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Feature: A Brief History Of Nintendo’s Home Hardware Add-Ons

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 08:00 AM PST

A multi-format menagerie.

Nintendo's handheld console upgrades were so common for so long you could practically set your watch by them: the leap from Game Boy to Game Boy Color via the Pocket; the GBA's evolution from its original battery powered form to the blazing intensity of the Micro's beautiful screen; the more recent range of DSis, XLs and New!s. And even now those Switch Pro rumours just won't go away.

What's often forgotten is all the effort poured into the company's home hardware while this was going on; expanding their capabilities, designing new storage mediums, creating specialised services and releasing exclusive titles that capitalised on the raw power and fresh opportunities lurking within the base console's shiny new attachment. It was all very impressive with only one slight drawback — most of these accessories never left Japan.

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Feature: Zelda: Majora's Mask Is A Testament To What Nintendo Is Capable Of When It Gets Weird

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 04:00 AM PST

You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, we're running a series of features looking at a specific aspect — a theme, character, mechanic, location, memory or something else entirely — from each of the mainline Zelda games. Today, Kate explores the philosophy and tragedy behind Majora's Mask...

After The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was released on the Nintendo 64 in 1998, the development team was exhausted. The idea of working on another multi-year project was daunting, so they made a deal: they had just one year to make the next Zelda game. It would be a race to the finish, using whatever they had on hand to save time, and then it would be done. Bonus points if they could make it good, of course - but with so little time invested, and a much smaller team to pay, at least it wouldn't take as long to break even if the game was a dud.

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You Can Now Play Zelda: Breath Of The Wild In First-Person Thanks To This Newly Discovered Glitch

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 03:45 AM PST

Open your eyes, Link.

Sure, we might be eagerly waiting for Nintendo to give us the next proper update about the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but there's still plenty to discover in the original 2017 Wii U and Switch release.

Following on from a glitch that makes Link invincible and allows him to walk underwater, a "simple glitch" has now been uncovered - allowing you to play the open-world entry from a first-person perspective. This finding was made by Zelda fan and Twitter user Axk_000, transforming the title into something that looks more like a scene out of The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim.

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Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 13th)

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 02:00 AM PST

Here are our picks, but what are yours?

With news of an upcoming Build-A-Bear Animal Crossing collection and all the MAR10 Day celebrations, it's been another busy week in the world of Nintendo. Let's relax with some chatter about our gaming plans, shall we?

Members of the Nintendo Life team have done just that below, so feel free to give our entries a read and then join in with your own via our comment section. Enjoy!

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Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Was The Best-Selling Game Of February (US)

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 12:00 AM PST

And is the second best-selling game of 2021.

NPD sales tracking data has revealed Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury has experienced a strong start in the US, in terms of sales. In its launch month of February, the game was ranked as the best-selling game and the second best-selling game of 2021. Notably, this doesn't include its digital sales.

Here it is in the words of NPD analyst, Mat Piscatella. The best-selling game of the year so far goes to the latest Call of Duty.

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Rumour: Nintendo Of America Might Be Shutting Down Its Support Forums

Posted: 12 Mar 2021 06:25 PM PST

Official announcement supposedly expected in the "coming days".

Word on the street is that Nintendo of America is supposedly closing its official support forums after more than a decade.

This information comes from Nintendo Everything via a post on the Nintendo subreddit. Users referred to as "top members" have allegedly been sent an email about the closure ahead of an apparent announcement in the "coming days".

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