In the purest sense, the word “Genki” means “energetic” or “lively” in Japanese, so it follows that the aptly named Genki girl is an exuberant, young female stock character.

Today, Automaton Media reported on Nintendo’s statement to CNET Japan about Genki’s claims. Nintendo Co. Ltd. said this: “the gaming hardware that Genki presented as Nintendo hardware at CES ...

During a Jan. 10 interview with Japanese gaming site Game*Spark at the ongoing Consumer Electronics Show (CES), a Genki representative admitted no one at the company has actually seen the Switch 2 ...

The Japanese company is expected to launch the console in Q1 of 2025, but several leaks have popped up before its official announcement. Numerama reported that Genki’s stand at CES 2025 in Las ...

And if you’re not in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, or Japan, Genki has regional variations of the Moonbase that cover a wide swath of the world, including Europe, Australia, Korea, Thailand ...

In a lawsuit filed over the weekend, Nintendo accuses tech accessory maker Genki of violating its trademark, false advertising, and falsely portraying a cordial relationship with the Japanese ...

The Japanese arm of CNET published a Nintendo statement in response to Genki’s high-profile Switch 2 mockup, which it brought ...

Genki quickly backtracked on that claim, stating on X that it does "not own or possess a black market console." It also told a Japanese publication that the mockup was based on leaked information ...

The Japanese gaming giant alleged that since Genki used the new Switch and its Joy-Con controllers in its marketing, it implied it was approved by Nintendo when in reality it wasn’t. Nintendo’s suit ...

Genki made some new claims about the Switch ... that SNES and Super Famicom cartridges could run on either American or Japanese hardware, and Nintendo differentiated their cartridge slots to ...

Genki also published a video showing a render of the Switch 2, which followed numerous leaked images of the next-gen console. Automaton said that Nintendo told Japan’s Sankei Shimbun these ...