The year 2021 has already become the largest in the history of the Nintendo Switch in terms of the number of new releases. Over the past two months, almost 200 fresh games have appeared on the platform on average.Statistics on new releases for Nintendo Switch were shared by Thomas Bidaux, founder of Ico Partners.

On the night of September 23-24, the third Nintendo Direct this year was held in an online format. While the Internet is in full swing discussing the cast of voice actors for the upcoming cartoon about Magio, we have highlighted the main points of the event.

Many users are not satisfied with how the Nintendo eShop search works. They compare it to an “endless garbage dump” in which it is difficult to find something interesting. However, this can be fixed. The Reddit community shared ideas on what should be changed in the store’s game findability. Their proposals were approved by gaming expert Simon Carless.

Two weeks ago, for the first time in 33 years, all 30 places in the Japanese bestseller chart were occupied by games for one console. It became the Nintendo Switch. The Gaming Bolt portal has found out why this console has become more attractive to local developers and why they are no longer eager to cooperate with Sony.

Nintendo rarely comments on rumors, but this time decided not to leave the situation unanswered. The company denied a Bloomberg report that Switch OLED should become more profitable than the previous model.

The Nintendo Switch with an OLED screen may become one of the few consoles that will not be sold at a loss. According to Bloomberg, the new Switch will cost $350 — $50 more expensive than the previous version. Despite the fact that its production turned out to be more expensive by only $ 10.

Yesterday, June 6, Nintendo announced a new Nintendo Switch with an OLED screen. Although the gaming community reacted very coolly to the presentation, investors did not react to it. The company’s stock price has barely changed.

Nintendo has officially unveiled a new version of Switch. The console will have a 7-inch OLED screen. However, contrary to previous rumors, it will not support 4K resolution in TV mode.

The last major presentation at E3 2021 was Nintendo Direct. According to many players, the show was very successful, but investors did not share the enthusiasm. The shares of the Japanese company fell by several points.

Mario Kart Tour is one of the highest—grossing mobile races. To date, the revenue of the game exceeds $ 200 million, and its downloads in the App Store and Google Play — 200 million.

In the Russian Nintendo eShop, prices have risen sharply. Now the standard versions of some flagship games will cost users 6299 rubles. For example, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (their old price is 5249 rubles).

A rare cartridge from one of the first versions of Super Mario Bros. it was sold at auction for $ 660 thousand. The box has lain unopened for almost 35 years. Now it’s the most expensive copy of a video game in history.This was reported on the Twitter account of the Heritage Auctions auction.

Nintendo has announced a long-term collaboration with Niantic, the developers of Pokémon Go. Now the American studio will make AR games based on well-known brands of the Japanese corporation. The first title will be released this year.Nintendo and Niantic announced the start of cooperation on March 23, according to Bloomberg.

The next fiscal year (April 2021 — March 2022) could be extremely successful for Nintendo. According to Bloomberg, the Japanese company plans to sell about 250 million games for Switch during this time. If everything works out, the company will set a new sales record. However, analysts do not share this optimism.

On the night of February 17-18, for the first time in a long time, Nintendo held a large-scale broadcast of Nintendo Direct. The show was held in the already standard online format and gathered about three million people at the screens at the same time. We have chosen the main thing from the reviews of players and industry experts.

The Japanese corporation Nintendo is suing the developer of the mobile White Cat Project. The main claim of the company is that Colopl violated five patents at once in the game. For this, Nintendo wants to recover $47 million.

Nintendo has shared the results for three fiscal quarters (April — December 2020). The company managed to increase all key indicators. Its revenue for nine months exceeded $ 13 billion, and digital sales doubled.General data for three quarters

Nintendo Switch is changing the console market in the same way as the Wii did at the time, analysts at Interpret believe. She captivated an audience with games that had not been interested in them before. We are talking about people aged 45-65 years.

Another brand decided to associate its name with Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Next in line is the cosmetic brand Colorpop, which has released a makeup collection based on the game.