Game Boy: Last News

Nintendo’s president, Shuntaro Furukawa, has confirmed in a recent Japanese investor Q&A that the slightly controversial Nintendo Switch Online service would continue to expand its content offerings throughout the year.The Q&A was transcribed by VGC, where Furukawa states, “the total subscribers of Nintendo Switch Online has not been updated from the 32 million subscribers we disclosed last September, but it is gradually increasing as the sales of Nintendo Switches increases.”Furukawa continues; “of course, there are customers who allow their subscribership to expire, and then they don’t renew, so we believe it is important to continue releasing software that allows players to continue enjoying, not only online play, but also enhances their overall experience.” He concluded his statement by confirming “we will continue to expand our services and create new content for our customers throughout this year.”When questioned about more expansions and DLC being added, Nintendo’s president is reluctant to give a straight answer, claiming, “we will continue to consider the convenience for our customers as well as how well it would tie in with individual software. We will provide the best possible solution for each title.”The content mentioned remains unspecified, but there are a few possibilities.

Nintendo’s latest collaboration with LEGO is a recreation of the iconic Game Boy.The Game Boy was released in Japan in 1989 before becoming a world-wide phenomenon the following year. The handheld console launched with Tetris and Super Mario Land but also hosted classic titles like The Legend Of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, Donkey Kong and Pokémon Red & Blue.A reworked Game Boy Color console was released in 1998 and the handheld consoles remain one of the best-selling consoles of all time, shifting more than 118million units.To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Game Boy’s global launch, LEGO are releasing a new, buildable model of the console. A short teaser was shared yesterday (January 9) alongside the simple caption “build the classic Nintendo system in LEGO form.

Analogue Pocket will let you save any photos you take through the Game Boy Camera to a microSD card.As reported by Gizmodo, a firmware update is coming to the Analogue Pocket that will let you save Game Boy Camera photos directly to a MicroSD card. The purpose of the MicroSD slot is to allow firmware updates quickly and to share game save files with other players eventually.

Pineapple Kid is a new puzzle platformer for the original Game Boy, with an online demo available right now.Found here, the demo gives players a chance to tackle 19 levels where they’ll need to direct a cute little pineapple around maze-like puzzles before they can get a key and progress to the next stage.A physical edition of the game will even be in your old Game Boy by Christmas, and it will contain more than 70 different levels to get through.