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Read More »Forget Mario on smartphones – Iwata wants smartphone games on Nintendo
The calls for Nintendo to release its games on smartphone may seem relentless, but it seems like the platform holder has other plans. Polar opposite plans, in fact. Kotaku reports that president Satoru Iwata told Nikkei that far from bringing Mario to iPhone, the company instead plans on bringing more …
Read More »Pokémon World Championship boasts $2m prize pool
The Pokémon Company has announced that its 2015 Pokémon World Championships will offer $2m in prizes. Organizers have detailed locations and dates for the US Pokémon Winter Regional Championship tournaments. The US regional tourneys take place later this month at the following locations: St. Louis, MO: February 14-15 – St. …
Read More »Gold and silver Mario Amiibos spotted on Nintendo website
Nintendo looks to be taking a leaf out of its toys-to-life competitor’s books by releasing variants of its existing Amiibo figures. Neogaf users perusing a product safety certification page posted to Nintendo’s website spotted that two of the links (both of which are now removed) led to images of a …
Read More »Nintendo: The time is now for Monster Hunter to crack the West
Nintendo says that the launch of Monster Hunter 4 could be the moment the Japanese smash hit franchise finally cracks the West. Monster Hunter is regularly amongst Japan’s best-selling games, shifting millions of units with each new release. But has yet to catch on in the same way in Europe …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Jo Bartlett
Before joining the games sector, Jo Bartlett worked in PR for galleries, film festivals and DVD releases. She moved to Jackie Cooper PR working on PlayStation’s sponsorship and cultural projects, which saw her ‘hooked’ on the games industry. She continued across various agencies working on PlayStation’s PR activities, as well …
Read More »Club Nintendo America bumps up catalogue in run-up to closure
As the end draws near for Club Nintendo, the American branch of the reward program has added a host of new options to its catalogue. Nintendo Life reports that new physical rewards include a Fierce Deity Link Jigsaw Puzzle and a Majora’s Mask 3D ‘messenger bag’. There are also over …
Read More »VIDEO: Live-action TV ad ready for Majora’s Mask 3DS launch
Nintendo has unleashed a live-action TV ready to maximise the nostalgia surrounding the upcoming release of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D. The 30-second short is small on detail, but gives a basic outline of the game’s plot and draws successfully on a number of iconic images and sounds …
Read More »PewDiePie and other YouTubers dismiss Nintendo’s proposed revenue sharing plan
Nintendo’s latest attempt to reach out to YouTubers has been ill received. Fuck you Nintendo,” PewDiePie said of the latest proposal, in which Nintendo would offer video creators between 60-70 per cent of their ad revenues in return for permission to create videos featuring its products. What they are missing …
Read More »Smash Bros creator says he might quit games
The creator of Nintendo’s Smash Bros series may abandon games development following the stress of producing the latest instalment for Wii U. Writing inFamitsu– spotted byKotaku– Masahiro Sakurai responded to various fan letters, including one that sympathised with how worn out he had previously appeared when discussing how difficult development …
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