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An error or a wonderfully generous sale? Either way, a host of top Nintendo IP can be had for pennies on the Nintendo Store right now. Digital versions of Wii U titles The Wonderful 101 and Pikmin 3 are currently available for 8.95 each while Animal Crossing: New Leaf and …
Read More »Nintendo apologises for ongoing TVii no-show on Wii U
As is now obviously apparent, Nintendo’s TVii service for Wii U owners did not hit its 2013 launch date for Europe. TVii is supposed to allow users to access TV channels and streaming video services. A button for the service remains doggedly present on the Wii U in the UK, …
Read More »China console ban lifted, but new restrictions coming
Console sales 'fresh air,' but government still looking to 'block flies and mosquitoes'
Read More »Early Wii U hardware underpowered and suffered from a poor tool chain, claims dev
But indies defend console, saying criticisms only reflect early iterations of SDK and praise Nintendo support
Read More »Nintendo snaps up patents from failed legal opponent
IA Labs once tried to sue Nintendo over Wii Fit patents – patents which are now the proud property of Nintendo. Kotaku reports that the company three years ago failed in an effort to sue Nintendo and was as a result ordered to pay the platform holder’s court costs. It …
Read More »Nintendo buys IA Labs’ patent portfolio
Four years of "patent troll" litigation ends with sheriff's sale
Read More »Next Level Games developing exclusively for Nintendo
'They give you the time to make the games good,' says producer
Read More »Next Level Games ‘super happy’ with Nintendo relationship
Luigi’s Mansion: 2 developer Next Level Games is more than happy pinning its flag to the Nintendo mast. The Canadian indie is behind a number of Nintendo exclusives such as the Wii version of Punch-Out and Mario Strikers charged. It also developed the Wii versions of Tom Clancy: Ghost Recon …
Read More »China selling consoles boosts Sony and Nintendo
PlayStation boss Andrew House says that China allowing the sale of game consoles will be a huge boost to PS4. Meanwhile, Nintendo’s stock has risen 11 per cent on the country allowing the sale of consoles from its free trade zone in Shanghai, reports the BBC. China’s games market is …
Read More »China lifts ban on foreign console sales
14 year embargo temporarily withdrawn
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