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Sales of Nintendo’s latest portable surged last week after retailers cut the price. 2DS was launched three weeks ago alongside Pokmon X and Y. The machine was on sale for around 110, but last week major retailers including Argos, Amazon and Tesco cut the machine to under 100 to coincide …
Read More »Nintendo suspends 3DS messaging service over photo sharing abuse
Nintendo has suspended its Swapnote service (aka Nintendo Letter Box) for the 3DS after discovering some consumers have been using the messaging app to exchange offensive” photographic material. The company explains on its website that some users, including minors, have been exchanging friend codes on the Internet and then using …
Read More »Animal Crossing: New Leaf surpasses 6m copies sold
Nintendo has released new lifetime numbers for a batch of its best-selling first-party 3DS titles. Animal Crossing: New Leaf is the clear leader of the pack with 6.35m units sold. It took the game less than a year from its original Japan launch to reach the figure. Behind it, Luigi’s …
Read More »Sega classics coming to 3DS
Eight classic Sega titles have received 3D makeovers ready for a digital release on Nintendo’s 3DS. 3D Space Harrier, 3D Super Hang-On, 3D Sonic The Hedgehog, 3D Altered Beast, 3D Ecco the Dolphin, 3D Galaxy Force II, 3D Shinobi III, and 3D Streets of Rage will be released in batches …
Read More »Codemasters to release F1 Race Stars: Powered Up Edition digitally on Wii U
A digital-only F1 game is on the way to Wii U from Codemasters. It’s called F1 Race Stars: Powered Up Edition and is basically a beefed-up version of the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC racer released last November. Despite its Mario Kart-like appearance it features lots of officially licensed real …
Read More »Nintendo sold just 460,000 Wii Us in last six months
Lifetime sales for console sit at 3.91m nearly a year after launch
Read More »Wii U sold just 460k units in the last six months
Nintendo’s latest financial report has revealed more disappointing sales for Nintendo’s Wii U. Over the company’s last six months Wii U has sold just 460k units worldwide, with 300k of those selling in the quarter ending September 30th. It admitted that the release of Pikmin 3 and Wind Waker HD …
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 »Time also called on Wii in Europe
If you’re in the UK and in the market for a Wii, now is the time to act. Having confirmed that the machine is no longer being supplied to the Japanese market, Nintendo has now revealed that Europe too will not be receiving any further stock of the machine. Wii …
Read More »The Wii lives on in America
Nintendo has confirmed that American retail will continue to be supplied with Wii consoles. MCV reported earlier this week that a message on the Wii page of Nintendo’s Japanese site confirmed that production of the console had ceased in the region. However, that does not reflect its fate elsewhere. "The …
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