It's not about snobbery, it's about true Nintendo magic and the power of videogames as an art form.

In 2007, Nintendo World Report rated Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii a perfect 10/10. In 2010, NWR rated its sequel Super Mario Galaxy 2 a 9.5/10. (And then repeated that in 2015).

On Friday April 4, 2026, I walked out of a Cinemark movie theater into the early morning sun and had a broad smile... Read more...

Mentioned only in fine print, could this be a part of next week's April 2 Switch 2 Direct?

The wildest Nintendo leaks are the ones they leak themselves, such as in the fine print in the official Nintendo website detailing how the company's new Virtual Game Card sharing feature works. Despite the company's conscious and clear effort to focus on the original Nintendo Switch for now (until... Read more...

A strong Nintendo Direct showing recontextualizes the Switch's entire 2024.

Before the morning of June 18, 2024, the unspoken vibe I was picking up was that 2024 would be Nintendo stretching their product line up with niche intellectual properties and ports and remakes of older games.

In that frame of mind, I thought that maybe, just maybe, the long awaited Switch price... Read more...

There's multiple reasons why the Nintendo 3DS StreetPass feature should return in the Nintendo Switch successor.

Until Nintendo reveals the Switch 2 there's plenty of space to speculate about what they'll do for their next act. It'll be a more powerful system on some level - that alone is a prolific topic of speculation - but for a company with such a unique history of hardware innovations/changes, how exactly... Read more...

It takes more than a slew of game trailers to make a good impression at E3, you need a coherent message to tie it all together.

Nintendo started strong with their E3 Digital Event this morning, but halfway through it really felt like they'd lost their narrative thread; I'd lost the exhilaration I'd gained from the event's charming puppet-based intro and Star Fox reveal. My game purchase plan this holiday is already more than... Read more...