RARE PHOTOS: Gunpei yokoi - The Real Truth

Nintendo's stinking "nap room" for overworked devs haunted legendary Super Metroid director for years: "It’s quite sad only having these kinds of memories!"

"One morning staff from another area came to wake us up and told us that the room smelled like a zoo"

GamesRadar · Aug 15

Lost Nintendo game lives after 50 years as arcade collector uses ancient film reels and Wii-style tech to create "what might be the only playable Wild Gunman" machine in the world

"This is not quite a replica," but it's the closest thing you'll find to the real thing in 2026

GamesRadar · Apr 17

"That's the way Nintendo is": Tetris legend says Game Boy designer Gunpei Yokoi "made Nintendo's game business, for chrissakes" but that still didn't save him when "Virtual Boy was dead on arrival"

"Somebody has to take responsibility"

GamesRadar · Sep 18, 2025

20 Years Ago, Nintendo's Most Inventive Console Revealed Today's Weird Future

The developer's oddest handheld provided a roadmap for leaving the console wars, and Nintendo hasn't looked back since.

Inverse · Nov 23, 2024

35 Years Ago, Nintendo Released the First Handheld Zelda Game (It's Not the One You Think)

This 1989 Zelda title a pocketful of potential that influenced some of Nintendo's most innovative hardware for decades to come.

Inverse · Aug 26, 2024

The Game Boy at 35: a portal to other magical worlds

The handheld console introduced millions to the joy of video games, and remains one of the best-selling consoles ever

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2024

You Need to Play Nintendo’s Most Underrated Franchise on Switch Online ASAP

'Kid Icarus' was meant to replicate 'Metroid’s side-scrolling style in a mythological setting.

Inverse · Aug 27, 2023

‘Get something that’s fun to play, then think about the story’: how Nintendo keeps levelling up

With 100m sales of its Switch console, a new Mario movie and even a California theme park, the Japanese tech giant is riding high again. What’s its secret?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2023