A few weeks ago, I saw the Retro Game Master movie, half of which took place in 1986 Japan. In the film, the characters are often seen visiting a game store—a store complete with one of the coolest ...

All the way back in 1986, Nintendo released one of its coolest devices ever. And you've likely never heard of it. The Famicom Disk System was an add-on to the Famicom, which was the Japanese version ...

What we know so far is that the NX won't have a disc drive, that it sports two NAND flash memory banks as well as a primary hard-disk for storage, a processor, and its very own Wii U-like wireless ...

It's no major secret that Nintendo's Wii U sales have been through a struggle. The company fought diligently to bounce back from the console's troubled launch, but some analysts have calculated a ...

Explore the remarkable retro gaming consoles produced by Japan's Nintendo since the 1970s, many of which were exclusive to ...

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GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. A newly discovered Nintendo patent details a game system that lacks ...

Even the most die-hard Nintendo fanboys could be forgiven for not knowing about the 64DD. The 64DD was a magnetic drive that snapped onto the bottom of the Nintendo 64, slated to run bigger, ...

What secrets lie inside Nintendo's offices? It's a question I ask myself regularly at night, clutching my new Nintendo 3DS and dreaming about a Metroid Prime sequel (Federation Force doesn't count.) ...