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The NX may hopefully only be a few months away, but Nintendo hasn’t stopped announcing new titles for the Wii U. Paper Mario: Color Splash, due out later this year, is another turn-based RPG outing for Nintendo’s famous mascot. It has a hint of the Epic Mickey about it, with …
Read More »Original Pokémon games back on top in Japan for series’ 20th anniversary
It’s 1996 again – Pokmon Red, Green, Blue and Yellow took the No.1 spot in Japan last week according to data from Famitsu. The four titles on 3DS sold 69,234 units between them, but didn’t result in a substantial increase in 3DS hardware sales as one might expect. New 3DS …
Read More »Dean Hall: ‘VR could be as accessible as Wii, but don’t bank your studio on it’
DayZ and Ion dev says creating for Oculus and Vive has been ‘a real lesson in ‘back to basics’’
Read More »Pokémon Sun and Moon trademarks registered by Nintendo
The big surprise from tomorrow’sPokmon Direct video may have just been spoilt. Nintendo in Europe has registered the names Pokmon Moon” and Pokmon Sun”, as spotted byVideogamer news chief David Scammell. This week marks the 20th anniversary of the Pokemon franchise (at least in Japan) and Nintendo is marking the …
Read More »Yo-Kai Watch launching on 3DS this April
The Yo-Kai Watch video game has been confirmed to launch in Europe at the end of April. Nintendo has announced that the hit Japanese monster title is going to come to 3DS on April 29th. This comes shortly after Viz Media Europe revealed that the animated series based on the …
Read More »2016 launch for Nintendo NX ‘a mistake under any scenario’
Analyst DFC has warned Nintendo about what it perceives as the danger of launching the NX console in 2016. The platform holder has announced nothing beyond the name of its next machine. The specs, price and release date remain a mystery. What we do know is that Nintendo will reveal …
Read More »PS4 wins January in the US, Call of Duty tops charts
January marked another sales victory in the US for Sony’s PS4, according to NPD data. VentureBeat reports that PS4 enjoyed another sales win over Xbox One. Microsoft’s machine only managed to outsell Sony’s in two of 2015’s months – April and October. And that’s despite some heavy discounting on Xbox …
Read More »Call of Duty back on top as new Naruto title debuts in third place
Activision’s Call of Duty Black Ops III returns to the No.1 spot this week with an 11 increase in sales. This is the ninth time the shooter has been the best-selling title in the UK since it debuted back in November. This sales increase is likely due to the release …
Read More »PS4 Uncharted 4 bundle announced
Sony has revealed a PlayStation 4 and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End hardware bundle. The package (pictured) features grey blue shading, and the console itself is adorned with a decal of Nathan Drake from the artwork for A Thief’s End. It will be released alongside the game on April 29th …
Read More »Kimishima admits Nintendo could ditch Quality of Life initiative
Nintendo has for the first time admitted that it may abandon Satoru Iwata’s Quality of Life roadmap. Kotaku reports on a Asahi story revealing that Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima has told investors: It’s not yet at the level of a Nintendo product. If we can release it, we’ll release it. …
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