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Sonic The Hedgehog will continue to find a home on Nintendo formats as the platform holder announced an exclusive new partnership with Sega. As part of this deal the hedgehog’s next outing, Sonic: Lost World, will be released only for Wii U and 3DS. More details of the game will …
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Nintendo shutting down several online Wii services
Wii owners will lose access to a number of the machine’s online functions this summer. CVG reports that the Nintendo, News, Weather, Everybody Votes and Mii Contest Channels will be switched off for good on June 28th. Also going is the ability to send messages on the Wii Message Board …
Read More »Nintendo Japan shake-up merges handheld and console hardware teams
3DS and Wii creator Nintendo will merge its handheld and console teams in Japan as part of what Japanese paper Nikkei calls major organisational changes. The move comes amid a fast-changing games hardware marketplace once ruled by Nintendo but now shared with a range of devices from both traditional competitors …
Read More »Games TM’s Ashley Day joins Nintendo PR team
Former games journalist Ashley Day has switched career paths to take a new PR role at Nintendo. Day joined the platform holder yesterday as junior PR manager, where he reports to Nintendo UK’s head of communications Jo Bartlett. He will work alongside fellow junior PR manager Emily Woolliscroft. He has …
Read More »Without Nintendo, Bayonetta 2 would be dead in the water
The idea that Nintendo has blocked the release of Bayonetta 2 on rival platforms is inaccurate. Indeed, it transpires that without the partnership of Nintendo, Platinum Games would not have been able to greenlight the project at all. "WouldBayonetta 2not exist without Nintendo? The answer is yes," Platinum’s executive director …
Read More »EA switches off Bright Light studio
Guildford group axed; Portion of staff switch to other EA studios; Elliott parts ways; Develop Obituary
Read More »Nintendo shares drop 83% in under four years
Investors have reacted negatively to Nintendo’s Tokyo 3DS showcase, with the company’s share price falling five per cent overnight. Nintendo yesterday unveiled a host of new 3DS goodies, including a new Pink console SKU for Japan and a Red model for Europe. Key titles such as Super Mario 3D Land …
Read More »Nintendo: Wii U disc capacity at 25GB
E3 2011: New console can read discs as big as Blu-ray, employee says
Read More »NINTENDO: Mario Kart 3DS detailed
Nintendo has confirmed that Mario Kart 3DS will be released this Christmas. The game was introduced during the firm’s E3 press conference by Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, who assured fans that this would be a completely new iteration of the popular racing series. In addition to the traditional …
Read More »Nintendo brings TV to controller with Wii U
E3 2011: Details exposed on Wii successor at E3
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