As promised, Nintendo did wne ahead with the newest edition of Nintendo Direct, completely dedicated to Splatoon 3 or the third entry of the Wii U's original Splatoon and found a new niche for Nintendo fandom. The first and important good news is that Nintendo is guaranteeing at least 2 years of post-launch content as part of the lifecycle of the games. While the lore of the game has not been...

Speculation is running right now on why Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U console and the original Splatoon game cannot connect to their multiplayer servers as Nintendo is running maintenance and how long it has taken. There is no good news. Nintendo has still to acknowledge it is wrong with both Wii U games Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon as they have been disconnected for maintenance since last night but...

Almost two weeks ago, in the United State’s theater of regulation wars regarding on Microsoft wanting to buy Activision Blizzard announced more than a year ago, the Federal Trade Commission, has officially given the thumbs down and challenged legally that the two companies finish the transaction. The rationale of the FTC is that the transactions is that the tech giant would gain control...

Xbox has been the most gamer friendly out of the big three between them with Sony and Nintendo, but there are moments that despite being good for business being pro gamer, there are times that it is not good for business being 100% pro gamer. There was a big conversation in the emulation community as some big names on emulator’s development have noticed that they are no longer able to...

The past generation that ended in late 2020, marked the end of the resurgence that Nintendo gained with the Nintendo Switch after a difficult era with the Wii U unable to capitalize with what the original Wii started. But questions are building up as current-gen is in its second year and still Nintendo offers the Nintendo Switch and to catch up with competition, Nintendo has embraced cloud...

I agree that both Sony and Nintendo doesn’t care about game preservation if it doesn’t mean revenues and that is what is going to happen tonight at 8PM Eastern Time when Nintendo will sunset the Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo Wii U console and the last only-portable gaming device Nintendo 3Ds without much that gamers cannot do about it. But what does this mean? It means that after...

The Nintendo Switch has amazed people because of two things. One, it capitalized on the commodity and flexibility of being a hybrid of a console and a portable gaming device, much like the Wii U controller and unified the until 2016’s traditional console and portable that Nintendo was always being known. And two, Nintendo actually had the Nintendo Switch not only as its main product in...

Here comes another case study if digital-only video games is an justificable business at the customer's end, as Nintendo updated the phase out or sunset for the Nintendo eShop for both the Wii Console and the portable Nintendo 3DS. Notice of End of Purchases in Nintendo eShop for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS – Update July 2022 As of 27 March 2023, it will no longer be possible to make...

Early this weekend, Valve had to unexpectedly remove the Steam main page of Dolphin, the emulator for the Wii and Wii U and unsurprisingly, developers confirmed that Valve received a DMCA complaint by none other than Nintendo. While the emulation and gaming preservation community got the idea behind Nintendo known behavior and attitude, the japanese veteran responded a inquiry to VCG stating:...

Masahiro Sakurai has already stated that he has spent too much time with Super Smash Bros. between both the Wii U (along the 3DS) and Nintendo Switch campaign for Nintendo and that he would wind down his participation. But there is a new development that probably puts in jeopardy future Super Smash Bros. games as Masahiro Sakurai has said that he considered semi-retired. In an interview with...