The 3DS is now useful for something other than headache-inducing matches of Dead or Alive -- soon, you'll be able to view movies in 3-D by using a Netflix 3DS app.

The Japanese equivalent of our homeland’s NES, the Nintendo Famicom (short for Family Computer) system is no doubt the system that influenced modern Japenese game designers the most during their childhood. Everyone had one. It was like the Dial Soap or the Michael Jackson’s Thriller of the Japanese youth. Famicom made a splash worldwide for the long-lasting effect it would ...

With a starting price of $20,000, the SNES-inspired iCon Bed isn’t for the casual gamer. But for someone who has devoted what amounts to several years of total gaming time, this bed is probably one of the coolest things you’ve ever seen. Equipped with a Hollandia adjustable 3D mattress, the iCon Bed also comes fully stocked with gadgetry goodness, including ...

Did you know it took Nintendo over 90 years to make a name for itself? Launching in 1889 (yes, that’s one-eight-eight-nine), it wasn’t until the mid-198os when Nintendo really started busting out of its shell, much to the credit of Shigeru Miyamoto, who was hired by Nintendo in 1977 as their first staff artist at the under ripened age of ...

No matter what Nintendo flavor is your favorite you can just about bet that Lesley Karpiuk has the right soap for you. Inspired by the iconic design of retro Nintendo cartridges, these soaps come in NES, SNES, N64 and Gameboy varieties. The prices range from $2 to $6.50, so even if you prefer the significantly larger NES soap, it won’t ...

Ben Heck forum contributor OMGpedobear created this Nintedo Wii Laptop from scratch, including some pretty cool LED action, if you’re into that sort of thing. While the internals might not be the most organized or secured set-up we’ve ever seen, we always love to see modding geniuses working for the geeky cause of making full-scale gaming as mobile as possible. ...

No matter how delicious this perfectly crisped piece of toast might look, how could you ever really eat this awesome Nintendo DSi toast and remain of sound mind. I would regret it for the rest of my days. But my tummy is rumbling. Ahhhh, I hate hard decisions. Link [via]

Nintendo really sort of lost it with that GameCube controller. Eight buttons? Not even counting the sticks or the control pad. Was that really necessary? With the Wii, Nintendo took us back to their simpler hey-day. It’s too bad the console is such shit. But in the Wii’s defense, the new Wii Super Mario Bros. game is a saving grace. ...

Thretris creates these awesome custom painted NES consoles. Pictured here are the Kill Bill, 80’s and Sky themes. My girlfriend has been begging me for an original� NES system for Christmas. Now if I can just get her a custom painted pink and girly console, we’ll be set.

Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata says that the company is debating whether or not a future model of the DS will take a book from Amazon’s book marketplace device, the Kindle, and offer digital downloads over the mobile 3G network. With this business model, Nintedo DS users wouldn’t be required to pay a monthly fee for 3G access, but would pay ...