Nintendo related news and articles

Nintendo have revealed that 1.5 million units of the Nintendo Switch were sold in the US in December according to the numbers from the NPD Group’s report for the year.

Nintendo revealed is a mini-game collection that uses cardboard peripherals to interact with the Switch and vice versa, called Labo.

In an uncharacteristic move on January 10th Nintendo announced that they would be holding a mini Nintendo Direct event.

Recently in an interview with Japanese newspaper Mainichi Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima said that the Switch is a console with a long lifespan.

After a triumphant launch last year the Nintendo Switch has risen to become the fastest-selling console of all in the United States.

Nintendo have increased the number of Nintendo Switch consoles during the fiscal year for 2018 to 20 million.

According to a recent report from the Wall Street Journal Nintendo is planning to launch 64 Gigabyte Switch games, with current game cards limited to 32 Gigabytes, though not until 2019.

Press outlets are announcing their Game of the Year Awards, two of which gave the award to the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, IGN and Gamespot.

The NPD Group has released their data for November 2017 spending, showing that US consumers purchased a lot of hardware over the month.

Google’s “year in search” results indicate well for Nintendo and Microsoft, with both of the companies breaking into the top five of the “Consumer Tech” section.