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• A super-easy version of The Legend of Zelda is out now on Switch

  The latest addition to Nintendo Switch Online’s NES emulator is an interesting one – an official ROM hack of The Legend of Zelda.

• Nintendo Switch Online: cloud save, online play, NES games, error codes - how to play with friends online

  Nintendo Switch Online has been a long time coming and it finally released today at 8 pm PST / 11 pm EST / 4 am BST on September 19.

• You can only buy a NES controller for Switch if you subscribe to the Switch Online service

  Nintendo has revealed new NES controllers for the Switch – but they’re only available to subscribers of the recently announced Switch Online service.

• Nintendo has sold over 700 million gaming systems since 1983

  The DS is still its best-selling system, but Nintendo certainly has many fan-favorite consoles under its belt.

• Every Nintendo Switch has a hidden NES emulator, a copy of Golf - report

  Nintendo has been shipping Switch consoles with one hell of a hidden feature: an NES emulator.

• The Switch is getting a line of NES and SNES inspired accessories

  If the Switch isn’t quite Nintendo enough for you, third party hardware company 8Bitdo has you covered.

• Nintendo discontinues its NES Classic Edition console, last shipments going out this month

  If you’ve been holding out on grabbing Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition, hopefully you’ll be able to find one soon, because the mini-console as well as the NES Classic Controller are being discontinued.

• Nintendo's NES Classic Mini sold out? Why not buy this giant NES controller console instead

  Lord it over your smug friends with their tiny NES units.

• 30 years on, Metroid's composer reflects on the score

  Metroid composer Hirokazu Tanaka has shared a message with the game’s fans to celebrate Metroid’s 30th anniversary.

• This aluminum, hand-crafted $500 NES is a thing of beauty

  The maker of the Analogue Nt – a hand-crafted console that plays NES carts – wants you to appreciate its craftsmanship.

• Netflix engineers got a Nintendo NES to run the streaming service

  Enterprising engineers at Netflix managed to get the streaming service working on a Nintendo NES.

• Wii U amiibo app will allow you to play scenes from NES, SNES games

  Nintendo plans to releases a fee Wii U app in the first half of the year which will allow players to try a playable scene from NES or SNES games.

• Someone is offering their video game collection for $164,000

  A video game collector is offering their sizeable collection for sale for $164,000. The collection includes over 5,700 Games and over 50 systems, according to the listing.

• These colorful 3DS XL systems are heading to North America starting next week

  Three of those colorful 3DS XL systems Nintendo announced during its Nintendo Direct for Japan are heading west.

• If you had a NES, this is going to make you feel really, really old

  “Teens React To” videos always make anyone over the age of 20 feel a bit elderly but watching them maul a NES console is enough to send me looking for retirement homes.

• This R2D2 droid is actually 8 consoles and a projector

  Star Wars fas have probably dreamed of owning their own R2D2 droid at some point, and one gamer is living that dream right now, except his robot houses eight game consoles and a projector.

• Megafoot is indie horror movie with NES game tie-in, funding on IndieGoGo now

  Megafoot is a new indie horror movie that’s funding on IndieGoGo now. It’s also due to get a NES game tie-in that’s coming as an actual working cartridge.

• Famicom turns 30: share your NES memories here

  Nintendo’s Famicom released in Japan on July 15, 1983 and it brought gaming into many of our homes for the first time. VG247’s Dave Cook casts his mind back to the console’s UK release and legacy.

• Cardboard museum: the nostalgia of moving home

  It’s amazing what you can find when moving home. VG247’s Dave Cook takes stock of his forgotten gaming treasures as he heads back to Scotland, and reflects on the state of the industry today.