Category: Nintendo News

Tears of the Kingdom is an absolutely massive game, and it required a soundtrack as sprawling and epic as its map in order to do Hyrule justice. Like Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom utilized a variety of composers to construct its sprawling soundtrack. The game features the work of four composers: Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, and Tsukasa Usui. As part of a post on Nintendo’s Japanese recruitment website (as translated by Nintendo Everything), Tears of the…

Nintendo announced today that the next Indie World Showcase will take place tomorrow, April 17th at 7 AM PST / 10 AM EST. The company promised “roughly 20 minutes of announcements and updates on indie games headed to Nintendo Switch in 2024.” You’ll be able to watch the Indie World Showcase live stream on Nintendo of America’s YouTube channel right here. Indie World Showcases have become a spring-time tradition for Nintendo in recent years, so today’s announcement wasn’t a complete…

Tears of the Kingdom’s Lead Sound Engineer, Junya Osada, Physics Programming Lead, Takahiro Takayama, and the Technical Director, Takuhiro Dohta, revealed fascinating insights about the game at the 2024 Game Developers Conference. The three gave a presentation called “Tunes of the Kingdom: Evolving Physics and Sounds for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom,” which gave fans an exciting behind-the-scenes look into an underrated aspect of the game. Tears of the Kingdom’s technical achievements are arguably the reasons behind…

Nintendo of America (NOA) has reportedly confirmed contractor layoffs for those in Product Testing, according to Kotaku. This news comes amid the creation of full-time employee positions as NOA endeavor to integrate their game development efforts globally. In a statement to confirm restructuring, Nintendo provided the following information: Nintendo of America (NOA) has reorganized its Product Testing functions to drive greater global integration in game development efforts. The changes will also better align NOA with interregional testing procedures and operations….

Tears of the Kingdom boasts an impressive array of possibilities for players to create just about anything. Players may not think so much about the mechanics behind how it all works, but many in the gaming industry have recognized Tears for its technical marvels that allow players to let their imaginations run wild. Recently, three Tears of the Kingdom developers discussed how they decided on this main mechanic and its unique challenges at a panel at the Game Developers Conference….

On Thursday, April 11th, the 20th BAFTA Games Awards will highlight the “outstanding level of creative excellence” from a variety of developers across the world. While BAFTA is the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the organization behind the ceremony has been honoring innovations and achievements in videos games for the past two decades. The first BAFTA Game Awards were given out in February 2004, where The Wind Waker won the Adventure Game award. At the 2018 BAFTA Game…

On February 26th, 2024, Nintendo filed a U.S. federal lawsuit against Tropic Haze, alleging that the developer is responsible for the pirating of over 1 million copies of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom during the week and a half preceding the title’s May 12th, 2023 release. According to Nintendo, Tropic Haze’s open-source Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu gives users the ability to “unlawfully decrypt and play virtually any Nintendo Switch game — including Nintendo’s current generation and most…

February continues to be a busy month for delivering Nintendo news, as the company announced in a post on X today that a Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase will be airing Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 at 6AM PT/9AM ET on Nintendo’s YouTube channel. A #NintendoDirect: Partner Showcase is coming! Watch on-demand via YouTube on 2/21 at 6am PT for around 25 mins of info focused on #NintendoSwitch games coming in the first half of 2024 from our publishing and development partners….

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), in partnership with IGN, presented the 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards last night, shining a spotlight on last year’s greatest video game achievements. Alongside other acclaimed 2023 titles like Baldur’s Gate 3, COCOON, and Alan Wake 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was nominated in several award categories, including Outstanding Technical Achievement, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, and, of course, Game of the Year. Tears of the Kingdom took home…

Nintendo had a really big 2023, and it seems the company is looking to patent elements from two of its biggest titles. As pointed out in a recent Hatena Blog post by user naoya2k, it appears that patents for elements from both The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Super Mario Bros. Wonder were filed by Nintendo in 2023, though they were only recently made publicly available. Let’s look at the supposed Tears of the Kingdom patent first….