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GAME OF THE DAY: Nintendo’s unrelenting critics would have you believe its mascot’s latest handheld outing is ‘Mario by the numbers’. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The moment 3DS owners start up the single-player mode of New Super Mario Bros 2, they will fall into one of two …

The days of Satoru Iwata cowering behind the sofa at the mere mention of the internet are (mostly) behind us. Nintendo has announced that New Super Mario Bros 2 will not be the only full game” download to be made available on the Nintendo eShop next week. The publisher will …

Rising Star Games will release four titles for Nintendo 3DS in the run-up to Christmas. The UK publisher’s autumn 2012 line-up kicks off in September with cerebral platformer Shifting World, which features a striking black and white art style (pictured). This will be followed by Girls’ Fashion Shoot in October, …

It has only been out a week, but already New Super Mario Bros 2 is one of the 3DS’ biggest selling video games. The game has sold 430,185 copies in Japan according to data from Enterbrain. It follows the release of the 3DS XL (or 3DS LL as it is …

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The launch of the 3DS XL is pivotal to the future fortunes of the Nintendo 3DS and early sales numbers for the handheld are encouraging. Although Nintendo has not released concrete sales numbers for the UK, Games Industry reports that the machine sold a little shy of five figures” (as …

With a 90 per cent bigger screen, more grown-up design and refined controls, 3DS XL is an attractive new device. But who has the best deal? GAME has a trade-in deal running, where you can hand over your old 3DS and buy the new machine for just 79.99 – that’s …

A second retailer is offering to sell gamers a brand new 3DS XL for just 80 if they hand over their old 3DS hardware. GAME revealed its trade-in offer earlier this week, which offered the new super-sized handheld for just 79.99 when the original 3DS – complete with box and …

Nintendo has reported a 10,331 million operating loss for the quarter ending June 30th 2012. That’s an improvement over the 93,928 million loss reported in the same period the year before. Net losses reached 17,231 million which, again, is an improvement over the 25,516 million net loss a year before. …

Retailer GAME has become the first to go live with its trade-in offer for Nintendo’s 3DS, which is released in the UK this Friday. Those willing to hand over their old console can buy the brand new machine for 79.99. That represents a 100 saving over buying the machine outright. …