Japan: Nintendo applies for new trademarks including Game Boy Advance and Wii U

Nintendo has recently filed for seven new trademarks in Japan sparking speculation. These trademarks were applied for on 12th May 2020 and were published today 8th June 2020 and include Game Boy Advance and Wii U. Game Boy Advance games have long been rumoured to be next on the list of Virtual Console games for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. As always we shall have to wait and see whether these trademarks amount to anything new.

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Nintendo now says that the accounts of 300,000 Switch users have been hacked

Do you have a Nintendo Switch? Did you also have a Nintendo 3DS or Wii U?

If you answered yes to both of those questions, there’s a possibility your Nintendo Switch account was one of about 300,000 that was breached by hackers.

Nintendo announced the breach in April, but it doubled the number of affected accounts in an update this week “as a result of continuing the investigation.”

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Nintendo Switch Is Getting A Piano App Later This Week

If building the Nintendo Labo piano seems like it’d be too much hassle, this new piece of software heading to Switch later this week might well come in as a handy alternative.

Simply called Piano, this new app lets you transform your Switch into a mini piano wherever you go. It comes with a free play mode, where you can tinkle the ivories to your heart’s content, and also includes nine tutorials of “classic” songs if you happen to be a beginner.

We don’t have any footage to share with you sadly, but judging by these screenshots provided by Nintendo, Piano may well be best suited for young, aspiring pianists rather than already-accomplished musicians.

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Super Mario All-Stars 2 is new 3D Super Mario remaster collection for Nintendo Switch claim rumors

After months of waiting it’s not Nintendo that has broken the silence about what they’re up to, but a series of leaks, which seem to confirm the company is planning a new remaster compilation. News began leaking out yesterday, from multiple sources, that Nintendo is planning to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. with remasters or remakes of a number of older 3D games, with Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy (presumably both of them) being mentioned by name.

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