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Pokmon Sun and Moon have collectively sold 14.69m units, Nintendo confirmed this morning, making it the company’s third best-selling 3DS game to date. The figure comes from the company’s latest consolidated financial results for the nine months ended December 31st 2016. After a stellar sales period over Christmas, Pokmon Sun …
Read More »Mario Maker, Pikmin and Yoshi’s Woolly World are 3DS bound
The NX may be as much portable as it is home console, but that isn’t stopping Nintendo’s support of its existing handheld. The company yesterday announced a trio of top IP for the device. First off, Super Mario Maker will be making the jump from Wii U to 3DS under …
Read More »Popular speedrunner has Mario Maker levels wiped by Nintendo
Nintendo’s turbulent relationship with the online games community continues to fumble along. Kotaku reports that the platform holder has seen fit to wipe clean all of the Mario Maker levels created by speedrunner David ‘GrandPOObear’ Hunt. Streaming Mario Maker is 90 per cent of my stream, which is 90 per …
Read More »Super Mario Maker is getting a promotional Mercedes-Benz level
Mercedes Benz is to release a promotional piece of free level DLC for Super Mario Maker. It’s not the first time the pair have teamed up – there was also some Mercedes content released for Mario Kart 8. The Mario maker course, called Jump’n’Drive, is due to be released today, …
Read More »Nintendo demoing games lineup across select US malls this holiday season
Nintendo will again travel to over a dozen malls scattered throughout the US to showcase its latest wares available for the holiday season. Running from November 23rd through December 20th, the company will have demo kiosks set up in 16 locations. Games that will be on display include Super Mario …
Read More »GAME responds to spate of MGS5, Mario Maker and Fallout 4 pre-order problems
It’s been a couple of rough months for GAME customers, to say the least. In June, the GAME-exclusive Batmobile Edition of Batman Arkham Knight was pulled from sales days before release. The retailer reimbursed affected gamers with a 20 voucher in lieu of their missing purchase, blaming unforeseen circumstances that …
Read More »Mid-level checkpoint feature coming to Super Mario Maker this week
A new update is set to arrive for Super Mario Maker this week, bringing the ability to place mid-level checkpoints and a few other notable additions. The patch, which is expected out from Nintendo on November 4th, gives level designers the option to drop one or more flags throughout their …
Read More »FIFA 16 debuts in third in Japanese retail charts as Mario Maker returns to top
Wii U exclusive Super Mario Maker is riding high once again in Japan, as it fought off competition from Uncharted and FIFA to take the chart top spot. The DIY Nintendo title’s closest competitor came in the form of newcomer Pro Yakyu FamiSta Returns, which placed second, according to the …
Read More »MGS V, Super Mario Maker top YouTube’s trending games for September
YouTube has released its top ten trending” games from last month, with the chart showing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Super Mario Maker out in front for the period. Behind the pair, sports titles NBA 2K16 and FIFA 16 finished third and fourth respectively, though Madden 16 …
Read More »Super Mario Maker sells over 1m copies worldwide
Super Mario Maker has sold more than 1m units worldwide in its first three weeks available, Nintendo has revealed. In that time, players have created 2.2m levels that have been played nearly 75m times. "For Mario fans around the world, including myself, Super Mario Maker was a dream 30 years …
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