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Nintendo’s Switch racer Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is spending a second week at the top of the UK All Formats Top 40. It retains the crown despite a 71 per cent drop in sales and just marginally manages to outsell Bethesda’s Prey, which debuts in No.2 in its first week …

The Strong National Museum of Play announced the newest inductees to their collection

Nintendo and Ubisoft are teaming up for a new crossover title due out on Switch this August. Kotaku has confirmed that Mario will join forces with Ubisoft’s Rabbids in a game called Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. For what its worth, we’ve heard a couple of other journalists say that …

The desire for households to own multiple Switch consoles could propel sales of Nintendo’s new hardware to Wii-like levels. That appears to be the hope of Nintendo boss Tatsumi Kimishima, who made the bold claim to investors. In the video game business, it’s important for consumers to feel that a …

The veteran will continue to help Nintendo as a Special Corporate Advisor

Nintendo has said that Switch title Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the fastest ever game in the series in the US. The platform holder says 459,000 copies were sold across physical and digital on its first day of release in the US on April 28th. That represents at attach ratio …

Nintendo Switch title Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has raced to No.1 in the UK Top 40 on its first week of release. Amazingly, it’s Nintendo’s first All Formats No.1 since way back in early 2011, when Pokemon White topped the listings in week nine. It’s also the first Mario game …

The 3DS is getting one last hurrah thanks to the surprise announcement of a new redesign for the handheld. Nintendo has announced the New 2DS XL, which returns to the 2DS design of the hardware and gives it a more 3DS-style spin. The existing 2DS, for those who don’t recall, …

2.74 million Switch units were sold in March, a fifth of the targeted 10 million sales.

Nintendo sold over 2m Switch consoles worldwide in its first month on shelves, according to its latest fiscal year earnings report, hitting 2.74m units as of March 31st. That beats recent analyst expectations from SuperData, which pegged the console’s global sales figures at just 2.4m. As a result, Nintendo’s profits …