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Universal Studios in Hollywood (LA), Orlando (Florida) and Osaka (Japan) will soon play host to dedicated Nintendo areas – which will surely be called Super Mario World, right? The parks will be joint creations from both Nintendo and Universal with the aim is making visitors feel as if they are …
Read More »Nintendo returns with new McDonalds Happy Meal tie-in
Mario will once again be gracing the boxes of McDonalds Happy Meals in the UK. NintendoLife has caught wind of a new promotion for the plumber which will roll out in the UK on January 11th and run until February 7th. It seems as if Yoshi will be the star …
Read More »Pokemon Sun and Moon pre-orders set five-year high for GameStop
GameStop has said that Pokemon Sun and Moon has been its best performing game of 2016. The RPG, which came out last week in the US and is out in the UK today, also attracted the highest pre-order numbers the retailer has seen for five years, GameSpot reports. This bodes …
Read More »Pokemon Sun and Moon sell 1.9m copies in Japan
New 3DS titles Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon have failed to match the sales of the series’ 2013 releases. Kotaku reports that Famitsu figures form the pair’s opening weekend in Japan pin unit sales at 1.905m. That’s a little short of the 2.096m sold by 2013’s Pokemon X and Y. …
Read More »Bethesda finally confirms Nintendo Switch support
Elder Scrolls publisher Bethesda has for the first time confirmed that it will be supporting the Nintendo Switch. I love it,” Bethesda director Todd Howard told Glixel when asked what he thought about Nintendo’s new console. I got to play it. I will tell you – well, maybe that’s an …
Read More »eBay promoting NES Classic scalping in the US
Online auction giant eBay is encouraging owners of Nintendo’s NES Classic to sell the machine on its site for a big profit. Scalping has become a frustrating phenomenon for buyers. Some people will buy hard to find items with the express intention of selling them on at a mark-up, starving …
Read More »Mario and Skyrim will be launch Switch games, reports claim
Both the new 3D Mario adventure and Bethesda’s RPG Skyrim will launch alongside the Nintendo Switch in March. That’s according to Lets Play Video Games, which says that the Mario title will feature a 3D open world hub and a structure similar to Mario 64. Online co-op multiplayer will also …
Read More »Pirated Pokemon Sun and Moon players sees 3DS banned from Nintendo servers
Nintendo has handed out a severe punishment to those who have pirated Pokemon Sun and Moon. Kotaku reports that many players who had downloaded a pirated version of the RPG that has been doing the rounds have suddenly found themselves left with an offline-only 3DS. The ban doesn’t just pertain …
Read More »EA’s Blake Jorgensen “can’t yet predict” appeal of Nintendo Switch
EA are committed to bringing 1-2 big titles to the Switch
Read More »EA expresses uncertainty about Switch’s market appeal
Publisher EA has spoken cautiously about the prospects for Nintendo’s new Switch console. We’re excited for Nintendo, it’s an interesting device,” EA CFO Blake Jorgensen said at a UBS technology conference, as reported by Gamasutra. But I can’t yet predict how broad it’s going to be, and [if people will] …
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