Nintendo

If Nintendo Had Made Angry Birds. In The 1980s.

Swedish artist Giorgio Cantù has imagined what it would like if Nintendo had come up with the idea for Angry Birds and, instead of releasing it on a phone in the 21st century, had released it on a Game & Watch device in the 1980s.


January 16, 2012
Retro

My First Nintendo ‘Console’

I may have explained this a few times already, but growing up in Australia in the 1980s usually meant growing up without Nintendo. The NES was here, and people bought it, but it was never the sensation it was elsewhere. Most kids/adults played on computers or Sega machines.


March 24, 2011
Retro

Play The Handheld Games Of Yesteryear, Right In Your Browser

Pica Pic is currently hosting a collection of “ports” of classic handheld game units from the 1980s and 1990s. Some were made by Nintendo. Go play now before lawyers get involved.


February 10, 2011
Nintendo

The Origins Of Nintendo’s Game & Watch

Nintendo may have been around for over 100 years, but the Nintendo we know today does video games. And it first hit the video game big time with its line of Game & Watch handhelds. Here’s how they got their start!


News

Nintendo Revives 30-Year-Old Handheld ‘Ball’ For Club Nintendo Members

Nintendo’s most loyal fans in the United States will be able to get their hands on the company’s Ball, the Club Nintendo exclusive re-release of the 1980 Game & Watch portable. It’s the latest Club Nintendo reward.


December 22, 2010
PC

Game & Watch? More Like Sonic & Watch

It’s holiday season, but if you’re like us, you may still be at work. What you need in that case is something to pass the time on an office computer. Something like, oh, a Game & Watch version of Sonic.


July 12, 2010
News

What Do Nintendo Clamshells And Make-Up Have In Common?

The Nintendo DS’s design was influenced by the dual LCD clamshell Nintendo Game & Watch. But what influenced that?


May 12, 2010
In Real Life

The God Of War Meets Game & Watch

Mr Game & Watch gets godly and grisly with Greek & Wicked, God of War reimagined for Nintendo’s classic LCD handheld system, as seen on Newgrounds, where it’s totally playable and as deep as any Game & Watch game you’ve played.


April 26, 2010
In Real Life

Hands One With Nintendo’s Ball

Japan’s Club Nintendo offered members the chance to redeem their points for this. Just look at it!


March 23, 2010
News

The Nintendo Download: This Is The Story Of A Cave

It’s Cave Story week on the Nintendo Download, and Nintendo has gotten every other WiiWare game out of the way in order to make sure Studio Pixel’s eagerly anticipated action adventure has centre stage.