Much like the new Zelda Wii U game, Nintendo has now also delayed Star Fox Zero until next year after Shigeru Miyamoto decided on some changes, just ahead of the planned November release. Star Fox Zero has been shown off in detail this year already at trade shows like E3 …
Read More »GAME accidentally charged pre-orderers five times for Super Mario Maker
One of the Wii U's most anticipated titles, Super Mario Maker is coming up this month. Unfortunately, UK retailer, GAME, has had a bit of a mix up and accidentally charged customers five times for their pre-orders of the game. Fortunately, apologies have been sent out and everything should be …
Read More »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. …
Read More »Nintendo might have ditched its ‘quality-of-life’ gaming platforms
When Nintendo last year announced intention to release gaming platforms that improve “quality-of-life”, the idea was considered as a way to significantly expand the reach of Nintendo’s gaming devices beyond core and casual gamers. Many believed that it could be the next big thing for the company, whose Wii U …
Read More »ZombiU officially relaunched as Zombi on Xbox One, PS4 and PC
When the Wii U launched back in 2012, ZombiU was one of its flagship titles; a suggestion from Nintendo that it was taking the hardcore gaming audience much more seriously with its new system. While the WiiU never really became adopted by that crowd, ZombiU was a well received experience …
Read More »Former Wii U exclusive ‘Zombi U’ is heading to PC
Back when the Wii U first launched, it had a few interesting titles, one of which was Ubisoft's Zombi U. At the time, the game looked fairly fun and it had some interesting gameplay ideas involving the Wii U gamepad, including using it as a sniper scope to aim your …
Read More »Wii U sales finally crest 10 million
Nintendo's latest console hasn't been the strong player that it hoped it would be earlier in its life cycle. Released almost a year ahead of its main competitors, the PS4 and Xbox One, with a unique second screen mechanic, it was supposed to capture the old Wii audience, whilst siphoning …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Rumor claims Nintendo NX to begin manufacturing this year
Nintendo has been in a slump for a while but earlier this year it revealed that it was already working on its next home console, currently codenamed the Nintendo NX. At the time, the company said that it would not be sharing any more details until next year, which many …
Read More »Shigeru Miyamoto not involved in development of Nintendo NX
Since Nintendo Wii U game console has clearly failed on the market, Nintendo has changed its approach to development of its future hardware devices, according to unofficial information. The company’s next platform – Nintendo NX – is designed primarily in the U.S. Moreover, some of the key people at Nintendo …
Read More »Nintendo announces first annual profit in four years
It looks like Nintendo is finally making money again, after four long years of financial losses. The company has managed to turn things around, this time last year, Nintendo reported a £126 million loss, while this fiscal year, it has managed to generate £226 million profit. Over the last 12 months, …
Read More »N64 games coming to Wii U, Mario Kart DLC pushed forward
The news about a western release of Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains wasn't the only big story from Nintendo yesterday. Not by a long shot. One that's likely to capture the imagination of a more wide reaching audience than the actions of a few survey corps members, is that …
Read More »Nintendo: Modern game consoles are dull, Nintendo NX will surprise you!
