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US digital and satellite cable network Disney XD will air an hour-long special featuring Mario Kart 8 competitions next week, Nintendo has revealed. Dubbed Clash of the Karts: Mario Kart 8, the show is scheduled for December 5th at 8pm in both US Eastern and Pacific time zones. Clash of …
Read More »Nintendo NX predicted to ship 12m units in 2016
Nintendo’s next home console is set for an explosive start. That’s according to component suppliers for the NX cited by DigiTimes, who have pegged first-year shipments for the new hardware at between 10 and 12 million. That is, of course, if the mysterious new machine launches when it is rumoured …
Read More »Nintendo now selling standalone Wii U Gamepads
Wii U owners are finally able to buy the Wii U Gamepad separately from the console. Kotaku reports that Nintendo Japan has confirmed that the Gamepad can be bought for 12,800 (70) from today in Japan, There’s no word yet of standalone availability in other regions. Prior to the Wii …
Read More »Nintendo launches official eBay store
Gamers looking for a cheaper Wii U or 3DS now have an official route to score a cheaper console. Nintendo has opened its own eBay storefront, featuring a range of software and hardware deals. Among the current offering is 2DS consoles, new NFC readers for Amiibo figurines, controllers, games and …
Read More »Activision leads US TV ad race
The flurry of triple-A console releases has seen console publishers race back to the top of the TV advertisement battle in the US. VentureBeat reports Activision claimed 36 per cent of what is referred to as the digital share of voice (SOV) of the entire game industry’s TV ad output …
Read More »Brett Ratner producing Tetris origin film – report
Filmmaker Brett Ratner is reportedly producing a film based on Tetris creator Alexy Pajitnov. According toTracking Board, Pajitnov will be the subject of a feature-length biopic produced by Ratner – known for directing X-Men: The Last Stand and Rush Hour. The report further states the film appears to draw comparison …
Read More »Pachter: Nintendo NX is ‘doomed’ without third-party backing
Games industry analyst Michael Pachter has said that third-party support is vital to the success of Nintendo’s next home console. Writing in a column published by SIFTD (and then reported by Nintendo Insider), the Wedbush analyst said that the NX would be ‘doomed’ from the off if it fails to …
Read More »Western Xenoblade Chronicles X does away with boob size adjustment slider
Details of further edits to the European and American versions of Wii U RPG Xenoblade Chronicles X have provoked yet more bizarre censorship allegations. Siliconera reports that in the Japanese version of the game the character creator allows users to control breast size with a slider, allowing the game’s 13-year-old …
Read More »Nintendo wins major piracy protection court ruling
Nintendo has successfully taken an Italian seller of devices designed to allow pirated games to run to court – and won. The decision was made by the First Instance Tribunal of Milan against an importer and seller of so-called ‘circumvention devices’, with game copiers and mod chips given as two …
Read More »Can Yo-Kai Watch repeat Pokémon’s success in the West?
A kids game for handhelds that involves capturing fantastical creatures, then battling them against rival monsters. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. No, it’s not Pokmon we speak of, but newcomer Yo-Kai Watch. Like Nintendo’s critter-catcher, the ghost-hunting series has taken Japan by storm, crossing from 3DS into …
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