After days of press conferences teasing games arriving in some time within the next decade, here’s a refreshing bit of news. As previously rumored, wildly popular sandbox survival game Fortnite is, indeed, coming to Nintendo Switch. Not only that, it’s available starting today as a free download from the Nintendo eShop. Epic’s title will be […]
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Nintendo Switch Online costs $20 per year and comes with 20 online-playable NES games
Nintendo has finally revealed the details of its paid online service after months of speculation by fans. The pricing is pretty much as expected ($20 per year), but the additions of online save game backups and NES games with added online multiplayer sweeten the deal.
View More Nintendo Switch Online costs $20 per year and comes with 20 online-playable NES gamesUnstoppable exploit in Nintendo Switch opens door to homebrew and piracy
The Nintendo Switch may soon be a haven for hackers, but not the kind that want your data — the kind who want to run SNES emulators and Linux on their handheld gaming consoles. A flaw in an Nvidia chip used by the Switch, detailed today, lets power users inject code into the system and modify it however they choose.
View More Unstoppable exploit in Nintendo Switch opens door to homebrew and piracyNintendo Switch car chargers are on sale for $13
We’ve come a long way from playing 2D Mario games in the back of our parents’ cars. Now, we’ve got Skyrim, Bayonetta, Minecraft, and yes, even a bigger and better Mario game in the palm of our hands thanks to the Nintendo Switch. If you’re still play…
View More Nintendo Switch car chargers are on sale for $13Nintendo Switch car chargers are on sale for $13
We’ve come a long way from playing 2D Mario games in the back of our parents’ cars. Now, we’ve got Skyrim, Bayonetta, Minecraft, and yes, even a bigger and better Mario game in the palm of our hands thanks to the Nintendo Switch. If you’re still play…
View More Nintendo Switch car chargers are on sale for $13Nintendo’s Switch took just 10 months to outsell the Wii U
Nintendo’s Switch has only been on sale for 10 months but already it has outsold its predecessor, the Wii U, the flop that heralded Nintendo’s first step into hybrid gaming. The Japanese tech giant shifted a little over 13.5 million Wii U consoles across its entire lifecycle, and today Nintendo revealed that the Switch has reached 14.86 million sales to date. Business was so… Read More
Nintendo announces raft of new and retro titles for Switch (plus new Mario outfits)
The Switch is getting a bevy of new games that should appeal to a broad variety of players, Nintendo announced today in one of its “Direct” videos. A new Mario Tennis game, updates to Odyssey, some classics and indies, and perhaps most unexpectedly, Dark Souls: Remastered. Read More
King-size games may have to wait as Nintendo reportedly delays 64-gig Switch cartridges
The Switch may be the most pleasant tech surprise of 2017, but although it has many excellent qualities, excessive storage space is not among them. And it looks like that will continue to be a problem if, as the Wall St Journal hears, Nintendo is…
View More King-size games may have to wait as Nintendo reportedly delays 64-gig Switch cartridgesNintendo may make as many as 30 million Switches next year
Rumors in early October had Nintendo more than doubling production for the highly successful Switch in order to meet what will almost certainly be crushing demand during the holidays. The company may be planning even higher volumes for next year — perhaps as many as 30 million consoles. Read More
Super Mario Odyssey is the US’s fastest-selling Mario of all time
Nintendo’s having a good year, and it looks like the latest Mario is set to make it even better. Super Mario Odyssey is the fastest-selling Mario ever, in the U.S. at least, breezing past a million sales in under five days here and selling more than 2 million worldwide — and counting. Read More
Crunch Report | Square Announces the $999 ‘Professional’ Register
Square announces its new $999 professional Register, GameStop begins a rental subscription pass and Nintendo says Switch will beat the Wii U in sales. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
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