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The UK High Street has called on Nintendo once again to lower the price of Wii U. The retailers were speaking ahead of the arrival of a Mario Kart 8 Wii U bundle, which retails for around 250. Nintendo’s racer is expected to be one of the biggest Wii U …
Read More »Nintendo’s Tomodachi Life gay marriage stance draws widespread criticism
Nintendo’s refusal to revisit the heterosexual marriage requirement in 3DS game Tomodachi Life has caused an eruption of criticism across the internet. The platform holder on Wednesday said that it would not bow to pressure to patch in the ability for players of the quirky life-sim to marry others of …
Read More »Bayonetta 2 still on track for 2014
Wii U exclusive Bayonetta 2 is still due out in 2014. As part of its investor presentation Nintendo named both Bayonetta 2 and Monolith Soft’s X as part of Wii U’s 2014 release schedule for Europe, America and Japan. The Nintendo published title was announced in 2012. In June last …
Read More »3DS sales spike on Mario Golf launch in Japan
3DS sales leapt up last week in Japan on the back of Mario Golf: World Tour. In total 42,500 3DS consoles were sold for the week ending May 4th, well ahead of PS Vita and Vita TV, which has combined sales of 25,500. All data courtesy of Famitsu. It’s another …
Read More »Iwata: A fourth year of losses would be ‘unacceptable’
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has vowed to prevent Nintendo suffering another year of losses. Having reported its first ever loss in 2010, the company yesterday reported its third successive annual loss on the back of weak Wii U sales and lower than expected 3DS sales. Two and three fiscal years …
Read More »New Nintendo hardware in development for emerging markets
Nintendo is to develop a completely new console designed specifically to target China and other emerging economies. Bloomberg reports that Nintendo has opted for a brand new machine rather than trying to rustle together a cut-down version of an existing machine such as the Wii U. We want to make …
Read More »Nintendo reveals Mario Kart 8 web app
OK, it’s not quite the smartphone app we may have expected but a new Mario Kart 8 web service seems to be a step in the right direction for Nintendo. Going under the name Mario Kart TV, it will let players access race highlights and, if logged in with their …
Read More »Nintendo unveils NFP Platform for both Wii U and 3DS
A range of Mario-themed figures will use near field communication have been unveiled by Nintendo. Going under the name NFP (NFC Featured Platform or Nintendo Figurine Platform), the range will use a base station peripheral that is compatible with both Wii U and 3DS. It will use infra-red to talk …
Read More »Nintendo refuses to add gay marriage option to Tomodachi Life
Upcoming 3DS title Tomodachi life will not allow gamers to marry others of the same sex. The platform holder went to great lengths to correct reports last month that it had patched out a gay marriage bug” in the game, stressing that gay marriage was never an option in the …
Read More »3DS Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire remakes out this year
Nintendo and The Pokmon Company have announced two new Pokmon games will launch this Christmas. Pokmon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire will arrive in November for 3DS. They are both remakes of the 2003 Game Boy Advance games – Pokmon Ruby and Sapphire. Nintendo has been annualizing its Pokmon series …
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