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The hosts will be looking to get back to winning ways, having played out a goalless draw with Cameroon in an international friendly in June. Liberia were at the end of a 5-1 hounding by Algeria in a friendly the same month. Lugano forward Mohamed Amoura was the star of the show with four goals in the rout. The Lone Star secured their spot in this round of the qualifiers by virtue of their 3-2 aggregate victory over Sierra Leone in the first round two years ago....

Night blindness occurs when the rods (these allow you to see in the dark) in your retina are malfunctioning. These rods may not work properly or stop working entirely for a number of reasons, including underlying diseases or traumatic injury. Symptoms of Night Blindness If you have night blindness, you can’t see well in the dark or in dim light. Nighttime vision abilities can differ depending on the root cause of night blindness....

The Nike Premier Cup, organised in association with the All India Football Federation (AIFF), is a highly popular youth tournament in India in the U15 category. The 2017-18 edition is the third installment of the tournament in which more than 50 of the best youth teams from across the country partake. Nike Premier Cup acts as the U15 Youth League in India. Interestingly, it was remodelled from the U15 category into the U16 age group last year in order to spot talents for the India U17 team which participated in the 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup held in India last October....

Nike has decided to ultimately scrap the ‘Betsy Ross Flag’ Air Max1 USA that was to go on sale this week. The giant sneaker retailer has already shipped the shoes to distributors, but has asked for their return without any explanation, according to the Wall Street Journal. “Nike has chosen not to release the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July as it featured the old version of the American flag,” a Nike spokeswoman told WSJ....

So who does John Elway hire to replace Fox? The best candidates are tied to his past and his team’s present: Mike Shanahan, former Broncos coach Why yes: This one’s for John, again. Elway won two Super Bowls with Shanahan. Shanahan would love to work with another elite twilight QB and try to send Peyton Manning out on a high note, too. It makes sense on a lot of levels to tap back into glory days....

That company was Nintendo. They’re the oldest intact firm to get involved in video games, being founded way back in 1889. Obviously, they weren’t making games back then. In fact, most people outside Japan probably didn’t recognize them or their brand until nearly a century later when Donkey Kong hit arcades. What were they doing during all that time to keep themselves afloat? Turns out they were making all sorts of odd things....

Why Did Nintendo Develop the 2DS? The Nintendo 2DS was engineered with kids in mind. Its inability to project 3D images makes it a good option for parents who are unsure about the long-term effects that 3D might have on young kids’ eyesight. Likewise, the 2DS’s low price point makes it a very attractive buy for parents who can’t or won’t spend more on a regular Nintendo 3DS, or on a Nintendo 3DS XL....

While other companies tend to make their big announcements at E3 or, increasingly, via trailers shown at The Game Awards, over the past few years we’ve seen Nintendo Direct go from an interesting idea to a must-see for the Nintendo loyal. Here’s all the info you need to know from the first Nintendo Direct of 2015. New 3DS Titles The biggest news from this edition of Nintendo Direct was undoubtedly the announcement of a new Fire Emblem game for 3DS, which is set for a Japanese release this summer....

Announced Tuesday, Nintendo revealed on its various social media platforms that fans will receive approximately 50 minutes of news and footage on upcoming Switch titles, including Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It’s been a while since Nintendo had a “normal” Direct presentation that was longer than 10-15 minutes and gave information on unannounced titles, meaning fans will want to learn how and when to watch. NINTENDO DIRECT START TIME This latest Nintendo Direct online presentation begins Wednesday, February 17 starting at 5 p....

Here’s the new stuff. First up for your 3DS: YO-KAI WATCH 3 – Mischievous beings known as Yo-kai are everywhere, and it’s up to Nate and Hailey Anne to befriend, battle and solve problems with them. Follow two parallel stories and unravel the mysteries behind strange sightings while meeting more than 600 Yo-kai and using the new 3x3 grid battle system to strategically dish out or dodge attacks. The YO-KAI WATCH 3 game is available on Feb....

