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ICYMI: Nintendo Highlights ‘Super NES – Nintendo Classics’ Features Update

ICYMI: Nintendo Highlights ‘Super NES – Nintendo Classics’ Features Update

Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube832k At the end of July, Nintendo released an update for the Switch Online Super Nintendo app adding Mario Paint. This update included mouse support (for Switch 2 Joy-Con 2 controllers and USB mouse compatibility), as well as the ability to remap buttons. The same update also featured mouse support for the …

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ICYMI: Nintendo Highlights ‘Super NES – Nintendo Classics’ Features Update

Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube832k At the end of July, Nintendo released an update for the Switch Online Super Nintendo app adding Mario Paint. This update included mouse support (for Switch 2 Joy-Con 2 controllers and USB mouse compatibility), as well as the ability to remap buttons. The same update also included mouse support for Nobunaga’s …

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SwitchForce claims the Nintendo Direct he’s been teasing is the “big one”

SwitchForce claims the Nintendo Direct he’s been teasing is the “big one”

It seems as though we will be getting a Nintendo Direct presentation in September, which follows previous years. SwitchForce who leaked that the Nintendo Direct will be held on Friday, 12th September says it will be a “big one.” This hopefully means that we should hear what’s in store for Mario’s 40th anniversary and any software which will follow from …

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Nintendo Reportedly ‘Almost Discouraging’ Switch 2 Development as Studios Told to Launch Games on Switch 1 and Rely on Backwards Compatibility Instead

Nintendo Reportedly ‘Almost Discouraging’ Switch 2 Development as Studios Told to Launch Games on Switch 1 and Rely on Backwards Compatibility Instead

A fresh report has detailed the difficulties faced by some developers keen to launch games for Switch 2 — but who remain unable to do so due to a lack of Nintendo support. According to Digital Foundry, Nintendo is still restricting its supply of Switch 2 development hardware and instead telling some studios to launch their titles as Switch 1 …

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‘They can’t get the hardware’: Nintendo is reportedly telling would-be Switch 2 devs to release on Switch instead

‘They can’t get the hardware’: Nintendo is reportedly telling would-be Switch 2 devs to release on Switch instead

Developers are still struggling to get hold of Nintendo Switch 2 development kits after the console’s launch, according to new reports. In the latest edition of Digital Foundry’s DF Direct Weekly podcast, hosts John Linneman and Oliver Mackenzie reported that they had been told by numerous developers that they were still unable to get hold of a development kit to …

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Nintendo Direct Reportedly Set for September, as Metroid Prime 4 Release Date and Mario 40th Anniversary Speculation Mounts

Nintendo Direct Reportedly Set for September, as Metroid Prime 4 Release Date and Mario 40th Anniversary Speculation Mounts

A fresh Nintendo Direct broadcast will air in September, according to a new report. Speculation around the next major Nintendo Direct date has been rife following a series of other presentations over the past few months focusing on third-party games or individual titles, including a recent deep dive on Kirby Air Riders. Now, VGC has said it has heard of …

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Nintendo may be withholding Switch 2 dev kits

Nintendo may be withholding Switch 2 dev kits

Developers large and small are reportedly having a hard time getting their hands on development kits for the Nintendo Switch 2. That news comes from the newly-independent Digital Foundry, which discussed the topic on this week’s DF Directly Weekly livestream. During the stream, senior staff writer and video editor John Linneman explained that during the team’s visit to Gamescom, they …

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Nintendo Switch 2 game-key cards won’t be accepted for preservation by Japan’s national library

Nintendo Switch 2 game-key cards won’t be accepted for preservation by Japan’s national library

Nintendo Switch 2 game-key cards are back in the news as they’ve essentially been denied entry into the National Diet Library. Otherwise known as the NDL, this is Japan’s national library. However, due to the nature of this specific physical media, game-key cards cannot be accepted for preservation. PR for NDL told Famitsu in an interview: “Because the target is …

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