![Tom's face next to a number of games consoles](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/header-(4).jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Nintendo
![Tom's face next to a number of games consoles](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/header-(4).jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Header image featuring the Nintendo World Championship NES Edition logo over a blurred background of the game select screen](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/NES_NW-header.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Article
Age Concern | Nintendo World Championships might be my favorite multiplayer game in years, but the improvements for a potential sequel are obvious
Ahead of a Nintendo World Championship: SNES Edition, say, Nintendo has got its hooks in me - but there is certainly room for improvement.
![Zelda in a casual outfit with her hair tied back stood on a bridge near some guards in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/zelda-echoes-of-wisdom-trailer-2.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Reverb | The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom's latest trailer shows that Breath of the World's influence will spread even to the 2D games
Smoothies! Outfits! Horses! Side quests!
![The Big Short themed custom header with Ryu and Mario](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-big-short-gaming-crash.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Gold Rings | Capcom, Sega, and Nintendo stocks tumble in Japanese market panic - but why?
We're explaining the current stock market crash through the lens of video games, because of course we are.
![Zelda and Link are stood in a dark cave, a mummified corpse with a hand place on its chest, a glowing light eminating from the hand in Tears of the Kingdom.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/tears-of-the-kingdom-prologue-master-sword.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
I Give Up | Zelda players have managed to bring back Tears of the Kingdom's unbreakable Master Sword, but the steps to do it are so confusing I think my brain is broken
Better get out your notebook for this one.
![Key art for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team showing various Pokemon in a cave.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/pokemon-mystery-dungeon-red-rescue-team.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
What A Mystery | Pokemon's best spinoff is coming to Nintendo Switch Online, though not the best version of it
A win's a win!
![The best Apple Arcade games to play in 2024](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Apple-Arcade-header.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Guide
The best Apple Arcade games to play in 2024
Here are some pocket-sized games for you to play on the go.
![Mario & Yoshi 71438 Lego set over the top of a slightly blurred Level 1-1 from Mario + Yoshi's Island.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Mario-Yoshi-Lego.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Article
Economic Block | Goodbye, money: Lego’s latest gaming set will surely open a wallet-emptying can of worms
I’m excited - and fearful - at what Lego and Nintendo's latest collaboration might usher in next.
![Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Mystery Gift Codes](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Pokemon-SV-Header-(1).jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Guide
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Mystery Gift Codes
Never miss out on a Pokemon freebie with our full list of codes.
![Splatoon 3 key art for the Grand Festival Splatfest showing the musicians from every Splatoon game all together.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/splatoon-3-grand-festival.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
I Have An Inkling | Splatoon 3's Splatfests are seemingly coming to an end, but at least some incredibly fresh amiibo are on the way
Something fishy is going on.
![The cover of Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/nintendo-world-championships-nes-edition-missing-crucial-feature-01.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Too Retro? | Switch players simply don't understand why Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is missing this crucial feature
Look, all they're asking for is the chance to irreparably ruin some friendships without having to take a picture of the screen.
![Key art for Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club, showing three young people in a city street looking surprised and concerned, a man superimposed to the left of them wearing a paper bag with a creepy smile for a mask.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/emio-the-smiling-man-famicom-detective-club.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Happy Faces | It turns out Emio is... the first new Famicom Detective Club game in over 30 years, and the director of Super Metroid is back to make it
Seems like the best possible result, honestly.
![Biden and George Clooney face off, referee'd by Tom Orry](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/bye-den.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Article
PODCAST | What's the best game that could convince Biden to step down?
Sorry, we put politics into games again, sorry, all the best, sorry,
![Zelda is stood talking to a floating, sentient orb of some kind, a staff floating in front of her in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-legend-of-zelda-echoes-of-wisdom_zZjsMyo.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
The Legend Of Who? | Zelda might be the star of the show in Echoes of Wisdom, but it turns out Link will be playable after all
At least for a little bit, anyway.
![A man in a trench coat and paper bag with a creepy smiling face on it is stood ina dimly lit room, the image is covered in a film grain effect.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/nintendo-who-is-emio.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Important Questions | Nintendo wants to know who Emio is, and we're assuming until it's stated otherwise that they're just Mario's strangest villain yet
Seriously, who the hell is Emio?
![Key art for Pokemon Go's eigth anniversary showing all manner of Pokemon, including a giant Wartortle in the background.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/pokemon-go-8th-anniversary.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
To The Dynamax | You might have hated it in Pokemon Sword and Shield, but Pokemon Go has teased a much-disliked feature for its 8th anniversary
They're going big with this one.
![Peanut Butter the speedrunning dog alongside Shohei Ohetani in MLB The Show 2024.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/speedrunning-dog-wins-baseball-game-sgdq-2024-01.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Clutch Canine | Stop what you're doing, a speedrunning dog just won a game of NES baseball by slamming a walk-off home run at SGDQ 2024
Peanut Butter the Shiba Inu just did one of the best baseball things since the Bautista bat flip.
![The master sword in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/zelda-master-sword-man-jailed-for-replica-posession-01.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Against The Hyrules | Man jailed for carrying Legend of Zelda Master Sword replica in public, prompting suspicions that Ganondorf runs the Warwickshire fuzz
Seriously, though. Assuming this is all he did, four months in the slammer seems maybe a bit harsh.
![Jim and Connor having emotions in a British Pub](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/fum_fcVfsx6.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Article
PODCAST | Which games have aged like a fine wine, and why is everyone so mad at our guest host?
There's nothing graceful about the Best Games Ever podcast episode 104
![A Nintendo Switch.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/nintendo-switch-2-devs-working-on-games-gdc-survey-01.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Supply and Deplanned | Nintendo has a cunning plan to beat the inevitable Switch 2 scalpers - make an absolute buttload of consoles
With component shortage problems sorted, prospective hardware overchargers should be in for a bad time.
![Mario vs Donkey Kong](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/mario-vs-donkey-kong-(16).jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Yes | Nintendo reveals its Kong Dong in court documents
Good lord, put it away Nintendo! We'll never be able to see poor DK in the same light again!
![The boxed version of Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition over a blurred screen of available levels in the title](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Ninty-world-championship-nes-edition-header.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Article
World Class | Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition feels like far more than nostalgia bait, it could be a multiplayer classic
At £25, Nintendo's latest retro throwback feels like an ample replacement for Mario Party in some ways (and that's a good thing).
![Gameplay and Albert Wesker in the intro of the original Resident Evil.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/original-90s-resident-evil-now-on-gog-pc-01.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Resi Returns | The 90s version of the original Resident Evil is now easily grabbable on modern PCs, with 2 and 3 coming soon
Ring your dad! Watch the endearingly cringey live-action intro again!
![Some Pals aiming machine guns in Palworld.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/palworld-ex-pokemon-company-lawyer-comments-01.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Radio Silence | Remember The Pokemon Company saying it was going to investigate Palworld? It seems nothing's come of that yet
PocketPair's CEO says everything's been quiet behind the scenes.
![The eyes of Joanna Dark in Perfect Dark.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Perfect-Dark-aliens.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Perfect Timing | After Perfect Dark's reboot rocked up at the Xbox showcase, the original drops on Switch today
Now, that's what I call corporate synergy.
![A close-up of Samus in her classic spacesuit in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/metroid-prime-4-beyond.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Welcome Back, Samus | Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is real, and it's coming to Nintendo Switch in 2025
But will it be on Switch 2, too?
![The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-legend-of-zelda-echoes-of-wisdom.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Wise Decision | It may have taken Nintendo 37 years, but Zelda finally gets her own game in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Just ignore the CDI game.
![The Nintendo Direct logo showing the date 18/06/2024, and the time 7am PT/ 10am ET.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/nintendo-direct-june-2024.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![The Nintendo Direct logo showing the date 18/06/2024, and the time 7am PT/ 10am ET.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/nintendo-direct-june-2024.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Switching Things Up | Nintendo wraps Not-E3 up with a summer Direct tomorrow, and no, the Switch 2 won't be there
What's the Switch got left in it?
![The billiards table in Wii Play, next to some Miis celebrating.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/wii-play-billiards-first-perfect-game-01.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
A Wii Miracle | After 17 years, Wii Play's billiards finally has its first ever perfect game, thanks to an impossible shot
The fabled nine ball break, it's here and it's glorious.
![Hyrule Warriors key art showing Link with the Master Sword and his shield, dodging to the side, Prince Zelda fighting with a sword, a blue haired character using some kind of spell.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hyrule-warriors_4RcbZxY.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
A NEAR MISS | Hyrule Warriors is good fun, but once upon a time Nintendo reportedly thought it would hurt the international Zelda brand
The original game first launched almost 10 years ago.
![My wallet is currently weeping over The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom soundtrack that costs £230](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/tears-of-the-kingdom-falling.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
TEARS OF THE ECONOMY | My wallet is currently weeping over The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom soundtrack that costs £230
The bank will surely give me a loan for something like this, right?
![The Legend of Zelda Great Deku Tree set showing Breath of the Wild's Link and Zelda stood around the tree.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/legend-of-zelda-lego-set.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
BRICKING IT | Lego finally reveals its Legend of Zelda set as money mysteriously vanishes from my bank account
I don't need it...
![A Xenoblade Chronicles X speedrunner set a world record no one will ever be able to beat, and it's all Nintendo's fault](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Xenoblade-Chronicles-X.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
PERFMANENT RECORD | A Xenoblade Chronicles X speedrunner set a world record no one will ever be able to beat, and it's all Nintendo's fault
Maybe a Switch port could mean someone else could try set a new record? Hint hint?
![Suicune stood in a grassy area in the Pokemon anime.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/pokemon-suicune.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
CHOICES, CHOICES | One simple question made localising Pokemon Crystal a lot more difficult than you would think
It's probably a bit easier these days though.
![Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door review: a worthy new version of a must-play classic](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/mario-1000-year-door-header.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Review
PAPER CRAFT | Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door review: a worthy new version of a must-play classic
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door is a richly-deserved, lovingly-crafted redo of a classic.
![Key artwork from multiple Pokemon games is shown. From left to right: Pokemon Ruby, Pokemon Diamond, Pokemon White, Pokemon Sun, and Pokemon Sword](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/VG247-x-Pokemon.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Guide
CATCH ‘EM ALL | The best Pokemon games, ranked
We’ve ranked the mainline Pokemon games, and their remakes, from best to worst.
![The Nintendo Switch logo and Sub-Zero kicking a lad in Mortal Kombat 1.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/nintendo-acquires-shiver-port-studio-embracer-01.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
SWITCHING PORTS | Nintendo acquires the latest studio to depart Embracer's lovely, hunky-dory friendship group
Shiver Entertainment, known for its ports, will be continuing to deliver those for platforms like the Switch.
![A 2D drawing of Link from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening remake. He looks in awe at something, hair blowing in the wind, cheeks slightly rosey.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/zelda-links-awakening_Wm2D4JR.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
MY UNCLE SAID | Sony says it's working in "close collaboration" with Miyamoto on the Zelda movie, a sentence I never thought I'd write
"The Legend of Zelda is going to be huge for us."
![Pokemon fans are facing a serious dilemma following the end of Nintendo 3DS online features](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Pokemon-Ultra-Sun-and-Moon.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
TOTEMIC | Pokemon fans are facing a serious dilemma following the end of Nintendo 3DS online features
Totem Pokemon were special in Sun and Moon, but may loose their sheen if transferred over.
![Turns out the Triforce might have, sort of, been hiding in plain sight in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom all along](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/tears-of-the-kingdom-diving.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
THE SHAPE OF YOU | Turns out the Triforce might have, sort of, been hiding in plain sight in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom all along
Scales off a dragon's back.
![Danny DeVito and Charlie Day in Always Sunny in Philadelphia, they're stood in a bar talking to someone offscreen, Wario and Luigi hats Photoshopped into their respective heads.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/danny-devito-wario.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Article
OH YEAH | So, Danny DeVito wants to be Wario – but is he really the best fit for Mario’s gassy counterpart?
And who should play the rest of the cast from the Mushroom Kingdom?
![Switch Online Games - Game Boy - May 2024](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/nintendo-switch-online-game-boy-%2Cmay-2024.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
RETROTASTIC! | Nintendo's celebrating 35 years of Game Boy with Super Mario Land, Alleyway, and Baseball added to Switch Online
Relive Mario’s first Game Boy adventure.
![Chai from HiFi Rush sits in front of a PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, looking shocked](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Xbox-playstation-hifi.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Article
LOVE HURTS | It’s all very sad, isn’t it - where does the games industry go from here?
It's hard to love an industry that is seemingly always in chaos.
![Key art of Link from both Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild superimposed over landscape shots of Hyrule.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/zelda-anniv-header.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Article
COME AGAIN | One year on, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom still doesn't feel like a sequel – it's a second act
Breath of the Wild was just the beginning.
![A PowerA wireless Nintendo Switch controller with Mario artwork design.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/jelly-deals-power-a-mario-pop-wireless-nintendo-switch-controller-deal.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Deals
Mario fans will love this discounted controller for Nintendo Switch
Now the cheapest it's been in over a year.
![Super Mario Bros. Wonder](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/super-mario-bros-wonder.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
$MONAY$ | Nintendo's FY24 sees mixed results: Hardware and software sales dip, but first-party titles remain retail powerhouses
Switch is 12,700 unit sales away from tying with Nintendo DS.
![Mario riding a motorbike on the Nintendo Switch.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/nintendo-dmca-takedown-8500-yuzu-emulator-copies-01.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
YUZU YEETED | Following Yuzu shutdown, Nintendo casually swats over 8,500 copies of the Switch emulator in one go
8,535 birds, one DMCA notice lodged with GitHub.
![Charizard on the front cover of Pokemon Red version, next to Pikachu, who can use the move, Flash.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Pkmn-Red-Blue-Flash.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Guide
Where to get Flash in Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
Flash is used to light up dark caves like Rock Tunnel and Victory Road in Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow!
![Charizard on the front cover of Pokemon Red version, next to Machamp, one of the strongest Pokemon.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Pkmn-Red-Blue-Strength.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Guide
Where to get Strength in Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
To get the Strength HM, you need to find the Warden's Gold Teeth in Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow!