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The Nintendo 3DS might have had a sluggish launch but now the device is selling very well in Japan and seems to be also picking up steam on Western markets and the company that launched it seems to be ready to invest the resources to keep up this momentum in the coming months.As part of the Nintendo Direct presentati... |
27 December 2011
17:31 GMT |
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Nintendo has changed the launch window for its upcoming Wii U home console, now estimating that the device will reach consumers sometime between June next year and the end of 2012, at least according to a brand new report.The Nintendo Wii U is set to finally put the Japanese company on par with its rivals, Sony and M... |
27 December 2011
06:24 GMT |
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Stores in Japan have begun selling a new encyclopedia for the entire Legend of Zelda franchise, which was produced by Eiji Aonuma, the man at Nintendo that also helmed the development process for the recently launched Skyward Sword.The book is designed to offer a fan all the information he could ever want about the s... |
27 December 2011
05:51 GMT |
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Nintendo has begun deploying updates to the 10 free NES downloadable titles that were released for the 3DS Ambassadors in September, with The Legends of Zelda being the first to receive some extra features.Nintendo, in an effort to reward 3DS owners who got the console at full price, gave them 10 free NES titles back... |
27 December 2011
04:04 GMT |
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Video game companies Namco Bandai and Nintendo have announced that they are collaborating in order to launch the upcoming Tekken 3D Prime Edition in Europe on February 17 of next year.Nintendo is set to be responsible for the sale, the marketing and the distribution of the new fighting game both in Europe and in Aust... |
22 December 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Video game hardware maker and publisher Nintendo has launched a whole new Wii Channel in order to fix the problems that a number of gamers have been reporting with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.It’s not clear why Nintendo has not simply released a patch, like other developers do routinely on the PlayStatio... |
22 December 2011
05:28 GMT |
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Nintendo has confirmed that it will be showcasing the Nintendo Wii U at the upcoming CES 2012 conference, but don’t expect the company to allow anyone to try it out, as the Nintendo mentioned that it will be available only for media members and no new content, besides the things shown at E3 2011, will be presen... |
21 December 2011
19:31 GMT |
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The Pokemon Company and Tecmo Koei have announced that they are working on a new video game called Pokemon x Nobunaga’s Ambition which will combine the mechanics of the two series and deliver a mash-up of strategy and role playing. It seems that the game will be turn based when it comes to the actual battles a... |
20 December 2011
02:53 GMT |
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Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors, aka those who bought the handheld platform at full price, will receive today 10 free Game Boy Advance titles, which were promised by the Japanese company after the August price cut.Seeing as how the 3DS wasn’t the huge success Nintendo had hoped for, the company started taking safety p... |
16 December 2011
05:00 GMT |
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Video game publisher Nintendo seems to be ready to send out a solution for those players affected by The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword bug that makes the main quest impossible to complete.The Japanese division of the company says that it will offer a downloadable fix for those who have their Nintendo Wii consoles co... |
16 December 2011
02:50 GMT |
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A Japanese magazine, called Coro Coro Comics, has a teaser in this month’s edition which suggests that it will have an exclusive reveal for a new Pokemon video game in the edition which will hit newsstands on January 14.
The magazine talks about a “big surprise,” but it does not offer any sort of r... |
16 December 2011
02:19 GMT |
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Nintendo has just confirmed that it’s going to deploy the promised 10 Game Boy Advance downloadable titles for the 3DS Ambassadors, aka those customers that bought the console at full price before its drastic price cut in August.The Nintendo 3DS sold quite a lot of units when it was originally released in Febru... |
15 December 2011
15:31 GMT |
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Nintendo has already clarified that Shigeru Miyamoto will not resign his current position inside the company, supervising all its big franchises, but the legendary creator of Mario and Zelda confirmed the kind of future games he will be working on.Speaking to the San Francisco Chronicle Shigeru Miyamoto addressed rec... |
14 December 2011
21:41 GMT |
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After deploying the Circle Pad Pro add-on for the Nintendo 3DS in its native Japan, and confirming a release date in January for Europe, the company has finally provided details about the peripheral’s U.S. launch.The Nintendo 3DS is a pretty capable handheld console, but the lack of a second analog circle pad m... |
14 December 2011
19:21 GMT |
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Nintendo is a company that develops most of its big franchises in house and rarely works with Western development studios but it seems that more such cooperation might happen in the future, with a new The Legend of Zelda game a possible target.Speaking to Wired, Shigeru Miyamoto stated, “As you know, we have al... |
