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Patents filed by platform holder describe additional devices used to boost performance of a console
Read More »Patent suggests Nintendo NX could be cloud-based and upgradable
A new US patent from Nintendo seems to suggest that a new system from the company – presumably the NX – can draw on other computing devices for additional processing power. Patent application 20150343306 describes a system where a unit described as the ‘game console’ can then connect – either …
Read More »Pokémon Go and Ingress developer Niantic opens Tokyo office
Google Japan veteran to head up location focused on new platform creation
Read More »Shovel Knight Amiibo hitting Europe a month before US
Developer Yacht Club Games has announced a December 11th release for the Shovel Knight figure in Europe. However, it won’t be hitting North America until January 8th. It will be priced at 10.99 and $12.99 respectively. It was an agonizing decision, as production difficulties forced us to choose between rushing …
Read More »VIDEO: Reggie Fils-Aime pays tribute to Satoru Iwata
Last night’s The Game Awards saw Nintendo’s American boss Reggie Fils-Aime deliver a touching tribute to the company’s late boss Satoru Iwata. Iwata passed away in July of bile duct cancer. He was aged 55. "One of the most over-used words in the English language is unique,” Fils-Aime said. That’s …
Read More »Nintendo says Quality of Life lives on, consumers aren’t using Amiibo as intended
The Quality of Life aspirations of the late Satoru Iwata remain in development at Nintendo. That’s the message from Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima, although the exec remained relatively cagey on the subject in what was an otherwise pretty frank interview. Mr Iwata had, when he previously talked about the quality …
Read More »NX is ‘something unique and different’ and ‘not the next Wii or Wii U’
Nintendo’s NX console will not follow the path laid out by either the Wii or the Wii U. I’ve said it’s different and obviously a new experience,” Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima told TIME. If you look back to the beginning of our conversation today, we talked about the transition from …
Read More »Boxed release planned for Pokemon Rumble World
Nintendo’s free-to-play 3DS outing Pokmon Rumble World is to receive a microtransaction-free digital release. The boxed version, which will be released on January 22nd, will have all of the original’s in-app purchases removed. Instead, players will start with a large reserve of the in-game currency Pok Diamonds. More will then …
Read More »Over 300,000 consoles sold during Black Friday week in the UK
315,000 games consoles were sold during the Black Friday week. UK retailers told MCV that it was PS4 that was the best-selling machine, with around 139,000 consoles sold. But it was very close between Sony and Microsoft, with Xbox One shifting almost 134,000 units. Note that these figures run from …
Read More »Mobile giant DeNA cuts around 50 staff in Singapore
Restructure follows consecutive months of financial woes as stocks and sales fall
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