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You probably don’t want your Pokémon fan project getting too much press coverage.

Given how litigious Nintendo is, the company’s reluctance to go after Palworld has raised a lot of questions about what might actually spur The Pokémon Company to claim of IP infringement.

Sales numbers and visual similarities are obviously part of the equation. But according to TPC’s former Chief Legal Officer Don McGowan, one of other big factors that plays into how fanmade projects wind up on Nintendo’s radar entertainment press coverage.


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Watch these Toyota engineers build Pokémon’s Miraidon from soup to nuts.

While everyone was getting worked up about the announcement of the next Pokémon game, the Toyota Engineering Society was busy working on a special project to create a life-sized Miraidon, the motorcycle-like legendary dragon mascot from Pokémon Violet.

Even though we’ll probably never get a chance to see the thing actually zooming around, it’s still cool as hell seeing it come together in this video about the collaboration.


How Nintendo’s destruction of Yuzu is rocking the emulator world

Nintendo sued Yuzu into the ground. What happened next?

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Now I want a Mario Kart 8 Lego Cup DLC.

Maybe that’s just wishful thinking after the Mario Kart tease for 2025 tacked onto the end of this Lego Mario Day video. I’m sure it’s just new sets, but that doesn’t stop my mind from racing with possibilities.

In the meantime, the video also has details on other, more immediate products, like a Luigi’s Mansion-themed set.

Here’s a short version of the Mario Kart clip.


Another emulator is shutting down.

Pizza Emulators, which made Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Color emulators on Android, has pulled all of its apps from the Google Play Store. In a message on Discord, developer Davide Berra writes that he’s shutting down the emulators “to prioritize my family over the development of my apps.”

The move follows Yuzu’s $2.4 million settlement with Nintendo and the shutdown of 3DS emulator Citra.


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Yuzu’s $2.4M settlement with Nintendo has been approved by a judge.

Not a single line was changed, in case you’re wondering. Here’s the final signed order (pdf).


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3DS emulator Citra’s source code is gone.

It wasn’t immediately clear from Bunnei’s memo whether the Nintendo 3DS emulator was toast or might live on under new management — they only said that “Yuzu’s support of Citra” was being discontinued.

But now, the source code has vanished from GitHub — just like Yuzu’s source code did. Here’s our full story:


Bunnei confirms Yuzu is shutting down — and it’ll hit Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra too.

Here’s the whole memo from Bunnei, who was lead contributor on both emulators. We’ve also added the full text to our main story if that makes it easier to read. Yuzu’s source code is already down.


This just got posted to the Yuzu discord.
This just got posted to the Yuzu discord.
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Is the NES still useful in its golden years?

The developers at Morphcat Games think so. They said as much in an interview published by NintendoLife yesterday while discussing their efforts developing tightly-constrained 8-bit games like the subject of their once-viral Micro Mages making-of video.

Watch the trailer for their three-game compilation cartridge, Triple Jump, to get a handle on their impressive work.

I haven’t kept up with this scene as much as I used to. Who is your favorite modern-day NES developer?


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Could Pokémon Legends: Z-A be coming to a Switch 2 near you?

Current rumors have the Switch’s successor pegged for a 2025 release. Meanwhile The Pokémon Company has announced that Pokémon Legends: Z-A is due “simultaneously worldwide on Nintendo Switch in 2025.”

Combine that with the fact that Nintendo likes to make its launch titles cross-gen and that the possible scope of Z-A seems limited to one big mega city which might reduce technological constraints if the game is working across two systems, and we’ve got a tinfoil-solid theory going on.

So... whadaya think?


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The mobile Pokémon Trading Card Game is finally leveling up.

Playing the Pokémon Trading Card Game through the official mobile app has been a rough experience in the past. But Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket — a new game launching later this year — looks like it might be the big jump forward people have been waiting for.


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Pokémon Go and Sleep are getting a bunch of great new monsters.

You might have fallen off playing Pokémon Go and Pokémon Sleep, but — ahead of Pokémon Horizons’ premiere — Nintendo’s hoping to get some people back on the wagon with the introduction of a bunch of monsters like Charcadet, Raikou, and a special Pikachu.


Oh this? It’s just my Nintendo Steam Deck.

I remember trying to play Nintendo DS games on my HTC One M8 years ago. It was terrible. This is better.

SteamDeckHQ spotted this Reddit user who’d cleverly converted their Steam Deck into a Nintendo DS using folding magnetic mounts and a smartphone-sized portable display. A Nintendo SD, if you’ll allow.


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Pew pew.

The original two Star Wars Battlefront games are making their way to modern platforms — while the collection was announced at a Nintendo Direct for the Switch, it’s also launching on Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation. Even better: the games will support up to 64 players online. The collection will be available on March 14th.


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One crab’s trash, is another crab’s condo.

Another Crab’s Treasure, launching April 25th, was announced during today’s Nintendo Partner Direct. In it, you’ll play as a hermit crab who must wear whatever trash he can scavenge from the bottom of the ocean. The different trash homes provide protection as the little crab fights for a treasure that will help him win him back his repossessed shell.

In other words... a cutesy, fun game that hides the nasty realities of capitalism. I expect nothing less from Aggro Crab, the studio who also gave us Going Under.


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Oh, Mother 3, where art thou?

The Japanese version of today’s Direct had a slightly different lineup of games, and included the news that Mother 3 is coming to Switch Online subscribers. Unfortunately, we’re still waiting on an English version, but thankfully it’s not too hard to access online offerings from other regions.


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Check out Unicorn Overlord right now.

The throwback tactical RPG from Atlus launches on March 8th, but you can get an early taste of it with a new demo that’s out in the eShop right now.


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One of the Wii’s most relaxing games is coming to the Switch.

Endless Ocean was something of a cult classic on the Wii, and a new version — called Luminous — is bringing the serene exploration to the Switch. It takes place in an unexplored region called the Veiled Sea that changes every time you play, and supports multiplayer with up to 30 people online and has 500 creatures to seek out. It launches on May 2nd.


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Several Rareware games return to Nintendo.

During today’s Direct partner showcase, Nintendo revealed that five Rareware games would stealth drop on Nintendo Switch Online today.

Killer Instinct, Battletoads in Battlemaniacs, Snake Rattle ‘n’ Roll, and R.C. Pro-Am are available on Nintendo Switch Online while it’ll take an Expansion Pack subscription to access the fifth game Blast Corps.


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Mickey gets epic (again).

One of the first big reveals during today’s Nintendo showcase was a remaster of Epic Mickey, the 2010 platformer that originally debuted on the Wii, and involves the Disney mascot wielding a magical paintbrush. The updated version is called Rebrushed, and it drops later this year.


Nintendo Direct February 2024: all the news and trailers

Nintendo offers news on releases for the first half of 2024.