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In terms of sales, Nintendo has garnered quite a lot of success this year. With the release of major hits like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, Pikmin 3 Deluxe Edition, and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Nintendo has enjoyed a lot of attention from the gaming community. Now that Black Friday is almost here, the company plans to offer excellent titles with sizeable discounts. RELATED: Nintendo Switch Pro Could Steal the Thunder from PS5, Xbox Series X with One Move...

While Smash Ultimate is very fresh and is certainly a tough act to follow, it’s still strange to think that Nintendo might walk away from the franchise. Smash is a very successful series that still has room to explore interactions between Nintendo stars and other favorite game characters. If Nintendo isn’t planning on releasing a new Smash game soon, then maybe it has something very different in mind: a traditional fighting game....

Retro Studios first made a name for themselves by creating the excellent Metroid Prime series, which brought Metroid to the third dimension and demonstrated that it was possible to make the game first-person and still be successful. They later followed that up with Donkey Kong Country Returns, helping Nintendo continue the revival of 2D-platformers by bringing back one of the best there was. More recently, they had a hand in Mario Kart 7, developing most of the courses and artwork used in the game....

That’s according to Reggie Fils-Aime, anyway. The Nintendo of America president was able to give an update on the Universal Studios Nintendo attractions in an interview with A-List Daily, and things seem to be rather positive so far. Indeed, Fils-Aime even stated that Universal Studios has “a great affinity” with Nintendo’s intellectual properties. Indeed, even though Nintendo has not always been particularly lenient with third-party use of its franchises, it sounds as though the Universal and Nintendo team-up is going well so far....

Most monthly subscription boxes focus on a theme, rather than a single game, show, or game company, but occasionally something like the Loot Crate Amiibo box will come along. Perhaps due in part to the success of the Amiibo Loot Crate, Nintendo is said to be planning its own Nintendo-only subscription box service. According to MCV, Nintendo will soon be offering its own subscription box service via its online Nintendo store, called N-Box....

Microsoft had previously indicated that price hikes on Xbox consoles, Xbox Game Pass, and game prices is a possibility, but not something the company is going to do right now. Part of this is because hardware, from any company, is often sold at cost or at a loss, with the sales of software associated with the hardware being where most companies make their money. With $70 slowly becoming the new price point of video games, it’s not a surprise hardware prices could rise too....

Giles Goddard is the current CEO of Chuhai Labs, a game development company, and has a portfolio of work that includes Star Fox, Mario 64, 1080 Snowboarding, and many others. On whether the death of Satoru Iwata affected Nintendo, Goddard commented that the company is “basically run by the shareholders” now. When asked how Nintendo seems to have changed over the years, he responded that he thinks “their primary focus nowadays is money....

The latest addition to Nintendo’s problems is a lawsuit claiming the Wii console is infringing on patents filed by ThinkOptical, makers of the Wavit Remote. This lawsuit which was filed in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Texas, claims that the whole Wii system infringes on at least three patents, the main one being Patent 7,796,116 “Electronic Equipment for Handheld Vision Based Absolute Pointing System.” ThinkOptical is looking for compensation for lost profits, attorney fees and royalties....

According to a post on Reddit, Nintendo may be shutting down its support forums for good. The service has been going for more than a decade and while the company has yet to make an official announcement, there have allegedly been some emails that have been sent to “top members” regarding some upcoming news, which could be related. RELATED: Nintendo Could Have A Huge E3 Event for 2021 The post itself contains a lengthy email message to one user which talks about the decision to shut down the forums offering the user a free download as a “thank-you....

GameSpot reports that GameStop merchandising director Bub Puzon announced these plans in a statement released today. Interestingly enough, he also made a recommendation to those seeking the elusive console. Those who want the best chance at a Switch will need to attend one of the retailer’s various midnight launches, where they will likely be met with long lines of tired gamers. Even then, they are not guaranteed their quarry....

