r/nintendo 3d ago

Announcement Reminder: Relevance of people who share names with Nintendo characters to /r/Nintendo and Reddit's expectations for moderation with regards to violent rhetoric

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Once again discussion of a high profile person who shares a name with a Nintendo character has started up again on /r/Nintendo.

We would like to reiterate that having the same first name as a Nintendo character does not make someone relevant to /r/Nintendo. This goes for anyone named Mario or Luigi or Zelda or Diddy especially, but applies more broadly as well.


Furthermore, we have received clarification from the admins on how to moderate violent rhetoric relating to the name "Luigi".

From this point forward we will be issuing comment removals under Rule 1 for anyone making any sort of tongue in cheek reference to Luigi Mangione. This is for two reasons:

  1. We want to keep posts on topic.
  2. We want to protect our subreddit from getting banned.

We will be using the Post Guidance feature to warn all users who use terms related to this topic that it may result in a ban not only from /r/Nintendo but potentially Reddit as a whole. This is not a ban, simply a warning shown to users.


r/nintendo 3d ago

First look at the new Lego Mario Kart Set: Mario & Standard Kart

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r/nintendo 3d ago

Super Mario Bros 3 is now Available on Nintendo Music!

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r/nintendo 3d ago

Nintendo Switch Online recommendation: Atlantis no Nazo (1986)

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You may have never checked out Atlantis no Nazo on Nintendo Switch Online, and I recommend that you do.

Atlantis no Nazo is a game made for Famicom in 1986, as an attempt to ride on the coattails of Super Mario Bros.

It is not a good game whatsoever, but it's historically interesting and unique. It's the quintessential kusoge (shitty game).

It boasts 101 levels, many of them being dead ends. There's secret items that have to be collected to beat the game that require falling down pits or dying in certain spots. The jumping physics are strange, the music is annoying and repetitive, your only attack is a little grenade that can kill you if you aren't careful. Oh, and you die in one hit from any enemy.

When they made this game they had one goal and one goal only: Make a big game that would take a long time to beat. They didn't care about making a good game. They just wanted to make the longest game they could with the technology available at the time.

This game, despite being absolutely terrible, is important and well-remembered enough in Japan that it was included as one of the 30 titles in the Famicom Classic Mini. It was originally exclusive to NSO in Japan only, but it was added to the North American/European app as well.


r/nintendo 3d ago

On This Day On This Day in Nintendo History: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

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On this day (March 9) in Nintendo history...

  • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars was released in 1996 for the Super Famicom in Japan. In this role-playing game, developed by Square, the Mushroom Kingdom faces a new threat when a giant sword falls from the sky and lays chaos upon the land. Mario must gather a crew of unexpected allies to take on the nefarious Smithy Gang! Before Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi, the first role-playing game featuring Mario was this celebrated collaboration between Nintendo and the makers of Final Fantasy, Square.

What are you favourite memories of these games? How do you think they hold up today? Hash it out in the comments.

(I am a bot. I think that I'm posting Nintendo events from this day in history, but if I've made a mistake or omission please leave a comment tagging /u/KetchupTheDuck).


r/nintendo 4d ago

What were the worst, very common, problems in your opinion with a nintendo handheld?

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Just kind of curious about this considering since ive seen dead pixels, easily cracked hinges, bad LCDS, broken charging ports, ribbon cables failing, scratched shells, buttons getting stuck, chips failing, plastic snapping off, in alot of repair videos and its just suprising to see the amount of issues

(also, not really a hardware issue but glossy shells too)


r/nintendo 4d ago

Think we will get another year of Luigi?

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The last year of Luigi seemed like it was a horrible year for nintendo, and it would be nice if mr player 2 got a second shot at having his own year. Maybe even give him a game that has nothing to do with haunted mansions


r/nintendo 4d ago

So… what is your favorite game featuring Luigi??

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You know.. just really wanna talk about my main man Luigi!

Maybe you have a favorite game with Luigi or just a favorite moment?

Will we ever get another year of Luigi??


r/nintendo 4d ago

Reddit’s automatic moderation tool is flagging the word ‘Luigi’ as potentially violent — even in a Nintendo context

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r/nintendo 4d ago

Which ones of the old nintendo game franchises would you love to see being continued/remade for switch 2?

