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Read More »Nintendo sexes up Mario 3DS campaign
Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall is the latest celeb to star in Nintendo’s TV ads. Cattrall – who played the promiscuous Samantha Jones in the long-running US sictom – appears in a fresh ad for Super Mario 3D Land, which arrived on retail shelves last November. The video’s …
Read More »E3 2012: ‘3DS will attract more Western devs’, says Nintendo
Reggie Fils-Aime confident a proliferation of Western games is due for the handheld
Read More »Fire Emblem: Awakening heading to North America
Nintendo has announced 3DS tactical RPG Fire Emblem: Awakening will arrive in North America. The publisher popped up on Twitter with the reveal, following no mention of the title at their 3DS showcase at E3. No release target, pricing or other relevant info was unveiled, but Nintendo has promised ‘more …
Read More »NINTENDO: LEGO does GTA on Wii U
Warner Bros has revealed the first details about LEGO City Undercover for Wii U – and there’s a whiff of Grand Theft Auto about it. Nintendo showed the first trailer for the game during it’s E3 Press Conference, showing what appeared to be an open world LEGO title in which …
Read More »E3 2012: Nintendo says 3DS XL talk is "speculative"
Nintendo has done little to douse the fires of speculation by describing the speculative report of a new 3DS as… speculative. MCV yesterday reported that Japanese news outlet Nikkei believes that the platform holder will tonight unveil a redesigned 3DS with a bigger screen. It adds that the machine will …
Read More »E3 2012: Nintendo ‘set to reveal 3DS XL’
Japanese newspaper Nikkei reporting large screen version of handheld unveiling is due
Read More »E3 2012: Large-screen 3DS rumoured for E3 reveal
Nintendo will tomorrow announce a large-screen version of the 3DS, Japanese news outlet Nikkei. As reported via Andriasang, it speculates that the new hardware will boast a 4.3 inch screen – 1.5 times the size of that found on the current device. It adds that the hardware could hit Europe, …
Read More »Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate on 3DS confirmed
The rumoured Castlevania: Lords of Shadow sequel has been confirmed by a cover story in the latest Nintendo Power. Go Nintendo provides the details on the magazine feature, which reveals Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate for the 3DS. According to the feature, Trevor Belmont will take on …
Read More »Sequel rumoured for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Konami is said to be working on a sequel to 3D hack ‘n’ slash title Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Eurogamer reports that the Wii U version had originally been planned as being more or less the same as another rumoured release – 2D outing Castelvania: Mirror of Fate on 3DS. …
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