In a message shared on Twitter, Riptide confirmed that Nintendo of America had contacted the convention about its planned tournament and events for Project+. What Nintendo said in this conversation isn’t confirmed, but Riptide says that as a result of the conversation all Project+ events at Riptide had been canceled. Further, Riptide will no longer be providing stations at the convention where Project+ will be playable casually. RELATED: Masahiro Sakurai Didn’t Think Super Smash Bros Was Right for Online Play...

Nintendo’s full list of games to pick backgrounds from is impressively diverse, beginning with the incredibly popular Animal Crossing: New Horizons and moving into a collection of older games such as Mario Kart 8, ARMS, and Star Fox Zero; as well as newer Switch titles such as Luigi’s Mansion 3 or Pokemon Sword and Shield. Many of the options have large, open spaces that make them perfect backgrounds, though Nintendo made sure to add a note at the bottom of the page confirming that “images are for personal use only....

Well, that day hasn’t come just yet, but Nintendo of America might have made serious steps towards making the business world a lot more accepting of monarchical giant turtle monsters. Nintendo of America announced yesterday that a new Vice President of Sales was joining the company, and his name is Doug Bowser. While Nintendo claims that the VP has no relation to the tyrannical Koopa King, Bowser has yet to prove that he is not a seven-foot tall turtle creature with a spiked shell, so the jury is still out....

However, in addition to some rather concrete ideas, Iwata also teased some more nebulous ones. Specifically, the Nintendo President revealed that the publisher plans to leverage the mobile space for increased exposure and that they will focus on the health market for future hardware. For mobile, Iwata wanted to make it explicitly clear that Nintendo has no plans to port Mario games or Zelda games to iOS. Rather, it sounds like Nintendo’s plans for mobile revolve around second screen experiences, or apps that add back into the console experience....

In an article on the company’s Japanese site, Nintendo said that moving forward, free NES and SNES games would no longer be added monthly as they had been. The article said that from now on, the company would be releasing these free retro titles “irregularly.” The change to the release schedule won’t just affected Nintendo Switch Online users in Japan, as the company also released a statement to Australian publication Vooks that said that NES and SNES games “will be added after launch, but those releases will not adhere to a regular schedule....

According to Aonuma, Zelda’s character is a topic that the team behind the games always discusses prior to beginning development of a game, but they’ve decided to change things up in Skyward Sword. He admits that they’ve given Zelda more personality and background information this time around, and now that Zelda has been given a little more character he discusses whether or not the Princess may appear in her own game....

Headlining Nintendo’s New Year sale is the first-party game Yoshi’s Crafted World. The game is a side-scrolling platform game that serves as the eight main-installment in the Yoshi franchise. Yoshi’s Crafted World was initially released on March of last year and is currently priced at $41.99, which is $18 off its original list price of $59.99. Apart from the exciting gameplay it has to offer, Yoshi’s Crafted World also includes about 185 costumes to obtain, which can be unlocked by simply playing through the game....

Bowser decided to change that recently. He has taken time out of his busy schedule of convincing people that the 3DS is not dead for an interview with University of Utah’s magazine, in which he revealed his favorite video games. RELATED: Pokemon Sword and Shield Gigantamax Snorlax Event Announced Being very much a loyal company man, Bowser said that his current favorite game is Super Mario Odyssey, the hit 3D platformer for the Nintendo Switch that introduced Cappy, a sentient hat that allows Mario to control other characters and objects....

Furukawa became president of Nintendo in 2018, succeeding interim president Tatsumi Kimishima. He joined the company in 1994, working his way up the ranks through positions in marketing, the Pokemon Company, and more. Despite Nintendo’s long and storied history, he is only its sixth president ever. RELATED: Student Creates Nintendo Switch Console Out of Paper In this interview, translated by NintendoEverything, Furukawa speaks about how he learned from the philosophies of Hiroshi Yamauichi and Satoru Iwata throughout his time at the company....

The company recently announced its newly launched line of Animal Crossing-themed Back to School items. The collection consists of articles for every level of school-goers, starting from elementary school right up to college! Nintendo posted a video of every Animal Crossing-themed Back to School item they have released in a video on their official YouTube channel. Nintendo’s Animal Crossing-themed Back to School items are quite attractive The collection has items in keeping with the stuff people need at each stage of schooling — elementary, middle, high, and college....