Topic: nintendo history
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How Nintendo's Super Console Revolutionized Global Gaming
The book *Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun* provides a thematic history of Nintendo, using specific games to explore the company's creative philosophy and evolution from a card maker to an entertainment leader. It offers a nuanced portrait by blending corporate h...
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Nintendo Switch: The Best-Selling and Most Transformative Console
Nintendo's Switch console has become its best-selling hardware ever, surpassing 155 million units and marking a shift from the company's previous pattern of volatile success. A key factor in the Switch's sustained achievement was Nintendo's strategic merger of its handheld and home console divisi...
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Nintendo's Top 100 Games: The Ultimate List from Nintendo Life & IGN
Nintendo Life and IGN collaborated to rank the top 100 games across all Nintendo systems, including both first-party classics and influential third-party titles that defined generations of gaming. The list spans decades and highlights iconic games such as Eternal Darkness for its psychological ho...
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Lego's Nintendo Game Boy: A Brick-Built Masterpiece
The Lego Nintendo Game Boy set is a $60 interactive replica that captures the tactile feel of the 1989 original, featuring working buttons and clever lenticular screens, though it doesn't play games. While impressively accurate in size and weight, the model has minor flaws like a gray screen inst...
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8BitDo Unveils NES 40th Anniversary Ultimate 2 Controller Bundle
8BitDo launched the NES40 Collection to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the NES, featuring a limited-edition Ultimate 2 Bluetooth Controller bundle, a new wireless speaker, and an exclusive mechanical keyboard, with preorders starting immediately. The Ultimate 2 Bluetooth Controller – N40 Editi...
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Why Super Mario Galaxy Is Still a Masterpiece
The re-releases of Super Mario Galaxy and its sequel on modern Nintendo consoles provide the original stellar gameplay but offer disappointingly few enhancements, leaving fans wanting more substantial updates. These games are celebrated for their imaginative, tightly-focused level design that exp...
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The Surprising Origin of Princess Peach's Toadstool Name
Princess Peach was originally named Princess Toadstool in Western releases due to a localization decision by an advertising agency when official English names were unavailable. The name "Peach" was adopted during the development of *Super Mario 64* as a compromise, with "Princess Toadstool" as th...
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