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Video game hardware Nintendo is delivering another firmware update for its Wii U home console, labeled 3.0.1, which is apparently designed to boost both the stability of the hardware and to improve system compatibility with a number of titles. The team is not willing to offer more information and most users who have... |
21 May 2013
07:59 GMT |
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The team at Nintendo in charge of the upcoming Game & Wario video games is launching a new promotion for the title that mimics the core look of crowd funding while poking fun at it.
The Crowdfarter campaign has an official site that looks a lot like that of Kickstarter and asks fans of the game to promote it via Fac... |
20 May 2013
20:41 GMT |
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Video game maker and publisher Nintendo says that it initially envisioned Game & Wario as a launch title for the Wii U home console that was supposed to be pre-installed on the device.
Satoru Iwata, the leader of the company, states during one of his question and answer sessions that, “The original plan was th... |
20 May 2013
18:31 GMT |
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The Wii U version of the Ghost Recon Online multiplayer title is at the moment on hold, according to Ubisoft, as the team is focusing on the PC launch, trying to make sure that players get the best experience possible with the game.
An official message from the Twitter account states, “The WiiU version of the ... |
20 May 2013
17:44 GMT |
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After Electronic Arts publicly distanced itself from Nintendo's Wii U home console, Ubisoft has issued a statement saying that it's quite confident in the Japanese company and that it will continue to make games for the device. Nintendo released the Wii U last November and, while it had been supported by m... |
20 May 2013
12:21 GMT |
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Nintendo has confirmed that, while it won't hold a huge press conference for fans at E3 2013, it will showcase via special Direct videos some great Wii U games like the new Smash Bros., a 3D Mario title, and Mario Kart. Nintendo surprised quite a few people earlier this month when it confirmed that it won'... |
20 May 2013
07:00 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has confirmed that it won't be bringing the upcoming FIFA 14 football simulator onto the Nintendo Wii U due to the weak sales registered by FIFA 13 on that platform. EA has distanced itself from Nintendo's Wii U platform, confirming that it has no games in development for the home console, ... |
20 May 2013
04:51 GMT |
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Nintendo has just revealed a few more details about its upcoming expansion for New Super Mario Bros. U in the form of New Super Luigi U.The add-on will focus on Mario's taller brother, and features changed versions of all the 82 stages from the original game. New Super Mario Bros. U was a must-have title for Wi... |
20 May 2013
02:32 GMT |
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After hearing that Electronic Arts no longer has any Wii U games in development as of right now, a software engineer from the publisher decided to heavily criticize Nintendo for its strategy, and has even mentioned that it's less powerful than a Xbox 360. Nintendo's Wii U hasn't gone off to the greate... |
18 May 2013
05:21 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has confirmed that it has no games currently in development for the Nintendo Wii U home console, but it's not ruling out future projects for the recently released device.
Nintendo launched the Wii U home console last November, and one of the device's main third-party backers was EA, which l... |
17 May 2013
23:47 GMT |
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The development team at Nintendo is offering more information on the upcoming Pikmin 3, which is set to use three main characters, Alph, Brittany and Charlie, that players will get to know as they experience the game.
The company also says that the game will be launched on the European market on July 26, which is qu... |
17 May 2013
11:12 GMT |
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The Wii U home console from Nintendo has only managed to sell 7,974 units on the Japanese market for the week that ended on May 12, confirming rumors that the newly launched console needs significant measures to regain steam.
The 3DS handheld sells close to 50,000 units in the same period, according to data from Med... |
16 May 2013
02:10 GMT |
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A team of hackers have apparently cracked the firmware of the Wii U's GamePad controller and found that the home console can actually support two gamepads at the same time, despite Nintendo's reluctance to talk about such a capability. Nintendo launched the Wii U last year and bundled it with a special Gam... |
15 May 2013
10:49 GMT |
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Michael Pachter, the analyst watching the video game industry for Wedbush Morgan, predicts that the NPD Group figures for the month of April that will be released before the end of the week will show another disappointing performance for the Wii U. Sales of the Nintendo home console are expected to decline to 55,000... |
15 May 2013
02:45 GMT |
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A developer working at Ubisoft’s Montpellier studio says that a sequel to ZombiU is at the moment in the prototype stage and that it might take time before official information is offered to the fan community.
Jean-Philippe Caro, a creative director at the company, writes via Twitter, “@KingreX32 thank you for... |
14 May 2013
07:36 GMT |
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Nintendo has confirmed that Super Mario Bros. 2 is going to appear for the Wii U Virtual Console service this week, on May 19, and has even posted a video of the game in action.
In an effort to make Wii U owners play more on their device, Nintendo released the Virtual Console service last month, through which it lau... |
13 May 2013
12:21 GMT |
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The main developer working on the PixelJunk series of video games believes that Nintendo needs to invent a new, special intellectual property in order to revitalize sales of the new Wii U home console.
