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Charlie McCants, staff writer Logo of the 2024 video game 'Mario & Luigi: Brothership,' created by Nintendo, sourced from Wikimedia Commons 2024 has seen several comebacks that fans of the [...]

Video games in a State College are about as common as 30 racks and tailgates at Beaver Stadium. Cartridges Galore Video Games on North Atherton in State College is everything [...]

Anybody in the gaming community has heard about the 'console wars' at least once in their life. The constant bickering between Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo and personal computer (PC) players about [...]

Byline: Noah Tolbert I have been playing the Mario and Luigi series for over 20 years. I played Superstar Saga when it came out in 2003, Partners in Time in [...]

NWANONYIRI: Sad reality of celebrity deaths UNUju NwanonyiriNov 8, 2024, 2:06 AM Photo by @Spotify/X.comFans' reactions to Liam Payne's death emphasize these parasocial relationships. It has almost been a month [...]

Nintendo downgraded its annual sales forecast on Tuesday as net profit plunged 60 percent year-on-year in the first half, with fans awaiting the announcement of a new console. Last year, [...]

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Campus Recreation Center hosted an Intramural Esports Championship on Oct. 25. It was hosted in collaboration with the College of Journalism and Mass Communication at Andersen [...]

Byline: Joey Broom Image Courtesy of Sonic Team/SEGA By Joey Broom In 2021, Nintendo released Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, which bundled a Switch port of the 2013 [...]

Byline: Tim McGuire Photo by Tim McGuire By Tim McGuire On the final Friday night of September, the Esports Lounge hosted one of its two annual Mario Kart 8 Deluxe [...]

Byline: Christian Roethling By: Andrew Hawlitzky and Christian Roethling On Nov. 7, Nintendo announced that their flagship video game series The Legend of Zelda would be getting a live-action film, [...]

Byline: Andrew Hawlitzky By: Andrew Hawlitzky & Christian Roethling While 3D Super Mario games are normally met with universal acclaim, 2002's Super Mario Sunshine is a bit more divisive amongst [...]

Woven in many memories of my childhood is the classic Wii game, Wii Sports. I have many fond memories of playing the game with my family, so when Nintendo announced [...]

Byline: Chloe Grodin On Sept. 26, Nintendo released their latest installment in the popular 'The Legend of Zelda' series, 'The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom' for Nintendo Switch. The [...]

Byline: Abby Jenkins The Pokémon franchise is beloved by many fans, young and old, including myself. As a longtime player of the Nintendo games, anime watcher and card collector, the [...]

Byline: Christian Roethling Score: 5/5 stars I almost exclusively play Nintendo games, which makes it incredibly surprising that the PS5-exclusive Astro Bot has become one of my favourite games of [...]

Byline: Zach Gurchiek | Indiana Statesman I grew up off of 'Final Fantasy' and 'Pokemon' with some other Nintendo classics like 'The Legend of Zelda' in the mix. I've always [...]

Byline: Joey Broom Image Courtesy of Joey Broom By Joey Broom It has been 25 years since the launch of the Dreamcast, the final video game console manufactured and released [...]

We don't need to tell you that Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic right now. It has affected so many aspects of our lives: academic honesty policies, press releases, covers [...]

Byline: Hannah Dillon 2024 marks the fifth anniversary of the UAA Esports Lounge's creation. The lounge has 18 computers, two Nintendo Switches, an Oculus and a Playstation 5 -- all [...]

On Aug. 28, the Sherrod Library held their first Game Night event from 6:30-8:30 p.m. where students were invited to build community and create a fun atmosphere through games offered [...]

Byline: Mackenzie Shuman During the heyday of the home console and PC gaming in the late '90s and early 2000s, the term 'gamer' held a well-known stereotype. Gamers were lazy, [...]

Twenty years have passed since the fan-favorite 'Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door' originally saw release on the Nintendo GameCube. Following up the Nintendo 64 cult classic 'Paper Mario,' the game [...]

Ariana Mehmeti, Staff Writer On April 19th at 3:30 pm there was a Super Smash Bros Tournament hosted by the ESports club at Hunt Union in the Glimmer Glass Room. [...]

Byline: Joel Hendricks content'class='sno-story-body-content sno-no-cap'> Photo From ExtremeTech.com Nintendo is known for consistently publishing games with an emphasis on fun. Their commitment to this causes their games to be mostly [...]

Editor's Note: Quarter Muncher is a new gaming column at The Spectator, named after particularly difficult arcade games. Bowser, that long time bad guy, really does suck. Mario & Luigi: [...]

A couple weeks ago, I stumbled across an Instagram Reel of a girl making a pair of gloves. As she folded the delicate fabric together, guiding it through the sewing [...]

