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Nintendo has announced three new titles for the 3DS – Mario & Luigi RPG, Donkey Kong Country 3D and Mario Golf. Revealed by Satoru Iwata himself – complete with a flattering green Luigi cap – Mario & Luigi RPG takes place in Luigi’s dreams. Mario Golf, meanwhile, is being developed …
Read More »Tank! Tank! Tank! goes free-to-play on Wii U
Action game ditches pay-up-front model after poor critical and commercial reception
Read More »3DS struggles are entirely our own fault, Iwata says
Saturo Iwata accepted responsibility for lower than expected international sales of the 3DS. Having already pointed a finger at its international teams for the disappointing performance of Wii U to date, the Nintendo boss also believes that the company has only itself to blame for the handheld’s current performance. It …
Read More »Nintendo’s digital sales stand at £75.6m for current financial year
Digital sales across Nintendo platforms currently stand at 11.1bn for the current financial year. That equates to 75.6m in real money. The figure puts Nintendo on track to beat the record digital revenues it posted in 2010, when Wii was riding high as the DSi was fresh on the market. …
Read More »Iwata doubts cloud gaming future
'I find it strange that many people claim cloud gaming is the future,' says Nintendo president
Read More »Scribblenauts Unlimited suffers last minute delay on Wii U and 3DS
Nintendo has announced a surprise delay to Scribblenauts Unlimited just three days before its planned UK release. No specific reason was given and, perhaps more surprisingly, no new date has been announced. We are sorry to announce that Scribblenauts Unlimited, a game developed by Warner Bros Interactive and 5th Cell …
Read More »Iwata: Fires warning shot to staff, intends to "revive momentum of overseas operations"
Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata appears to have issued a thinly veiled warning to the company’s international management teams. He’s a man who clearly believes in his hardware. So why is it struggling? Simple, Iwata argues – Nintendo is not selling it right. And territories in which the console is underperforming …
Read More »Nintendo rules out Wii U price cut despite "not delivering value proposition" to consumers
The price of the Wii U will not be cut by Nintendo in the near future. That’s despite, by Nintendo’s own admission, the fact that Wii U has not delivered a value proposition” to consumers. But with the company still selling the machine at a loss, it has no room …
Read More »Full Havok engine suite comes to Wii U
Free binary downloads of middleware outfit's Physics and Animation tools now available to developers
Read More »Brain Training 3DS set for April
The next game in the Brain Training series will hit UK shelves on April 12th. The snappily titled Dr. Kawashima’s Devilish Brain Training: Can You Stay Focused? is a 3DS exclusive, and will be available to buy from retail and the Nintendo eShop on the same day. The Brain Training …
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