A decade after its release, the Nintendo classic shows one way it’s way better than real tennis.
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Big news in the gaming world as sales of Sony’s PlayStation 4 predicted to surpass those of Nintendo’s Wii U in Japan — despite the fact that Nintendo’s system had a full year head start.
The original creator of Mario shows us how easy it is to play Nintendo’s first smartphone game, Super Mario Run.
Clever Pokédex Easter egg finally pays off as sleepy Pocket Monster’s true power is revealed for first time in Pokémon Sun and Moon.
Overseas shopping trip leads to creation of Japanese NPO that deeply respects the sentimental value of old-school video games.
Planet-hopping platformer’s infinite levels likely to disappear from the Internet very soon.
Journey from Tokyo to Rio de Janeiro recreated in the style of Nintendo’s classic games
Prime Minister Abe’s bizarre yet awesome appearance at the closing ceremony of the Rio Olympics got many people thinking. Thinking a little too seriously maybe.
Watch this clever hamster smash her way through the game, complete with an adorable detour down the pipe.
Equipped with his very own hands-free Poké-Han device, Nick was able to catch a rare Farfetch’d Pokémon he’d never seen before.
He’s caught ’em all in the U.S., Europe, Hong Kong and Australia, and now we get to find out what the gamer’s been up to in Japan, the birthplace of Pokémon.
Exeggutor turns into a tall palm tree for the new Pokémon Sun and Moon games and fans have wasted no time in making fun of him with a slew of hilarious memes!
Nintendo’s shares on the Japanese stock market dropped by 18 percent on Monday, and is dropping as much as six percent on Tuesday, after Nintendo issued a report last Friday.
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