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Nintendo's biggest new E3 game announcement for 2018 was... Super Mario Party? Seriously?

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Nintendo’s Smash Bros.-heavy E3 Direct hid an anemic 2018 Switch lineup

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 12, 2018
2 min

Wise Nintendo fans learned long ago to temper their expectations for Nintendo’s Electronic Entertainment Expo announcements. The company famously did away with spectacle-class media...

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2 min

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate hits Nintendo Switch on December 7

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 12, 2018
1 min

Nintendo finished up its Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) Direct video event today by revealing that the next entry in its multiplayer fighting game series...

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1 min

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Super Mario Party brings the action to multiple Nintendo Switch systems

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 12, 2018
1 min

Nintendo revealed Super Mario Party during its Direct video event prior to the opening of the 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show today. This...

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My Friend Pedro adds brutal ballet to the classic Elevator Action formula

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 11, 2018
2 min

Taito’s Elevator Action series may have been forgotten to history, but Devolver Digital is bringing new life — and plenty of death — to...

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E3 leak suggests Switch is getting Fortnite and Paladins

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 31, 2018
2 min

It’s hard to believe it, but E3 2018 began 17 years ago and shows no signs of stopping. That’s because every day brings us...

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You'll control multiple versions of Link throughout Hyrule Warriors.

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Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition — Zelda’s strategic slasher is better on Switch

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 16, 2018
8 min

No one minds that Nintendo is bringing enhanced Wii U ports to the Switch — the portable console is ideal for revisiting games that...

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8 min

The 8-bit spinoff of a game that hasn't come out yet.

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Ex-Castlevania boss launches 8-bit Bloodstained precursor

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 12, 2018
1 min

While Konami is making a Castlevania for mobile, one of the company’s former producers is resurrecting the spirit of the Dracula-killing franchise in a...

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Nintendo Switch Online details: 20 NES games, cloud saves, and more

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 8, 2018
2 min

Nintendo Switch debuted more than a year ago, but it still doesn’t have a proper online service. The publisher is planning to rectify that...

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2 min

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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze review — a Funky-fresh Switch update

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 1, 2018
8 min

Every once in a long while, a game rewards you for lingering in its levels and hunting for every little detail the designers have...

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Sega’s Sonic Mania was originally released exclusively as a digital download, enabling it to be aggressively priced from day one.

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Consoles need to ditch discs and embrace digital downloads

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 21, 2018
5 min

Sorry, cartridge and disc collectors — in the foreseeable future, console gaming is going to become either download only or download first. This might...

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