The original Nintendo Switch's now iconic detachable Joy-Con controllers could have attached to the console magnetically like the Switch 2 Joy-Con 2s, but the idea was shelved during development after ...

Iwata sadly passed away a the age of 55 in 2015, leaving behind a legacy that included working on several Kirby games and saving Earthbound from development hell. He is perhaps best known for ...

series director and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai is "conscious" that game developers can't "compete ... if not for late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata: "There's no doubt that he influenced ...

Michael McWhertor is a journalist with more than 17 years of experience covering video games, technology, movies, TV, and entertainment. This story was first published in Switchboard, a newsletter ...