As of right now, the Nintendo Switch has been a major success for Nintendo. The device is passing major sales records with ease and doesn’t look like it is stopping anytime soon. Nintendo must be relieved with the reception it has received, especially after a comment by Nintendo of America’s former president Reggie Fils-Aimé. The
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Though we’ve officially closed the book (for good) on 2020, there are still a few awards left to deliver for last year’s roster of incredible games. As one of the first award shows of the year, The New York Game Awards is returning in a few weeks to recognize gaming’s biggest achievements in 2020, with
Former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime revealed earlier this year that Kanye West approached him at an E3 “many years ago” in hopes of collaborating with the company on making a game. First reported by Nintendo Everything, this information came from Fils-Aime’s podcast with gaming journalist Harold Goldberg, Talking Games With Reggie and Harold. According
The Game Awards kicks off in three days, and the line-up of presenters is starting to get very stacked. Before Geoff Keighley’s latest batch of announcements, the likes of Wonderwoman and Captain Marvel were confirmed to be on the roster, with both Gal Gadot and Brie Larson slated to present. Alongside those, it’s been announced
On Thursday, March 19, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that all businesses except for those considered to be “life-sustaining” are to be closed to help combat the spread of coronavirus throughout the state. This comes within days of both Governor Gavin Newsom of California and Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York, who announced similar state-wide
With Nintendo Switch taking a dominant position in the living room and backpack of most gamers, many have to wonder what Nintendo’s next steps are. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa is looking to address that, talking Cloud Gaming and the future technology that Nintendo is hoping to work into their platforms. In a conversation with Japanese
Since Reggie Fils-Aimé retired from Nintendo of America last April, the accolades have been pouring in. He’s been awarded the Walter Day Life Time Achievement Award from the Video Game Hall of Fame, and the Rock even offered him congratulations. It’s easy to see why: his 15 year career at the company was impressive–he oversaw
From his start with the company in 2003 to his infamous “my body is Reggie” catchphrase–among many other memes–Reggie Fils-Aime has left a lasting mark on the gaming industry, and while Reggie may be retiring from the company, you can now catch up on what he’s doing in his post-Nintendo life over on Twitter. With
During the last few weeks, rumors have been circulating in the video game world about the probability of a Nintendo Direct occurring sometime soon. Well, we have just received some information from a reliable source about when the next Direct is now supposed to occur. Our source who works closely with Nintendo — they do
Logan, Mike, and DualShockers’ own Max Roberts played a whole lot of Anthem this past week and discuss their thoughts on BioWare’s latest. They also talk about a potential next-gen announcement from Microsoft at E3 2019. Oh, and Bowser runs Nintendo now. Here’s everything we discuss in Episode 14: Anthem is not very good ToeJam
Without a doubt, 2019 has been a weird year in watching the crossovers between rapper Soulja Boy and the gaming industry. And that saga continues — Soulja Boy has taken credit for the retirement of Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime in a recent Tweet. This begs the question–how powerful is Soulja Boy?! On Thursday
Yesterday, Nintendo of America’s current President Reggie Fils-Aime announced that he would be retiring from the role come April 15 of this year. It was a surprising move that many didn’t see coming and since that time, lots of various people have been coming out of the woodwork to congratulate Fils-Aime on a long and
Reggie Fils-Aime announced today that he will be retiring in April. While Reggie has spent nearly 13 years as Nintendo of America’s President, he has given the gaming community more than leadership of Nintendo through the Wii era, Wii U, and now the beginning of the Switch. Reggie is known for blessing the Internet with
After working with the company for over 15 years, Nintendo of America’s President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime has today announced that he will be retiring. Fils-Aime’s last day with the company will be on April 15, 2019. Doug Bowser, Nintendo of America’s current Senior VP of Sales and Marketing, will then be replacing Fils-Aime as
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order was one of the most surprising announcements to come out of The Game Awards. In addition to being a new entry in a popular series that was dormant for over a decade, the game is also being developed by Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo and published by Nintendo
Likely the year’s biggest release is that of Red Dead Redemption 2, which released back in late October and only came to PS4 and Xbox One at launch. While the cowboy adventure game is still noticeably absent from one major platform (I’m not talking about PC) one of the platform holder’s executives recently explained why it wasn’t
One of 2018’s most shocking announcements was that Sony would be skipping E3 2019, not even holding an EA Play style event. Shortly after that announcement, Microsoft’s Phil Spencer and Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime presented optimistic views for next year’s show. This optimism on Nintendo’s end continued with a recent interview between IGN and Reggie Fils-Aime
After it was revealed that Joker would be the first DLC character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, many people are quietly (read “loudly”) wondering if we will see a Persona 5 port to Nintendo Switch. Nintendo America’s president, Reggie Fils-Aime may not be able to say yet, but his vague response certainly leaves the door open. Speaking
Over the past two years, Nintendo has released the NES Classic and the SNES Classic, two miniature plug-and-play consoles that feature some of the best and most memorable games from each platform’s respective history. The devices have been a huge success overall and have prompted other companies, like Sony, to even create their own iterations
The next few weeks and months are incredibly important for Nintendo’s fiscal year as they gear up to launch both Pokemon: Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee later this week alongside the early December launch date for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In the midst of all of this, Nintendo of America’s head Reggie Fils-Aime has expressed nothing but hope and optimism surrounding
With Black Friday deals abound, many holiday consumers and gamers alike are wondering “Where can I get my discounted Nintendo Switch for Black Friday?” Nintendo of America’s President Reggie Fils-Aime has some bad news for you — don’t hold your breath. According to a statement given by Fils-Aime to the Washington Post (soft paywall), Nintendo
Are you overwhelmed? Loving the recent first-party releases from Nintendo? Do you love that your Switch isn’t getting dusty? Well, get ready because a new Donkey Kong game was recently teased by Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime in an interview with Time. Fans of Nintendo have likely been neck-deep in games, especially with the recent
President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime made an appearance at Variety’s Entertainment and Technology Summit in Los Angeles to talk about the Nintendo Switch demand into the upcoming holidays. “Certainly the demand is there, and our supply chain is there,” Fils-Aime said “Are we going to have enough for the