Byline: Henry St. Pierre Welcome back to The Backlog, where we review video games based on a certain topic each month. In April, we've been exploring 'relaxing' games to dispel [...]

On April 8, Nintendo shut down online services for the editions of the 3DS and Wii U. Games can still be played as long as they do not require the [...]

Byline: Christian Roethling Despite the rumours of a successor on the horizon, the Nintendo Switch continued to excel throughout 2023 with several excellent new releases. The system's catalogue has grown [...]

I never played any games growing up. I didn't have a Playstation or an Xbox, nor Wii or other Nintendo products. The closest I got were the ipad games like [...]

Byline: David Girgenti (Photo courtesy of Trusted Reviews) Illumination Entertainment and Nintendo announced on March 10, that they will be releasing a sequel to the popular 'The Super Mario Bros. [...]

Byline: Christian Roethling By: Christian Roethling and Andrew Hawlitzky On March 22, Nintendo launched their second game starring Princess Peach in 18 years, Princess Peach: Showtime! Public reception toward the [...]

content'class='sno-story-body-content sno-no-cap'> Photo courtesy of Engadet It is no secret that, in the platform and crossover fighting game community, and the fighting game genre as a whole, Mashihiro Sakurai's Super [...]

Byline: Christian Roethling It is reasonable to assume that the Nintendo Switch's successor will launch in 2024. There's a lot to love about the Nintendo Switch. The innovative hardware allows [...]

Byline: Scott Salter Surrounded by games, World's Game Store employee Leo Calenzano researches a customer's request. World's Game Store's selection is incredibly varied--from the more familiar Playstation, Nintendo, Sega, and [...]

Byline: Todd Reedy content'class='sno-story-body-content sno-no-cap'> Photo from Nintendo. Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core Reunion is a 1:1 remastered re-release of the original Crisis Core released back in 2007 for the [...]

Byline: Isabel Cambray content'class='sno-story-body-content sno-no-cap'> Play as Snufkin in an adventure game and help return Moominvalley to its original state. A new game was released on March 7 called 'Snufkin: [...]

Byline: Christian Roethling By: Christian Roethling and Andrew Hawlitzky On Feb. 21, Nintendo aired its first Direct presentation of the year as a Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase. The Partner Showcase [...]

Byline: Christian Roethling I've never looked forward to a video game more than The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. When the game was initially revealed as 'The Sequel [...]

Byline: ETHAN ADERHOLD content'class='sno-story-body-content sno-no-cap'> Palworld's recent explosion in popularity has driven Nintendo's militant fanbase to label it a Pokemon clone, but this statement paints a problematic view. Among these [...]

Byline: Isabel Cambray content'class='sno-story-body-content sno-no-cap'> A new game, 'Mario vs. Donkey Kong,' was released Feb. 16 featuring Mario and Donkey Kong exclusively on the Nintendo Switch. The game begins with [...]

Byline: Shreyas Banerjee Shreyas Banerjee, Staff Reporter April 16, 2020 I won't say I handled the shift to remote learning particularly well, at first. Like many, I was mad that [...]

Are sports stars and celebrities really overpaid? 2 Carlos Kalmar sues CIM 3 Changes to housing options announced prior to March selection 4 Outside Cleveland City Hall, pro-Palestine activists protest [...]

Byline: Shreyas Banerjee Shreyas Banerjee, Life Editor October 22, 2021 It's been 19 years since the last main-line entry in the 'Metroid' series. Nineteen long years. Most of us students [...]

Byline: Elie Aoun A new character, a retroactive shortcut and many bug changes were also included Courtesy of Nintendo The fourth wave of the Booster Course Pass introduces Birdo (right), [...]

Are sports stars and celebrities really overpaid? 2 Carlos Kalmar sues CIM 3 Changes to housing options announced prior to March selection 4 Outside Cleveland City Hall, pro-Palestine activists protest [...]

Byline: Elie Aoun A surprising Custom Items rule and a nerf to the Lightning item Courtesy of Nintendo The third wave of the Booster Course Pass released during the holiday [...]

Byline: Christian Roethling The leaked information from the FTC v. Microsoft case reveals more than interesting tidbits about the tech conglomerate's future plans for Xbox -- it shines further light [...]

Byline: Christian Roethling Content warning: includes links to news sources about robbery and gun violence Video gaming can be an expensive hobby. Antonio Romero Monteiro is recognized by Guinness World [...]

Byline: Christian Roethling Nintendo owes their fans legal, modern and reasonably priced ways to play their old games, and if they fail to do so, they should not be surprised [...]