Nintendo Wii U game console has failed to become popular and gamers nowadays prefer more advanced Microsoft Xbox One as well as Sony PlayStation 4. Nintendo has already confirmed development of the next-generation gaming system, but disclosed no details about it. In a recent interview the president of the company implied …
Read More »Eiji Aonuma on Zelda pushing Wii U to its limits
Eiji Aonuma, the man behind almost every Zelda game since Ocarina of Time, has been talking up the latest entry in the series, set to release sometime this year on the Wii U. He previously stated that the game would feature revamped puzzle solving and exploration mechanics, utilising a more …
Read More »Sega’s Alien Isolation sold well, Sonic Boom on the other hand…
SEGA recently revealed its latest financial results, showing that Creative Assembly's widely praised title, Alien Isolation, managed to sell around 1.8 million copies since its launch towards thee end of October last year. This is a jump from January's reported figure, which showed that the game had surpassed 1 million …
Read More »Nintendo selling lots of Amiibos, less hardware
Nintendo hasn't had anywhere near the success this console generation when compared to the last. A lot of the blame for that can be placed at the feet of marketing and the fact that the casual game market is very different from what it was just a few years ago. …
Read More »Nintendo is killing off Club Nintendo, to replace it in Q4
If you have any codes left to register with Club Nintendo to get yourself some freebies, now is the time to use them, as within the next eight months, Nintendo will be killing off the rewards program in its entirety, so it can be replaced with a brand new scheme. …
Read More »December was Wii U’s best month of sales ever
Asking anyone you know who's not a big gamer and chances are they still haven't heard of the Wii U. It's amazing to think that two years on from its release, Nintendo is still in that position, but hey, apparently that doesn't matter too much, as the Wii U is …
Read More »Nintendo will no longer sell consoles or games in Brazil
Due to the high taxation on imported video games and consoles in Brazil, Nintendo has opted to pull out of the market and will no longer sell its products in the country. Nintendo of America confirmed the move, stating that “high import duties that apply to our sector” are to …
Read More »Nintendo contracts AMD to power next-generation game console
Back in May Nintendo already confirmed that it had started development of its next-generation home console. In October it also transpired that the company would design system-on-chip for its forthcoming system in the U.S. According to a new media report, Nintendo contracted AMD to provide graphics processing technologies for the …
Read More »AMD could power yet another gaming device – chief financial officer
An accelerated processing unit from Advanced Micro Devices could power yet another gaming device, chief financial officer of the company implied this week. The high-ranking executive did not provide any details, but given the revenue opportunities the company outlined with the deal several weeks ago, we are talking about a …
Read More »AMD will explore graphics IP licensing opportunities going forward
In a bid to boost its revenue streams, Advanced Micro Devices could start licensing its graphics processing technologies to third parties, just like ARM Holdings, Imagination Technologies, Nvidia Corp. and Vivante. But will that business make sense to AMD? AMD and Nvidia Corp. are the last two remaining developers of discrete …
Read More »Nintendo profits could soar 300 per cent this Christmas
Nintendo has been the punching bag of the home console world for the past couple of years, with people poking fun at the slow uptake of the Wii U and the fact that many of the major third party developers haven't deigned to port their games to the system. While …
Read More »Nintendo set to discontinue the 3DS XL in Japan
It looks like Nintendo's plans for ‘the new 3DS' might be bigger than we thought as the company has announced that it will discontinue the 3DS XL in Japan following the launch of the handheld's successor. For those of you who missed the initial announcement, a few months back Nintendo revealed …
Read More »GAME to have Black Friday bundles for Xbox One, PS4 and Wii U
UK retailer, GAME, is set to launch special console bundles for Black Friday, including an Xbox One with four games and a Wii U with Super Smash Bros, Super Mario U and an Amiibo. There are strong rumors of a Playstation 4 bundle as well, although that one has yet …
Read More »Here’s how Amiibos will work in Nintendo games
Yesterday we learned of some released-too-early information about Mario Kart 8, that along with its upcoming Zelda based DLC pack, it would also have the ability to give your Mii character a new costume, with the use of Nintendo's take on Skylander's like figurines, known as Amiibos. Nintendo's release jumped …
Read More »Nintendo might actually make a profit this year
Hold your horses folks, it looks like you might need to make good on that bet after all: hell has indeed frozen over. Or at least it looks like it might be about to, as Nintendo is currently on track to make a yearly profit for the first time in …
Read More »Amiibo ad makes Smash Bros look like a grind fest
Oh Nintendo, will you just get the marketing for your current-gen system right? You have a decent console. It's got some good, unique games and it's cheaper than all of the others. It even does 1080p and 60 frames per second in some titles, so why aren't you making a bigger …
Read More »Smash Bros Wii U will have eight player battles
I love massive local multiplayer. Four players is great and all, but if you can ever find a game that supports more than that and get enough people in a room, chances are you're in for a treat. It's why I'm still hoping Mutiny! somehow hits its funding target and …
Read More »Nintendo to design key chips for next-gen consoles in the U.S.
Historically, Nintendo developed key technologies and processors for its video game consoles at its research and development facilities in Japan. However, it looks like for its next-generation game systems the development of key system-on-chips will be carried out at Nintendo Technology Development, a subsidiary of Nintendo based in the U.S. …
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