Sign in to your Polygon.com account It's hard to imagine a world in which Nintendo doesn't consistently update its fans with charming videos about its upcoming games. The Nintendo Direct format changed the industry and the way games are marketed to hardcore fans when it debuted in 2011 . …
… That same year, Nintendo also brought another remake to its 3D handheld: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D . The dual remakes of Nintendo 64 games were released just months apart, and both titles helped to fill out the Nintendo 3DS' weak launch-window library. …
… Though he has been arrested, the situation is one of many that Nintendo has faced in recent years. In 2024 , Nintendo had to cancel multiple events after receiving threats that targeted both employees and Nintendo fans who would have attended the gatherings. …
… Fox McCloud has been a featured playable character in all of Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. games, with his teammate Falco joining the roster in Super Smash Bros. …
… Nintendo has yet to confirm if there will be a price increase in the U.K. Japanese Nintendo fans are the unlucky ones. …
… Nintendo even holds Amazon at arm's length now; it's notable how often and how quickly the retailer runs out of stock of physical Nintendo games, presumably because Nintendo prefers to keep a wide spread of retailers happy and not put all its eggs in one basket. …
… It's a decent deal, then, allowing you to choose from three high-quality games, even if none of them is quite the gold-standard system-seller of a Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza were Nintendo's two big first-party games from the Switch 2's launch period. …
… Years later, Nintendo is finally facing some consequences over its apparent design oversight. Even as Nintendo moves on to a new console, pressure over the original Joy-Con has been mounting for years now. …
… Though many have moved on to the Switch 2, new games are still releasing on the original Switch. As such, it's ridiculous that Nintendo hadn't addressed this issue for 9 years. Well, after nearly a decade of complaining, Nintendo has finally done it. …
… Nintendo of Japan announced on X that it will implement a new policy to make it harder for scalpers to buy the multi-language version of the console through its Japanese Nintendo store. …
