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Read More »Free-to-play Steel Diver surfaces on 3DS eShop
A free-to-play take on 3DS title Steel Diver is coming to Nintendo’s eShop today. Steel Diver: Sub Wars is free to download and comes with two subs and two missions, as well as four-on-four competitive multiplayer. Players can upgrade the game to a premium version which allows includes 18 submarines …
Read More »Nintendo reveals football management game, sets release dates for Mario Golf and Kirby
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 »Mario Kart 8 gets UK release date
The biggest game on the Wii U release calendar has a UK release date. The game will launch on May 30th, and will let players control Bowser’s minions for the first time. Mario Kart 8 does not particularly use the Wii U GamePad to any particular degree, but it remains …
Read More »Watch Dogs Wii U delayed
The Wii U version of Watch Dogs is still in development, but won’t launch alongside the rest of the game’s platforms this spring. The delay was confirmed during Ubisoft’s call to investors this week, where the publisher again committed to a spring release target for the title on PC, PS3, …
Read More »Yoshi’s New Island 3DS XL bundle lands next month – report
Nintendo is reportedly dialing up a Yoshi’s New Island 3DS XL bundle for the game’s launch next month. IGN reports on UK retailer Base’s listing for the package in question, as well as confirmation that North America will receive the bundle as well. The report points out that Base’s listing …
Read More »Pokemon Bank 3DS app launches across multiple regions
The Pokemon Bank 3DS app for Pokemon X & Y has arrived in several territories, including Europe and North America. The app is available now on the Nintendo 3DS eShop in Australia, Europe, New Zealand, and North America. It had previously been exclusive to Japan and a few other countries …
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 »Sega says 2015 Sonic game won’t be multi-platform
Sega has shot down rumours that its next Nintendo-exclusive Sonic title will go multi-format. The publisher’s community manager Kellie Parker took to the Sega forums and said thatthe information from Nuremburg Toy Fair – which stated that 2015’s Sonic game would be coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Wii …
Read More »Iwata: Nintendo console development should be like mobile
Standardised programming between systems and generation leaps could increase amount of software on new hardware
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