Nintendo World Report
| Type of business | Limited liability company |
|---|---|
Type of site | Video game journalism |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | March 7, 1999 |
| Owner | NINWR, LLC |
| Founder(s) | Billy Berghammer |
| Website | nintendoworldreport |
| Current status | Active |
Nintendo World Report is an American video game website focused on Nintendo news, reviews, previews, features, podcasts, videos, and community discussion. The site began on March 7, 1999, when Billy Berghammer created a Nintendo news page under the name N2000HQ; it later became PlanetN2000, then Planet GameCube, before adopting the name Nintendo World Report in November 2006.[1] Its archived material includes content from the OperatioN2000, PlanetN2000, and Planet GameCube periods.[1]
The website is operated by NINWR, LLC and describes itself as unaffiliated with Nintendo.[2] Its main navigation includes news, games, reviews, previews, editorials, features, events, podcasts, forums, videos, and a Discord chat.[3]
History
Origins as N2000HQ and PlanetN2000
The site began after Berghammer, who had previously worked on the Nintendo 64 site N64HQ, created N2000HQ using Microsoft FrontPage 98 and free webspace from NConnect Internet Services.[1] The original plan was to cover Nintendo's then-upcoming Dolphin and Atlantis hardware projects, later released as the GameCube and Game Boy Advance.[1] After discovering that the N2000HQ.com domain name was unavailable, Berghammer created PlanetN2000 in the spring of 1999.[1]
PlanetN2000 absorbed content from OperatioN2000, a Nintendo site started by Justin Nation, after that site closed. Nation and several other contributors joined PlanetN2000.[1] The site expanded during 1999 and 2000, with traffic increasing after the closure of other Nintendo fan sites and after staff covered E3 2000 and Space World 2000 in Japan.[1]
Planet GameCube
On March 7, 2001, the site's second anniversary, PlanetN2000 was renamed Planet GameCube.[1] During the GameCube and Game Boy Advance era, the site described itself as the largest independent Nintendo news and information website, with more than 20 staff members across four continents.[1] It kept its editorial content and forums free while funding operations through advertising, merchandise, and staff contributions.[1]
In April 2003, Berghammer left the site after accepting a position at Game Informer, and Jonathan Metts became director. Metts had joined the staff in 2000 and had previously created the Nintendo site The Nformant.[1] The site's early culture also included Louie the Cat, Berghammer's pet, who appeared in site material and was credited as a rumors editor during the Planet GameCube period.[4]
Rename to Nintendo World Report
The staff began considering a new name after Nintendo's next console, then codenamed Revolution, made the GameCube-specific name unsuitable.[1] In November 2006, shortly before the launch of the Wii, Planet GameCube became Nintendo World Report.[1] Around the same period, Metts reduced his day-to-day role and Steven Rodriguez became director.[1]
Rodriguez stepped down in January 2009 and Jon Lindemann became director.[1] In early 2011, Neal Ronaghan took over the role.[1] Under Ronaghan, the site covered the Nintendo 3DS launch, produced GameCube anniversary material, and expanded video production.[1] In 2014, Ronaghan and Jared Rosenberg launched a new YouTube channel, NWRTV.[1] In February 2018, Ronaghan moved into a reviews editor role and John Rairdin became director.[1]
Content
Nintendo World Report publishes news, reviews, previews, editorials, features, event coverage, podcasts, videos, release information, and game database pages.[3][5] Its reviews archive lists reviewed games by name, system, subsystem, author, post date, and score.[6]
The site's review policy states that reviews include body text, pros and cons, and a final score. Older reviews also include category scores.[7] Its scoring system uses a 0.0–10.0 scale with half-point increments, while the final score is described as an overall judgment rather than an average of category scores.[7]
The site's policy page states that its news coverage is based on original-source verification and source citation, while its previews are limited to factual information about unreleased games and do not score or judge unfinished titles.[7] Its advertising page states that website ads are supplied by a third party and that the site does not use direct affiliate links for products it covers.[8]
Nintendo World Report reviews are indexed by several review databases and aggregators. Metacritic maintains a NintendoWorldReport publication page with critic reviews and links to full reviews on the site.[9] OpenCritic lists NintendoWorldReport as an outlet and records its review count, average score, and recommendation percentage.[10] Switch Scores also maintains a Nintendo World Report profile in its review database for Nintendo Switch games.[11]
Podcasts and video
Nintendo World Report hosts several podcast series, including Radio Free Nintendo, Newscast, Radio Trivia, Connectivity, The Famicast, NWR Presents: Cube Fight, Talk Nintendo, and Nintendo News Report.[3] Radio Free Nintendo is listed by Apple Podcasts as the site's official weekly podcast, focused on current and classic Nintendo games.[12] Wired featured Radio Free Nintendo in 2007 and 2008 in posts by Chris Kohler connected to Nintendo-focused podcast appearances.[13][14]
The site's video channel, Nintendo World Report TV, publishes event coverage, features, interviews, reviews, and other Nintendo-related videos.[15] A separate YouTube page for the channel includes E3 2017 direct-feed footage and video review playlists.[16] Nintendo Everything has used Nintendo World Report video material in Nintendo coverage, including a 2024 comparison video for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.[17]
Staff and organization
The website maintains a staff directory listing editors, writers, correspondents, programmers, production staff, podcast contributors, and alumni.[18] The site's legal page identifies NINWR, LLC as the rights holder for its website contents and states that it is not endorsed, sponsored, or affiliated with Nintendo.[2] Media database Intelligent Relations lists Nintendo World Report as a publication and identifies several contributors whose work appears there, including Donald Theriault, John Rairdin, Neal Ronaghan, Willem Hilhorst, Jordan Rudek, Greg Leahy, Jon Lindemann, Zachary Miller, Justin Berube, and Guillaume Veillette.[19]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 NWR Staff (March 23, 2019). "About Nintendo World Report". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NWR Staff (January 1, 2000). "Legal Information". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Podcasts". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ Metts, Jonathan; Ronaghan, Neal (July 30, 2013). "R.I.P. Louie the Cat 1998-2013". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Games". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Reviews". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 NWR Staff (July 22, 2022). "Nintendo World Report Policy". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ NWR Staff (December 11, 2024). "Advertising on Nintendo World Report". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ "NintendoWorldReport Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ "NintendoWorldReport's Reviews". OpenCritic. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Nintendo World Report - Profile". Switch Scores. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Radio Free Nintendo". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ Kohler, Chris (March 16, 2007). "Kohlercasting: Radio Free Nintendo". Wired. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ Kohler, Chris (March 7, 2008). "Kohlercasting: Radio Free Nintendo Talks N64". Wired. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Nintendo World Report TV". YouTube. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Nintendo World Report". YouTube. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ Brian (October 29, 2024). "Xenoblade Chronicles X Switch vs. Wii U graphics comparison". Nintendo Everything. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Staff". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Nintendo World Report". Intelligent Relations. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
External links
This article "Nintendo World Report" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Nintendo World Report. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
