Just as announced in the final months of 2023, the online services for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U consoles are shutting down. As of today, online services for both systems will be shut off for good. With online services coming to an end, Wii U and 3DS players will …
Read More »Nintendo may unify mobile and console games – Shigeru Miyamoto
Last year Nintendo reorganized its hardware development teams and now has one big group that conducts R&D operations for both home and portable consoles. While the move greatly strengthens the company’s hardware development organization, the company thinks that eventually it could also unify mobile and home console games, at least …
Read More »Nintendo: We will redefine the definition of video game platforms
Nintendo’s business is not in a good shape these days, but the company still has big plans that might influence the whole world of video games in the future. Last week the Nintendo’s president said that one of the firm’s current intentions is to redefine the very definition of video …
Read More »Nintendo: We have to become entertainment, not a gaming company
Unlike its rivals on the market of video game consoles, Nintendo pursued a strategy of being solely a game company and therefore focused to provide quality gaming experience first. As a result, Nintendo’s game devices do not provide either Blu-ray/DVD video playback or general-purpose capabilities unlike its competitors. However, the …
Read More »Nintendo: We already know what the Wii U successor will be like
As Nintendo Wii U struggles to get popular on the market and risks to end up like GameCube, the platform holder is naturally working on its successor. Moreover, according to the president of Nintendo, the company already understands what the successor of the Wii U will be like. “I can …
Read More »Nintendo sharply lowers Wii U, 3DS shipments targets for fiscal 2015
Nintendo on Thursday significantly reduced its unit shipments targets for its latest hardware platforms for the ongoing fiscal year 2014 after both 3DS and Wii U failed to meet sales goals in the previous year. The company said its revenue would be flat with the fiscal 2014, but said it …
Read More »Nintendo to introduce game console for emerging markets in 2015
Nintendo plans to design a new game console specifically for emerging markets and introduce it during the next fiscal year, the company said on Thursday. The company did not provide a lot of details, but said that it clearly had no plans to simply launch existing hardware – such as …
Read More »Nintendo denies plans to unveil new hardware platforms this year.
Nintendo has denied rumours regarding plans to unveil new hardware at this year’s E3 trade show. While the company will hold a special event where it will discuss the future of video games and its own, it naturally denies any plans to show new hardware, i.e., new game consoles. On …
Read More »Nintendo denies plans to release games for mobile gadgets
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 …
Read More »Zelda A Link Between Worlds pre-order bonuses at GAME
Last week we were led to believe that GAME would be offering a musical chest as a pre-order bonus for the upcoming Zelda game but then in a series of tweets those rumours were squashed, with GAME stating that it was still working on bringing pre-orderer's something special. Well now the retailer …
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