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This Friday marks the arrival of the anticipated 3DS price cut – but online retailer GameStop has kicked off its discount early. GameStop.co.uk is currently selling the device for just 134.97 with free delivery. This puts it some way ahead of its online competitors. Amazon is selling the handheld for …

Analysts and retailers say yes, but questions remain over the future of traditional handheld gaming. Christopher Dring reports on the effect the price cut and new games could have. Nintendo 3DS’ stuttering start had many in the trade worried. The handheld began life with a bang, shifting some 113,000 units …

Last week Nintendo president Satoru Iwata had to handle some tough questions from investors following the firm’s decision to slash the price of 3DS by a third. The transcript of this Q/A can be found on Nintendo’s investor site, and has been reprinted here. Content-based companies like Google and Amazon …

The tools are in place to ensure 3DS has a very merry Christmas, says Nintendo. The platform holder showed off its blockbuster Q4 3DS line-up – which includes Super Mario 3D, Mario Kart 3D, Resident Evil and Metal Gear – to press and retail at a showcase last month. And …

Digital push for Wii U and 3DS, but free-to-play 'could damage premium value of games'

Nintendo president Saturo Iwata has announced that he and other key executives are to significantly slash their wages. Kotaku reports that in asplendidly Japanese piece of news, Iwata himself will dock his pay cheque by 50 per cent. Other Nintendo directors have agreed to a 30 per cent cut while …

Though yesterday’s decision to slash the price of the 3DS is no doubt good news for the machine’s prospects, it has proved disastrous for Nintendo itself. Bloomberg reports that shares in the company fell by a huge 21 per cent in Japan Osaka Securities Exchange yesterday. That’s an all-time record …

The UK games trade has praised Nintendo’s decision to cut the 3DS price by around a third. Retailers are expected to be selling the machine for anything between 99 and 150 come August 12th. The move is a shot in the arm for the UK games sector, which has been …

Nintendo had confirmed new names and release dates for the 3DS’ two flagship Mario titles. Traditional platformer Super Mario will now be known as Super Mario 3D Land and will land on UK shelves in November. The new title harks back to the original Super Mario Land series on Game …

A slow start for the launch of the 3DS has bitten Nintendo hard. In its Q1 financials fro the period ending June 20th, the firm reported an operating loss of 7.7bn YEN ($483.6 million) and cut its annual profit forecast by 82 per cent from 175bn YEN to 37.7bn YEN. …