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On June 11th, 2001, Nintendo released the Game Boy Advance, the 32-bit successor to the companys original handheld. In terms of historical significance, the Game Boy Advance is a bit of an odd system. It didnt change the industry the way its predecessor did, and it wasnt nearly as [...]

Nintendos lineage of console updates and revisions - With rumours coming in thick and fast that a new Switch hardware ann...

Graphic: Business Wire Nintendo Switch Online will boast over 100 classic games starting May 26. And while Nintendo didn’t add Super Mario RPG like some fans had long hoped, there is an upside: Two games will be coming stateside for the first time. The May update brings color-matching puzzle game Magical Drop 2 and old-school platformer Ninja JaJaMaru-kun to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. The two games will be added alongside three others — Spanky’s Quest, Caveman Ninja (AKA Jo...

Nintendo Switch Onlines Library Will Never Feel Complete Without Big Third-Party Games Opinion: Deep cuts and obscure gems are nice, but Switch Onlines NES and SNES libraries are still missing many games that defined those consoles. May 20, 2021 at 8:00AM PDT Nintendo Switch Onlines SNES and NES libraries are growing a little bigger next week with the arrival of five more games. As usual, however, this months batch largely consists of obscurities, with the biggest addition (outside of Japan, at...

The Switch is continuing to pile on the retro games for its library. DotEmu posted a trailer this evening announcing a bundle of LucasArts co-op shooters Zombies Ate My Neighbors (1993) and Ghoul Patrol (1994) would come to Switch on June 29. The bundle is in co-operation with the new Lucasfilm Games label, and will include achievements and a game museum mode among other modern features. Zombies Ate My Neighbors was originally published by Konami and was a cult classic of the SNES and Genesis. ...

Talking Point: Surely Its Time For Game Boy On Nintendo Switch Online? © Nintendo Life Whenever Nintendo Switch Online comes up as a topic, its normally people demanding to know why Nintendo 64 and GameCube titles havent arrived, or a laugh at another trailer reupload getting downvoted to oblivion. Despite Nintendo packing lots of retro games and some exclusive 99 titles with the service, and with options to get a years access very cheaply with the family pass in particular, its often compared...

Square Enix has started their Golden Week Sale, which has seen 20 Nintendo Switch games and two Nintendo 3DS games receive temporary discounts.

The Legend of Zelda franchise turns 35 years old this year, and Nintendo should celebrate by dropping key N64 games on the Switch.

Look, Even Terry Crews Wants Mother 3 Localized Crews Mother 3 tweet comes a few weeks after Reggie Fils-Aimé also mentioned the game. Earthbound fans have been clamoring for Mother 3, the final entry in the series, to officially make its way stateside since its initial launch in 2006. Hopes for a localized version of the game are still alive a decade and a half later, and the conversation has sparked again, thanks in part to actor and professional muscle man Terry Crews. Crews took to Twitt...

Streets of Rage 2 (1993) ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron (1993) Vectorman (1995) More Retro Gaming Goodness Todays video game companies wish they could make a console as cool as the Sega Genesis. Sega might not make hardware any more, but nothing can take away the achievement of this legendary machine. During an era when a multi-platform game on the PlayStation 5 is nearly indistinguishable in graphics and sound from the same game on Xbox Series X/S or PC, its hard to remember a time when e...