Random: Fans Are Begging Nintendo’s Ex President To Sell His N64 Collection

Reggie Fils-His Pockets.

When ex-President of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aimé, showed off a portion of his N64 collection on social media, we suspect he probably wasn’t anticipating a wave of offers from potential buyers.

Alas, that’s exactly what happened. Reggie has remained fairly active on social media since his departure from Nintendo in 2019 (!!), and attracts quite a bit of attention whenever he posts something Nintendo-related. At the end of August, he posted an image of a box containing a selection of N64 cartridges with the caption “Found part of my ⁦Nintendo 64 collection! Reorganizing it all! wonder what hidden gems I have here!” This was swiftly followed by an amusing offer from user ‘Omni’ @InfernoOmni, who said “I’ll buy the whole tub for $7”.

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Splatoon 3’s New amiibo Are Now Available, Will You Be Getting Them?

The Grand Festival takes place next week.

Alongside the Splatoon 3 Grand Festival announcement, Nintendo revealed two new amiibo sets would be launching in September.

Here’s your reminder that they’re now available! The two sets up for grabs include the ‘Side Order Set’ (Pearl & Marina) and the Alterna Set (Callie & Marie). Each figure also allows you to unlock special in-game gear when used in Splatoon 3.

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Soapbox: Switch Really Needs Third-Party Profile Icons – Here Are Our Top Picks

Icon-ic.

We’re not sure about you, but we’ve always loved tinkering with online avatars or profile icons.

Whether it be a basic JPEG on an online forum, or a fully customised image on the Switch, PlayStation, or Xbox, profile icons are a wonderful way of expressing who you are and what kind of games you love to play.

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Nintendo Download: 5th September (North America)

Ace Attorney Investigations Collection! Shogun Showdown! Yars Rising!

The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!

Switch eShop – Highlights

NBA 2K25 (2K, $6th Sep, $59.99) – Stack wins, raise banners and make history in NBA 2K25. Experience enhanced gameplay and command the court with ultimate control over how you play. Compete your way in MyCAREER, MyTEAM, MyLEAGUE and Play Now with your favorite NBA and WNBA teams. Express your personality with an extensive array of customization options and explore an all-new Neighborhood, where opportunity awaits behind every door.

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Random: Game Dev Builds Baffling Contraptions To Solve Zelda: TOTK Addison Puzzles

“H-he’s standing!”.

It’s no secret that we love Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom‘s Addison here at Nintendo Life (at least, I do), so when we heard that Affordable Space Adventures dev Nifflas was solving the NPC’s sign-standing puzzles in creative ways, we had to take a look. Reader, we were not disappointed (thanks for the tip, d-slice).

Now, when most of us solve an Addison puzzle in TOTK, it’s a simple case of slapping a nearby boulder underneath the President Hudson sign or, at most, building a rudimentary frame for it. Not for Nifflas, it seems.

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Round Up: The Previews Are In For The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom

It’s sounding very promising!

Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is fast approaching and we’ve now got the first batch of preview impressions doing the rounds. This includes a “hands on” courtesy of our lovely senior video producer Alex Olney:

“We left wanting more. Wishing we could stay on and progress further than we were allowed, wishing we could take a copy home and start playing around with everything. We even wanted to replay a lot of what we’d already done because we knew there were other ways we could have done things, and because the game doesn’t really care how you solve something as long as you solve it.”

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Rumour: Switch “Successor” Will Be Backwards Compatible, It’s Claimed

Another rumour about previous-gen compatibility surfaces.

One question everyone wants to know is if Nintendo’s next-generation hardware will include backwards compatibility support. Previous hardware releases from the Japanese firm have supported this feature, so will this be the case with the Switch successor?

Following the latest round of industry whispers about this anticipated device, “industry insider” Nate the Hate is now claiming this new device “has backwards compatibility support”. This latest update (via VGC) follows similar backwards compatibility claims from peripheral maker Mobapad earlier this year.

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The Legend Of Zelda ’80s Cartoon Series Gets DVD Re-Release

“That’s how I like to start a morning.”.

If you deem yourself the ultimate Zelda fan, no matter the quality of the product, then you should probably count The Legend of Zelda’s ’80s cartoon among your collection. Wait, you don’t own it? Well, fortunately, DIC Entertainment’s 13-episode run is getting a DVD rerelease later this year.

Pre-orders for The Legend of Zelda – The Complete Series went live on Amazon over the weekend (via @VideoArtGame) — we’re honestly not sure how we missed it — and the rerelease will be out on 22nd October 2024. Should give you plenty of time to finish Echoes of Wisdom then, right?

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