The new Donkey Kong Country area at Super Nintendo World in Universal Studios Japan now has an opening date. Today, it was confirmed that the park will be ready to go on December 11, 2024.

The Donkey Kong Country area will connect with the already-available Super Mario Land section. There are various things to see and do here. Aside from the previously-announced mine cart rollercoaster, visitors can play a rhythm-based activity with two other people, scan the “KONG” letters with their Power-Up Band, eat and drink at Jungle Beat Shakes, and purchase exclusive merchandise at the store.

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Super Nintendo World Direct live stream – November 2024

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The November 2024 Super Nintendo World Direct will be starting later today, and we have a live stream for the event. As a reminder, it goes live at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET / 10 PM in the UK / 11 PM in Europe.

The presentation was announced last night. Coming in at about ten minutes long, the Direct will cover the Donkey Kong Country area at Universal Studios Japan. Nintendo has already set expectations by noting that there will be no game information here.

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Super Nintendo World Direct announced for November 11

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A new Nintendo Direct focusing on Super Nintendo World will be held tomorrow, November 11, Nintendo just announced. The event will be held at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET / 10 PM in the UK / 11 PM in Europe.

Nintendo says the Direct will focus on the Donkey Kong Country area at Universal Studios Japan. Unsurprisingly, no game information will be shared. Expect the presentation to last ten minutes long.

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Mario Kart 9 needs these crucial features

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Mario Kart 8 was originally released for the Wii U in 2014. That’s over ten years ago! Since then, the game has received a host of refinements, updates, and new content. This includes everything from characters to courses to balance changes and everything in between. Then we got Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a renewed version of the game on Nintendo Switch – and it sold so incredibly well that Nintendo never got around to making an all-new entry on the console. It’s easy to see why, but with rumors of the Switch 2 swirling around as usual, it might be time for the Mario Kart franchise to look to the future. We think a hypothetical Mario Kart entry on Switch 2 needs a couple of key features to succeed – here’s everything we’d like to see in the next game.

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Complete history of the Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program

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There are few situations in Nintendo’s history as interesting as the launch period for the Nintendo 3DS, which in modern times, is one of its more popular systems. This beloved little machine first launched in March 2011 at a price point of $249.99, and it boasted fully 3D gameplay for the first time on a Nintendo console (we choose to forget the Virtual Boy). Unfortunately, the Nintendo 3DS had something of a rocky start, to say the least. Things went downhill for the console rather quickly, and Nintendo had do something to get things back on the upswing – that’s where the 3DS Ambassador Program came in.

Today, we’re going over the history of the Nintendo 3DS’ launch, the 3DS Ambassador Program, and the games that were made available as part of the program.

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Nintendo suing man who streamed leaked Nintendo Switch games

Posted on 3 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments

Nintendo has been known to take game piracy very seriously, and yet another example of that is now happening with the company’s lawsuit against a streamer.

The heart of the case involves Jesse Keighin – also known as EveryGameGuru – who is claimed to have streamed pirated and emulated Nintendo Switch games, including some prior to launch. Matters were made worse when Keighin continued his actions even after his channels were shut down, informed his audience about how to pirate games, and teased the company. Nintendo said in its lawsuit: “On October 24, 2024, after certain platforms had taken down his unlawful streams as a result of Nintendo’s enforcement actions, he sent Nintendo a letter boasting that he has ‘a thousand burner channels’ to stream from and [he] ‘can do this all day.'”

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No Man’s Sky rolling out cross-save functionality

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It’s a big day for No Man’s Sky as the game is starting to roll out cross-save.

The functionality will begin with a limited beta. Starting today, players can connect their different platform accounts together here. Following that, a subset of users will be admitted to the beta. Those that are selected can upload and download saves from any connected platform. The feature will extend to all players in the “coming weeks”.

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Nintendo Download – November 7, 2024 (North America)

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It’s time for the newest North American Nintendo Download report for the week of November 7, 2024. The latest releases include Mario & Luigi: Brothership and more.

Here’s the full roundup: