Category: Nintendo News

Japan’s long list of exclusive Nintendo merch items keeps getting longer. First, it had the Tears of the Kingdom Master Works book and then adorable controller keychains. Now, Nintendo’s Kyoto store has announced one of the most chic and practical merch lines. It is available now but unfortunately only at the in-person Kyoto location. Many products feature characters from The Legend of Zelda, Splatoon, Pikmin, Animal Crossing, and Mario. Nicole ScottNicole Scott is writer for Zelda Dungeon from suburban Appalachia. She loves drinking…

Earlier this summer, fans of The Legend of Zelda and LEGO were treated to the long-awaited news that a Zelda-themed LEGO set was finally hitting store shelves on September 1st. The “Great Deku Tree 2-in-1″ set is still over a month away, so to ease the wait, LEGO recently sat down with designers and fellow Zelda fans Wes Talbott and Austin William Carlson to talk about the set’s creation. Research for the set was “decades in the making,” according to…

Brand-new items are available at Nintendo’s Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto stores! The second phase of the capsule toy “Controller Button Collection” is available now. It features keychains inspired by controllers for the Super Famicom, Nintendo 64, and Nintendo GameCube. These items join those of the first phase, which included keychains inspired by controllers for the Famicom and NES. What a fun way to collect some Nintendo memories by using a capsule machine! It really adds to the nostalgia. The capsule…

Nintendo has announced a new official charging stand for Joy-Con controllers which will be available in North America, Europe, and Japan. The charging stand will charge two Joy-Cons or two Nintendo Entertainment System controllers for the Switch. The Japanese-exclusive Famicom controllers will also be compatible with the charging stand. The release date is October 17th, 2024, and the price of the charging stand is yet to be confirmed for North America and Europe. However, Japanese customers can preorder theirs for…

In a Q&A with investors on July 1st, 2024, President of Nintendo Shuntaro Furukawa expressed hesitation around the use of generative AI in the making of first-party Nintendo games. In response to a question regarding Nintendo’s potential AI initiatives, Furukawa said: “In the game industry, AI-like technologies have long been used — for example, to control the movements of opponent characters — so I believe that game development and AI technology have always had a close relationship. Generative AI, which…

Ahead of Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition releasing on July 18th, 2024, the team over at Nintendo Treehouse has put together a fun showcase of the game’s many engaging and competitive features. At just under 30 minutes, the presentation features a couch competition with team members completing various challenges, all while explaining what we can expect from Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. The hosts take viewers beyond the bullet points of simply advertizing the upcoming title, providing us a more…

Nintendo’s war against software pirates continues, as the gaming giant has filed two new lawsuits in federal court in Seattle, Washington against members of the Switch modding and piracy communities. The most noteworthy case brought forth recently is against Arizona resident James Williams, better known by his online handle “Archbox.” Nintendo alleges that Williams, a known moderator of the r/SwitchPirates Subreddit, is “the operator, overseer, and driving force behind several Pirate Shops, through which Defendant has offered massive libraries of…

Games Done Quick (GDQ), which organizes speedrunning marathons for charity, has released its full schedule of games to be featured at the upcoming Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) 2024 event. The week-long marathon will take place from Sunday, June 30th through Saturday, July 6th in Minneapolis, MN, and it will be streamed live on Twitch. The schedule includes three Zelda titles — A Link to the Past, Twilight Princess, and Ocarina of Time — and they are all set for Friday, July…

Some people say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. This is what Skydevilpalm, the developers of the new dungeon creation game Quest Master, have likely been expecting since their game was revealed over a year ago. And, it looks like it finally happened, as they posted on X that content builder madsniper77 has recreated the entire overworld from the original The Legend of Zelda. Welp. Someone recreated the overworld from the original Legend of Zelda in Quest Master….

We’ve known it was going to happen since last month, but now Nintendo has officially confirmed the date for its Summer Direct event. Fans have been rampantly speculating about when in June the next presentation would drop, and now the Big N has firmly established that it will take place this week. In a recent post, Nintendo announced that there will be a 40-minute Direct presentation on June 18th at 7 AM PST/10AM EST that will focus on Switch games…