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RetroVision – NES Golf Hidden Within Every Nintendo Switch

Sophia Aubrey Drake 114 Views 0 Comments 8-Bit, Motion Controls, NES, NES Golf, Nintendo Switch, Satoru Iwata

The Virtual Console may not be live yet, but that hasn’t stopped Nintendo hiding a Famicom / NES classic inside

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News / Cheats – Punch Out!! KOs Players With A Near 30 Year Secret

Sophia Aubrey Drake 145 Views 0 Comments Bald Bull, Bearded Man, Boxing, Cheats, Doc Louis, Famicom, Little Mac, Makoto Wada, Mike Tyson, NES, News, Nintendo, Piston Honda, Punch-Out!!, Puzzle, Satoru Iwata, Secret, Tips

Punch Out!! is a game that’s all about paying attention to smallest of cues, and to getting your timing right.

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RetroVision 

RetroVision – Hero or Villain? The Real King Dedede

Sophia Aubrey Drake 775 Views 1 Comment Character Focus, Dream Land, HAL Laboratory, King Dedede, Kirby, Kirby's Adventure, Kirby's Dream Land, Masahiro Sakurai, Meta Knight, Nightmare, Nintendo, Satoru Iwata

Hero or villain? Yes, some may think this is a silly question when it comes to King Dedede, one of

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RetroSpective 

RetroSpective – Kirby’s Dream Land

Sophia Aubrey Drake 260 Views 0 Comments 8-Bit, 90s, Dream Land, Essential, Game Boy, Green Greens, HAL Laboratory, King Dedede, Kirby, Kirby's Dream Land, Masahiro Sakurai, Nintendo, Platforming, Satoru Iwata, Smash Bros, Super Mario Bros.

Created by Masahiro Sakurai, Kirby is one of the most recognisable characters in all of gaming, as are the loveable

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Cheats & Secrets – Kirby’s Dream Land

Sophia Aubrey Drake 799 Views 0 Comments 90s, Dream Land, Game Boy, HAL Laboratory, King Dedede, Kirby, Kirby's Dream Land, Masahiro Sakurai, NES, Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto

The pink puffball can bring a smile to anyone’s face.  Not only that but the debut entry in the series

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RetroVision – The Origins of Kirby

Sophia Aubrey Drake 326 Views 5 Comments 90s, Dream Land, Famicom, Game Boy, HAL Laboratory, King Dedede, Kirby, Masahiro Sakurai, NES, Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto, Smash Bros

It may come as a surprise to many that Kirby, the iconic and loveable Nintendo character, was never actually planned

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RetroVision – The Game Awards Pay Tribute To Satoru Iwata

Sophia Aubrey Drake 128 Views 0 Comments 2015, Akihabara, Balloon Fight, DS, E3, Famicom, Geoff Keighley, HAL Laboratory, Iwata, Japan, Kirby, Kyoto, Nintendo, Reggie Fils-Aime, Satoru Iwata, The Game Awards, Wii, 岩田

This year we lost one of the game industry’s most loved and influential leaders, in the form of the late

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News – Nintendo To Re-Release Pokémon Red & Blue

Sophia Aubrey Drake 286 Views 3 Comments 3DS, Ash, Game Boy, Japan, Kanto, Link Cable, Nintendo Direct, Pikachu, Pokémon, Satoru Iwata

Next year will see Pokémon celebrate its twentieth anniversary.  Yes you read that right, Pokémon is soon to be 20

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Retro Weekly Roundup – 18th September

18/09/201522/03/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 150 Views 2 Comments Final Fantasy, Game & Watch, JRPG, Mega Drive, Nintendo, Pokémon, Pokémon Go, Retro Weekly Roundup, Satoru Iwata, Secret of Mana, Tatsumi Kimishima, TGS, Tokyo Game Show

It’s time for another Retro Weekly Roundup here at Rings & Coins, and it’s been a big week for one

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Nintendo Appoints New President in Tatsumi Kimishima

18/09/201518/09/2015 Sophia Aubrey Drake 140 Views 1 Comment DS, Genyo Takeda, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Kyoto, Minoru Arakawa, Nintendo, Nintendo of America, Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto, Tastusmi Kimishima, Wii, Wii U

Following the tragic death of industry legend and one of my personal heroes Satoru Iwata, Nintendo went into a consultation period,

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RetroSpective 

RetroSpective – Balloon Fight

Sophia Aubrey Drake 129 Views 0 Comments Balloon, Balloon Fight, Balloon Trip, Famicom, Fight, Joust, NES, Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, Virtual Console, 岩田

In honour of Satoru Iwata I have decided to take a look at Balloon Fight, one of the more understated

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