Entries in Nintendo Canada (9)

Friday
May082015

Nintendo announces squid-boatload of fun for launch of Splatoon

This looks like it's going to be a blast! Nintendo is hosting free demo events of Splatoon for all Wii U owners, and people who purchase the game will receive a squid-boatload of free post-launch content. Nintendo announced these and other details during a Nintendo Direct video focused on the Splatoon game, which launches May 29 exclusively for the Wii U console. 

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Tuesday
Nov252014

Nintendo Day unveils highly anticipated holiday games and amiibos

By Sonya Davidson

The countdown to Nintedo Day was just as exciting as the games themselves. Recently fans across were invited to join in a special event in Toronto at Union Station leading up to one of the biggest launch days in with some of Nintendo's most iconic characters. Hundreds showed up for the event to get a preview of the games that have officially launched on November 21. 

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Wednesday
Oct292014

Nintendo Canada gives a sneak peek for the holiday season

By Sonya Davidson

We're just entering the holiday season and pretty soon we'll be making our wishlists. At Nintendo Canada's holiday preview event last night, media were giving a first look at the new games and judging my my 10 year old gamer, the list is going to be long! Among the games that were previewed at the event include...

The highly anticipated Super Smash Bros. (Wii U) is definitely on the "want" list with over 50 new features for this version and a special mode that allows eight players simultaneously get in on the action. But wait...the launch of the game scheduled for November 21st, also coincides with the introduction of the new Amiibo interactive figures.

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Friday
Oct102014

Nintendo Reveals Super Smash Bros. Club Rules & Additional events

According to Super Smash Bros. fans, the first rule of Super Smash Club is that you must talk about Super Smash Club.  This rule and nine others were created by die-hard Canadian Super Smash Bros. fans after Reggie Fils-Aime, president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America, issued a challenge to create the rules for the Canadian-exclusive Super Smash Club in advance of the launch of the Super Smash Bros. for 3DS game.

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