Nintendo and the Pokemon Group have re-released two classic Pokemon games from the yesteryear of previous generations, for gamers rocking a Nintendo 3DS. You can pick up the two new versions of the old games right now from over on the Nintendo eShop, where the games are available as a digital download.
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Last weekend, we found out that the Nintendo Switch actually had a copy of the NES title, Golf, hidden on the console. Developed by former Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, who passed away in 2015, folks have started to speculate as to why that particular game was secreted away on the new console. 
When it comes to file compression, there doesn't appear to be a more efficient company in the games market capable of shrinking a file down to size than Nintendo. This little axiom rings true once more after the file size for Super Mario Odyssey recently became public knowledge and gamers began talking about how Super Mario Odyssey isn't as big as you might think. 
Nintendo has taken yet another step forward in proving to the world that they are willing to provide content for a broader, more mature audience, this time revealing the bare chest of their most beloved icon, Mario. Of course, this resulted in the internet absolutely losing its mind. 
The SNES Classic Edition has been made available for pre-order from participating online e-tailers and brick and mortar retailers. The system has been selling like crazy and Nintendo's revival console has already managed to sell out in near record time in Japan after pre-orders opened up over in the land of the rising sun. 
If you're looking forward to picking up NBA 2K18 for the Nintendo Switch and haven't picked up a MicroSD card yet, you might want to go ahead and make that a top priority. 
Nintendo has a huge wealth of classic games that many gamers can't wait to play via the Virtual Console. However, what if Nintendo decided to do something a bit different by re-imagining some of the classic titles from yesteryear but with all of the cool new features offered up by the Switch? 
The Sept. 13 Nintendo Direct for Switch and 3DS games was, in a word, massive. Nintendo's Yoshiaki Koizumi took center stage to walk viewers through nearly 50 upcoming games for those platforms, with several of the most anticipated titles being stamped with a launch window. 
Nintendo just recently updated the Nintendo Switch with a new firmware patch that adds some fresh new features to the system that focuses on a major improvement for the console: the voice chat. Gamers have long complained about the voice chat features for the system, but Nintendo has finally updated them. 
Nintendo has been catching flak from gamers over the past year for not doing a proper Metroid game to celebrate the brand's 30th anniversary. However, Nintendo has attempted to rectify that issue with Metroid: Samus Returns for the Nintendo 3DS, and now that critics have had a go at it, here's what they think. 
Not only is Nintendo promising to have a boatload (or four) of Super NES Classic Edition consoles on hand following launch, it turns out the publisher has had second thoughts about the original NES Classic Edition, which they will be producing once again next year. 
There's an interesting story circulating about why Nintendo specifically didn't make more NES Classic Editions, the retro-style console that featured 30 of Nintendo's classic games on a mini-console. It turns out the reason actually kind of makes a lot of sense. 
Quick, what's one thing you know for sure about Mario? If your answer was, "he's a plumber," then prepare to have your reality torn asunder. According to a recent listing, it turns out Nintendo's iconic mustachioed plumber is now just an iconic mustachioed unemployed dude. 
One of the franchises that has been Nintendo's bread and butter for years has been Pokemon. The series has produced a number of smash hits across a variety of Nintendo consoles, but some questions have arisen lately about whether or not Pokemon will continue to be exclusive to Nintendo's platforms? 
Yacht Club Games and Nintendo teamed up with Game Grumps to announce three new Amiibo figurines for Shovel Knight. The three character statues were introduced through a hilarious new minute long trailer that attempts to eroticize the 8-bit heroes new Amiibo figurines. 
Nintendo has been receiving a lot of criticism lately for the lack of notable games coming out on the Nintendo Switch. The company had a solid slate of first and third-party titles released throughout the last two quarters from March to August, but now it's looking forward to some of the notable indie titles coming to the Nintendo Switch. 
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. The Miiverse universe is coming to a close. What started on the 3DS and Wii U will end with the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo is apparently looking elsewhere to proliferate its social networking status and it won't be through the Mii-centric meta-hub on the Nintendo Network known as Miiverse. 
With Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle set to launch at the end of the month for the Nintendo Switch, lots of questions loom over the game in terms of content and DLC. Well, one question has finally been answered regarding whether or not the game will have a season pass: of course it does. 
Nintendo's Pokemon cash cow continues to generate interest and hype for the company even when it's just older games being re-released. In fact, that's exactly what's happening with the retail iterations of Pokemon Gold and Pokemon Silver, both of which are coming back to store shelves. 
Nintendo is keeping the Splatfest festivities moving forward with the next big topic following the showdowns between ice cream and cake, as well as ketchup and mayo. The next big thing for Splatoon 2's Splatfest will tackle a controversial topic in the form of superheroes... more specifically, superhero powers. |
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