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Nintendo News 17 September 2025 - 30 October 2025

Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid – Is Nintendo Assembling Its Own “Avengers” Cinematic Universe?

Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid – Is Nintendo Assembling Its Own “Avengers” Cinematic Universe?

Nintendo Expands Its Movie Universe Post-Mario Success Nintendo is wasting no time extending its intellectual properties to Hollywood after the smash hit of The Super Mario Bros. Movie in 2023. That animated Mario adventure, co-produced with Illumination/Universal, proved that Nintendo’s iconic characters can draw massive crowds beyond the gaming world. It became a global blockbuster with over $1 billion in grosses, prompting Nintendo’s top creatives to double down on film projects thedirect.com. In fact, Mario’s success almost guarantees sequels or other IP adaptations,” as analysts have noted ts2.tech. Nintendo itself hinted in 2024 that it planned to broaden Mario’s world further”
30 October 2025
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Nintendo Shadow-Drops Fire Emblem Shadows – An Among Us-Style Fire Emblem Mobile RPG

Nintendo’s Surprise ‘Fire Emblem Shadows’ Drop: Why This Among Us‑Style Spin‑Off Could Rewire Nintendo’s Mobile Strategy

Key facts (Updated: September 26, 2025) What launched—and what’s actually new Nintendo shadow‑dropped Fire Emblem Shadows on September 25 as a mobile‑first experiment that splices the franchise’s battlefield positioning with social deduction psychology. In each match, three allied units fight in real time; one is secretly a disciple of shadow.” After the first phase, players vote on the suspected traitor, and that outcome dynamically shifts difficulty in the next phase. The official press release frames it as a new style of battles featuring role‑playing and social deduction,” with iOS/Android availability in 70+ regions and support for 10 languages.  任天堂ホームページ Nintendo’s US site promotes it in plain terms—Identify the traitor before it’s too late”—and confirms the free‑to‑start model with
26 September 2025
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Nintendo Shadow-Drops Fire Emblem Shadows – An Among Us-Style Fire Emblem Mobile RPG

Nintendo Shadow-Drops Fire Emblem Shadows – An Among Us-Style Fire Emblem Mobile RPG

A Surprise Mobile Entry in the Fire Emblem Series Nintendo surprised fans by launching Fire Emblem Shadows out of nowhere, without any prior announcement or marketing buildup. The game was unveiled and released on the same day – a strategy known as a shadow drop” – on September 25, 2025 siliconera.com. This timing was notable: it came just as the Tokyo Game Show 2025 was getting underway, and shortly after a major PlayStation event, stealing a bit of the spotlight with an unexpected Nintendo news bombshell gamespot.com. The title is available immediately worldwide on both iOS and Android devices as
25 September 2025
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Sony vs. Nintendo: The 2025 Showdown – Which Stock Is the Playtime Winner?

Sony vs. Nintendo: The 2025 Showdown – Which Stock Is the Playtime Winner?

2025 Stock Performance: Rally in Tokyo Gaming Giants Sony and Nintendo have been standout performers in the stock market through 2025. Nintendo’s share price has surged on optimism around its new console – the stock hit an all-time high in mid-August 2025 tradingview.com – and was up roughly 38–40% year-to-date by early autumn businessinsider.com. That run has added tens of billions to Nintendo’s market capitalization (around $115 billion as of mid-year) businessinsider.com. Sony’s stock has also climbed significantly, with about a +18.7% YTD total return by early September investing.com (in local currency). In fact, by late September Sony’s U.S.-listed shares had
23 September 2025
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Nintendo Resurrects Its Biggest Flop: Virtual Boy Games Headed to Switch Online in 3D Glory

Nintendo Resurrects Its Biggest Flop: Virtual Boy Games Headed to Switch Online in 3D Glory

The Virtual Boy: A Bold 3D Experiment That Became Nintendo’s Biggest Flop To appreciate why a Virtual Boy comeback is so surprising, it’s important to understand the history of the original 1995 Virtual Boy system – a history marked by ambition, innovation, and rapid failure. The Virtual Boy was conceived by famed Nintendo engineer Gunpei Yokoi (creator of the Game Boy) as an affordable foray into stereoscopic 3D gaming. Codenamed VR32” during development, it was meant to totally immerse players into their own private universe,” according to Nintendo’s early promises en.wikipedia.org. The device itself was unlike any console before it:
17 September 2025
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