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Jump Rope Challenge
''Jump Rope Challenge'' is a fitness video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. In the game, the player is encouraged to "jump a skipping rope", by performing motions using the Joy-Con controllers, every day a prespecified number of times. The game was developed by a small team to keep active at home during the stay-at-home orders of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was released for free on the Switch's Nintendo eShop in June 2020. It was originally intended to be removed from the eShop three months subsequent to release, but Nintendo later announced that the game would remain available until further notice. Gameplay In ''Jump Rope Challenge'', the player uses Joy-Con controllers in a basic skipping rope motion in conjunction with jumping up and down to emulate jumping a skipping rope. The in-game screen displays an anthropomorphic rabbit character skipping alongside the player, as well as counting the number of jumps the player does. Initially, the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo EPD
commonly abbreviated as Nintendo EPD, is the largest division within the Japanese video game company Nintendo. The division focuses on developing and producing video games, mobile apps, and other related entertainment software for the company. EPD was created after merging their Entertainment Analysis & Development (EAD) and Software Planning & Development (SPD) divisions in September 2015. History The division was created on September 16, 2015, after the consolidation of two of Nintendo's former software divisions, Entertainment Analysis & Development (EAD) and Software Planning & Development (SPD), as part of a company-wide organizational restructure that took place under Nintendo's then newly appointed president, Tatsumi Kimishima. The division assumed both of its predecessors' roles, focusing on the development of games and software for Nintendo platforms and mobile devices; it also manages and licenses the company's various intellectual properties, alongside producing an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TechRadar
''TechRadar'' is an online publication owned by Future and focused on technology. It has editorial teams in the US, UK and Australia and provides news and reviews of tech products and gadgets. It was launched in 2007 and expanded to the US in January 2012, holding a splashy launch party at the club Tao in The Venetian Hotel during the CES show in 2013. It further expanded to Australia in October of 2012. It was the largest consumer technology, news and review site from the UK as of 2013. TechRadar also has licensed versions in Italy, Spain, Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Belgium. The Indian and Middle East versions of the site closed in October 2022. It also has two spin-off sites, TechRadar Pro and TechRadar Gaming. ''TechRadar'' is owned by Future plc, the sixth-largest publisher in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Mario
(also known as and ) is a platform game series created by Nintendo starring their mascot, Mario. It is the central series of the greater Mario (franchise), ''Mario'' franchise. At least one ''Super Mario'' game has been released for every major Nintendo video game consoles, Nintendo video game console. There are more than 20 games in the series. The ''Super Mario'' games are set primarily in the fictional Mushroom Kingdom, typically with Mario as the player character. He is usually joined by his brother, Luigi, and often by other members of the ''Mario'' cast. As platform games, they involve the player character running and jumping across platforms and atop enemies in themed level (video gaming), levels. The games have simple plots, typically with Mario and Luigi Damsel in distress, rescuing the kidnapped Princess Peach from the primary antagonist, Bowser (character), Bowser. The first game in the series, ''Super Mario Bros.'', released for the Nintendo Entertainment System ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wario
is a fictional character in Nintendo's Mario (franchise), ''Mario'' series, designed as an Arch rival, arch-rival to Mario. He first appeared in the 1992 Game Boy game ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' as the main antagonist and final Boss (video games), boss. His name is a portmanteau of Mario's name and the Japanese word ''warui'' (wikt:悪い, 悪い), meaning "bad". Wario was designed by Hiroji Kiyotake, and is voiced by Charles Martinet, who voices many other characters in the series, including Mario, Luigi, and Waluigi. Wario has become the protagonist and antihero of the Wario (franchise)#Wario Land series, ''Wario Land'' and ''WarioWare'' series, spanning handheld and Video game console, console markets. In addition to appearances in spin-off (media), spin-offs in the ''Mario'' series, he has appeared in other Nintendo properties, such as in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series of Crossover (fiction), crossover fighting games. He has also been featured in other media s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowser
, or King Koopa, is a fictional character, the primary antagonist in Nintendo's Mario (franchise), ''Mario'' franchise, and the arch-nemesis of Mario. In Japan, the character bears the title of . Bowser is the leader of the turtle-like Koopa Troopa, Koopa race. Despite the fact that Bowser has teamed up with Mario in a few games, his ultimate goals are to kidnap Princess Peach and to defeat Mario and Luigi to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom. Bowser's defining traits are his monstrous appearance with dragon-like elements, full-throated roar, fire-breathing abilities, cruel personality, bestial reptilian voice, never-ending conflict with Mario, and persistent kidnapping of Peach. Bowser initially appears as Mario's opponent in the 1985 video game ''Super Mario Bros.'' He was originally envisioned as an ox based on the Ox-King from the Toei Animation film ''Alakazam the Great'', but Nintendo Designer Takashi Tezuka remarked that the character looked a lot more like a turtle than an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
