When we first heard stock of the NES Classic would cease to exist, we didn’t want to believe it. Then Nintendo made the extinction official, confirming to us all that the company hates profit. While ...

Last year, Nintendo surprised the world when -- after abstaining from the category for years -- it unexpectedly released a plug-n-play version of its first runaway hit console, the Nintendo ...

A lot of players missed out on their chance to own a miniaturized piece of gaming history after Nintendo's blazing-hot NES Classic Edition consoles flew off store shelves and immediately became sold ...

There's a reason throwback consoles like Nintendo's NES and SNES Classic Editions are so popular, and it's not just nostalgia. It's because actually playing games on classic gaming hardware is kind of ...

Atari, in the hope of emulating the success of Nintendo's Mini NES and Mini SNES, has unveiled the Ataribox—a modern console inspired by the legendary Atari 2600, which was first released in 1977.

Nintendo knows how to sell a perfectly self contained bundles of fun. From Game & Watch to Game Boy to DS to Switch, the Japanese firm has pretty much nailed self-contained joy. Throw in nostalgia, ...

Nintendo shocked retro gaming fans with a surprise announcement of the new SNES Classic mini console, which comes with 20 iconic games and an unreleased Star Fox title. With the discontinued NES ...

When Nintendo announced the SNES Classic earlier this week, nerd hearts everywhere were aflutter at another opportunity to relive old gaming glory. There was a hint of caution, though, as fans ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. What made the original Analogue Nt interesting, apart from its eye ...

The retro gaming wars are definitely beginning to heat up. Nintendo brought mainstream awareness to the reinvention of retro gaming consoles with the NES Classic Edition, and followed up with the SNES ...

In June, Nintendo revealed it would launch a Super NES Classic, a miniature version of its Super Nintendo Entertainment System, fresh off the very popular (and difficult to find) NES Classic retro ...