Nintendo maintenance schedule – January 25, 2026 – Wii U and 3DS impacted
Posted on 6 days ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Mobile, News, Wii U | 0 comments
Nintendo has released its maintenance schedule for the week of January 25, 2026:
Right now two sessions are on the docket. The first is taking place later tonight, but the second won’t be happening until February.
Below is the full Nintendo maintenance schedule for the week of January 25, 2026:
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Looking back on and celebrating Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 11 years later
Posted on 1 week ago by Ethan Gnau in Features, Wii U | 0 comments
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U recently celebrated its 11th anniversary on November 21, 2025. Along with the game itself released the first-ever wave of amiibo figures, which included twelve new characters priced at $12.99 each. If you look at lists or rankings of the best Super Smash Bros. games, Wii U is almost always near or at the bottom – in other words, it’s often regarded as the “worst” entry in the series. Which isn’t saying much, because each Smash Bros. game is great in its own way, which is a testament to how well they’re made. So today, we’re focusing on Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and celebrating its anniversary by discussing what it did right and what it did wrong, eleven years later.
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Images show rare prototype of Nintendo’s Wii U Pro Controller
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
Have you ever wondered what the Wii U Pro Controller looked like during its early days? Thanks to some new photos, now you can see what Nintendo was cooking up during initial development.
Reddit user moreretrograde actually shared the shots a couple of months ago. However, they started to circulate more widely this week.
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Nintendo Switch 2 has outsold Wii U, SEGA Dreamcast, PS Vita in the UK
Posted on 1 month ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch 2, Wii U | 0 comments
We don’t have a ton of information about Nintendo Switch 2’s sales in the UK, but one interesting piece of data has now come in.
The new console has outsold Wii U, SEGA Dreamcast, and the PlayStation Vita. That’s according to the latest data provided by NielsenIQ.
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Shovel Knight: Ultimate Design Works revealed, pre-orders open
Posted on 1 month ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 0 comments
Next year, the new Shovel Knight: Ultimate Design Works will be released. Udon Entertainment is preparing the book.
If you’re a Shovel Knight fan, this should be right up your alley. It features “the fun and original artwork behind this landmark title, and its many expansions and spin-off games”. It comes with key art, character concepts, enemy designs, sprite sheets, unused ideas, and more. There’s also creator commentary plus two exclusive interviews with the Yacht Club Games team.
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5 of the more festive Nintendo games you should revisit over the holidays
Posted on 1 month ago by Ethan Gnau in 3DS, Features, Switch, Switch 2, Wii U | 0 comments
If you celebrate Christmas, then you already know there’s nothing better than opening a brand-new video game on Christmas Day. Or getting a brand-new video game console in general! This year, a whole new generation of players will receive Nintendo Switch 2 systems as holiday gifts – or maybe some additional games or accessories for those who already have one. For me personally, many of my favorite video game memories are associated with Christmas in some way, and I’m sure the same is true for those of you who have celebrated the holidays in the past as well.
So today, we’re going over some Nintendo games that I associate with the holiday season, and aspects of each one that make them special. As a note, not all of these games are inherently festive, because surprisingly few Nintendo games make specific references to Christmas or the holidays. But if you have any holiday memories with a video game not listed here, feel free to share in the comments down below.
Nintendo maintenance schedule – October 5, 2025 – Nintendo Network ID downtime
Posted on 3 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
Nintendo has released its maintenance schedule for the week of October 5, 2025.
We don’t see this very often these days, but there’s some downtime involving Nintendo Network IDs. That actually means that only Wii U and 3DS will be affected. As of now, nothing official has been announced for Nintendo Switch.
Below is the full Nintendo maintenance schedule for the week of October 5, 2025:
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Devil’s Third director says panned Wii U game was innovative for its time
Posted on 7 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
Devil’s Third went through a bit of a rollercoaster during its development. Originally, THQ was slated to publish the game and it wasn’t even planned for Nintendo platforms at the time. But after THQ went bankrupt, South Korean company Doobic picked up the project. Doobic ended up going out of business itself, and eventually, Nintendo stepped in to handle it.
Whether it was because of the change in partners or another reason, Devil’s Third didn’t turn out well even though it initially seemed to be a potentially interesting Wii U exclusive. But now in 2025, director Tomonobu Itagaki has reflected on the title, feeling that it “was innovative for a game of its time”.
A quick and complete history of Mario Kart ahead of Mario Kart World
Posted on 8 months ago by Ethan Gnau in 3DS, DS, Features, GameCube, GBA, Switch, Switch 2, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments
After over ten long years, the future of Mario Kart is finally here. Indeed, the gap between Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart World has been the longest in the franchise’s history. Sure, we received Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart Tour, and Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, but none of these were intended to be the next big Mario Kart game. Mario Kart World is exactly that, and with a new era for the series soon beginning, we figured it’s a great time to look at the development history of the Mario Kart franchise as a whole. There’s an absolutely huge amount of information here, so we’ll be telling the condensed version of Mario Kart’s history.
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Ranking the Paper Mario games, from best to worst
Posted on 8 months ago by Ethan Gnau in 3DS, Features, Switch, Wii U | 0 comments
When it comes to game rankings, the Paper Mario series has always been rather defined in terms of which games are “good” and “bad”. There are three main eras of Paper Mario games: the first three games (64, The Thousand-Year Door, and Super), the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS titles (Sticker Star and Color Splash), and whichever era we’re in now (The Thousand-Year Door Nintendo Switch version). Given the amount of love and care that was put into The Thousand-Year Door remaster and how positively it was received both after its announcement and after its release, we think the future of the Paper Mario series is bright. And while we wait patiently for the next new game in the series, we’ve ranked all six Paper Mario games from worst to best. Do keep in mind that this is a subjective list, however, and we’d love to hear your thoughts and rankings for the Paper Mario games down below.
