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PlayStation VR users have discovered that you can play Xbox One and Wii U games while using the headset. Plugging in either of the devices to the PSVR’s processing unit will display the console’s output in PSVR’s cinematic mode. This mode displays the console’s output on a big cinema screen …
Read More »Nintendo throws the spotlight on ‘Nindies’ with Summer Jam event
Special section of eShop launched to highlight titles and provide a behind-the-scenes look at devs’ favourite games
Read More »Sub-£200 price is crucial to NX success, says UK retail
UK retail buyers have told MCV that they have ‘high hopes’ for Nintendo’s new console, but only if it’s affordable. Every retailer surveyed says that a sub-200 price tag will be ‘essential’ if Nintendo hopes to stage a comeback in the console market. The games industry sorely misses a strong …
Read More »Does the Wii U really have fewer games than other Nintendo consoles?
Yes, it does. Of all the criticisms thrown at the Wii U regarding design and cost, the accusation that the system ‘doesn’t have any games’ has perhaps haunted it the most from the off. Nintendo has now released official data on the number of physical titles released for every console …
Read More »Wii U sales stumble as Nintendo losses increase
Nintendo’s latest quarterly reports have shown a $233m loss, with the bottom finally dropping out of the Wii U market. Wii U hardware sales fell by over 50 per cent for the three months ending June to just 220 units while 3DS sales fell by seven per cent to 940k. …
Read More »Nintendo merges developer programmes into single portal to attract indies
Creators of all sizes and at all levels of experience welcome to register for a Developer ID, platform holder insists
Read More »Someone at Nintendo predicted 100m unit sales for Wii U
To date Nintendo’s Wii U has sold 12.8m units since its release in 2012. It turns out that’s way, way less than at least one Nintendo executive predicted. In an internal sales representative meeting, someone projected that we would sell close to 100 million Wii U systems worldwide. The thinking …
Read More »Miyamoto thinks Starfox is Wii U’s most underrated game
This year’s Star Fox Zero has been named as the Wii U’s most underrated game by legendary Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto. I think personally Star Fox is a really fun game if you sit down and play it,” Miyamoto told Game Informer. I think, for example, an elementary school kid …
Read More »Devil’s Third multiplayer is being shut down
The online component of Tomonobu Itagaki’s Devil’s Third for Wii U will be shut down in December. Nintendo has revealed that its servers will be switched off on December 29th. That’s just 16 months after the game was released in Europe and Japan and a year after its North American …
Read More »Nicolas Wegnez named new Nintendo UK boss
Nicolas Wegnez has been named the new general manager at Nintendo UK. He replaces Simon Kemp, who left the firm last week to persue new career options. He held the role since November 2012. Wegnez is a familar face within Nintendo, having held positions at the platform holder for more …
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