14 December 2011
16:31 GMT |
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Skyward Sword, the most recent Nintendo Wii video game using Link as the main character, made full use of the motion control offered by the platform and one of the main designers working on the game believes that buttons cannot regain their place as the main control method for the series.Eiji Aonuma, who is a produce... |
14 December 2011
10:17 GMT |
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Famous games designer Shigeru Miyamoto believes retirement isn’t an option for him at least for now, once again debunking rumors that he might withdraw from his executive position at Nintendo and only work on some projects as an outside consultant.While video games have become mainstream entertainment and lots ... |
12 December 2011
14:31 GMT |
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The NPD Group has released its hardware and software charts for the month of November and the United States market, showing that the Xbox 360 home console from Microsoft has managed to take the top spot for the fourth month in a row.The device has managed to sell 1.7 million units during the month, many of them on Bl... |
12 December 2011
08:54 GMT |
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Nintendo of America has announced a partnership with Wi-Fi service provider Boingo, which means that 42 North American airports now offer free hotspots for the Nintendo 3DS handheld.Boingo hotspots also offer a new Nintendo Zone, complete with coupons and promotional services.There are now more than 29.000 locations ... |
9 December 2011
05:32 GMT |
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The upcoming Circle Pad Pro add-on for the Nintendo 3DS will be powered by a single AAA battery, which is enough to ensure a whopping 480 hours of play time.Nintendo is getting ready to augment the experience of 3DS owners from all around the world through the Circle Pad Pro add-on, which effectively adds a second ci... |
9 December 2011
03:47 GMT |
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Shigeru Miyamoto has suggested that he will step down from the position of leader at the Analysis and Development division inside Nintendo Entertainment in order to once again get directly involved in video game development, presumably for the 3DS and the new Wii U home console.Speaking to Wired Miyamoto has stated, ... |
8 December 2011
05:34 GMT |
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The president of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, has announced that the recently released Mario Kart 7 has managed to sell 420,000 units during its first week on the Japanese market on the Nintendo 3DS handheld, which is double the number posted by the version for the normal DS.The executive also believes that the 3DS has th... |
8 December 2011
03:41 GMT |
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A list of job openings posted by the Quebec studio of French publisher Ubisoft has offered information that the company might be working on a MMO project that will be launched on the upcoming Nintendo Wii U home console.Emile Gauthier, who is a communication specialist at Ubisoft, says that the developer is looking f... |
7 December 2011
05:31 GMT |
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Analysts watching the video game industry have predicted that the Xbox 360 home console from Microsoft will dominate sales for the month of November on the United States market in the NPD Group figures that will be released towards the end of the week.In a note sent to investors Michael Pachter, who is the analyst wo... |
6 December 2011
20:51 GMT |
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While the Nintendo Wii U’s release date of summer 2012 is still quite far away, a brand new set of presumed specifications for the new console have been leaked on the web, which show that the device isn’t that different from the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, for example.The Nintendo Wii U was presented to th... |
6 December 2011
13:31 GMT |
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Michel Ancel, who is the French creative director working on Rayman Origins, has said that he does not really enjoy playing the games in the Mario series, despite the fact that his style has been compared to that used by a certain legendary Japanese game developer.The video game creator said that he was honored by an... |
6 December 2011
05:26 GMT |
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Sources from video game retailers have stated that publisher Capcom has shipped 420,000 copies to stores in preparation for the launch of the Nintendo 3DS version of Monster Hunter 3G, which is set to arrive on December 10.100,000 of those are linked to bundles that also include the Slide Pad add-on while another 20,... |
6 December 2011
04:53 GMT |
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Nintendo has confirmed that 3DS Ambassadors, meaning those who bought the 3DS before the major August price cut went into effect, are still going to get their 10 free GBA games this month, after the 10 NES titles that were released back in September.Nintendo’s 3DS wasn’t exactly a massive hit when it was ... |
6 December 2011
03:12 GMT |
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Nintendo has confirmed that the upcoming Kid Icarus 3D Classics edition, made specifically for the 3DS, will receive not just the three-dimensional visuals, but also improved sprites and levels, as you can see in the video above.
Ever since releasing the Nintendo 3DS at the beginning of the year, Nintendo has tried ... |
6 December 2011
02:35 GMT |
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It seems that a gaming console does not become a universally wanted shopping item until someone is desperate enough to pepper spray a crowd of fellow shoppers in order to get his hands on it.
Jesse Divnich, who is an analyst watching the video game industry for EEDAR, told IndustryGamers that, “I believe once ... |
5 December 2011
02:31 GMT |
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The Nintendo Wii U might be about one year from launch but the Japanese manufacturer says that it plans to continue support for its older devices and plans to target a new breed of consumers with its new platform.Reggie Fils-Aime, who is the leader of the United States division of Nintendo, has stated, “The con... |
2 December 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Video game hardware developer Nintendo has announced that in its first eight months the new Nintendo 3DS handheld has managed to sell more on the United States market than the original DS.Regie Fils-Aime, who is the leader of Nintendo of America, stated, “In sales through this past Saturday - 8 months - has out... |
2 December 2011
09:05 GMT |
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Super Mario 3D Land is the first full-fledged game in the series to arrive on the Nintendo 3DS handheld and one of the producers working on the game says that the experience is as close as possible to that offered on the Wii. Yoshiaki Koizumi, who is a producer working on the newly released Super Mario 3D Land, told ... |
1 December 2011
15:11 GMT |
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Hideo Kojima, the main man behind the success of the Metal Gear Solid series, has told the Japanese press that the upcoming Snake Eater 3D title that will be launched on the Nintendo 3DS is much more than a simple graphics update paired with some 3D elements.The developer says that the entire game has been remade fro... |
1 December 2011
12:21 GMT |
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Nintendo has confirmed that European 3DS owners will be able to get the Circle Pad Pro add-on for their device on January 27, 2012.The Nintendo 3DS wasn’t exactly a huge success, but things are getting a lot of better, as the Japanese company registered massive sales throughout recent months, with Black Friday ... |
1 December 2011
04:56 GMT |
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The Wii U home console from Nintendo might not yet have a launch date but some developers are already talking about how easy it is to actually create video games for it when compared to the Xbox 360 or the PlayStation 3.David Adams, who is the general manager at Vigil, spoke to Game Informer about the tech demo for t... |
29 November 2011
16:31 GMT |
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Nintendo has decided to go after the female demographic with its 3DS handheld platform and, after deploying the Misty Pink color version in Japan earlier this month, the company has now announced that two special Pink 3DS bundles will arrive in the U.S. this December.The Nintendo 3DS didn’t exactly have the bes... |
29 November 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Nintendo of Japan has announced that the new firmware update for the 3DS handheld has been delayed and is now expected to arrive on December 8. The company has not offered any reason for the delay. The system update will deliver such improvements as more features for the Mii Plaza social space, the ability to trans... |
29 November 2011
07:12 GMT |
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Video games developer 505 Games announced that fans of the Cooking Mama franchise can now pick up the fourth game in the series on the Nintendo 3DS handheld while the Outdoor Adventures spin-off is available on the older DS series.Cooking Mama 4 has more than 200 food oriented mini-games and uses the 3D to make the w... |
28 November 2011
12:01 GMT |
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The latest rumors about the next home console from Microsoft suggest that gamers might see two versions of the console on launch, with different features, but both of them will offer full integration of the Kinect motion tracking system.Digital Foundry says, based on anonymous sources, that, “Kinect is set for ... |
25 November 2011
08:49 GMT |
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Shigeru Miyamoto, who is the designer behind such Nintendo franchises like Mario and Zelda, has said that in order to deliver good games designers need to be driven by desperation, a desire to deliver the best they can in the given situation, without thinking of sales and financial success.Speaking as part of the Iwa... |
25 November 2011
03:22 GMT |
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Michael Pachter, who is an analyst watching the video game industry for the firm Wedbush Morgan, has said that he is unsure whether the Origin digital distribution service from Electronic Arts is a good fit for the upcoming Nintendo Wii U home console.Speaking to IndustryGamers about the rumors which link Electronic ... |
24 November 2011
16:31 GMT |
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Nintendo is trying to make software push to increase the popularity of the Nintendo 3DS handheld for the crucial holiday sales period and one of the avenues of attack is the launch of Mario Kart 7, a game that takes the core racing experience and brings it into a 3D world.
Speaking to Famitsu, the Japanese gaming ma... |
24 November 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Skyward Sword is the last Zelda game to arrive on the Nintendo Wii and one of the leading developers working on the game says that it’s a template on how future titles can make gamers care more about Link and Zelda.Speaking to Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu Hidemaro Fujibayashi, who is the director who worked... |
24 November 2011
10:30 GMT |
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Nintendo really wants to make its 3DS handheld a platform that can appeal to all sorts of gamers, just like the previous DS, so the company is preparing to reveal some more casual experiences throughout the next year, especially at E3 2012 in summer.Nintendo's 3DS hasn't exactly had the best of start, with ... |
22 November 2011
15:51 GMT |
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GameStop is the biggest specialist retail chain for video games and related products and the company is eager to create a digital distribution service which is seen by Microsoft, Sony and possibly even Nintendo as a way to enhance the experience provided by disk based gaming.Mike Mauler, who is a senior vice presiden... |
22 November 2011
08:18 GMT |
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The Japan based magazine called Jump has announced that video game publisher Nintendo is preparing to make a big announcement related to Pokemon, one of its core franchises, at the upcoming Jump Fiesta event, which will take place on December 17 and 18 in Chiba, Tokyo.The vent is being mainly built around manga and a... |
21 November 2011
16:41 GMT |
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Video game publisher Nintendo of America has managed to bring two vehicles from the Mario Kart series to life, in cooperation with the team at West Coast Customs, and all fans of the game can see them at the Los Angeles Auto Show, which takes place until November 27 in the West Hall of the LA Convention Center.One ve... |
21 November 2011
10:11 GMT |
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Nintendo is getting ready to deploy a new software update for its 3DS portable console, which will allow downloadable content to be released for its games, but the company doesn't want developers to believe this is going to allow them to release incomplete experience and charge money for extra stuff.Downloadable... |
21 November 2011
04:20 GMT |
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The Legend of Zelda is one of Nintendo's biggest gaming franchises and, with Skyward Sword set to be launched soon and fans celebrating its 25th anniversary, those who have created the game have taken to the medium of video to thank players for their support and dedication.
Speaking as part of a new video that ... |
21 November 2011
02:32 GMT |
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