Just what do the new Mario Odyssey Amiibo do?

Nintendo released a video highlighting various aspects of Super Mario Odyssey, with Amiibo details being the highlight.

The video features Kenta Motokura, Super Mario Odyssey's game director, talking about various aspects of the game, including the story and the new "capturing" mechanic that allows Mario to take control over enemies and other characters.

Try Nintendo's upcoming 3DS title before you buy.

A demo of Miitopia will be hitting the North American eShop later today. This demo features the beginning of the game and progress players make can be transferred over to the final version when it releases.

This information was revealed at the end of the Miitopia segment during Nintendo's Treehouse Live segment.

If it's coming outside Japan, it'll need someone to step in. Updated with Capcom statement.

UPDATE:

Just to clarify: our official response is we have not announced any plans to localize MHXX at this time. https://t.co/mI31mcrrvE

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Western Switch fans will be waiting a while for a Monster Hunter title.

Shigeru Miyamoto confirms Pikmin's fourth instalment is in still in development.

Pikmin 4, which was absent at this years E3, is "progressing", legendary Nintendo producer Shigeru Miyamoto said.

In an interview with Eurogamer's Tom Phillips, Miyamoto says that the Pikmin 4 project is still in development, though he couldn't say much more at the moment.

"I've been told not to share anything about this from PR," Miyamoto told him, "but I can tell you it is progressing."

High demand has halted the discussion for now.

Boutique game distributor Limited Run Games has been in discussions with Nintendo about beginning to ship Switch titles, but plans have been put on hold due to high demand.

The company currently sells small (1000 - 3000 copy) runs of otherwise digital only titles, including such titles as the Mutant... Read more...

A few more goodies than the North American version

The European special edition of Metroid: Samus Returns is going all out.

According to Nintendo's UK site, a special edition will be available for the game that includes a steelbook, a gold "S" pin, an artbook, a soundtrack selection CD, a Morph Ball-styled keyring and a download code for Metroid II: Return of Samus on 3DS.

You'd have to buy that DLC separately if you get the digital release!

Lego Worlds is coming to Nintendo Switch this fall, and it will be available via both physical retail and digital eShop releases.

Furthermore, the physical retail release will contain not just the base game, but two bonus Premium DLC packs. One of the DLC pack-ins will be the recently announced... Read more...

What we learned from the recently announced 2018 game.

Nintendo showcased a completely new game in the Yoshi series, simply known as “Yoshi for Nintendo Switch” on their Treehouse Live E3 2017 Stream.

As soon as they started playing they showed off that a big part of the gameplay includes throwing eggs into the background or foreground, hitting... Read more...

We'll be breaking down all the news from Nintendo's E3 Digital Event with special guests, and you!

Join Radio Free Nintendo's Greg Leahy and James Jones, along with special guests Casey Gibson and Carmine Red, as they break down all the news from Nintendo's E3 announcements. We'll be interacting with listeners via the new NWR Discord. We may even get some get some hands-on reports from our friends at the show about Nintendo's newest titles, such as Super Mario Odyssey and Mario + Rabbids.

A live view from New Donk City.

Nintendo's E3 booth this year is done up in full New Donk City regalia, with plenty of stations for people to check out the 2017 lineup.

We've got pictures aplenty, which you can check out in the gallery below. Be sure to check back all week as we upload more.

A remake of a GBA classic

Nintendo announced a remake of the GBA game "Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga" for the Nintendo 3DS during their Treehouse Live 2017 E3 stream, alongside a brand new trailer.

This new game features updated graphics and a brand new mode, "Bowser's Minions". This mode features a brand new additional story that happens parallel alongside the events of Superstar Saga, with a focus on what happened to all of Bowser's scattered minions.

Some familiar franchises are represented.

Nintendo is bringing back their E3 sales for another year in North America.

The sale prices are listed on the eShop now for Wii U and 3DS titles, and will be valid until noon Eastern time / 9 a.m. Pacific on Tuesday, June 20. The prices are as listed below:

Press Kit Assets give a peek into some future synergy. UPDATE: They're already available!

Super Mario Run came out in December last year, but future updates will add content to the game to match this year's upcoming Super Mario Odyssey. This wasn't announced directly via Nintendo's E3 Spotlight presentation, but official assets show Nintendo's plans to add new statues in the game featuring "captured" enemies from the game controlled by Mario's "Cappy" sidekick hat-character.

New characters, features, mode, and amiibo!

Nintendo showed off a fair bit of content and information for the upcoming Switch game Fire Emblem Warriors on their Treehouse Live E3 2017 stream.

Fire Emblem Warriors is an action/adventure game with Warriors-style gameplay, featuring a wide variety of characters from the ever popular Fire... Read more...

Chrom, Tiki, Samus, and a SQUISHY METROID SQUEEE!!!!

E3 2017 definitely isn't short on amiibo, as Nintendo's announced a variety of new figures coming to market. Notably, they're already revealed four new amiibo on their Treehouse Live E3 presentation alongside live demos of the games they're tied with.

The new amiibo include Chrom and Tiki, who... Read more...

They're not decked out for the wedding, but they're welcome to the party all the same!

Earlier today Nintendo announced "Wedding Attire" versions of Mario, Peach, and Bowser Amiibo are coming out to go alongside the upcoming Super Mario Odyssey, but assets reveal that Koopa Troopa and Goomba are joining them too!

Check out the images below for some official assets of a couple of these upcoming Super Mario Series amiibo!

A reimagining of Metroid II.

Metroid Prime 4 was not the day's only Metroid announcement.

Metroid: Samus Returns has been announced for 3DS on Treehouse Live. Pitched as a reimagining of Metroid II: Return of Samus, the game features new abilities such as melee counters and "Scan Pulse" plus a bottom-screen map.

In addition... Read more...

Mario's hat has some new tricks...

Mark your calendars for October 27, 2017. During Nintendo's E3 Digital Spotlight, the company announced the previously mentioned date as the launch for Super Mario Odyssey, as well as showing a ton of new game play details in a tantalizing trailer.

Super Mario Odyssey, named after Mario's hat-shaped... Read more...

No longer woolly, these Yoshis will be launching eggs in a 2.5D cardboard craft world in 2018.

Yoshi is coming to Nintendo Switch. But as Nintendo's E3 Spotlight trailer for the game claims, "there are two sides to every story... and every stage!"

The game appears to be a puzzle platformer in the same vein as previous titles in the series. Aesthetically speaking, it does take a shift: Yoshi... Read more...

Sometimes enemies can become friends.

A new Kirby game has been announced for the Nintendo Switch at today's Nintendo Spotlight event.

Footage shown had Kirby absorbing enemies, then having them serve as partners as they helped him clear the battlefield.

The game, just called Kirby at this point in development, is scheduled for release in 2018.