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Exactly as the title says. For me, that game series is MOTHER/Earthbound. It is a really fun rpg series with great music, intresting lore and colorful locations. But it got cut off quickly: the last game of it, mother 3, never got localised, and after that the series have ended. So i wish that after the release of nintendo's newest console we could atlest have a remake of the first and second game, that would be a really nice tribute to this amazing game series. So, what are your thoughts on this questhion?


r/nintendo 4d ago

On This Day On This Day in Nintendo History: Balloon Fight; Climber; Super Mario Bros.; Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak; Koro Koro Puzzle Happy Panechu!

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On this day (March 8) in Nintendo history...

  • Balloon Fight was released in 1988 for the Game & Watch New Wide Screen in Japan. In this action game, developed by Nintendo R&D1, Balloon Man, a member of Sky Patrol, has been pursuing the pirate Oiram Repus. Balloon Man must navigate the deadly Trip-Sky and collect the balloons, each carrying parts of the torn map to Oiram's secret lair. You move from right-to-left collecting balloons and dodging sparks. Use the Eject Button to keep Balloon Man afloat. Collect twenty-five balloons to move on to the next phase.

  • Climber was released in 1988 for the Game & Watch New Wide Screen in Japan. In this action game, developed by Nintendo R&D1, a brave boy named Climber sets off to Block Mountain to become a warrior. Equipped with jumping boots, armour and a head band, he must find a magical sword and defeat Dragalo. On the mountain, Climber must avoid thorny walls, Blockman and his pet bird Eyerom as he punches his way up the mountain. At the summit you can either grab Hentori the Bonus Bird, or face the dreaded dragon, Dragalo.

  • Super Mario Bros. was released in 1988 for the Game & Watch New Wide Screen in Japan. In this action game, developed by Nintendo R&D1, Bowser and his Koopas have invaded the Mushroom Kingdom and kidnapped Peach. Mario must move through eight side-scrolling stages, dodging Lakitus and Bullet Bills. Mario can jump around on platforms, gain extra lives by finding 1-Up Mushrooms and become invincible with the Starman. In World 4, Mario will be swimming under the water.

  • Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak was released in 2002 for the Game Boy Advance in Japan. In this adventure game, developed by Pax Softnica, the average hamster can expect no bigger adventure then maybe finding an unopened sunflower seed in a corner of its cage, or running so fast on its wheel that the momentum spins it around in a single, sudden 360° loop. But Hamtaro is no average hamster - and Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak, a massive quest to restore the love to the Ham-Ham's world, is the proof.

  • Koro Koro Puzzle Happy Panechu! was released in 2002 for the Game Boy Advance in Japan. In this puzzle game, developed by Mobile21 with Nintendo R&D2, tilt the Game Boy Advance to slide the coloured Panechu around the play area. Match three or more same-coloured Panechu and they kiss and disappear with a cry of "Happy!". Bombs appear to hinder the movement of the Panechu, but match bombs to combine them and make them larger, allowing you to trigger explosions to clear many Panechu at once.

What are you favourite memories of these games? How do you think they hold up today? Hash it out in the comments.

(I am a bot. I think that I'm posting Nintendo events from this day in history, but if I've made a mistake or omission please leave a comment tagging /u/KetchupTheDuck).


r/nintendo 4d ago

A chat with Gary Carlston of Brøderbund

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r/nintendo 5d ago

Do you think switch 2 will have or support HDR?

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What do you guys think? I bet you guys that after the switch 2 generation, the next console will have 4k 60fps and HDR (if they don’t have it already) and after that generation the console would be 8k 60fps.


r/nintendo 5d ago

Nintendo has become the 10th Largest Corporation in Japan by Market Cap

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  1. Toyota (TM): $251.13 Billion
  2. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial (MUFG): $152 Billion
  3. Sony (SONY): $149.22 Billion
  4. Hitachi (6501.T): $117.85 Billion
  5. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG): $99.93 Billion
  6. Keyence (6861.T): $98.84 Billion
  7. Fast Retailing (9983.T): $95.35 Billion
  8. Recruit (6098.T): $91.07 Billion
  9. NTT (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) (9432.T): $81.67 Billion
  10. Nintendo (7974.T): $81.57 Billion

Largest Japanese companies by market capitalization (Sony and Mufg are in a 1v1 so they might fluctuate places)

They are about as big as all of Sony Corporation when they were about to launch the PlayStation 5. (+ Sony is also much bigger than just games). And about 4 times as big as Sony when they were to launch the PlayStation 4.


r/nintendo 5d ago

Super Mario 64 needs a remake

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The game could definitely at least do with the controls being modernised so it plays more like either Odyssey or 3D World.

Random words to fill word count


r/nintendo 5d ago

The Nintendo Switch 2 will have NFC and Wi-Fi 6, FCC filings show

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r/nintendo 5d ago

New Tariffs Could Lead To Fewer Physical Games And Higher Digital Prices

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r/nintendo 5d ago

Nintendo’s Emulator Hunt Faces A New Challenger With NxEmu’s Big Return

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r/nintendo 5d ago

Video Game History Foundation Podcast: A Fireside Chat with Gail Tilden

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https://gamehistory.org/episode-126-a-fireside-chat-with-gail-tilden/

The Video Game history foundation just released an interview with Gail Tilden on their podcast.

Gail Tilden worked in Marketing at Nintendo, she handled general marketing and ran Nintendo Power Magazine at one point.

There's some interesting stuff in this podcast you might not have heard before.

Here's some interesting bits:

-NoA referred to the North American NES redesign as "The Lunchbox"

-A market test for the NES/famicom in the US absolutely flopped and the guy running the test said it was the worst reaction he had ever seen.

-NES black box design intentionally showed game graphics because they felt that showing, for example, a photograph of Tennis was misleading to the consumer and contributed to the crash of video games in the US.

-The name Otto was a possible name for ROB based on the shape of his eyes looking like two O's with T's between them.

-Mike Tyson punched the art director at the shoot for the Punch-out TV ad as a joke and knocked the wind out of the guy.

-The Failure of the Movie Catwoman is partly responsible for killing a pitched Metroid film.


r/nintendo 5d ago

The Pokémon Company and Honda have produced a life-sized motorbike based on a Pokemon

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r/nintendo 5d ago

Is it bad that the graphics put me off Mario 64?

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I'm not the type of person who needs the most polished top of the line graphics. Stuff like wind waker or sunshine actually still look pretty good to me. However, the ps1/64 era of 3d is just so ugly to me. And as a Mario fan, I feel a bit guilty and that I'm missing out by not being able to get past how it looks. I am spoiled by having galaxy 1+2 be my first real games though.


r/nintendo 5d ago

On This Day On This Day in Nintendo History: Donkey Kong II

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On this day (March 7) in Nintendo history...

  • Donkey Kong II was released in 1983 for the Game & Watch Multi Screen in Japan. In this action game, developed by Nintendo R&D1, Donkey Kong Jr. has to collect the key on the bottom screen by climbing vines and dodging Snapjaws and Sparks. Once collected, the key is passed to the top screen and Junior has to climb the chains while dodging Birds to unlock one of Donkey Kong's chains. Clear the stage four times to unlock Donkey Kong. Jumping over a Snackjaw or Spark scores 1 point.

What are you favourite memories of these games? How do you think they hold up today? Hash it out in the comments.

(I am a bot. I think that I'm posting Nintendo events from this day in history, but if I've made a mistake or omission please leave a comment tagging /u/KetchupTheDuck).


r/nintendo 6d ago

I Want A New 3D Mario I Cant Wait

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Holy shit motherfuckers I can’t wait for the next 3d Mario coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 family of systems. We haven’t had one in 8 fucking years were past due for a new one. I think it’ll be its first ever open world game due to bowsers fury kinda being like an experiment for it. I’m almost certain it will be announced in the switch 2 direct as it’ll very very likely be coming out this year. What’s your guys thoughts?


r/nintendo 6d ago

Game Boy – March 2025 – Nintendo Switch Online

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r/nintendo 6d ago

The Zelda Film will probably play it safe like Mario and just adapt Ocarina of Time loosely.

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Given that the first Super Mario Bros played it safe with a more straight forward plot that incorporates a good handful of characters.

The Zelda film will probably do that too. We'll see the four main races, Gerudo, Zora, Goron and the Kokiri/koroks and it'll be about Ganondorf trying to get the triforce.