Category: Nintendo

Our favorite games of 2019

[ad_1] Outer Wilds Devindra HardawarSenior Editor You wake up by a campfire, staring at a night sky teeming with celestial activity. A green moon (or is it a planet?) is in the distance, a ship slowly disintegrates in space. The solar system seems vast, beautiful and dangerous all at the same time. That’s your introduction […]

Redbox is selling off its video games at major discounts

[ad_1] If you’re interested in picking up a game either for yourself or as a last-minute gift, you can input your zip code into Redbox’s website to see if it’s available at kiosks in your area. Just note, as Lifehacker points out, that each game comes in one of Redbox’s red jewel cases, instead of […]

‘Mario Kart Tour’ rewards Gold Pass subscribers with multiplayer beta

[ad_1] Mario Kart Tour was released for iOS and Android in September, but unusually for a Nintendo game it was purely a single-player experience. Last month Nintendo confirmed it would be launching a real-time multiplayer mode, but only for paid Gold Pass subscribers. A Gold Pass costs $4.99 per month to unlock extra content as […]

The legendary Nintendo PlayStation prototype is up for auction

[ad_1] The console ended up in the hands of Terry Diebold after he discovered it among a bunch of items he’d won in an online bankruptcy auction (for which he paid the ridiculously low price of $75), but it wasn’t until his son Dan happened upon a Reddit thread about the system that he realized […]

‘Luigi’s Mansion 3’ is getting multiplayer DLC in 2020

[ad_1] The first pack will add three new mini-games for the multiplayer ScreamPark mode. It also comes with three new outfits for Mario’s taller brother along with matching floor themes, as well as themed ghosts for the co-op ScareScraper mode. You’ll also find an item called the Flashlight Type-P, an in-game Polterpup light that players […]

‘Tetris 99’ gets a team battle mode

[ad_1] Rather than forming equally-sized teams, players choose any of the four teams they want to join. To compensate for lopsided teams, smaller groups get a boost in attack power. The group of the last player standing wins. As players get knocked out, they go into spectator mode and have to wait until the game […]

‘Axiom Verge 2’ and more indie games will hit Switch in 2020

[ad_1] Developer Thomas Happ revealed Axiom Verge 2 at the end of the Nintendo Switch Indie World Showcase livestream with a first-look trailer. Axiom Verge 2 is due to hit the Switch in fall 2020, while Sports Story is scheduled for mid-2020 and Streets of Rage 4 will land in the first half of the […]

Nintendo Switch Online is adding ‘Star Fox 2′ and Super Punch Out!!’

[ad_1] Other SNES games coming to the catalog — and confirming a datamined leak earlier this year — include Kirby Super Star, Super Punch Out!! and Breath of Fire II. Nintendo isn’t stopping there, however, and will also include a couple of NES classics, Crystalis and Journey to Silius. The biggest news might be that […]

Everything in our holiday gift guide that you can buy for $50 or less

[ad_1] TOYS Skyrocket Pomsies Lumies There’s no shortage of toys that light up, laugh or purr, but Skyrocket’s Pomsies won our hearts with their adorable and wearable design. Now they’re back as unicorns with a new ability: color reading. The Lumies still want to be loved and petted. But now kids can play hue-based games […]

‘Pokémon Sword & Shield’ had the best-selling launch of the series

[ad_1] Fans had been clamoring for Sword & Shield leading up to their release. The games mark the first mainline entry into the series on a flagship Nintendo console; all previous ones were exclusive to the company’s portable offerings. With the ability to play console-quality games both on a TV and in portable mode, the […]