With 100m sales of its Switch console, a new Mario movie and even a California theme park, the Japanese tech giant is riding high again. What’s its secret?

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This remastered game from the Wii-era remains a wildly imaginative and magical experience created by Nintendo’s brainiest puzzle architects

Want to build worlds, become a crime kingpin, get lost in space, or enter the afterlife? Then our countdown of the 50 best games of the era has something for you

From competitive cow-milking to DJ battles, here are six great options for keeping the whole family entertained on Boxing Day and beyond

Games such as Wii Sports Boxing made players feel like they were in a drunken pub fight, but Nintendo wants to revive the format’s fortunes

Nintendo has ceased production of Wii U less than five years after its launch. What went wrong, and what will be its legacy?

Nintendo’s new hardware is attempting to reinvent gaming – again. But can the company’s focus on portability help it connect with a new generation of gamers?

Love, death, romance, regret – video games can tell us about all of these things and more. Here are our favourite examples

Activision’s toy-to-game franchise revs its engines for a new incarnation, while the PS Vita’s lost classic is reimagined for the PS4

The Nintendo president, who has died from cancer at the age of 55, brought in a ‘blue ocean’ strategy that would lead to the industry’s most successful consoles

The latest Nintendo console may have fallen behind the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, but here’s why it’s no slouch