Dylan Cuthbert tells Siliconera that, “they always come up with something. They are always very innovative.&r... |
13 May 2013
10:27 GMT |
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The Wii Street U application, created by Nintendo and Google, is being updated by the two development teams in order to allow players to take their own pictures and then upload them to the service.
Users can also tag their images using a variety of words, giving all those who are exploring a particular location a si... |
13 May 2013
02:37 GMT |
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Eric Hirshberg, the chief executive officer of the publishing division of Activision, says that his company would love to see the Wii U home console from Nintendo perform better in the marketplace.
The executive states during a call with investors, obtained by Seeking Alpha, that, “we've done well despite... |
11 May 2013
05:25 GMT |
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Nintendo has apparently upgraded the CPU and GPU of the Wii U home console through the latest system firmware update, at least according to a new report on the web. The Wii U was released back in November and, since then, owners have complained about the sluggish interface and some developers were upset by the reduc... |
10 May 2013
07:32 GMT |
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The development team at NetherRealm and publisher Warner Bros. are announcing that they are planning to launch downloadable content for their fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us on the Nintendo-made Wii U at some point it the summer.
The official Twitter account of the game states, “We expect DLC for the Wi... |
9 May 2013
18:16 GMT |
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The development team at Avalanche Interactive, the creators of the Just Cause series, are not interested in working on the Wii U home console from Nintendo despite the fact that they have had access to the device for some time.
The leaders of the company tell Pressfire, in an interview cited by VG247 that, “It... |
9 May 2013
17:01 GMT |
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The Resident Evil: Revelations demo has received a release date of May 14 at least for the Nintendo Wii U, thanks to a special newsletter sent by the company to Wii U owners in North America.
Resident Evil: Revelations is set to appear at the end of the month for the PC, PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U platforms, after hav... |
9 May 2013
10:14 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision says that the final half of 2013 is a period of uncertainty, mainly because of the risks associated with the launch of next-generation hardware and the problems that the Nintendo Wii U is currently facing.
Bobby Kotick, the leader of the company, is quoted by VG247 as stating during a... |
8 May 2013
19:31 GMT |
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The Wii U is performing worse than expected and it seems that Nintendo wants to increase sales by allowing popular smartphone-based video games to be ported to the home console via a new set of tools that are now offered to developers. Gamespot is citing anonymous sources that spoke to the Japan Times as saying that... |
7 May 2013
20:41 GMT |
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The development team at DICE working on the next-generation Frostbite 3 game engine says that the technology cannot be used on the Wii U home console from Nintendo because of problems with its overall performance.
Johan Andersson, the Frostbite technical director, writes on Twitter that, “FB3 has never been ru... |
7 May 2013
05:49 GMT |
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A new 3D Mario video game will be launched on the Wii U home console during October in order to boost sales of the device in time for the crucial Christmas shopping season.A report from CVG cites sources inside Nintendo saying that the company is waiting for a new Wii U system update to be launched during the summer ... |
5 May 2013
19:51 GMT |
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Activision has issued a statement over the possibility of seeing its recently revealed Call of Duty: Ghosts for the Nintendo Wii U platform, confirming that, as of yet, it's not ready to share any details about the game's other platforms.
Call of Duty: Ghosts was revealed to the world yesterday through a t... |
2 May 2013
08:38 GMT |
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The development team at EA Sports confirms that it has no plans to launch its upcoming Madden NFL 25 on the Nintendo-made Wii U home console, after fans have speculated about the core platforms for the American football simulation. The Tiburon team tells Nintendo Life that, “However, we have a strong partnersh... |
2 May 2013
02:12 GMT |
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Nintendo is one of the most conservative companies in gaming, but it seems to acknowledge the problems with the current retail business model, according to statements coming from president Satoru Iwata.
He tells investors, according to Gamasutra, that, “I believe the future of the video game industry depends o... |
1 May 2013
17:02 GMT |
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Nintendo seems determined to make the Wii U a success and it appears that one of its initiatives will see an expansion in the variety of games launched on the console, which might soon be powered by technologies such as Unity, HTML 5 and JavaScript.
Satoru Iwata, the leader of Nintendo, tells investors that, “... |
1 May 2013
07:19 GMT |
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Hiro Yamada, a producer working at Nintendo, says that a reveal for the new Wii U title that developer Retro is working on should take place soon, potentially before the E3 2013 trade show in the middle of June.
The executive tells The Official Nintendo Magazine that, “I wonder what kind of game it is? I hope ... |
1 May 2013
05:47 GMT |
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Satoru Iwata, the leader of Nintendo, says that his company has failed to adequately support the launch of the new Wii U home console with high-profile first-party titles because it has lacked the resources to back all its internal development teams.
