to head in court over the IP. Universal wasn’t happy with “Donkey Kong”, feeling that it was based on King Kong. Nintendo won in the end, and the final name stuck after a judge determined that it was “at best” a parody.
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Nintendo on whether Mario feels pain
Posted on 3 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random | 0 comments
Have you ever wondered if Mario feels pain? Takashi Tezuka, who has been working on the Super Mario series since the very beginning, was recently asked that very question.
The Verge recently spoke with Tezuka, who weighed in – kind of. He first started out by simply stating: “It may be that Mario does feel pain.”
Theatrhythm Final Bar Line not working properly because of leap day
Posted on 3 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Random, Switch | 0 comments
February 29: If you’ve been trying to play Theatrhythm Final Bar Line today but haven’t been able to do so, it seems that this is because leap day is causing issues.
When starting up the rhythm game, it’ll attempt to connect to Square Enix’s servers. However, it gets stuck in an endless loop and won’t progress to the main menu. Square Enix seems to not have accounted for leap day and that’s impacting the code in some manner.
Police officer warned, salary to be deducted for playing Switch while on duty
Posted on 4 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Random, Switch | 0 comments
A police officer in his 40s at Japan’s Tenri Police Station has been reprimanded after playing Switch while on duty. Aside from receiving a warning from the director of the Nara prefectural police department, his pay will be deducted as well.
According to a report from The Japan News, the officer used a Switch ten times for a total of seventeen hours between November 2023 and February 2024. Again, this was while he was on duty. Police say that work was neglected when he connected his system to a TV in the break room at the police box.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder mod makes Rosalina playable
Posted on 7 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Random, Switch | 0 comments
Super Mario Bros. Wonder has the most playable characters yet for a 2D side-scrolling Mario game, but Rosalina isn’t included in the fun. Some were disappointed by that fact, and to rectify the situation, one fan created a new mod to add her in.
Dytser is behind the mod which has already come a long way. Rosalina has “distinct transformations that look unique compared to the others”, and Dytser even gave her a new look for the Elephant power-up. Most of the transformations are done, but some are a work-in-progress.
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Masahiro Sakurai wanted Nintendo to include a scroll wheel on the GameCube controller
Posted on 7 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, News, Random | 0 comments
Masahiro Sakurai posted his latest YouTube video today, and includes an interesting tidbit of information that he wanted a scroll wheel on the GameCube controller when the hardware was being developed.
Sakurai said he was allowed to give input – which makes sense given his close relationship with the company thanks to the Super Smash Bros. series. As explained in his proposal for Melee, the scroll wheel – or jog dial – “is a knob that you can turn either up or down, and it also functions as a switch if you press it in.” The idea here is that players would more quickly make menu selections and it’d allow for smooth camera movement.
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1 new Wii U was sold in the U.S. during September 2023
Posted on 9 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Random, Wii U | 0 comments
Mat Piscatella, executive director and video game industry analyst at Circana (NPD), relayed a little sales tidbit about the Wii U today that we couldn’t resist sharing.
The console has been phased out for years with Switch now Nintendo’s primary device since 2017. Finding a Wii U at a retailer at this point is practically impossible – and the platform wasn’t exactly popular to begin with. However, as it turns out, a single new Wii U was sold in the U.S. last month. The last time a Wii U was sold in the states was in May 2022.
