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Never saw the sun... - With Nintendo ending Twitter integration for posting Switch screenshots today, we thought it might be worth taking a closer look at on...

Before Mario was Mario, Nintendo referred to him as "Jumpman," and he was the protagonist who battled Donkey Kong in the legendary arcade game of the same name. The great ape kidnapped Pauline, Mario's girlfriend, and held her atop a building with steel girders as he tossed barrels at Jumpman.

We traveled to the niche Kyoto boutique luxury hotel, housed in Nintendo’s original HQ, to seek traces of the Yamauchi family’s past, and explore what it means for Japan’s future.

We’re in the midst of an exciting time in games right now, where the history of gaming is such that there can be exciting looks back as well as leaps forward.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gives Link a new power: Ultrahand. It’s a callback to the classic Nintendo toy of (almost) the same name.

With 100m sales of its Switch console, a new Mario movie and even a California theme park, the Japanese tech giant is riding high again. What’s its secret?

“I cannot overstate how excited I was" - Weve covered Nintendos history a lot here at NL, and not just the video game ...

Erik Voskuil has recently opened a couple of packets of Nintendo playing cards from the 1950s. These vintage Nintendo playing cards are then revealed to be in shabby condition.

Feature by Ed Thorn Senior Staff Writer Published 11 Apr, 2021 The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web. Sundays are for plopping eye drops into your eye pouches to prevent that horrible, allergy-driven burning sensation. Before you raise the dropper, lets read this weeks best writing about games. For PC Gamer, Edwin Evans-Thirwell writes about ...

Nintendo Superfan Recreates Companys 19th Century Office To Store His Collection Alerts Heilig even imported a Kyoto-style fire extinguisher box from Japan, a trademark presence outside all historical buildings in the city. Photo: Fabrice Heilig | Before Mario Fabrice Heilig, a Nintendo collector from France, has been amassing stuff for so long that his house was running out of space to store it all. So he decided to expand, and when he did, he had one hell of an idea. Advertisement Before Mar...