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Read More »Pachter: Nintendo is "in a world of trouble right now"
The release of Wii U came two years too late to save Nintendo from a poor showing in the coming console battleground, it has been claimed. Nintendo’s in a world of trouble right now,” Michael Pachter told ABC News 10. By the time they did launch a console that stacks …
Read More »UPDATED: GAME actively promoting Ouya’s SNES emulation
Retailer GAME has chosen to highlight Ouya’s emulation functionality as part of its promotion for the console. GAME’s Ouya splash page features, amongst other things, the logo for popular SNES emulator Super GNES. The free software allows users to run any game for which they have downloaded a ROM (a …
Read More »Iwata says Nintendo must region lock due to "cultural acceptance and legal restrictions"
Nintendo looks unlikely to respond to pressure to reverse its region-locking policy with Wii U and 3DS. "From some people’s perspective, it might seem like a kind of restriction,” Nintendo president Saturo Iwata told IGN. However, we hope people can appreciate the fact that we’re selling our products worldwide. "There …
Read More »EB Games Australia denies Wii U Basic recall
The future of the Basic model of Wii U was further questioned when reports suggested Australian retailer EB Games would be recalling the SKU. Sources told Vooks that the specialist was pulling the console from shelves, but the site has since received a statement denying that this is the case. …
Read More »Wii U karaoke download game coming this year
No family console is complete without a karaoke game. And while Wii U already has Sing Party, released back in January, Nintendo has announced a new digital offering for any aspiring popstars. Wii Karaoke U by Joysound will be made available via the Nintendo eShop as a free download. Players …
Read More »77PR wins Nintendo UK contract
London based agency 77PR has been appointed to handle Nintendo UK’s consumer lifestyle PR. The company previously worked with Nintendo on the Wii U’s launch in December 2012. From this point on it will also handle consumer press relations regarding game and hardware launches. Specialist and technology press enquiries will …
Read More »Angry Birds Trilogy catapulting to Wii and Wii U
Shock news – there are formats on which Angry Birds has not yet been released. Although that is shortly about to change. Activision has announced that Angry Birds Trilogy will be released on both Wii and Wii U on August 16th. The Wii U version offers play on either the …
Read More »Bethesda has no interest in smartphones, Facebook or Nintendo
There is an assortment of emerging markets out there – and Bethesda is interested in hardly any of them. We don’t have Facebook stuff. We don’t have mobile stuff. We feel like we really know who we are and we know what we’re good at,” Bethesda VP of PR and …
Read More »Miyamoto on ‘the damsel in distress’
Changing demographics are pushing the industry to new gender roles, says industry icon
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