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La Super Nintendo a 35 ans, et elle reste la meilleure console de tous les temps

Vous voyez ces mises en opposition de type « comment on pense que c'était il y a X ans / comment c'était vraiment il y a X ans » ? Illustration : il y a 35 ans, c'était tellement loin qu'on s'imagine les Beatles avec les jeans pattes d'eph' sur le passage piéton d'Abbey Road, ou des pochettes de vinyles psychédéliques de toutes les couleurs. Raté, il y a 35 ans sortait la Super Nintendo au Japon, histoire de vous filer un énième coup de vieux dont cette industrie pas si jeune que ça a le secret. Et si on ne la voit pas si ancienne, c'est parce qu'elle n'a pas pris beaucoup de rides.

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The Legend of Zelda : premières photos, casting, date de sortie… Tout savoir sur le film live action de Nintendo

Zelda

Très attendu par les fans, non sans certaines craintes, le film live action The Legend of Zelda doit arriver au cinéma dans moins de deux ans. Le long-métrage de Nintendo, qui a été confié à Wes Ball, réunit un casting d'inconnus, mais qui ressemblent beaucoup aux héros Zelda et Link. Voici ce que l'on sait, alors que le tournage est en cours.

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Super Mario Galaxy : on sait qui incarnera Harmonie au cinéma… et c’est une superstar Marvel

Nintendo a dévoilé le 12 novembre la première bande-annonce de son film Super Mario Galaxy, qui mettra en avant la princesse Harmonie (Rosalina en anglais). Sa voix originale est une surprise : c'est Brie Larson qui donnera la réplique à Chris Pratt (Mario), Anya Taylor-Joy (Peach) et Jack Black (Bowser).

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'Nintendo Has Too Many Apps'

The Verge's Ash Parrish writes: Nintendo has released a new store app on Android and iOS giving users the ability to purchase hardware, accessories, and games for the Switch and Switch 2. When I open my phone and scroll down to the N's, I get a neat, full row dedicated entirely to Nintendo. That's four apps: the Switch app, the music app, the Nintendo Today news app, and now the store. (The tally increases to five if you're a parent using the Switch Parental Controls app.) And it is entirely too much. Nintendo has always been the one company of the big three publishers that does its own thing, and that's worked both for and against it. The company hasn't chased development trends with the same zeal as Microsoft and Sony. That insulates Nintendo when those trends don't pan out, like exorbitant spending on live-service games that fail. But also hurts it when it comes to performance and user experience. Console-native voice chat, for example, has been a standard on other platforms for a long time, but was only offered on a Nintendo console with the Switch 2 this year. With the deployment of these apps, Nintendo is both trying to innovate and playing catch-up with results that feel confusing and overwhelming. Do we really need four distinct apps? That's not to say these apps shouldn't exist; they serve valuable and necessary purposes. But when I look at all the programs I have to manage in my Nintendo life, it just feels like it's too much... Further reading: Nintendo Won't Shy Away From Continuing To 'Try Anything'

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Nintendo Won't Shy Away From Continuing To 'Try Anything'

An anonymous reader shares a report: Nintendo has always been a company willing to try just about anything. Cardboard cutout toys that mesh with games? Done. A console called the Wii with a remote-shaped controller? Massive success. Legendary game designer and Nintendo executive Shigeru Miyamoto offered more insight into how the company operates in a recent financial briefing. "Nintendo has always worked with the idea that there are no limits to our efforts," he said. "For example, when we tried our hand at movies with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, its success was compared to the box office revenues of other movies. However, even if the movie topped the rankings, we would think there was more room for growth." Nintendo has been expanding its efforts in Hollywood after The Super Mario Bros. Movie became one of the best-selling films of 2023. The Legend of Zelda movie is now in production, and the Super Mario Galaxy movie is expected sometime in 2026. Miyamoto believes that some Nintendo IPs could see sales numbers "potentially reach beyond the boundaries of entertainment." "My latest theme is that there is no ceiling in the world of entertainment," he said. "In that sense, there are still many markets around the world that can be expanded through Nintendo Switch [...] One thing that is interesting about Nintendo is that it's okay to try anything."

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Si vous n’assumez pas vos milliers d’heures sur Animal Crossing, ne téléchargez pas cette application Nintendo

Nintendo a encore lancé une nouvelle application. Après celle permettant de profiter des bandes de son de ses jeux, la firme nippone nous propose une plongée dans nos statistiques de temps de jeu, avec une précision fine. C'est le moment d'assumer ses centaines d'heures dans Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

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Nintendo vend plus de Switch 2 que prévu : la console a presque dépassé la Wii U

Les résultats financiers de Nintendo entre le 1er avril et le 30 septembre 2025 sont extrêmement positifs pour le constructeur japonais, qui voit sa Switch 2 à des niveaux largement supérieurs à ses propres attentes (et à la Switch 1). Nintendo revoit ses prédictions à la hausse : la Switch 2 fait un carton.

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