Nintendo sold a lot of Switch consoles in Japan last year. Like a lot—5.3 million, to be exact. The Switch was easily the best-selling console in Japan in 2021, beating out the PlayStation 5, which didn’t even crack a million units. In fact, you can ad…
20 Years Ago, Nintendo Had Plans To Bring Email, Internet Searching, And Live Streams To The Game Boy Color
The Game Boy Color was released in 1998, a few years before the earliest and crudest smartphones had hit the market. Back then, the internet was still fairly new and the idea of carrying around a single device that could email people, search the web, s…
Former Nintendo Exec Reggie Fils-Aimé Hosts Xbox Event For Microsoft
Right from the get go, former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé addressed the elephant in the room: “I’m sure at this point you’re wondering, what is the former president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America doing at a Micros…
The Nintendo Wii Is Now 15 Years Old
On November 19, 2006, Nintendo released the Wii, the GameCube successor. It would end up becoming one of the best-selling video game consoles of all time and would push the other console makers to add motion controls to their current machines too. And…
Nintendo Shutters California And Toronto Offices
Nintendo closed its California office today, displacing roughly 100 employees, sources tell Kotaku. Read more…