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.
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Famitsu sales (3/3/25 – 3/9/25) – first week sales revealed for Suikoden
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Nintendo Download – March 13, 2025 (North America) – MLB The Show 25 and more
Posted on 4 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
It’s time for the newest North American Nintendo Download Switch report for the week of March 13, 2025. The latest releases on the Nintendo eShop include MLB The Show 25 and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
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Pokemon GO dev Niantic to sell its gaming business to Scopely [update: official]
Posted on 4 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, News | 0 comments
February 18: According to a report from Bloomberg, Niantic is gearing up for a sale of its video game business to Scopely. The outlets cites “several people familiar with the discussions.”
No official announcements have been made at this time. However, Bloomberg states that a price of $3.5 billion is currently being thrown around. An official announcement is expected in the weeks ahead.
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Tetris 99 reveals 46th Maximus Cup with Xenoblade Chronicles X theme
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March 10: Tetris 99 is planning its 46th Maximus Cup, and this time around, a new theme based on Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is up for grabs. This comes in celebration of the RPG’s launch on Nintendo Switch next week.
Anyone that’s a part of the Nintendo Switch Online program can participate. During the event, you’ll need to play the online mode, which grants points for each match. The higher you place, the more points you’ll earn. Nintendo will be giving out the Xenoblade Chronicles X theme once 100 points are collected. The theme comes with background art, music, and Tetrimino designs based on the game.
Potential storylines for the The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie is almost two years old already. When it first released in April 2023, it was received fairly well as far as video game movies go – and it became one of the most successful animated movies of all time. That said, one of its shortcomings was its story. It moved quite fast, separated Mario and Luigi at the start, and overall didn’t feature a ton of character depth or development. That’s fairly typical for the first movie in a series, though.
Indeed, we’ve received confirmation that there is a second movie “based on the world of Super Mario Bros.” in development. There’s no word on exactly what it will be. It’s probably safe to assume that it will simply be The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2, but there’s a chance it could be based around Donkey Kong or possibly someone else. So today, we’re discussing some potential plot point ideas for the next Mario movie, which we may even see for Mario Day this year. In order to best predict potential storylines for the next movie, we do have to spoil many elements of the first film – so keep that in mind before you continue reading.
Former Nintendo of America staff discuss “adversarial relationship” with Pokemon U.S.
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Former Nintendo of America staffers have shared some interesting behind-the-scenes information about what it was like working in collaboration with The Pokemon Company, with the relationship described as being “adversarial”.
Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang shared the details during a recent episode of their podcast. Yang brought up how there was a “tug of war for control”. Ellis also brought up about how The Pokemon Company hammered in on pronunciations and was particular about even the finest details of its creatures.
[Let’s Talk] What are you playing? – March 2025
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A new month just started up a few days ago. Now that we’re in March, we want to know what you’ve been playing.
Have you been picking up some of the recent releases like Suikoden 1 & 2 HD Remaster, Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered, or Wario Land 4 on Nintendo Switch Online? How about something from your backlog? No matter the case, let us know in the comments.
Former Nintendo executive on why the Metroid movie didn’t happen
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Gail Tilden, former marketing manager at Nintendo of America, has spoken about the Metroid movie that never came to be.
It was around two decades ago that there were hopes of seeing Samus Aran on the big screen. The movie was planned to hit theaters in 2006, but that didn’t end up happening. Producer Brad Foxhoven would later reflect on what transpired, indicating that there were creative disagreements with Nintendo. The company was apparently hesitant after the 1993 Mario movie bombed and was unsure about allowing a different team to handle Samus’ origin story.
Nintendo Switch 2 appears to have NFC and Wi-Fi 6
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A bit of additional information about Nintendo Switch 2 has come to light, seemingly confirming that NFC and Wi-Fi 6 will be included.
The Verge spotted new filings with the FCC today. Based on what was published, NFC and Wi-Fi 6 will be included with Nintendo Switch 2. Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) networks are supported with up to 80MHz of bandwidth, compared to Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) on the original Nintendo Switch. Note that Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6E are not included. Additionally, tests with the FCC were only done for 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks instead of the faster / shorter-range 6GHz band.
