Guess featuring it in a mid movie was enough to put it over the top.

The Library of Congress has inducted the first video game song into the National Recording Registry, and it was probably the most obvious selection.

In a release today, the "Ground Theme" (aka the 1-1 Theme) from the original Super Mario Bros was announced as joining the registry of famous recordings... Read more...

The big show for the big N won't be straying too far from the North American headquarters.

Nintendo is about to bring one of their major live events in Japan to the West for the first time.

"Nintendo Live 2023 Seattle" will run in September in Seattle, though the official date and location will be announced later. Tournaments and other Switch games, live entertainment, and photo opportunities will be available.

The news desk took the week off (of the paying gig) to get ready for next week, but there's still Mega items of note this week.

Things we missed last week: The R-Type-like Rezon in the Archives.

Next week got five massive bombs lobbed into a busy week that already includes games from two console manufacturers at once (Microsoft and Nintendo), but this week still has some items of note. The big one is the Mega Man Battle... Read more...

Well, guess we know who wins THAT argument at the next Smash planning meeting.

Mario's animated big screen debut has been a record breaker at the box office.

Early weekend returns for the Nintendo / Illumination collaboration have it tracking for a box office take of US$146.36m for its opening weekend in the United States, with a total take of $204.6m since its launch according... Read more...

How many commanding officers does one army need?

Nintendo has released a new trailer for their next first party release, with some new features being introduced.

The trailer for Advance Wars 1+2 Reboot Camp was an overview of the game's modes beyond the two story paths of the GBA games. The "War Room" mode will allow for local play with up to four players (in a wireless mode) or two COs on the same system. A two-player online battle mode will be available as well.

Yes, that's all of them, and yes, they did specify the time.

We are but a couple of weeks away from a major blast of RPG nostalgia.

Square Enix released a new trailer for the console releases of the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters a short time ago confirming the remakes of the first six Final Fantasy games would launch on Switch April 19. In an unusual move, they also specified the games would be available at 11 am ET / 8 am PT.

"The battle count is three to one. The battle has become one-sided." Yeah, that happens when you only have rentals.

A brand new (old) Stadium is opening on Switch Online next week for Expansion Pack holders.

Pokemon Stadium (aka Pokemon Stadium 2 in Japan) will launch into the Expansion Pack N64 library on April 12, according to a new trailer released by Nintendo. The game will feature four-player battling options and minigames as well.

Including a game whose Nintendo debut Donald has been waiting for since one of his first game magazines.

Things we missed last week: Early Namco shooter Navarone in the Archives, a couple of free 3DS themes can be downloaded from the theme shop on that console.

The quarter ended with 569 (not nice) games released in North America, and this quarter is starting out by clearing out a lot of older indie... Read more...

Our pleas for Nintendo to "hire this man" have been answered.

After receiving a series of confidential leaks from contacts near Nintendo, we’ve been able to confirm that Nintendo themselves have in fact hired this man (pictured here), to remaster Diddy Kong Racing for the Nintendo Switch. Known only as CelestialFox93, this man has spent the last several months... Read more...

As was said so blithely about Mighty No 9 3DS earlier this week... bye, Felicia.

What has been obvious for days is now official: E3 2023 is cancelled.

Following confirmation of cancellations from major industry players including the last console manufacturer standing in Nintendo as well as Ubisoft and Sega, IGN has confirmed that the fourth attempt to hold the beleaguered event... Read more...

We can't call it NPD anymore, which is also why it's two weeks late.

Following a merger with fellow analytics firm IRI under the new "Citrana" banner, the monthly US sales survey for February showed Nintendo hanging in against strong competition.

All data based on dollar sales from January 29 - February 25 unless otherwise noted, Nintendo first-party digital sales are not included though other third parties can contribute at their discretion.

You either die leaking or live long enough to become Dashcon.

Another major industry player has pulled out of E3 2023 amid doubt the show will even occur.

In a statement to IGN, Sega have confirmed that they will not be attending the show planned for June 13 - 16 in Los Angeles. "After careful consideration, we have decided not to participate in E3 2023 as an exhibitor. We look forward to sharing more information on announced and unannounced projects in the future."

Also contains pain points and the Ultrahand.

As promised yesterday, the gameplay video for Tears of the Kingdom aired this morning - and also announced some rumored hardware.

A Tears of the Kingdom-branded Switch OLED model, which has been rumored for several weeks, will be available on April 28 for US$359.99 or equivalent. A branded Pro Controller and Switch carrying case will be available on May 12 (the game's launch date), as announced at the end of the video.

This might be the first time in years Ubisoft senior management realized you can pull out.

Another major player in video games has reversed course and will not attend E3 2023.

Ubisoft, who previously had committed to having a booth on the floor for the relaunched show, have confirmed in a statement to Video Games Chronicle that they would be holding their own event in Los Angeles on June 12 called Ubisoft Forward Live in lieu of attending E3 from June 13 - 16.

Come on, no stamina meter, no whammies...

The longest look at the gameplay of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will air tomorrow.

Nintendo have announced a 10 minute gameplay video for the May 12 release tomorrow; it will be live on the company YouTube account at 10 a.m. ET / 7 a.m. PT / 1600 CET. The video will be presented by Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma.

In Memoriam: The 3DS and Wii U eShops (2011-23 and 2012-23)

The 3DS and Wii U eShops are dead at 8pm ET tonight. Long live the 3DS and Wii U eShops.

Things we missed last week: Taito's Bonze Adventure in the Archives and that's about it.

Ironically, there's a doubleheader of big games this week and one of them is a baseball game as MLB The Show 23 steps... Read more...

You can probably guess why that particular date was chosen.

It's Sonic's 30th anniversary, and his collection will be getting a lot bigger on the 32nd.

Sega have announced a "Plus" edition of Sonic Origins will release on June 23 to radically expand the June 2022-released classic Sonic compilation. The new additions will include:

Some of us haven't finished the base game yet!

The newest Fire Emblem's expansion pass is a brief engagement.

Nintendo have confirmed that the "Fell Xenologue" story expansion will launch on April 4 in North America and 5 April in Europe and Japan. The capper to the expansion pass for the January 20 release is a story similar to the Three Houses "Cindered Shadows" story.

As game developers prepare to confer, we have a serious case of thunder thighs.

T-7 days until the 3DS and Wii U eShops close; if you were waiting until the last minute to make your purchases it's coming. If you buy eShop codes and still have your Nintendo Network ID linked to your Switch, you can add them to the account here.

Things we missed last week: Namco's sequel Thunder Ceptor II in the Archives, Japan went from 29 games to 56 in one week of shadowdrops.

Let's face it though, you're just here for Kirby.

The basic Nintendo Switch Online libraries have received injections of new games tonight.

Two Game Boy games, alongside a Super Nintendo and an NES game, are now available via Switch Online app updates. The games are, in order of initial release: