Mario Builder 64 Brings User Generated Content To Nintendo’s Classic Platformer
Modders have released Mario Builder 64, a tool that allows players to create and share their own user-generated levels. The new ROM hack for the classic Nintendo 64 title produced by homebrew developers Rovertronic and Arthurtilly allows players to design and build their own Super Mario 64 levels within the ROM, as demonstrated in the […]
The Game Boy XL Is A Supersized Take On Nintendo’s Iconic Handheld
The Game Boy XL is a new take on Nintendo’s classic handheld that sees the original DMG blown up to monstrous new proportions. Homebrew console modder Arnov Sharma’s Game Boy XL is a 3D-printed recreation powered by a Raspberry Pi 5 with enough horsepower to run “any kind of game, from NES to PS2”. The […]
Exclusive: First Look At The Handheld N64 That Plays Actual Cartridges
A clever modder and YouTuber has developed a unique handheld N64 that plays actual cartridges, forgoing any sort of emulation. This handheld Nintendo 64 comes from the mind of Handheld Gameplayer, who has recycled two badly damaged consoles and rewired the original motherboard to fit within a bespoke 3D printed shell. The 3D-printed face buttons […]
Nintendo World Championships Is Returning In 2024
You read it, right guys, get ready to test your speedrunning skills in a new Nintendo World Championships. When the ESRB rating for the Nintendo Switch port of the World Championships popped up online last week, I assumed that we’d just be getting a game that included the elements of the 1990 Championships on the […]
The Nintendo Museum Is Scheduled To Open This Autumn
The Nintendo Museum in Uji City, Kyoto looks set to open its doors this autumn, according to the latest Nintendo’s Financial Report. Originally reported to open this summer, the revised timeframe features in Nintendo’s “Financial Results Explanation Materials for the Third Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending March 2024”, appearing on the sixteenth page of […]
An ESRB Rating For A Nintendo Classic Has Suddenly Appeared Online
What does Nintendo have up their sleeves this year? They’ve been the talk of the retro-gaming world over the past few months after their takedown of Yuzu and the whole provocation from Palworld by essentially ripping off every single Pokémon ever created, but which games are heading our way? Well, we know that when it […]
Turn Any N64 Into A 64DD With The SummerCart64 Flash Cart
If you’re a Nintendo 64 fan, then no doubt you’ll know about or have at least seen a picture of the 64DD. I recently talked about it a lot in my article on the long-lost 64DD game Cabbage, the title that ended up influencing Animal Crossing and so many other titles that we play today. […]
HI-FI RUSH Has Received A Nintendo Switch Rating Today
We’ve been waiting patiently for Hi-Fi Rush to appear on Switch ever since the news that it would be coming to Nintendo’s hybrid hero. Today, however, we know that the game has received a European rating for the Nintendo Switch thanks to an X post by Gematsu. For a while, we didn’t think that it […]
‘Pretendo’ Offers An Online Wii U Experience One Day After Nintendo Discontinues Official Service
Pretendo, an open-source Nintendo Network replacement service, has granted online access to Wii U owners following this week’s closure of the official services by Nintendo. As spotted by Nintendo Life, Pretendo released a blog post detailing the launch of their new “Wii U: SSSL”. Prior to Nintendo shutting down the official Wii U online services […]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Adds New Mario And Peach Spirits
Nintendo have revealed new Mario and Princess Peach spirits are heading to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate this weekend. For five days only, starting on the 22nd March 2024, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players have a chance to encounter brand new spirits from Super Mario Bros Wonder and Princess Peach Showtime! The announcement comes from the […]