Former Nintendo of America president, the one and only Reggie Fils-Aime, has revealed that Nintendo’s iconic logo was nearly changed for something different. The reason? Well the current logo was thought of as perhaps too childish and the marketing team thought they would give it a make over. Thankfully this never ended up happening and…
Late last month, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam opened a special exhibit in partnership with Pokemon, celebrating its 50th anniversary—and, in a move that’s a little unwise in hindsight, also offered a limited-edition Pikachu card in the style of Gogh’s piece “Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat”. The intent was to make a fun, family-friendly…
Persistence is an admirable trait, or at least it is when you know the result is not only achievable but a worthwhile accomplishment. But when two film companies tried once again to force Reddit to provide IP addresses for anyone discussing piracy on the site, despite having tried twice before to no avail, you’d be…
The Empire’s time has come. Star Wars Battlefront II launches November 17 on PS4, with early access beginning November 14. The spectacular next chapter in the storied franchise, Star Wars Battlefront II features an explosive single-player campaign following the exploits of Commander Iden Versio, leader of Inferno Squad. Guide Iden in the immediate aftermath of…
Hello VR friends! Let’s talk visuals today! We sat down with Sebastian Brueckner and Jamie Alexander Smith, Art Director and Animation Lead on Astro Bot Rescue Mission, respectively, to give you a bit of insight on how the game’s visual style came to life. Starting with environments, the stages were first created by game designers…
“People think the crash happened in both places. It didn’t”. If you consider yourself to be a budding gaming historian, then the Video Game Crash of 1983 will be an event you’re at least partially aware of. To cut a long story short, Atari created an enormous market in the US for video game consoles,…
“I feel like I could work on it for the rest of my life”. Over the holiday season, we’re republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2024 series. This article was originally published in November. Enjoy! Back at the end of August we travelled…
Riot Games is making a big change to its Vanguard anti-cheat system: After an update set to go live today (and which may already be live by the time you read this) it will not launch when your PC boots up, but will instead will be “on demand,” meaning it will only run when playing…
“We had changed it all for nothing”. Given that many people watch movies and play video games, it should come as no great shock to learn that there’s been plenty of marketing crossover between the two mediums over the decades. While it’s not as common now, once upon a time, every major Hollywood movie had…
Debating baseball is almost as much fun as playing baseball, but there’s one point that’s beyond all discussion: Shohei Otani is the best player in the world right now, and it’s not even close. Which makes it appropriate that Otani will become the first Major League Baseball player to be added to Fortnite’s Icon Series….