Our latest coverage of Nintendo.
Nintendo has accepted Microsoft’s offer to keep the Call of Duty franchise on Nintendo devices for the next ten years. Readers will remember that Microsoft made the offer to both Sony and Nintendo last fall in hopes of assuaging anti-trust and monopoly concerns brought forth by various regulatory bodies. “Microsoft and Nintendo have now negotiated and signed a binding 10-year [...]
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Last week, Microsoft revealed that it was willing to enter into a 10-year licensing agreement with Sony to allow the latter continued access to the Call of Duty franchise on the PlayStation should the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard merger push through. Xbox head honcho Phil Spencer followed up that announcement with a tweet that Microsoft has made similar arrangements with Nintendo to [...]
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Over the past few weeks, Nintendo has received numerous reports and complaints of accounts being hacked and unauthorized credit card use. The company responded with a statement saying that they were investigating the problem and advised account holders to enable two-step authentication in the meantime. Nintendo confirmed today that there was indeed a massive security breach that possibly affected over [...]
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Dragalia Lost is a mobile action RPG for iOS and Android set in a fantasy world populated by dragons. Conquer your enemies with a variety of skills and attacks, including shapeshifting magic that allows adventurers to transform into powerful dragons. Publisher: Nintendo Type: Mobile MMORPG Release Date: September 27, 2018 Shut Down: November 29, 2022 Pros: +Deep gameplay. +Co-op mode. [...]
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Nintendo revealed their 5th mobile title today: Mario Kart Tour. The game is expected to be released sometime between March 2018 - March 2019 though we'll likely see it sometime this year for both Android and Apple's iOS. The venerable racing series got its start back in 1992 with the release of Super Mario Kart for the SNES. Mario Kart [...]
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Nintendo fans will be happy to hear that Rocket League will be launching exclusive battlecars for the Nintendo Switch. Switch owners will be able to unlock the Mario NSR and the Luigi NSR, as well as the Samus Gunship. Team colour will determine which car you get to play, with Team Orange repping the Mario NSR and Samus Gunship, and [...]
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Fans will be happy to hear that Legend of Zelda is likely to be the next Nintendo franchise to see a mobile adaptation. After the success of Fire Emblem Heroes and Mario Run, it would only be a matter of time before Zelda would see its own mobile game. While Animal Crossing has allegedly been set to release later this [...]
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Nintendo's latest console, the Nintendo Switch, made waves a short time ago when it was fully unveiled as a traditional console that you could take with you on the go. It was touted as a console that you could take to a friend's house, split the core controller, which is made up of two Joycons, in two and play split-screen [...]
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Pokémon Duel is a free-to-play mobile board game where players take six Pokemon and move them across a map of connected dots into their opponent's goal to win. Battle it out on the board and collect Pokémon. Publisher: Nintendo Type: Mobile Board Game Release Date: January 24, 2017 Shut Down: October 31, 2019 Pros: +Pokemon IP in unique board game [...]
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Fire Emblem Heroes is a tactical RPG where players collect and summon heroes from a span of Fire Emblem games to fight in a simplified grid and turn-based combat system. Publisher: Nintendo Playerbase: High Type: Mobile Tactical RPG Release Date: February 2, 2017 Pros: +Collect heroes from various Fire Emblem titles. +PvP arena. +Signature turn and grid-based tactical combat in a simplified form. Cons: -Stamina system limits [...]
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