Archive For Nintendo Tag

Retailers Target drop 3DS price a day early

Retailers Target drop 3DS price a day early

Just like Walmart, Amazon and GameStop (in UK), retailer Target has dropped the price of the 3DS today, as opposed to tomorrow, which is the official date of its price cut, says a report on Joystiq... Read More

Nintendo: You Can Use More Than One Wii U Controller

Nintendo: You Can Use More Than One Wii U Controller

Nobody at Nintendo has no f**king clue, do they? Unlike the debut of the 3DS at last year's E3, which won rave reviews from everybody, the Wii U reveal left everybody's head scratching. The fun... Read More

Xenoblade, The Last Story and Pandora’s Tower will see American releases ‘if there are business opportunities’- Reggie Fils-Aime

Xenoblade, The Last Story and Pandora’s Tower will see American releases ‘if there are business opportunities’- Reggie Fils-Aime

Some time ago, Nintendo announced that they will not be releasing their three major upcoming games for the Wii- Xenoblade, The Last Story and Pandora's Tower- in North America. TH\hey said there was... Read More

“Flame Red” 3DS releasing in September

“Flame Red” 3DS releasing in September

Nintendo has announced that a red coloured 3DS, called "Flame Red", will be releasin on September 9, the same day as Star Fox 64 3D's release date. Though the game and the new colour release on the ... Read More

Wii U: Nintendo hoping third parties will be “open to hearing suggestions”

Wii U: Nintendo hoping third parties will be “open to hearing suggestions”

Wii Sports designer Katsuya Eguchi said in an interview with Edge that Nintendo, unlike so many previous years, is hoping to see a lot of third party support for the Wii U. He says Nintendo will pro... Read More

3DS software should be priced at “$20 to $25”- Analyst

3DS software should be priced at “$20 to $25”- Analyst

M2 Research analyst Billy Pidgeon said that Nintendo must lower software prices for the 3DS, because, other than selling hardware, they must also increase the system's attach rate and give more oppo... Read More

Five Reasons The 3DS Will Not Fail

Five Reasons The 3DS Will Not Fail

The Nintendo 3DS finds itself in a bit of trouble. It's launch was horribly botched, with little to no marketing, a horrible launch lineup, and some key features missing, promised in a vague 'future... Read More

Used 3DS sales double in Japan in wake of price cut

Used 3DS sales double in Japan in wake of price cut

In an interesting turn of events, sales of used 3DS games have doubled in Japan, due to the price cut and the ambassador program. Media Create assumes the same thing that it is due to the 20 free NE... Read More

Sony “risks failiure”; “under major pressure” to cut Vita’s price- Japanese analyst

Sony “risks failiure”; “under major pressure” to cut Vita’s price- Japanese analyst

Tokyo-based Ace Securities analyst Hideki Yasuda said, while talking to Bloomberg, that Sony was under a lot of pressure to cut PS Vita's price after the recent price cut announcement of the 3DS, an... Read More

Treyarch will develop Modern Warfare 3 for the Wii

Treyarch will develop Modern Warfare 3 for the Wii

It was recently announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will also be making its way to Nintendo's tiny little home console, the Wii, despite Activision's initial reluctance to do so. It has n... Read More

Iwata: Smartphones Are ‘Not to Blame’ For Low 3DS Sales

Iwata: Smartphones Are ‘Not to Blame’ For Low 3DS Sales

Satoru Iwata recognizes that the handheld market has changed since the company introduced the DS back in 2004. However, he maintains that modern smartphones, which, in the last few years have had an... Read More

Iwata: Not Every 3DS Game Has to be 3D

Iwata: Not Every 3DS Game Has to be 3D

Satoru Iwata has recently confirmed in a recent investors meeting that Nintendo is looking into developing 3DS games that do not utilize the 3D capabilities of the handheld, and are instead develope... Read More

Mario Kart 7 logo and artwork revealed

Mario Kart 7 logo and artwork revealed

New artwork and a logo of Mario Kart 7 have been officially revealed. The artwork shows Mario, Luigi and Bowser riding some karts. Mario Kart 7 was (along with Super Mario 3D Land) officially named... Read More

Miyamoto Confirms Star Fox in a Do or Die Situation

Miyamoto Confirms Star Fox in a Do or Die Situation

Star Fox is probably one of Nintendo's best franchises, appealing as it does to every crowd- people who traditionally like Nintendo games, and people who don't. Also, unlike Metroid, Star Fox has ap... Read More

Nintendo will announce Wii U price and release date next year

Nintendo will announce Wii U price and release date next year

Nintendo, in a meeting with investors, said that they would reveal details on the Wii U's release date and price in 2012. President Satoru Iwata feels after the recent 3DS price cut announcement, fa... Read More

How The Names Of Starfox Came To Be

How The Names Of Starfox Came To Be

If there is ever a computer game category added to Trivial Pursuit, Nintendo's Iwata Asks will be a goldmine to the poor soul lumped with the question writing. In the latest addition to the series, th... Read More

Here is what Satoru Iwata’s letter to 3DS owners looks like

Here is what Satoru Iwata’s letter to 3DS owners looks like

Completely translated letter from President of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata.

BioWare: We need to ‘spend more time’ with the Wii U

BioWare: We need to ‘spend more time’ with the Wii U

BioWare, in an interview with NowGamer, said that they are very interested in Nintendo's new upcoming home console, the Wii U, but they need to 'spend more time' with it. "It's an interesting syste... Read More

Two More 3DS Ambassador Games Announced

Two More 3DS Ambassador Games Announced

The 3DS Ambassadors program should be familiar to anybody who has been following news of Nintendo's unprecedented massive price slash for its latest handheld, the Nintendo 3DS. As part of a strategy... Read More

3DS price drop should result in “explosive sales in the year-end sales season”- Iwata

3DS price drop should result in “explosive sales in the year-end sales season”- Iwata

Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo, says the firm is expecting the massive $80 price cut for their new handheld to result in a huge sales spike and they expect it will show in the end-of-year sales... Read More