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Nintendo hypes Splatoon 3 and more as work grievances continue

Nintendo hypes Splatoon 3 and more as work grievances continue

picture: Nintendo / MobyGames / Kotaku It was nice almost a month since a former employee filed a National Labor Relations Board complaint against Nintendo for surveillance, coercion and retaliation. Aside from an initial statement the company denied being involved in any anti-union activity, the House of Mario has remained publicly silent in the face ...

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The Super Mario Bros Deserve a Beach Vacation (Art Post)

The Super Mario Bros Deserve a Beach Vacation (Art Post)

I know Mario games used to be about the beach, but back then –Mario Sunshine above all – was it work or quests, and quests are work. Instead, this series of illustrations by Léo Chérel imagines what it would be like if the brothers (and friends) could all take a well-deserved vacation. You know how ...

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Nintendo Hacker Gary Bowser Sentenced To Prison For 3 Years

Nintendo Hacker Gary Bowser Sentenced To Prison For 3 Years

image: Nintendo/Mario Wiki/Wikimedia Commons/Kotaku Recently indicated Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser has been handed a 40-month prison sentence by the US District Court for the Western District of Washington for creating and selling “console-hacking software and devices used to play pirated Nintendo Switch games.” This is according to a victory lap-style press release published by Nintendo ...

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nintendo switch hacking gary bowser prison government Xecuter

nintendo switch hacking gary bowser prison government Xecuter

image: Nintendo / Kotaku The US government suggested to a federal judge on Thursday that Nintendo hacker and modder Gary Bowser receive five years in prison after he pled guilty to two charges involving the selling and creation of mod chips that could allow people to play pirated games on their Nintendo Switch. As spotted ...

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Paper Mario is the next Nintendo Switch Online N64 version

Paper Mario is the next Nintendo Switch Online N64 version

image: Nintendo Nintendo Switch Online’s expansion pack, which brought N64 games to the subscription service for the first time, was released with nine titles, many of which weren’t in the best of shape. The tenth, due later this month, will be the original Paper mario. First released in August 2000, the game will be the ...

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Nintendo’s Doug Bowser says via internal email that the Activision-Blizzard reports “run counter to my values & Nintendo’s beliefs, values & policies”

Nintendo’s Doug Bowser says via internal email that the Activision-Blizzard reports “run counter to my values & Nintendo’s beliefs, values & policies”

By now, you’re very likely aware of what has been going on with Activision-Blizzard. Lots of accounts and reports of discrimination, abuse and harassment have been occurring for months now. Last week, it was reported that Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick had been involved with or had been aware of various cases of harassment and discrimination ...

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Doug Bowser Comments On The Battle Against Joy-Con Drift, Says Nintendo Are Making “Continuous Improvements”

Doug Bowser Comments On The Battle Against Joy-Con Drift, Says Nintendo Are Making “Continuous Improvements”

Image: Nintendo Nintendo’s released all sorts of statements regarding Switch Joy-Con ‘drift’ in recent times, and the latest one comes from the NoA’s Doug Bowser. In the same interview with The Verge – where he sort of addressed complaints about Switch Online’s N64 emulation – Doug was queried about the company’s ongoing battle against Joy-Con ...