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Universal Studios Japan is getting a monkey of an upgrade next month as Donkey Kong Country crashes into Super Nintendo World on December 11. Nintendo creative fellow and Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto revealed the news during a special Nintendo Direct, where he walked through the new area and teased the games around it and the Mine-Cart Madness ride.  Donkey Kong Country - SUPER NINTENDO WORLD DirectThe direct also confirmed that Donkey Kong Country will be opening alongside the Mario area as part of a complete Super Nintendo World at Universal Epic Universe in Orlando, Florida, on May 22, 2025.

In the most on-brand way for Nintendo, the video game company revealed massive news for the upcoming Nintendo Switch successor console through its investor briefing and a text post on X (formerly Twitter). Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa posted on the social media service that the Switch successor will be backward compatible, letting people play their Nintendo Switch games and use Nintendo Switch Online on the new, still not formally announced, console. In the briefing, Nintendo confirmed that “a broad selection of titles released for Nintendo Switch” will be available on the Switch successor, likely with the base Switch games needing updates to work 100% on the successor console.

In a month of out-there announcements from Nintendo that haven’t been the confirmed successor to the Nintendo Switch, the Big N revealed and released a brand new mobile application today – Nintendo Music. The application, which needs a paid Nintendo Switch Online account to use, is an Apple Music-like app that has a bunch of music from a myriad of games published by the company, including Pokémon, Splatoon, The Legend of Zelda and Wii Shop Channel.The current line-up includes music from (platform in brackets):Metroid (NES)Metroid (Famicom Disk System)Super Mario Bros. (NES)Kirby’s Dream Land (Game Boy)Dr.

Nintendo doesn't just want to entertain you while you're awake, it wants to help you get out of bed in the morning. The gaming giant announced Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo, an interactive alarm clock that features scenes from games like The Legend of Zelda: Br

The much-anticipated Nintendo Museum will open on October 2 in Japan, with Shigeru Miyamoto himself announcing the news today through a special Nintendo Direct this morning. The Super Mario creator toured the space located in Uji City, Kyoto, showcasing many o

The first ever Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, Red Rescue Team, is making its way onto the Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy Advance app on August 9 – though without its Blue Rescue Team counterpart. Nintendo of America announced the news today on its social media acco

The Famicom Detective Club games are mystery adventures that first debuted on Famicom Disk System in Japan back in 1988, with a second game following in 1989. Now, 35 years later, we're finally getting a new entry on Nintendo Switch titled Emio - The Smiling M

As previously announced, Nintendo had plenty of games to give today in its June 2024 Nintendo Direct, revealing some new titles in some long-running franchises, twists on some other popular concepts and teasing Metroid Prime 4 with the first footage from the l

Nintendo has a lengthy presentation planned for tomorrow with the announcement of a 40-minute Nintendo Direct stream. If you're hoping for a glimpse into the future of Nintendo's next console, don't hold your breath. Nintendo was sure to clarify that there wil

Have you got a need? A need for boosting! The classic Game Boy Advance game F-Zero Maximum Velocity will be making its way to Nintendo Switch Online later this week, quickly joining the Game Boy Advance app library on March 29. This will be the first time the

Mario showed off his hammer wielding skills in the classic 1998 Japanese-only Super Famicom game Wrecking Crew '98. Now the rest of the world will be able to experience the action for the first time as the game launched on the Nintendo Switch Online SNES app t

Nintendo announced today that a pair of racing games have dropped on the Nintendo 64 Nintendo Switch Online app, expanding the ever increasing library of retro games on the NSO subscription service. Speeding onto the N64 app is the futuristic rollercoaster rac

Nintendo released their Fiscal Year Ending March 2024 reports today revealing insights into how the company has faired over the last 12 months and how much Nintendo is making thanks to the weak yen. While the reports confirmed that Nintendo made a greater prof