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Excitement for Wii U is building, but Nintendo is spending significant marketing money to ensure 3DS grows this season, too. Speaking to MCV in her first interview since taking the role of marketing and PR director at Nintendo UK, Shelly Pearce said the firm expects the handheld to do good …
Read More »Nintendo sexes up Mario 3DS campaign
Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall is the latest celeb to star in Nintendo’s TV ads. Cattrall – who played the promiscuous Samantha Jones in the long-running US sictom – appears in a fresh ad for Super Mario 3D Land, which arrived on retail shelves last November. The video’s …
Read More »Super Mario and Pikmin 3 confirmed for E3
A new Super Mario game and Pikmin 3 for Wii U will make their debuts at E3, Nintendo has officially announced. News of the new games broke yesterday in a Spanish language interview with Nintendo’s development boss Shigeru Miyamoto. In a recent interview, Mr. Miyamoto confirmed that a new Pikmin …
Read More »Miyamoto confirms Super Mario Wii U
It would appear that none other than Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed that a brand new Super Mario game will be announced for Wii U at E3. The confirmation comes from an interview with Spanish language website El Mundo, as deciphered from Google’s translation (and a translation from forum Neogaf). Could …
Read More »Nintendo registers domain for Super Mario 4
Nintendo has quietly registered a domain for ‘supermario4.com’. An IGN reader spotted the filing, and the site furthers the discussion by considering if it relates to the new 2D Mario adventure game Nintendo announced at its last investor’s presentation earlier this year. Outside of a release date that was to …
Read More »Nintendo expects strong Q4 for 3DS
The tools are in place to ensure 3DS has a very merry Christmas, says Nintendo. The platform holder showed off its blockbuster Q4 3DS line-up – which includes Super Mario 3D, Mario Kart 3D, Resident Evil and Metal Gear – to press and retail at a showcase last month. And …
Read More »Mario 3DS titles renamed, dated
Nintendo had confirmed new names and release dates for the 3DS’ two flagship Mario titles. Traditional platformer Super Mario will now be known as Super Mario 3D Land and will land on UK shelves in November. The new title harks back to the original Super Mario Land series on Game …
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Notorious games industry critic continues crusade for tighter retail management
Read More »Mario 3DS could arrive this year
It’s far from a concrete announcement, but Nintendo has given real hope to fans that Super Mario 3DS could be released some time in 2011. Speaking in an interview with French site Gamesblog, as translated by Eurogamer, Nintendo’s design boss Shigeru Miyamoto stated: "I promise to do all I can …
Read More »GDC11: 3DS Super Mario announced
Galaxy team working on new handheld platformer
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