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Some Numbers That Illustrate Nintendo Switch’s Massive Success

Nintendo today reported its earnings for the 2017 fiscal year, which means a whole bunch of interesting new sales numbers to look at. They’re all impressive, and they all show the massive appeal of Nintendo Switch. Here are a few numbers that, taken together, make for some good perspective on just how successful Nintendo’s latest…

Nintendo expects its annual operating profit to increase by 26.7 percent to the equivalent of $2.06 billion. This would be the highest its been in nine years for the company.

Nintendo Is Getting A New President

Today Nintendo announced that current company president Tatsumi Kimishima is going to step down. In his place, 46-year-old Shuntaro Furukawa will take his place. Nikkei reports that Kimishima will remain at Nintendo in an advisory role. Furukawa joined Nintendo in 1994. He has been Outside Director of the Pokémon Company since 2012 and has been…

How Nintendo Labo Reflects Japanese Culture 

It’s a Saturday afternoon in Osaka. My two youngest sons are sitting at the kitchen table, pulling out sheets of cardboard to make Nintendo Labo. The older of the two, who is eight, is looking at the instructions, making sure he’s got the folds just right. This all feels familiar. Nintendo Labo is universal. It…

Switch Hackers Say Nintendo Can’t Patch Their New Jailbreak

This week, two hacking groups have independently released methods that allow a user to jailbreak the Switch, which one group is already using to run a ported version of Linux on Nintendo’s device. The worse news for Nintendo—the hackers say the exploit is due to a bug in the system’s processor chip, meaning that Nintendo…

The Smash Masters League Is The Latest And Greatest Attempt At Organizing Competitive Smash

In a dominating performance, Nairoby “Nairo” Quezada’s Zero Suit Samus had Leonardo “MkLeo” Perez’s Bayonetta on the edge, knocking him down to just one stock. Shortly after, Quezada finished the job by sending Perez flying immediately after respawning; he won the gold at the Battle for Vegas and now both he and Perez lead the…

Cats Vs. Nintendo Labo

Cats love boxes! They love cardboard. But do they love Nintendo Labo? As these Twitter users and YouTubers are showing, interesting things happen when you introduce cats to Nintendo Labo. Note: making Nintendo Labo with your cat might be difficult! Really difficult. And your feline friend might not like the RC Car. At all. Though…

Splatoon Inkling Open Game Comes Down To 0.1 Percent

Here’s another friendly reminder to please ink your spawn Today is the open qualifiers for the Splatoon 2 Inkling Open, and teams all around North America are competing to earn a spot at the top and a shot at the world championship. Competition is fierce, and nowhere was this clearer than in a bout between…

Nintendo Labo: The Kotaku Review

The first question you might have about Labo is: what’s so special about a box of cardboard and some mini-games? And the first thing to understand about Labo is that what’s actually in the box is only part of the appeal. What’s more valuable is what this tiny cartridge and its accompanying sheets of cardboard…

Nintendo Now Selling Cardboard Separately In Case You Destroy Your Nintendo Labo Creations

Before purchasing Nintendo Labo, one of my concerns was about replacement parts. What if my kids destroy the cardboard? What if I accidentally sit or step on a Toy-Con? Good news, because starting today, Nintendo’s online shop will start selling replacement cardboard. Nintendo previously addressed in this Nintendo Labo FAQ, stating, “But if you need…

Nintendo Has Added Loot Boxes To Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp just got loot boxes in its latest update. Thanks, I hate it! The mobile Animal Crossing game is no stranger to dodgy, predatory mobile game mechanics. This latest updates introduces the scummiest of all: loot boxes, in the form of the new Fortune Cookies. These items, available to buy at the…

A Ton Of Classic Sega Games Are Coming To The Switch

Sega is bringing a library of its classic games to Switch as individual downloads, including Sonic The Hedgehog, Phantasy Star, and Alex Kidd The collection will be released worldwide beginning in the summer, all under the banner of “Sega Ages.” The games will be developed by M2, the developer of the Sega 3D Classics releases…

This fall, the first Valkyria Chronicles is coming to Nintendo Switch in Japan via the Nintendo eShop. No word yet on an international release.

Game Collector Finds Drugs Hidden Inside NES Cartridges

Julian Turner, a collector of retro video games, went to a market earlier this month and bought some old NES games. When he got home, he discovered that he’d got more than he paid for: two of the cartridges were packed with illegal drugs. The two games in question were Rollergames and Golf. Alarm bells…

Thousands Of Modders Are Re-Inventing The Game Boy

The Game Boy is so iconic it’s transcended the limitations of its hardware to become something more than just an old handheld for playing old video games. Chiptune artists make music with Game Boys. Clothing manufacturers plaster them onto t-shirts and hoodies. More eccentric designers have inserted them into the soles of platform shoes. And…

Yokai Watch 4 has been announced for Nintendo Switch in Japan. The game features a new hero and is slated for a summer release. No word yet on an international release.

Hacker Says It Took Him Two Weeks To Add Save Back-Ups To Switch

One of the biggest flaws in Nintendo’s portable console is that you can’t back up your data: if you lose your system, or somehow get your data corrupted or wiped, that’s it. It’s gone. But thanks to a burgeoning hacking scene, Switch fans are now adding features that the Switch desperately needs. Bernardo Giordano, a…

Slinky boxing game Arms got a sleek user interface makeover. Its new dashboard makes it easy to find players’ worldwide, regional and Party Crash rankings. Tips, tutorials and tournament clips also feature on the dashboard, so it’ll be handier for Arms players to get a grip.

Looks like classic shooter Ikaruga could be coming to the Switch! Game developer Treasure tweeted out this photo, show the game on the Switch and with Nintendo’s hardware held up by cheap stands.

Twitch Is Collecting Moons In Super Mario Odyssey Now

As of this writing, a couple hundred people are collectively controlling Mario via a Twitch broadcast. And despite the inherent chaos of Twitch chat, these players are actually making progress in Super Mario Odyssey. Community Controller is a channel that has recently dedicated itself to showcasing interactive livestreams of Switch games. The channel started out…