However, the official patch notes released by Nintendo include a few other handy updates: A “trending” feature that pulls data from one’s friend list, the ability to prioritize which downloads happen first, and support for Brazilian Portuguese among them. The official Nintendo of America Twitter account highlighted something else today, as the Switch update added 12 new Mario profile icons to help celebrate Super Mario’s 35th anniversary. RELATED: Nintendo Switch Users Aren’t Thrilled About Part of The New Update...

Patsuann was experiencing Wi-Fi connectivity issues along with the common Joy-Con connection problems with his Nintendo Switch, so he decided to send the console in to Nintendo for repairs. Patsuann claims that Nintendo’s customer service department sent him an email stating that it would be easier for the company to send him a new Switch instead of trying to fix his defective console, which is why he was surprised to see that he could still access his save for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild once it arrived....

FIFA won’t have a spot on the actual E3 game floor, because EA is forgoing a traditional press conference and presence at the actual convention. Instead EA will repeat what the publisher did last year, hosting a three-day show over the weekend prior to E3 that is open to public and allows people to play a number of the games coming later this year from EA. Interestingly, the FIFA game for the Switch is being called EA SPORTS FIFA for the Switch rather than FIFA 18, which is labeled separately as being also available to play at EA Play....

Aim assist is a feature mainly tuned for controller players to aid in hitting moving targets. For some shooter fans, aim assist is a vital component that helps balance against the pin-point accuracy of PC keyboard and mouse players. Call of Duty’s aim assist has often been judged to be rather strong, and now NICKMERCS is weighing in on the discussion. RELATED: Call of Duty: Warzone Bans Thousands More Cheaters...

NickMercs used to stream Fortnite at some point in time, but now he can be seen streaming Call of Duty: Warzone mostly. How did NickMercs get a dent on his head? The apparent dent on his head was because of the headphones that he was seen wearing during the stream. TimTheTatman, Cloakzy and NickMercs were engaging in casual banter on the stream, giving each other a hard time. NickMercs received a text from his wife about possible dents on the head that one could get from prolonged headset usage....

Twitch sent out an email to anyone whose channel had any strikes at all in any of their video on demand’s. From what information is out at the moment, it appears that Twitch said they would not be deleting VODs for streamers and they didn’t give any exact details on which video on demands were struck. Something as simple as playing a song on stream can lead to a VOD being struck, and for streamers with years of experience, there are likely more than a few of those....

Fans of Final Fantasy 14 may recall the popular crossover series of raids in the Stormblood expansion named Return to Ivalice. These raids were developed under the direction of guest designer Yasumi Matsuno, creator of Final Fantasy Tactics. Yoko Taro and Square Enix executive producer Yosuke Saito will be partnering with the Final Fantasy 14 team to create a similar project. That project will be known as YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse, a series of 24-player raids to be featured in Final Fantasy 14’s upcoming Shadowbringers expansion....

It has now been confirmed that NieR: Automata has moved more than 500,000 copies in terms of physical shipments and digital sales on PS4 alone in Japan and Asia. In a celebratory tweet, the NieR team explains that it had announced the achievement at a pre-release event at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE)’s offices in Taipei ahead of the game’s Asia launch on April 27. The NieR team also thanked everyone for their “support” ahead of the game’s PC release in the region....

I could scarcely believe it when I heard Frost’s words but, having done so, I should still be rejoicing. In politics, however, there is never much time to enjoy victories. Britain’s liberation from the EU, which became official on 31 January, seems a long time ago. For now, an ominous presence threatens to overshadow all of this, calling into question the UK’s position in the world. This sense of foreboding has only intensified over the last few days....

If fans already have a deep wealth of knowledge for Marvel’s Midnight Suns’ popular characters, they will likely have a good idea of what their abilities will be. Characters like Hulk are obviously oriented around strength, while Captain America is oriented around defense with his shield. Players must have an understanding of the different moves, redraws, and card plays they have available in each turn, and how each character in the player’s Marvel’s Midnight Suns party can make an ideal use of them....