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Mind Candy is thinking about bringing Moshi Monsters to more gaming formats in the future, following the success of Moshling Zoo on Nintendo DS. The next Moshi DS game, Moshlings Theme Park, arrives on Friday, October 26th. Mind Candy’s senior marketing managerAndrew Matjaszek told Licensing.biz: "The Nintendo DS is an …
Read More »Nintendo expects XL Xmas for 3DS
Excitement for Wii U is building, but Nintendo is spending significant marketing money to ensure 3DS grows this season, too. Speaking to MCV in her first interview since taking the role of marketing and PR director at Nintendo UK, Shelly Pearce said the firm expects the handheld to do good …
Read More »Nintendo ramps up digital offer on 3DS
Full download titles, online sales, DLC – such things are rarely discussed in the same sentence as Nintendo platforms. But there were signs of change in last night’s European Nintendo Direct broadcast, in which NoE president Satoru Shibata revealed plans for all three on 3DS. Following its experiment with New …
Read More »Paper Mario returns this December
Nintendo will release Paper Mario: Sticker Star for 3DS just in time for Christmas European president Satoru Shibata announced the game will arrive on December 7th via the platform holder’s latest Nintendo Direct web conference. This will be the first 3DS title from the quirky Mario spin-off series and sees …
Read More »Three DLC packs coming to New Super Mario Bros 2
Nintendo has revealed that it has three DLC releases planned for 3DS title New Super Mario Bros 2. Polygon reports that the downloads were revealed by Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata in a video presentation. The first DLC is called the ‘Gold Mario Go! Go! Pack’ and offers three new Coin …
Read More »UPDATED: GAME lists Zelda: Majora’s Mask for 3DS
A retail listing for a 3DS version of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask has appeared – and quickly disappeared – from GAME’s website. It was spotted by NintendoLife, which claims the listing also briefly featured on the Gamestation site. Majora’s Mask is a sequel to the famed Ocarina of …
Read More »You’re not going to convince Iwata that handheld gaming is threatened
The question, of course, is whether or not gamers still seek the kind of ‘rich’ handheld experience that portable games consoles offer. One man who has always thought and still thinks the answer is yes is Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. He’s heard all the arguments, read all the dooms of …
Read More »3DS passes 7m in Japan, claims entire software Top Ten
The established Nintendo narrative amongst European journalists seems to be quite negative at the moment, but the story in Japan could hardly be better. The latest Media Create numbers for the region show that Nintendo’s 3DS was once again the best selling hardware of last week, shifting 111,857 units. This …
Read More »PS Vita selling 11,000 units a day
PlayStation handheld trails behind iPhone, iPad, 3DS and Minecraft
Read More »How do New Super Mario Bros 2 sales compare to the original?
SEQUEL WATCH: The latest data is in, and Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros 2 was the biggest selling individual format game released last week. It managed No.2 in the Chart-Track All-Formats Charts, beaten by Square Enix’s Sleeping Dogs. But how well did it perform really? Should Nintendo be happy with …
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