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The still mysterious Nintendo NX could be the first home console from the company to be region free. Removing region-locking from current game machines presents various issues, so we don’t consider that to be very realistic,” Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata told investors, as per a translation on Neogaf. However, regarding …

High-profile Nintendo developer Hideki Konno has been put in charge of Nintendo’s smartphone game development, reports suggest. Nintendo Everything has translated a Sankei report which states that Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told investors in a Q&A that the producer of Mario Kart” had been put in charge of mobile development. …

'You may think it is a small number, but we aim to make each title a hit'

While Nintendo’s return to profitthis week was welcome, the fact that both 3DS and Wii U missed sales targets was most certainly not. To address the issue Nintendo has identified two strategies – women and DLC. Four years since its release, we are seeing a certain level of positive results …

Nintendo’s forward release schedule no longer lists a release window for the Wii U version of The Legend of Zelda. The company’s Wii U listings have both Zelda and Devil’s Third down as TBD. A few titles remain slated for 2015 including Starfox, Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem, Art …

It looks as if Nintendo’s foray into smartphone gaming will be slow to bed in. Speaking to investors, president Satoru Iwata has said that the company is currently aiming to release just five mobile titles by the end of the next financial year in March 2017. The first of these …

Whatever you think the future holds for the increasingly busy toys-to-life category, Amiibo continues to be a big success for Nintendo. The platform holder has revealed that it has now shipped 10.5m of the NFC-enabled figures worldwide. Furthermore, 7m of those – around 66 per cent – have been sent …

There’s a Splatoon demo hitting Wii U this weekend, and downloading it will net a financial reward. The digital version of the game will cost 34.99 when it’s released on May 29th. However, those who access the taster will have that price reduced to 31.49 – that’s a ten per …

Universal theme parks could soon be home to a number of rides based on Nintendo’s assorted catalogue of characters and IP. The platform holder has signed a deal with Universal Parks & Resorts to create what it describes as spectacular, dedicated experiences based on Nintendo’s wildly popular games, characters and …

Platform holder returns to profit, surpassing forecasts by more than 10bn yen