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Intelligent Systems’ upcoming turn-based strategy titleCode Name S.T.E.A.M. will arrive on 3DS in March, Nintendo announced during The Game Awards this past weekend. Nintendo premiered a new trailer at the event showing off the game’s colorful steampunk-themed world that pits a team assembled by Abraham Lincoln against a swarm of …
Read More »Amiibo prices hiked as talk of supply problems emerges
It appears that supply problems are hitting a range of Nintendo products, with retailers being forced to cancel some pre-orders and others increasing their prices. NintendoLife spotted that GAME has upped the price of Amiibo figures from 11.99 to 14.99 and even has receipts from one store to prove it. …
Read More »Pokemon Omega and Alpha ship 7.7m units worldwide
Pokmon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire have moved more than 7.7m units internationally, The Pokmon Company has revealed. Siliconera reports on the company’s announcement, which arrives just one week after it had confirmed the game had combined for over 3m copies between Japan, US and other launch day territories on …
Read More »Legless Princess Peach Amiibo wants in on the Ebay auction action
The rush to sell defective Amiibo figures for sky-high prices is on. Earlier this week a Samus Aran figure with two blasters sold for $2,500 on Ebay and now it seems other consumers with dodgy figures are hoping for similar success. NintendoLife has caught wind of a Princess Peach Amiibo …
Read More »Sakurai suggests there may never be another Smash Bros game
Smash Bros creeator Masahiro Sakurai says that the recent Wii U game could be the final game to be released in the series. "I can’t positively declare there won’t be [another Smash Bros game]," he told Game Informer, as reported by CVG. "With both Melee and Brawl, I made those …
Read More »Nintendo investigating Wii U memory corruption error
A ‘system memory’ error that has reportedly left some users with a bricked Wii U console is being investigated by Nintendo. The company told Joystiq that it is aware of reports concerning error codes 160-0103 and 160-1710 that can "affect the ability of the system to function properly" for a …
Read More »Zelda Symphony tour returns to London next year
A third worldwide outing for The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses concert series has been announced. The tour will grace London’s Wembley Arena on April 17th 2015, with additional European dates to be announced in the near future”. The event will feature music from 3DS title A Link …
Read More »Nintendo and Philips settle legal dispute
An ongoing legal disagreement between Nintendo and Philips has been brought to a close. In May Philips tried to halt sales of Nintendo’s assorted devices in the US, alleging that two of its motion control patents had been infringed – a claim that was upheld by a US court the …
Read More »Sonic Boom and Bayonetta 2 chart below FIFA 13 in the UK Wii U chart
Few documents make as interesting a read as the UK Wii U charts. Let’s start with the unsurprising news – new release Super Smash Bros has this week debuted at No.1 (despite the fact the Wii U release was only able to propel the game to 13th in the UKIE …
Read More »Defective Samus Aran Amiibo sells for $2,500 on Ebay
A defective version of Nintendo’s Samus Aran Amiibo figure has sold for an incredible amount on auction site Ebay. The $12.99 figure of the Metroid star is supposed to ship with just the one arm cannon. However, a seemingly one-off version was found sporting twin arm cannons. The figure’s NFC …
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