There’s this anxiety within the industry regarding Switch 2, which is around this notion that Nintendo tends to follow a success with a flop. Nintendo followed the smash hit Wii with the Wii U failure. Nintendo 3DS sold half as many units as the DS. It’s a trend, you see? In truth, that analysis isn’t … Read more
I bring good news. You know the Nintendo Switch’s successor, or the Switch 2 as everyone’s been calling it for years at this point? Well, Nintendo’s confirmed that it’ll have backwards compatibility for Switch games. That means no having to pray that Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits gets rapidly ported to the new hardware right away, … Read more
Nintendo has confirmed that the successor to the Switch will be backwards compatible, and that Nintendo Online will carry over to the next-gen console. Announced during its financial results for H1 2024, the firm revealed that consumers will be able to play games from their current Switch library on the console. A “broad selection of … Read more
There’s still no exact sign of when we can expect to watch the live-action Legend of Zelda movie, but Nintendo has at least narrowed it down somewhat. Almost a year ago to the day, Nintendo made the not-so-surprising announcement that there would be a film adaptation of The Legend of Zelda series. The … Read more
Nintendo has released its financial results for six months ended September 30, showing further declines in both hardware and software sales as the wait for the Switch’s successor continues. For the first half of its fiscal year, the platform holder reported a 34% decrease in net sales, 31% drop in hardware, and 27.6% fall in … Read more
It’s finally happened, folks: the last surviving online Nintendo 3DS player has lost connection, meaning it’s done for good. The last couple of years haven’t been very good for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U fans. Last year, both consoles’ eShops shut down, and earlier this year online services for the platforms were shuttered … Read more
If a device exists, you can almost guarantee someone has put Doom on it, and that’s exactly what’s happened with the Nintendo Alarmo. Nintendo baffled the world last month when it revealed a new piece of hardware; it wasn’t the Nintendo Switch 2, or whatever the successor console might be called, but an … Read more
The day has finally come, Xenoblade Chronicles X fans: the underrated Wii U classic is coming to Nintendo Switch. Over the lifespan of the Switch’s existence, Nintendo has ported a plethora of titles from the not very popular Wii U over to its incredibly successful successor. Mario Kart 8 is obviously the one … Read more
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Almost half of all Switch players in the UK are women. That’s according to new data from Ipsos UK’s GameTrack in a study commissioned by trade body Video Games Europe. The report found 47% of people who play a Nintendo Switch in the UK are female. The research firm said this is more than double … Read more
