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Iowa man sued Nintendo to become a certified ‘Professor of Pokémon’ and sought $341,000; judge calls case ‘completely frivolous’

A federal judge has thrown out Kyle Owens' lawsuit against Nintendo and Pokémon Company International. Owens aimed to achieve the status of an official Pokémon Professor, but his application was denied due to a pending arrest warrant found during his background check. The judge criticized his outrageous damages claim of…

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Every Free Nintendo Switch 2 Enhancement Update Available Now

Every Nintendo Switch game with a free Switch 2 enhancement update, including graphics, frame rate, HDR, GameShare and mouse-control improvements.

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97 untouched Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros. cartridges worth thousands discovered in retro shop storage room — never-before-seen version of popular NES games include five perfect 10 PSA items

A retro gaming shop in Wisconsin finds a box of unopened, never-before-seen versions of Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros. in its storage room. These items are probably worth four to five digits, and the first three carts are going up for auction starting August 12.

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Nintendo of America was so poor in the '80s that it was "bartering" for 2am TV commercials while employees had to dodge "snakes and rats in the bathroom"

"We didn't have a lot of money at Nintendo"

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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was so secret within Nintendo, most employees found out about it for the first time at its E3 reveal: "We popped off"

AKA, the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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Nintendo confirms data stolen via third-party cyberattack — but sadly no big secrets were revealed

Shadowbyt3$ is asking for $2 million in exchange for the data, but Nintendo seemingly turned the offer down.

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Ransomware Group Demands $2M From Nintendo After Getting Access to Sensitive Information

Nintendo is now facing threats from a ransomware group currently demanding $2 million from the gaming company.

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Former Nintendo of America president admits NES and SNES classics were made "to sustain our business": "the Wii U was on life support"

Star Fox Zero wasn't putting butts in seats apparently

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After spending $45,000 on an "unheard of" first-party Nintendo prototype, anonymous collector pulls the ultimate good guy move and releases the ROM for preservationists to study for free

"The prototype cartridge allegedly belonged to a former Nintendo of America employee who had sold it in a garage sale"

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Ex-Nintendo marketing lead believes Illumination used Fox McCloud in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie as an "IP landgrab" after letting Zelda slip through its fingers

"He's ours now."

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After Watching The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, It Just Left Me Wishing It Was More Like The Sonic Sequels

Sega does what Nintendon't.

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Nintendo says "the cost of physical games is not going up" in the US, digital Switch 2 games are getting cheaper, instead

The change starts with Yoshi and the Mysterious Book

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Nintendo sues the US government over tariffs — Japanese videogame giant seeks 200 billion refund with interest

Nintendo of America filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government on March 6 in the U.S. Court of International Trade, seeking a refund of tariffs it paid under President Donald Trump's executive orders.

Tom’s Hardware

Even Nintendo is thirst-posting about Resident Evil's Leon Kennedy on main: "A strong sense of justice, ruggedly handsome, AND absolutely jacked"

Sorry Nintendo, he's married

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Former Nintendo of America marketing lead says higher-ups "chided" them for not selling as many casual games like Tomodachi Life as Europe

Europe is apparently the home of the casual Nintendo gamer

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Everybody's Talking Yoshi In New Super Mario Galaxy Movie Footage, But That's Only Like The Fifth Coolest Thing To Me

No disrespect to the long-tongued dino.

TechRadar

Who is Devon Pritchard? Nintendo of America's new president makes first industry appearance since stepping into the role

Nintendo of America's new president, Devon Pritchard, has made her first official public appearance since taking over the role from Doug Bowser earlier this month.

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Only a week into his job, Nintendo legend Reggie Fils-Aimé had to deal with retailers "upset" there weren't enough copies of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire: "I never let that happen ever again"

Despite that, he says "I always enjoyed working with The Pokemon Company"

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Nintendo of America's new president makes her first public appearance since stepping into the role with a pep talk for devs: "Keep believing, keep playing, and know that you truly belong in this game"

Devon Pritchard became Nintendo of America's latest president at the start of this year

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3 years after a $26,000 labor settlement with a Nintendo contracting firm, NOA is again accused of infringing unionization rights alongside another firm in new complaint

Nintendo of America and Teksystems are accused of violating two parts of the National Labor Relations Act

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Fans Think Rosalina’s Super Mario Galaxy Movie Role Will Confirm A Long-Standing Theory About Brie Larson’s Character

Could casting reveal Princess Peach’s biggest secret yet?

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Despite fans' initial cries to "drop the price," Switch 2 "hardware was appropriately priced," actually, thinks former Nintendo icon Reggie Fils-Aimé

He calls that the Mario Kart bundle "very smart" as it "took the edge off" its $80 price

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After 15 years at Nintendo of America, former president Reggie Fils-Aimé didn't get sent a free Switch 2 from the company so he experienced the launch "like a fan" instead

He's looking forward to Metroid Prime 4

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Nintendo will "never position" itself as a direct PlayStation competitor regardless of the Switch 2's third-party games, former Nintendo of America president says: "It's not in their DNA"

But he "absolutely" thinks there's a player base there for those AAA third-party games to come to Switch 2

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Xbox “has not yet fully embraced Switch 2” according to ex-Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé, who’s surprised Microsoft hasn’t “easily” ported more games

Xbox seems to be taking PlayStation more seriously than Nintendo

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