Update: This has now been extended to the US as well. No word on European shut down, but presumably that will be around the same time or not long after. Original story: If you live in Japan or Australia and your favourite game on the Wii is an online one, …

Back in July 2012, Technology Properties Limited LLC, Phoenix Digital Solutions LLC and Patriot Scientific Corp filed a collective complaint against Nintendo for infringing on their high-performance, low-cost microprocessor patents. Apparently these micro-processors were used in both the DSI and 3DS but today the Trade Commission has cleared Nintendo, saying that neither …

Nintendo UK has launched a new Youtube channel called Nintendo Girl's Club. It's an “official Nintendo UK YouTube channel made especially for girls,” meaning it features female presenters and content geared specifically for women Nintendo gamers. So far the dominant content on the channel is trailers for upcoming Nintendo games, …

Nintendo has a tough year ahead of it. With low sales of the Wii U over the last twelve months and new competition from the likes of Sony and Microsoft with their new systems, the Japanese console maker is going to have to do something extra special to win over …

Nintendo's latest quarterly financial results came in just last week adding to the company's recent string of losses but Sony UK boss, Fergal Gara, feels that if the gaming giant falls it could be “detrimental to the market”. Talking to Trusted Reviews, the Sony executive explained that no other major …

Sony Corp. this week acquired a semiconductor manufacturing facility from Renesas Electronics which, among other things, makes Nintendo “Latte” graphics processing unit with 32MB eDRAM cache that is used inside Nintendo Wii U game console. While there are long-term supply agreements in place, over time Nintendo may lose the supply …

Nintendo on Thursday made a number of important announcements regarding the company’s future. The legendary firm will continue to develop its own hardware platforms and will ensure that in the future they will be more competitive than the current generation. While the firm will not make its games available on …

Nintendo has issued a statement that denies earlier reports claiming that the firm was interested in making games for smartphones and tablets. However, the way it denies the reports creates more questions than it provides answers. On Tuesday it transpired that Nintendo plans to develop free mini games for smartphones. The …

Due to the Wii U's continued poor sales, despite having a year to bed in to the collective gaming conscience, Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata, along with a number of other company directors and executives, will all be taking pay cuts – some by as much as 50 per cent. Iwata …

Nintendo has previously stated that it won't resort to mobile game production in the wake of continued poor Wii U sales, but it looks like its already done an about turn on that plan. In an (admittedly unconfirmed) report from Niekkei (via Kotaku), Nintendo said it has plans to release …

When the poor condition but still incredibly rare Nintendo World Championship NES cartridge hit eBay last week, word spread through the Internet quickly and unfortunately for the seller, that resulted in a series of not so serious bids which were swiftly met with retractions: The winning bid totalled in at $99,902, …

Back in the 1990's Nintendo made 116 copies of the Nintendo World Championships, the game was created for the NES specifically for a competition but the game never went on sale. As a result, it's one of the rarest games money can buy and now, if you have a few …

Recently there has been reports of an anonymous EA developer admitting that Nintendo became dead to the Publisher “very quickly” following the launch of the Wii U, apparently this didn't sit well with EA COO, Peter Moore, who denies the claim that EA has turned its back on Nintendo despite all …

It seems Nintendo's optimism has faded as it slashed its end of year sales forecast for the Wii U after the console failed to pick up steam over the holiday season. The company's financial year ends on the 31st of March, originally the heads over at Nintendo were expecting to …

The 3Ds might have had a slow start, but over the past year it's been selling incredibly well, with over 40 million units sold since it was released in early 2011. Now though, Nintendo may be wishing it hadn't done quite as well, since the courts have ruled in creating …

If you managed to score yourself a shiny new Nintendo system this Christmas, you might have noticed that the online functions aren't working. This is because Nintendo has been suffering from a long series of server issues since Christmas morning. how to make counterfeit money The issue is affecting those …

One of the biggest complaints any Nintendo fan will have of the Wii U marketing strategy, is that most of it's target audience (Wii owners) don't realise it's a new console. This isn't too surprising considering what the Wii U is called and what it looks like, but most importantly, …

The Wii U has struggled since its release last year, its had a decent sales peak in October thanks to the release of Zelda Wind Waker HD but for the most part its not done well at all. The lack of sales has caused many to give up on the …

Nintendo fans rejoice, you may get another Super Mario Galaxy game after all. During an ‘Iwata Asks' Q&A the current development team, who is at the moment working on Mario 3D land, talked about the possibility of taking Mario back to space. During the interview, Mario creator, Shigeru Miyamoto pointed …

Another month, another Nintendo Direct presentation. This time we've been given quite a bit of 3DS news ranging from features and software updates to game releases. We start off with some Zelda: A Link Between Worlds news. First we're introduced to three new characters: Irene the Witch- She is there …

Nintendo has decided to suspend the Swapnote service after receiving regular evidence that the 3DS feature was being used to exchange offensive material. The Swapnote and Special notes services were suspended at 7:00 PM EST on the 31st of October so over here in the UK you would've found that …

Would you like to see some classic N64 titles remade and put on the Nintendo Eshop? I know some people who still own N64's and other retro consoles and it seems Nintendo knows too. A new rumour going around suggests that Nintendo is working on remaking several classic titles in …

Yesterday images of the new Pokemon game were leaked on this user's Instagram account, showing off some in-game features and environments. After a few hours the news hit Nintendo HQ, the pictures were seen and the Nintendogs were released. The leaker, Kostdin Manolov, had to remove all of the images from his …

Nintendo held a direct conference today, showing off some new games and updates for the Wii U and 3DS. The stream lasted about 30 minutes showing off trailers for all of the new games announced and some game-play. First up on the agenda were the Wii U announcements, starting off …

University drop out and former richest man in Japan, Hiroshi Yamauchi has died, ending the long life of a man who was also Nintendo's longest running president. Having taken on the role from his ailing grandfather in 1949 at the age of 22, Yamauchi ran the company until 2002, when …

Nintendo announced a new console last night, which they hope will target those people who want an inexpensive, portable console. The 2DS will cost £109.99 in the United Kingdom and $130 in America, which is $40 less than the 3D version. The new console will launch in both countries on …

Mario Kart 7 has sold well for Nintendo, topping the charts several times since it was released two years ago. The company have decided to launch a new Mario Kart 7 Community Facebook application to target a wide audience of gamers. The application will store the details of the best …

It's going to be a big number isn't it. If you think about all the home console releases and all the handhelds Nintendo has made available to our wallets over the past 30 years, it's going to be a lot. Well, made your guess? Ready? 654.12 million. When broken down, …

Poor Nintendo. Its “next-gen” system has had a horrible start, despite having a year lead in on both Microsoft and Sony's systems. New figures announced during Nintendo's quarterly earnings report, suggest that worldwide, it only sold 160,000 of the machines between April and June this year. Game sales were a …

For those that don't know, Nintendo attempted to ban all streams of its console brawler, Super Smash Bros Melee, from the latest EVO fighting games tournament. It's a good thing it went back on that pledge however, because it became the biggest stream that the competition has ever had. In …