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Nintendo’s workout game for the Switch combines boxing with rhythm gaming. Fitness Boxing has you punching to the beat of a variety of music. Play solo and track your progress, or workout alongside a buddy. You can even engage in a head-to-head match.

Shank Mods made an impressive portable handheld console using the brains of a Nintendo Wii. This allows the PiiWii to play any Wii and GameCube game. It also works with Virtual Console, WiiWare and Homebrew apps. Games are loaded on a microSD card.

There have been several officially licensed Nintendo Game Boy watches, but we think this one is among the best. Not least because it’s still available for purchase. The watch uses the Super Mario Land theme as its alarm sound and its buttons are used to set the time and date.

Here’s a nearly overwhelming overview of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The game will have 74 fighters, over 100 stages, 55 Pokémon summons, 59 assist characters, Spirit modifiers, a variety of game modes, and of course Amiibo unlockables.

Musician Rob Scallon shows off a sweet electric guitar that not only looks like a Nintendo console, it still plays games thanks to an NES Classic Mini embedded inside. Drop by Reverb.com by 12/19/18 for a chance to win this exact same guitar.

Nintendo shares this awesome trailer for World of Light, the single-player campaign for Kirby Smash, er – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The Smash Bros. contestants get decimated, and evil doppelgangers of them have been made. It’s up to you to free the characters.

Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia covers the first 17 games in the series, from the original Super Mario Bros. to Super Mario 3D World. It contains information about major and minor characters, spinoff games and more. There’s also a limited edition.

Love Húlten’s PYUA is a “Nintendo shrine” – a tribute to the NES and Famicom. It bathes the inserted cartridge in a soft light. A glass dome completes the reverential design. It’s based on Analogie’s Nt mini console and comes with two 8bitdo controllers.

After filling our ears with his wonderful classical and Disney medleys, Grant Woolard is back with an epic composition, which flawlessly blends 46 different melodies from Nintendo games in a single track. See if you can identify them all.

Super Mario Party for the Nintendo Switch has 80 minigames to keep you and your friends amused for, well, forever. There are rhythm games, games you can play with two Switch consoles, Mario Party mode and more. You can even play and compete online.

Imagine if Hyrule weren’t populated with castles, trees, and dungeons, and instead Link had to rescue Princess Zelda in a big city, populated with gun-toting thugs and a villain in a cheesy white suit. Corridor envisions just that in their latest action spectacular.

Is the whole of two memes put together greater than the sum of their parts? You be the judge with this mashup of the iconic startup screen of the Nintendo Gamecube and A-ha’s hit track Take on Me, smooshed together by Fuou Marinas for no particular reason.

The polished and addictive action RPG Diablo III is heading to the Nintendo Switch. The Diablo III Eternal Collection for the Switch not only comes with the expansion and DLC, it also gives players exclusive goodies like a Ganondorf armor set and a Cucco pet. Drops Fall 2018.

Columbus Circle’s arcade-style stand for the Nintendo Switch has slots for two consoles, so you can play multiplayer games face-to-face with your buddies. It works just as well as a single console stand. It has a cable slot and ventilation so you can play on it for hours.

Another fun medley of familiar tunes from the Super Mario Bros. universe of video games, this time performed by the Melodica Men, who manager to put a fresh spin a series of tracks we’ve heard covered a million ways already.

Adult Swim Games and Rekim present “the world’s least realistic pool simulator” – a ridiculous new spin of the classic table game, in which all of the pool balls are alive and capable of walking places. Available on Steam and the Nintendo Switch now.

You’ll soon be able to experience the original Pokemon in a whole new light. Pokemon Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokemon Let’s Go, Eevee! for the Nintendo Switch are 3D remakes of Pokemon Yellow, with added Alolan forms for each of the 151 original Pokemon. Drops 11/16/18.

(PG-13: Language) If Ari Gold represented video game characters instead of Hollywood big-shots, he might be something like the agent in Dorkly’s long-running animated series, which they’ve compiled into a single 11-minute-long clip for our enjoyment.

From the makers of Bravely Default comes Octopath Traveler for the Nintendo Switch. In this JRPG, you will pick from one of eight characters, each with different stories and abilities that change how you interact in battle and in the world. Drops 7/13/18.

The 8-Bit Big Band presents a fantastically fun and jazzy cover version of the Atlantic Theme from the Nintendo classic Yoshi’s Island. It’s just a small tease of the wonders that lie ahead on their album Press Start.

Nyko’s PixelQuest is a cardboard arcade cabinet kit for the Nintendo Switch. It has slots for the unit itself and two Joy-Cons. The controller slots have mechanical buttons for the shoulder buttons. You also get a pair of joysticks. Available soon for only $20.

Nintendo is bringing the beloved turn-based tactical RPG Fire Emblem to the Switch. Fire Emblem Three Houses adds troops and formations to its addictive rock-paper-scissors format. There will also be 3D overworld environments. Coming Spring 2019.

Mario. Sonic. Snake. Everyone is here. All of the fighters that have been playable in past Smash Bros. game collide in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch. There will also be new fighters, including one big surprise. The game drops 7/12/18.