Monolith Soft are Urgently Recruiting
Monolith Soft, the guys behind the fantastic Xenoblade Chronicles, have updated their sites careers page with some new positions labelled as "Urgent!". These include a Network Programmer; working on a specific in-house client, a Programmer with Havock and Shader knowledge, a "Planner" (Designer; specifically to work on the battle system…
Nintendo to pay a share of every sale to Another Company
With the Nintendo’s 3DS and 3DS XL being their strongest selling console, the company has to come to terms with sharing a percentage of each sale with another company according to engadget. In December 2013 Nintendo was told it must pay 1.82 percent of the wholesale price of each 3DS…
An Update on Pokémon Bank and Transfer
According to a tweet from Nintendo of Japan, Pokémon Bank and Transfer could be being released very soon. It seems that after some final testing, these services should be coming back online and soon released in the west after they were delayed over Christmas. Better get your old Pokémon ready, Bank…
Next Gen Super Smash Bros Will Retain Unlockable Bonuses
There are many aspects of the Super Smash Bros series that are highly popular with Nintendo fans. One of these are the unlockable trophies that are inspired by the many franchises they have released over their hundred and fifteen years in the gaming business. Nintendo have today confirmed that the…
Snoop Lion’s Newest Music Video Features a Homage to the Pokémon Games
Snoop Do- ahem, Snoop Lion has always been know to be a fan of video games (even appearing in a few himself), so it should come as no surprise to see that his newest music video, Snoop Lion - Get Away ft. Angela Hunte (prod. Major Lazer), contains a rather interesting…
Brand New Next Gen Pokémon Game Rumours Have Appeared Online
According to a trusted source (via dualpixels); a lot of information on the potential next games in the Pokémon series have been leaked. Please bare in mind this information is completely unconfirmed right now. Here is the list of leaked information: GameFreak were one of the first development studios inside Nintendo to…
Super Mario Bros 3 is Out Now in the Nintendo eShop
Classic! The classic NES platformer, Super Mario Bros 3, is now available on the Nintendo eShop for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS in Europe. But don't worry US Mario fans, it will arrive in the eShop in North America at a later date. Are you a fan of the…
Renegade Kid is Teasing a 3DS FPS Announcement
In the last few days on Twitter, Jools Watsham, a co-founder of Renegade Kid, tweeted out the following: We have a pretty big announcement coming up later this month. Something FPS lovers and 3DS owners might be happy about. :) — Jools Watsham (@JoolsWatsham) January 2, 2014 An FPS on the…
Wii U Sales Rise Above Xbox One
There has been much speculation from the video games industry as a whole if the Wii U will prove to be a success. But according to figures released for this weeks hardware sales, the Wii U has outsold the Xbox One, at least for a seven day period. It is…
Wii U Gamepad Support Possible on PC
It seems the Wii U can be re-designed to PC games according to recent work from a team at the Hacker's conference. The device was cracked and used to stream PC games. The group presented a demo of a Dolphin emulator from the PC onto the Wii U Gamepad and…
Capcom Confirms New Ace Attorney Title
2014 will prove to be an interesting time for Capcom in the west, with the release of their Ace Attorney and Professor Layton crossover due at the end of March. Not content with resting on their laurels, the company have revealed in an interview that Phoenix Wright and his legal…
Buying Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter Will Get You Club Nintendo Coins
If you are saving up your Club Nintendo Coins and you happen to have Pokémon X and Y then you will have another reason to get Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter since, according to this image from Club Nintendo, you will get 15 Coins for both of the applications when you purchase…
The Nintendo eShop is Back On All Nintendo Systems
Nintendo have recently tweeted that the Nintendo eShop is now working on all of Nintendo's systems: While this is good news for Nintendo fans, there is still no Pokémon Bank and Transporter available with Nintendo only stating that they will share more information about their launch as soon as possible.…
Nintendo New Year’s Sale Postponed
Nintendo had scheduled a New Year sale for the Japanese market on January 1st and January 2nd, promising up to 30% off games. However, due to problems currently affecting the marketplace, the publisher decided to postpone the sale. Currently there hasn’t been a re-scheduled date for the sale with Nintendo…
The Signature Moves of all the Transferred Legendary Pokémon
Poor Route 7.. As most Pokémon fans know, Nintendo have removed Pokémon Bank and Transfer from the eShop due to some trouble with the service over the holidays. This means a lot of European fans are still waiting to transfer and store all their hard earned and collected Pokémon while also missing out on using…
[Update] Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter Have Been Postponed
Pokémon fans awoke today with the disappointing news that Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter has had to be delayed for North America, Europe and Oceania regions due to a large volume of traffic to the Nintendo Network service. Japanese fans have been effected as well since the applications have been taken off of the…
Princess Zelda Joins the Roster of Super Smash Bros Fighters
Surprising no-one, it looks like Link will be fighting alongside (or even against) his Princess Zelda, the newest fighter in the upcoming Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3ds. It is unknown at this if she will be able to transform into Sheik, but here's hoping she can as…
Nintendo eShop Down
The Nintendo eShop seems to be down and Nintendo UK have confirmed the problem and are working on it. This all comes on Christmas with both Steam and PSN being down at some point over the festive day. We're truly sorry to notice general network service problems. Hopefully we can…
Happy Holidays From Nintendo
"Relive the memories with Mario and Luigi in this year's Nintendo Holiday Card! Thanks for all the fun in 2013 and we can't wait to show you what 2014 holds!" Thanks Nintendo and after your recent Nintendo Direct showed us what you have planned for 2014, we can't wait…
VGU Awards: Top 5 Nintendo Exclusive Games
Nintendo, debatably, may have not had the best time in 2013, annoying as many fans as they have impressed. They have also had to contend with the big two behemoths that are the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One joining the next gen battle and putting up with the continuous backlash…
Two New Persona Q Trailers, One For Each Protagonist
You may remember Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth from the Atlus stream earlier this year, but since then not much info has come out about it. Thankfully SiliconEra reported that the official website has been updated with character bios, artwork and two new trailers. Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth…