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Nintendo tonight made a number of 3DS announcements – including news it is developing a football management title. Entitled Nintendo Pocket Football Club, the game lets 3DS owners build their own football team and train up the team using cards. Think of a stripped down, cutesy Football Manager. It is …
Read More »Nintendo wasn’t concerned by Flappy Bird’s pipes
Much of the criticism aimed at now-defunct smartphone title Flappy Bird concerned allegations of IP infringement. Some quarters of the press and development community criticised the game’s creator Dong Nguyen for his use of a green pipe design that quite clearly references Nintendo’s Mario platform series. However, Nintendo spokesperson Yasuhiro …
Read More »Mario licensed to McDonald’s Happy Meals in the UK
Well that didn’t take long. Having just last week vowed to ramp up its licensing activity, Nintendo UK has struck a deal with McDonald’s. Says the McDonald’s UK site, as spotted by NintendoLife: Our next Happy Meal invites kids to Run, Jump and Power Up with Super Mario.” There’s no …
Read More »Iwata: "It’s not as simple as moving Mario onto smartphones"
Becoming a third party publisher is not the easy answer to reversing Nintendo’s ongoing problems, president Satoru Iwata has argued. Iwata vowed not to resign earlier today after Nintendo cut its sales predictions for Wii U and 3DS, leading Michael Pachter to call for the platform holder to take its …
Read More »Miyamoto says HD remakes of old Mario games are "possible"
Super Mario World HD? Super Mario 64 HD? Such things could happen, according to Nintendo design boss Shigeru Miyamoto. "That’s certainly possible,” he told a reporter panel attended by Polygon when asked if Mario HD remakes are being considered. But most of our developers are working on new games. We …
Read More »Nintendo IP stolen by Windows Store apps
Microsoft maintains responsibility for reporting infringements is with copyright holder
Read More »Mario and Luigi skins included in Rayman Legends on Wii U
The Wii U version of Rayman Legends will offer an extra goodie for Nintendo fans. Ubisoft has announced that players will after 20 minutes be able to unlock Mario and Luigi skins for the characters Rayman and Globox respectively. Hopefully the move will help pacify the many who Nintendo fans …
Read More »Iwata vows that Nintendo IP won’t go multi-platform
Don’t expect Mario, Zelda or Donkey Kong to appear on non-Nintendo platforms anytime soon. That’s the message from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who says that while the move may be of short-term benefit it would not be in the long-term interests of the platform holder. "If I was to take …
Read More »E3 2013: Nintendo lifts lid on new Wii U games
3D Mario, Mario Kart Wii U, Wii Party U and Wii Fit U all heading to home console
Read More »Father hacks Donkey Kong ROM so daughter can play as Pauline
Tenacious dad makes 'Pauline Edition' available via patch
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