Satoru Iwata: The Life of the Modern Age Face of Nintendo


Satoru Iwata the CEO of Nintendo recently passed away. Iwata was 55 years old and died after losing the battle with cancer of the bile duct. In his 13 years as the CEO of one of the world’s biggest...

Nintendo DS Lite to Game Boy Advance Mod: Nintendo SS

Do you have a Nintendo DS Lite with a broken top screen? Anthony Thomas can turn it into a Game Boy Advance for you. Anthony calls the resulting modded device the Game Boy Macro.

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Here’s one of Anthony’s Game Boy Macros booting up:

Anthony can send you a Game Boy Macro for $130 (USD); $110 if you’ll provide the DS Lite to be converted. However, because his project went viral Anthony has stopped taking additional orders for now. Keep an eye on his website for updates. Alternatively, since this a pretty popular mod there are lots of guides and videos online that can help you make the mod on your own.

[via Reddit via Kotaku]

The Legend of Zelda Adventurer’s Pouch Nintendo 3DS/DS Kit: The Leatherish Bag

Nintendo DS and 3DS gamers, carry your quest items in PowerA’s officially licensed The Legend of Zelda Adventurer’s Pouch Kit. The faux leather bag fits *deep breath* the Nintendo DS, DS XL, 3DS, 3DS XL, New 3DS and New 3DSXL.

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Just behind the lid is a garter for two cartridges, and behind the pouch is a belt loop. There’s also room for the best parts of the kit: two styluses modeled after the Master Sword and the Hylian Shield. Finally, the kit comes with a Hyrule map peel & stick cleaning cloth. The pictures above and in the gallery below were shared by Redditor microcrash.

You can order the The Legend of Zelda Adventurer’s Pouch Kit from GameStop for $20 (USD), though as of this writing it’s only available as an in-store purchase.

[via Reddit via GoNintendo]

Nintendo 2015 Line-up includes amiibo Cards, Mario Maker and Yoshi’s Woolly World


Nitendo continues to expand its amiibo line with amiibo cards this fall. The first set of amiibo cards will be based on Animal Crossing characters and will be compatible with the Animal Crossing...

Nintendo closes its Club Nintendo Rewards Program


It is has been nearly six years that Nintendo delivered fun rewards to its members. However in a shocking move Nintendo has finally decided to close its Club Nintendo.  The Loyalty rewards...