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Pokemon Go has already added $7.5 billion to NIntendo’s value

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Pokemon Go signalled Nintendo's first big step into mobile gaming and sure enough, the company is already dominating the market. Pokemon Go has only launched officially in a couple of countries so far but its massive success has already added $7.5 billion to Nintendo's market value, with share prices rising …

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Indie developers want Nintendo to give NX more power

As much as the Wii U hasn't turned out to be anywhere near as successful as Nintendo's previous generations of home-console, developers did like making games for it. The only thing they really want with the next-generation NX though, is more power. We don't know a lot about Nintendo's NX. …

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Nintendo looking to make new movies for its big stars

Nintendo's biggest successes in recent years have come from it leaving its comfort zone. Building a new Amiibo business has worked well, likewise branching out into smartphone games. Continuing that ethos moving forward, Nintendo is now said to be looking into creating feature films of its major characters. Inarguably Nintendo's …

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Update: Nintendo NX controller shots were fakes

Update: It turns out that the pictures that appeared online earlier this month of the rumoured Nintendo NX controller, have been confirmed as fakes by the person behind the posting. They even uploaded a video showing the creation of the 3D model used for the images and how they overlayed some of the …

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Nintendo denies that Wii U production is ending this year

Last night, a rumour began circulating that Nintendo could be planning to cease production on the Wii U console later this year, presumably in order to make way for the upcoming Nintendo NX console which is set to be announced later this year. While the company rarely responds to these …

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Nintendo may cease Wii U production this year

Update: Nintendo has released a statement denying these reports. You can find all of that information, HERE.  Original Story: It looks like Nintendo might be ready to move on from the Wii U completely by the end of the year as a new report is claiming that the company has …

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Nintendo is postponing its ‘quality of life’ project

Back in 2014,  a series of patent filings revealed that Nintendo was working on something a little different for a gaming company. Nintendo was planning a ‘quality of life' product that would track your sleep and give you health updates based on sleeping patterns. However, after playing around with the …

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Nintendo is also looking in to VR

If you have been following VR development over the years, then you may know that back in the 90's Nintendo tried to bring virtual reality to the masses with the Virtual Boy. The console didn't take off and things on the VR front went quiet for many years. However, the …

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Nintendo may unveil NX console in June, release in October

According to one firm, the Nintendo NX may be much closer to release than we all expected. Japanese finance company, Nomura Securities, has stated publicly that it believes Nintendo will announce the next-generation console by May, reveal it by June and will get it on shelves and into the hands …

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Nintendo names its new President

Sadly, earlier this year Nintendo's former president, Satoru Iwata passed away. Since then, the creator of Mario, Shigeru Miyamoto and Wii architect, Genyo Takeda, have been taking care of the company but now it is time for the new company president to be officially named. Nintendo's Tatsumi Kimishima has been …

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Nintendo’s first iOS/Android game is Pokemon Shuffle

Back at the start of the year, Nintendo finally announced its intention to start making games for mobile devices, after years of losing out on the market to emulators and ROMs. The company hired outside firm, DeNa to handle its mobile titles and now we know what game is set …

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Nintendo’s next system may ditch the disc-drive

Earlier this year, Nintendo revealed that it is already planning its follow-up to the Wii U, currently known as the Nintendo NX. While the company isn't ready to publicly say more about its future console until next year, this recently filed patent may give us a peek at its plans. …

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Nintendo announces end of TVii service

Less than six months on from the announcement that Nintendo's TVii service was not going to be localised for European audiences, the Japanese game maker has now let us know that it will be closing the service down entirely. Designed to make TV watching more of a communal experience, with …

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Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata passes away at 55

30 year Nintendo career man and eventual CEO of the much lauded game maker, Satoru Iwata, has died, passing away at 55 from bile duct growth. Seen as the man behind many of Nintendo's successes in the past decade,  Iwata once claimed that while his head was that of a …

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Nintendo NX might not be as powerful as the PS4

It is pretty evident that one of the reasons why Nintendo Wii U has failed on the market is its low performance and lack of support of high-definition resolutions. While it is very logical for Nintendo to add support for full-HD graphics to its next-generation video game system to be …

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