As the hip hop group House of Pain once sang, "jump, jump, jump around!" Platforming has traditionally been all about jumping and navigating through perilous environments, where a person of royalty may or may not be waiting for you at the end. But like...

GungHo’s hit mobile series Puzzle & Dragons has already seen success on the 3DS with 2013’s Puzzle & Dragons Z. Now they're teaming up with Nintendo directly. This morning GungHo announced Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Edition for 3DS. The game is...

Puzzle games come in many different forms but what they share in common is an ability to captivate gamers by challenging their brains. In 2014 the best puzzle games had us step out of Mario’s shadow to play as Captain Toad, experience an unlikely mash-up...

When it comes to video games with deep stories, huge open worlds, and complex battle systems, nothing comes close to the RPG. Few genres are more diverse as well; we've seen animated characters turn into wizards, children catching animals in little balls,...

UK tabloid newspaper The Mirror is reporting that some drug dealers in the UK are labelling ecstasy pills with a Nintendo stamp in order to appeal to a younger audience. Several of them were sold at a club in Macclesfield called Ronnies and resulted...

Nintendo has launched the first issue of its digital magazine, Nintendo Extra. Nintendo Extra is a digital magazine that will be geared towards highlighting Nintendo's key IPs and effectively replaces the Official Nintendo Magazine, which was canned last...

Nintendo have been pushing their Amiibo line hard as of late, with the number of games supporting them constantly expanding, and there's even the possibility of Amiibos working with 3rd party games in the future. Today, Nintendo announced the third batch...

Nintendo is considering extending Amiibo support to third party developers. Nintendo licensing manager Damon Baker said the following to IGN during a press event: "We’re excited to see how that pans out but there’s a ton of interest from our third-party...

Nintendo's classic shooter Duck Hunt will be coming to the Wii U eShop, Nintendo has confirmed. Instead of using a light gun a la the original NES version, the game will work with Wii Remotes, ensuring no third party peripherals have to be bought in...

During Nintendo's Direct Livestream event last night, Nintendo announced that the N64 Classic, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, is set to come out for Nintendo 3DS this coming Spring, 2015. Majora's Mask 3D will release with a special edition that...