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Funstock has announced a range of (legally dubious) retro games cartridges that work with original console hardware. It offers products for Sega’s Mega Drive, GameGear and Master System as well as Nintendo’s N64, SNES and NES, and the PC Engine. It works by allowing users to download ROMs onto a …
Read More »Nintendo remains committed to 3D content, despite 2DS switch
Big questions were asked of the 3D future of the 3DS when Nintendo revealed that its latest version, the 2DS, had done away with the 3D screen. Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata, however, has told investors that the new machine does not represent an end to the company’s portable 3D ambitions. …
Read More »Nintendo to prioritise digital for new IP
Nintendo says it will focus on digital releases for its new IP given the platform’s flexibility. The firm’s president Satoru Iwata suggested during Nintendo’s Q2 earnings Q&A that customers were hesitant to buy boxed releases of new IP. Instead, Nintendo will focus on digital launches and its wide flexibility in …
Read More »Wii Mini US launch confirmed
Nintendo’s $99 Wii Mini console will launch at US retail later this month. Nintendo Life reports the console’s budget version will land in mid-November,” packing a red WiiMote/Nunchuck combo and a copy of Mario Kart Wii. Unlike the original Wii, the Mini doesn’t include online functionality. It made its debut …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes release date announced
Konami has revealed when Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes will be sneaking into stores. Konami’s game will be released for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 in spring 2014. The publisher also revealed the link between Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain – the former will act as a …
Read More »Call of Duty: Ghosts – price roundup, where’s cheapest?
The big hits just keep coming this time of year and tonight it’s the turn of Call of Duty: Ghosts, which arrives worldwide at midnight. Although it will have to perform far beyond expectations to topple Grand Theft Auto V’s record-breaking 2013 performance, Ghosts will undoubtedly be one of the …
Read More »Journey and Unfinished Swan not coming to PS4
Neither Journey nor The Unfinished Swan are coming to PlayStation 4. Speculation that the pair were heading to Sony’s new console began after Sony Santa Monica’s creative director Nathan Gary tweeted pictures of Flower, Escape Plan and flOw being played on the machine. Pictures of The Unfinished Swan and Journey …
Read More »Nintendo suspends 3DS messaging service over photo sharing abuse
Nintendo has suspended its Swapnote service (aka Nintendo Letter Box) for the 3DS after discovering some consumers have been using the messaging app to exchange offensive” photographic material. The company explains on its website that some users, including minors, have been exchanging friend codes on the Internet and then using …
Read More »Animal Crossing: New Leaf surpasses 6m copies sold
Nintendo has released new lifetime numbers for a batch of its best-selling first-party 3DS titles. Animal Crossing: New Leaf is the clear leader of the pack with 6.35m units sold. It took the game less than a year from its original Japan launch to reach the figure. Behind it, Luigi’s …
Read More »PS4 supports cross-platform play with PS3
First game to use feature on next-gen console will be Arrowhead's top-down shooter Helldivers
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