Archive For Nintendo Tag

Pokemon Black and White: When Can You Expect Our Review?

Pokemon Black and White: When Can You Expect Our Review?

It's almost here, folks. We're on the last lap, and as only twelve days remain that separate us from the next installment in one of the biggest franchises in gaming, I'm sure there are loads of you gu... Read More

3DS launch in US to sport 18 titles

3DS launch in US to sport 18 titles

The 3DS is set to launch in America on the 27th March with a launch line up of eighteen titles, each priced at the RRP of $39.99. The system will get three fewer launch titles when it launches in... Read More

Being profitable more important than outselling Xbox 360- Sony

Being profitable more important than outselling Xbox 360- Sony

Sony's PlayStation brand manager, Scott McCarthy, said, while talking to IndustryGamers, that they were following the Nintendo approach to gaming, and looking to keep profitability as their highest ... Read More

Exclusive Interview with Rob Saunders, Nintendo UK’s Head of Communications

Exclusive Interview with Rob Saunders, Nintendo UK’s Head of Communications

Having attended the announcement event for the Bafta game award nominees last week, I was fortunate enough to get some time to talk with Nintendo UK's Head of Communications about remakes, the 3DS and... Read More

Nintendo- We never stopped being hardcore

Nintendo- We never stopped being hardcore

We recently sat down with Nintendo UK's Head of Communications, Rob Saunders, and we got to talk of their future support for their systems. We asked Mr Saunders if Nintendo will be taking the more ... Read More

Ocarina of Time 3DS will be “faithful” to the original- Nintendo UK

Ocarina of Time 3DS will be “faithful” to the original- Nintendo UK

We recently sat down with Rob Saunders, Head of Communications for Nintendo UK and we talked about if the 3DS Ocarina of Time remake will be more of a re-imagining of the original OOT, or a conventi... Read More

Nintendo working on a new home console, may include 3D tech

Nintendo working on a new home console, may include 3D tech

We recently got a chance to sit down with Nintendo UK's Head of Communications, Rob Saunders, and we talked about a lot of things. In our interview, he told us that Nintendo have been working on a h... Read More

Capcom excited about 3DS launch

Capcom excited about 3DS launch

According to Street Fighter head Yoshinori Ono, the 3DS launch will be “as exciting as the Dreamcast launch.” (which is a good thing for all you nay sayers.) When asked why he chose the Ninte... Read More

Nintendo’s Q1 2011 line-up laid bare

Nintendo’s Q1 2011 line-up laid bare

Nintendo's announced its Q1 line-up of games for Wii and DS in the UK . There are some biggies including Kirby's Epic Yarn finally coming to UK and Pokemon games for the DS. Here's the list in... Read More

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 Review

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 Review

There are two things, I suppose, that all gamers can reach a universal consensus on. The first would be regarding poor sequels, hastily put together compilations of ideas that were rejected during the... Read More

Info on 3DS Australian launch

Info on 3DS Australian launch

Nintendo have announced that the 3DS will launch on March 31st in Australia. The handheld will set Australian consumers back AUD$349.95 and will be available in aqua blue or cosmic black based on yo... Read More

UK launch line-up for 3DS announced

UK launch line-up for 3DS announced

The 3DS got a confirmed launch line-up of games for its UK launch. It includes games like Splinter Cell 3D, SFIV 3D, PES 2011 3D and many many more. Here they are: Pilotwings Resort Nint... Read More

The Conduit headed to the 3DS

The Conduit headed to the 3DS

Eric Nofsinger, chief creative officer of High Voltage Studios, revealed while talking to Eurogamer that a 3DS version of The Conduit is in development. He said the development is still in its early... Read More

Nintendo has no immediate plans for 3DS Lite

Nintendo has no immediate plans for 3DS Lite

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has announced that the company has no immediate intention of releasing a revised or more compact version of its upcoming handheld. The exec stated that "the first thi... Read More

New Kirby game announced for Wii

New Kirby game announced for Wii

Following last year's successful Kirby game, Nintendo's decided do a 1up on us. They have announced that a new Kirby game is in development for the Wii by Hal Laboratories. Nintendo released ... Read More

Iwata says “customers will decide” between 3DS and NGP

Iwata says “customers will decide” between 3DS and NGP

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata sits on the fence regarding the NGP vs 3DS handheld war, stating that the purchase is the customers decision. Nintendo's 3D tech is certainly intriguing but, with Son... Read More

Lifetime DS sales hit 144 million, Wii nears 85 million

Lifetime DS sales hit 144 million, Wii nears 85 million

In their new earnings report of the last quarter of 2010, Nintendo announced the lifetime sales of their current gen systems, the Wii and the DS. As of December 31st, the DS family has sold a who... Read More

Nintendo justify 3DS battery life

Nintendo justify 3DS battery life

The 3DS will supposedly only last between 3-5 hours on a full charge with the 3D effect turned on. 3DS system designer Ryuji Umeza when discussing his testing of the 3DS battery noted “when I meas... Read More

Nintendo’s profit goes down 74% year-to-date

Nintendo’s profit goes down 74% year-to-date

For the nine month period ending December 2010 Nintendo's net profit fell 74 percent from a year earlier to 49.6 billion yen ($599 million). Revenue also declined 32 percent to 808 billion yen ($9.8... Read More

Nintendo explains the need for 3DS friend codes

Nintendo explains the need for 3DS friend codes

The 3DS is set to simplify Nintendo's previous online community structure by having just one friend code for the 3DS console itself, as opposed to a different friend code for each separate game. Des... Read More