An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Something very strange is happening inside Super Nintendo (SNES) consoles as they age: a component you’ve probably never heard of is running ever so slightly faster as we get further and further away …

Nintendo has trumpeted its latest legal success in the company’s ongoing fight against pirated games as “significant” not only for itself, “but for the entire games industry.” From a report: The Mario maker today confirmed it had won a final victory ov…

VGC: Nintendo’s next console could launch later than expected, in early 2025, it’s claimed. That’s according to Brazilian journalist Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippe, who claims in a new OX do Controle video that he received the information from five separat…

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Super Mario Bros: Wonder is a psychedelic take on the traditional 2D platformer that jazzes up Mario’s usual Bowser-thwarting adventure with Wonder Effects that, as Polygon’s Chris Plante put it, sees “the levels themselves collapse a…

Analogue, the company best known for modern takes on retro hardware, is turning its attention to the 64-bit era with the Analogue 3D, a reimagining of the Nintendo 64. From a report: The company says the new console will have “100 percent compatibility…

After closing its 3DS and Wii U eShops earlier this year, Nintendo will shut down online services for those consoles in “early April 2024,” it announced. From a report: That will put a halt to multiplayer features, along with “online co-operative play,…

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer would really like to buy Nintendo someday. From a report: In an August 2020 email to two top Microsoft marketing executives, Spencer wrote that “Nintendo is THE prime asset for us in Gaming” and that “getting Nintendo …

An anonymous reader shares a report: In Cologne last month, Nintendo’s public Gamescom showfloor booth let you play Pikmin 4 and Super Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. But behind the scenes, the company had more up its sleeves. Developer presentations for Switch 2…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from GameSpot: For decades, Charles Martinet voiced the iconic video game character Mario in Nintendo’s popular series, but those days are now over. Nintendo has announced that Martinet, who rose to a new level of fa…