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Miyamoto: “Younger gamers lack emotional connection to Mario & Zelda”; making games that can’t be reproduced on Smartphones

Miyamoto: “Younger gamers lack emotional connection to Mario & Zelda”; making games that can’t be reproduced on Smartphones

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has been through a tough time lately, with the rumours of him retiring flying around. In an interview with San Francisco Chronicle, he revealed that he is absolutely no... Read More

Aonuma: “Zelda cannot go back to button controls”

Aonuma: “Zelda cannot go back to button controls”

Has anyone realized that the last Zelda game with a normal button based control scheme was Wind Waker? After that, all Zelda games have been either touch based or motion control based. Twilight Prin... Read More

The Last Story gets a release date for Europe

The Last Story gets a release date for Europe

[HTML1] Nintendo's announced a release date for The Last Story. It releases in Europe on 24th February 2012, which isn't that far away, actually. It has also been confirmed that the game supports a g... Read More

Nintendo denies Miyamoto retirement reports

Nintendo denies Miyamoto retirement reports

Nintendo's shares have fallen by over 2% after reports of Miyamoto stepping down from his position. It seems that Miyamoto is very important for Nintendo even though he is 59 years old, as the sha... Read More

Miyamoto to retire from his current position at Nintendo

Miyamoto to retire from his current position at Nintendo

Miyamoto has revealed his future career direction in an interview with Wired.com. He is currently 59 years old, and has created a lot of masterpieces for a decade. "Inside our office, I’ve be... Read More

Media Create sales for Nov 28 – Dec 04

Media Create sales for Nov 28 – Dec 04

We have the software sales from Japan, and it is pretty much dominated by Nintendo. 3DS does 200k, and the Wii sells 30k. The only negative thing is that Zelda: Skyward Sword has dropped in its seco... Read More

Mario Kart 7 Behind-the-Scenes Video

Mario Kart 7 Behind-the-Scenes Video

[HTML1] Check out this new behind the scenes video from Mario Kart 7. Mario Kart 7 offers a fun, personalized Mario Kart experience by allowing players to race as their favorite Mushroom Kingdom c... Read More

3DS selling out in UK after Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 release

3DS selling out in UK after Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 release

It's been a slow year for the 3DS, with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D being the only notable release for the system in its early months. It got some other remakes, but none of them were ac... Read More

Skyward Sword has game-breaking issue; Nintendo details how to avoid it

Skyward Sword has game-breaking issue; Nintendo details how to avoid it

Nintendo has detailed a bug in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword- it's a pretty big bug, one that can break your entire save file. It gets triggered only if players accomplish a certain number of t... Read More

Shinobi 3DS: Secrets Trailer

Shinobi 3DS: Secrets Trailer

[HTML1] Learn more about Shinobi in this secrets trailer for the Nintendo 3DS. Shinobi tells the story of Jiro Musashi, the leader of the Oboro clan and father of Joe Musashi, the hero of the first... Read More

Xenoblade Chronicles- North American debut trailer

Xenoblade Chronicles- North American debut trailer

Nintendo of America announced yesterday that they'd finally be releasing the much anticipated Monolith RPG, Xenoblade Chronicles in North American territories in April next year for the Wii. After the... Read More

Possible Wii U specs revealed; sports a 3GHZ quad core processor and 768MB RAM

Possible Wii U specs revealed; sports a 3GHZ quad core processor and 768MB RAM

Take this rumour with a big grain of salt, but Wii U daily is reporting that Nintendo's next-gen console is 50% faster than the PS3 and Xbox 360, and have also revealed some of the specs. They got t... Read More

CONFIRMED: Xenoblade Chronicles coming to North America

CONFIRMED: Xenoblade Chronicles coming to North America

We just reported a rumour that Xenoblade Chronicles might be coming to North America early next year, with GameStop listing the game and one of ther salespersons confirming it. And now, Nintendo has... Read More

RUMOUR: Xenoblade Chronicles releasing in US next year

RUMOUR: Xenoblade Chronicles releasing in US next year

There's been a lot of outrage at the fact that Xenoblade Chronicles might never be released in North American markets, but if a recent rumour is to be believed, it might just get a release in NA aft... Read More

JAPAN CHARTS: Skyward Sword debuts on top, 3DS leads hardware charts

JAPAN CHARTS: Skyward Sword debuts on top, 3DS leads hardware charts

Media Create has released the weekly software and hardware sales charts for the region of Japan, and as expected, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has debuted on top, selling an impressive 194,97... Read More

5 Years Of The Wii, Here Are The Top 25 Wii Games Of All Time

5 Years Of The Wii, Here Are The Top 25 Wii Games Of All Time

It's been five years since the Wii was first released, and in the five years, it has had some great games. Yeah, it's not been the best system we've ever seen, but it still has some games that many ... Read More

Mario Kart 7- Adapt Trailer

Mario Kart 7- Adapt Trailer

[HTML1] Nintendo has released a half minute long trailer for Mario Kart 7, their upcoming 3DS title. It shows some gameplay footage- underwater racing, parachutes, gliders, blue shells, tanooki tails... Read More

Nintendo’s Circle Pad Pro to release on January 27th

Nintendo’s Circle Pad Pro to release on January 27th

Nintendo's sent a PR which reveals the date for the release of their Circle pad pro accessory. It will launch alongside Resident Evil: Revelations which is scheduled for release on January 27th. C... Read More

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Review

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Review

There are some videogames that have defined the gaming industry over the years, and whenever a new one comes along, it’s simply a monumental occasion. You know which ones they are, right? Yeah, I'm... Read More

“Mario Kart’s been powered up for the Nintendo 3DS”- Miyamoto

“Mario Kart’s been powered up for the Nintendo 3DS”- Miyamoto

The Mario Kart series has been going strong for the last several years, with not a single bad game having been delivered under the franchise's banner in recent memory. Mario Kart 7 will soon be here... Read More