He tells investors in a conference call that, "The reason for the ... |
1 May 2013
03:45 GMT |
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The team at hardware maker Nintendo is ready to resort to rather desperate moves in order to increase the sale of its new Wii U home console, with a wave of messages sent to those who already own an older Wii device, encouraging them to upgrade.The company says that its new console is a better device, mainly because ... |
1 May 2013
02:48 GMT |
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Video game publisher and hardware maker Nintendo is aware of the claim that the Wii U has been hacked and says that it is monitoring the situation and getting ready to act as soon as it sees any sign that piracy is becoming an issue.
Nintendo is telling CVG that, "no reports of illegal Wii U games nor unauthorized a... |
30 April 2013
17:58 GMT |
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A team of hackers operating under the name Wiikey, claims that it has managed to penetrate the protections of the Wii U home console in order to hack the device and reverse engineer elements like drive authentication and encryption.
Writing on their website, they state, “Yes, its real - we have now completely ... |
30 April 2013
09:23 GMT |
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Nintendo's Wii U marketing effort has been a disaster, according to games industry analysts, but the Japanese company can turn things around by accurately showing off the new home console and by releasing plenty of new games for it.
Nintendo released the Wii U back in November but sales haven't been that i... |
29 April 2013
11:51 GMT |
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A new retailer listing for Call of Duty: Ghosts suggests that the new title in the long-running series might also be launched on the Wii U home console from Nintendo, with gamers able to buy it in Europe on November 11 of this year.
The information comes from a product page created by Xtralife, which has since been ... |
29 April 2013
08:14 GMT |
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The hardware team at Nintendo announces that it will use the Near Field Communications system of its Wii U home console in order to power microtransactions, using a system called Suica, which is very popular in Japan. Satoru Iwata, the president of the company, is quoted by EGM as telling investors that “We ar... |
27 April 2013
16:11 GMT |
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Nintendo has admitted that it could have done a better job differentiating the new Wii U from the regular Wii, and even went so far as to say that some customers believed the Wii U's GamePad was just an accessory for the Wii.
The Wii U came out back in November last year around the world and, since then, the co... |
26 April 2013
13:41 GMT |
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Earlier during the week, Nintendo posted a set of disappointing financial results, linked to the poorer than expected performance of the Wii U home console, and analysts believe that the company might be able to revive the console if it makes the right moves.
Scott Steinberg, the chief executive officer of consultin... |
26 April 2013
08:43 GMT |
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Nintendo has officially released the Wii U firmware update 3.0.0, which can now be downloaded by the owners of the home consoles all around the world, bringing plenty of major improvements, including a faster interface.
Ever since Nintendo launched the Wii U last year, owners of the console have complained of the sl... |
26 April 2013
02:59 GMT |
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Ubisoft has just confirmed that the Rayman Legends Online Challenges application for the Nintendo Wii U is now available for download on the new home console. The company has also revealed a set of release dates for the game across all platforms. Rayman Legends was initially set to appear only on the Wii U but, af... |
25 April 2013
08:26 GMT |
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Video game hardware maker and publisher Nintendo announces that the Miiverse social space is now available for those who own a Wii U on both the PC and on mobile devices, allowing them to connect to their friends at any time.
Satoru Shibata, the president of Nintendo of Europe, states on Twitter that, “Today w... |
25 April 2013
07:32 GMT |
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The development team working on Project CARS at Slightly Mad Games says that it’s working hard to make sure that the Wii U version of the game looks impressive and offers players new ways to enjoy the racing game.
Andy Tudor, one of the game’s producers, tells Revogamers that, “There are loads of ways to... |
24 April 2013
12:11 GMT |
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Nintendo is confident that new entries in the Mario and Zelda franchises, like Mario Kart or the Wind Waker HD titles, will give the Wii U a much needed boost in terms of sales.
Nintendo has just presented its financial earnings results, and the actual sales figures for the Wii U home console aren't that impres... |
24 April 2013
10:08 GMT |
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Nintendo is performing worse than anticipated, but the company is still expecting to sell at least nine million Wii U units in the coming twelve months.
The number is impressive given that the same device has only managed to shift 360,000 devices to players in the last three months.
Nintendo also wants to sell 38 m... |
24 April 2013
05:02 GMT |
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Video game hardware maker and publisher Nintendo is posting its official financial results and there’s little for fans of the company to celebrate as the Wii U performs worse than projections showed and the old DS is abandoned as a viable platform.
Nintendo reveals that its operating loss came in at 36 billion... |
24 April 2013
04:19 GMT |
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Video game hardware maker and publisher Nintendo will likely miss its current financial target and will soon announce a loss of about 18.7 billion Yen, about 189 million dollars (135 million Euro), for the fiscal year that ended on March 31.
Satoru Iwata has announced that his company will have a high operating inco... |
23 April 2013
04:11 GMT |
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Rayman Legends Challenges, the special standalone experience that'll be exclusive for the Wii U, is set to appear for free on April 25, allowing fans to compete on four levels against their friends. Rayman Legends was supposed to be a Wii U exclusive game but Ubisoft made the decision to bring the title to othe... |
22 April 2013
13:41 GMT |
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