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Mind Candy title reigns atop the Nintendo handheld chart for unprecedented 15 weeks

'I can't speak to the motivations of the company, as they are not a pure research firm'

In 1987 Nintendo introduced European gamers to The Legend of Zelda. The title was unique in the way that it combined action, adventure, exploration and even a basic levelling up system. It also introduced gamers to the boy hero Link, the evil king Ganon, the princess Zelda and the land …

Market share dwindling for Nintendo and Sony's older hardware

Nintendo’s 3DS will not be released in any territory this side of Christmas. Instead, the format holder has confirmed at a conference in Japan today that the device will roll out globally in late Q1 2011 – and with a price close to 200, as MCV and our retail sources …

Apple claims handheld dominance; Game Center arriving next week; 120m iOS devices shipped

A raft of third-parties are on-board to make games for the Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata unveiled a list of publishers supporting the device during the firm’s E3 press conference today. These include: Activision, Atlus, AQ, Namco Bandai Games, Capcom, EA, Harmonix, Hudson, Konami, Tecmo Koei, Level 5, Majesco, …

A classic Nintendo DS franchise is confirmed for the 3DS: Nintendogs. But this time the game is called ‘Nintendogs & Cats’. The game was described by Nintendo president Iwata as famed deisgner Shigeru Miyamoto’s ‘update’ to the classic Nintendo DS title, which sold millions of copies globally and helped define …

Nintendo’s 3DS has charged out the gate at E3 – it already boasts major support from Hollywood studios working on 3D movies. Disney and Dreamworks are the first on board. Their movies Tangled and How to Train Your Dragon will be released for the device – presumably at retail – …

Very few specifics are known about Nintendo’s 3DS, the new handheld it will unveil next week. We know it will boast a glasses-free 3D display, and be backwards compatible with the old DS software – but Nintendo is keeping back many details until its E3 press conference next week. However …