One director dominates the top 10, which looks very different from the casual poll, except in one way.
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A massive photo safari of the treasure trove of amazing stuff waiting at Nintendo’s brand-new Shibuya destination store!
Extra-cute Animal Crossing kitchenware also on offer at Japan’s first-ever dedicated Nintendo store.
Nintendo posts help-wanted ads for staff to work on upcoming Legend of Zelda game, and fluency in Japanese isn’t a requirement.
Why keep the job you have now when you could be creating Hyrule’s forests, dungeons, and monsters instead?
Those “Man, I should have saved my game before this boss!” days are no more with Nintendo’s new system.
Discovered in an otaku mecca and seemingly protected by the Nintendo franchise’s legendary Triforce.
Super Mario, Pokémon, and Zelda series salutes among the winners in global design contest.
If you want it, you’ll have to move quick, before Nintendo banishes it to the Twilight Realm.
Make your everyday life a little more legendary with a Hylian shield shoulder bag and other Nintendo nods.
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