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Read More »Splatoon has sold 1m units worldwide
Nintendo says that more than 1m copies of Splatoon has sold worldwide. This is according to the firm’s own internal metrics, and includes digital and physical sales. 230,000 of the sales were from Europe, 368,000 from Japan and a further 476,000 in the US. 20,000 units have also been sold …
Read More »Nintendo approached Burnout dev Criterion to make F-Zero game
The Wii U was meant to launch with a new F-Zero title when it came out in 2012. That’s according to Nintendo Life,who reports that Burnout developer Vriterion was approached by Nintendo to make a new entry in the fast-paced sci-fi racer in 2011. The plan was for Nintendo to …
Read More »Miyamoto blames high price and tablets for Wii U struggles
‘After Wii U, we're hoping that next time it will be a very big hit’
Read More »Price and tablets to blame for Wii U’s struggles, Miyamoto claims
Nintendo design legend Shigeru Miyamoto has openly discussed the Wii U’s market struggles, blaming the machine’s high RRP and the rise of tablets for its inability to take off. The price point was one that ended up getting a little higher than we wanted,” the developer told NPR. But what …
Read More »Altus bringing 3DS JRPG The Legend of Legacy to North America
Atlus is publishing a western release of Furyu’s JRPG The Legend of Legacy, though the version appears to be limited to North America for the time being. The game will release both at physical retail shops and digitally this holiday season for $40 in the US and $50 in Canada. …
Read More »Nintendo exec wants fans to ‘take more risks on the eShop’
The senior manager of marketing in Nintendo of America’s licensing department has urged the company’s fans to be a bit more adventurous with the digital content they buy. "It seems like a lot of the Nintendo fans and consumers they gravitate towards nostalgia, they gravitate towards platformer and puzzle action …
Read More »Reggie Fils-Aime explains Nintendo’s anti-VR stance
“It’s not fun, and it’s not social. It’s just tech.”
Read More »Fils-Aime: VR is not fun and not social
Nintendo was the first games company to do 3D and the first to do augmented reality, but it looks highly unlikely it will be joining the virtual reality party. Whether it was the new AR ventures of Microsoft’s Hololens or the blossoming VR movement driven by Oculus Rift and Steam …
Read More »Nintendo held back Zelda Wii U from E3 as it ‘didn’t want to frustrate’ people
The Legend of Zelda for Wii U was not shown at E3 this week as Nintendo didn’t want to frustrate people who hoped it might be released this year. Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto has already had to assure fans that the already delayed game is still in development for Wii …
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