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Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of super-cute IP such as Mario, Donkey Kong and Zelda, has confessed his desire to make a first person shooter. Don’t hold your breath for this intriguing concept, however – the Nintendo development boss says he hasn’t got the time to dedicate to such a project …

'The Wii carved out a large niche for itself away from PS3 and Xbox 360', says Yoshida

News that Nintendo’s Wii U WILL support two GamePads after all has come as a relief – but don’t expect the feature to be ready for launch. Nintendo had initially stated that the console would only support one GamePad at a time, but this stance was changed at E3 last …

Nintendo president Saturo Iwata is open to partnering with developers on exclusive Wii U titles – but not if he has to pay up for the privilege. While rivals Sony and Microsoft both have a history of paying for exclusivity deals for key IP, that has never been a road …

US analyst Michael Pachter believes that Nintendo must price the Wii U below $300 – that translates to 190 – if it is to succeed at retail. Ideally, he told CVG, he’d like to see it priced at $250 or less. That would mean a highly unlikely 161 in the …

Nintendo is to cut its employees’ summer bonuses by 20 per cent after poor performance this year, according to a report. Japanese business outletNikkeiclaims that the console giant has taken the action after declining demand for Wii hardware and software. The decision to make cuts comes despite the Nintendo 3DS …

Poor performance of Wii and 3DS blamed for pay reduction

Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall is the latest celeb to star in Nintendo’s TV ads. Cattrall – who played the promiscuous Samantha Jones in the long-running US sictom – appears in a fresh ad for Super Mario 3D Land, which arrived on retail shelves last November. The video’s …

Emilian-Walter Lorenz to spearhead development of global product and marketing departments

Iconic Nintendo IP in the works for next-gen console