Jason Rubin: “Nintendo’s Irrelevant In The Console Business”
On a recent episode of GameTrailers' Bonus Round panel show, former THQ president Jason Rubin has stated that Nintendo is failing fast in the home console business. However, Rubin also praised games such as Mario, Zelda and the veteran Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto, describing them as a worldwide treasure. It's…
Nintendo Will Fail to Reach Sales Goal on Wii U
Analysts speaking to Bloomberg have suggested that Nintendo will not match its sales goal for the Wii U in 2013. Nintendo formally set their goal to 9 million Wii U sales back in October, but it seems they will not be hitting those numbers. "They steadfastly refuse to consider that…
Super Mario 3D World Presents Hand Shadow Puppet Show to Promote Title
With the release of Super Mario 3D World on Wii U Nintendo has called in a very unique act to celebrate in the form of Drew Colby, a well known shadow puppeteer has created a Mario inspired video featuring his very impressive hand puppet skills. The inspiration for this event comes from…
Eiji Aonuma Wants the Next Zelda to Create Something Beyond our Expectations
Prima's Zelda Box Set has come with a certificate of authenticity, signed by series producer Eiji Aonuma. The certificate has a message from Aonuma which highlights certain details on the future development of the franchise. Mainly Aonuma thanked the fans for their dedication to the series. He also included a few…
Competitive Play Ruined by Pokemon Battle Analyser
Hackers have already been hard at work finding ways to help ease peoples online experiences with Pokemon X and Y for the 3DS. Their latest work, known as the Pokemon Battle Analyser, seems to do just that. The program allows players to have full view of their online rival's Pokemon…
Cliffy B Really Likes Super Mario 3D World
Cliff Bleszinski, also know as Cliffy B, recently tweeted out some love for Nintendo's newest Mario platformer, Super Mario 3D World: It's great to hear some praise for Nintendo's newest title and console. It also is yet another good reason as to why gamers need to check out Super Mario…
Nintendo Presents the New Louvre 3DS Guide
In a surprise collaboration, Nintendo have teamed up with the Louvre and are now offering 3DS consoles as audio visual guide at the museum in question. The loaned out 3DS's also can help you plan a route around the building and features 3D renders of all of the art available.…
Puzzle & Dragons Z’s 3DS Gameplay Trailer Looks Additively Fun
It's like a puzzle game. BUT WITH DRAGONS! Ever since Puzzle & Dragons Z was announced to be coming to the Nintendo 3DS there was a big question as to whether it would be as fun and enjoyable to play as its mobile device equivalent. Well, as this new trailer…
Nintendo Gives Out Free Wii U’s On A Passenger Flight
Nintendo has partnered with passenger airline Southwest Airlines to bring Wii U Gaming Lounges to Southwest's busiest airports. In celebration of this news, Nintendo surprised an entire cabin full of passengers on flight 1883 when Mario showed up on board and gave out vouchers, each one redeemable for a brand…
A Luigi Themed Wii Mote Plus Bundled with Nintendo Land is Coming Soon
Its coming up to Christmas and some of you may be needing a new Wii mote to play the Wii U with family over the holidays. Nintendo have you covered with this brand new Luigi themed Wii Mote bundled with the extremely enjoyable Wii U launch title Nintendo Land. This…
Reggie Promises a Steadier Stream of Wii U and 3DS Games in 2014
The President of Nintendo America Reggie Fils-Aime has recently spoken out about the lack of games available for Wii U this year. He started by admitting that Nintendo have made mistakes but they are planning to rectify this in 2014: “The way we’re going to be different is, we’re gonna…
A Pokémon X and Y 2DS Bundle is Coming to Europe
Various websites in Europe have started to show that a Pokémon X and Y themed 2DS will soon be available in Europe. One of the sites lists this bundle at €149 (or around £125 for UK residents) which is rather cheap for a handheld and should be considered if you are thinking…
Nintendo Are Not Actually Working On an Educational Tablet for School Kids
A few days ago, we reported that Nintendo could be making some educational tablets for schools based off of a Nintendo engineers tweets from his personal Twitter account. However, Nintendo has now confirmed that they the user in question has never been a part of the company and that they would…
Pokémon X and Y Games Have Sold 1 Million Units Faster Than Any Other 3DS Game to Date
Nintendo America has been celebrating today as they revealed (via a fancy infographic) that Pokémon X and Y are the fastest selling games on the 3DS platform to date, reaching one million copies sold in record time. This also increased the amount of 2DS/3DS purchases by 135% making it so that…
The New Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Action Figure Series are Out Now in the UK
The brand new series 5 set of Kingdom Hearts Pay Arts figures are out now featuring designs from the most recent title in the series, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. Sora in his Dream Drop Distance outfit from Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance, with the Kingdom Key and Ultima…
Mega Man Games On Sale in the Nintendo eShop This Week
Nintendo's "Character Sale" is now in full swing and this week, the jump an' Shoot man himself Mega Man is getting his games discounted on the Nintendo eShops. These discounts will be available until November 28th when the next characters game take there place, so if you haven't played any…
Super Mario 3D World Live Music Recording Footage Posted Online
Got to love the variety here! In an age where dubstep is everywhere and synthesising music has become a debatably much easer and faster way to generate music for games, it's nice to see this type of recording still goes on and is of top quality. It's also another great…
One Piece: Romance Dawn’s Western Release Date Uncovered
Coming to retailers and the Nintendo 3DS eShop, One Piece: Romance Dawn is coming to the west on Febuary 11th, 2014. "Romance Dawn is an RPG that will let you play through all of the epic battles with famous bosses such as Buggy, Arlong, Crocodile, Ron Lucci and many more. You…
Nintendo are Working On an Educational Tablet for School Kids
A software engineer at Nintendo of America recently took to their Twitter and tweeted the following: The tweets also stated that this tablet will be aimed towards children at schools, is based on android tablets and is fully modded. Another important fact is that the tablet will apparently not feature…
Pokémon Origins is Now Available in English
A few months ago, we reported on a Pokémon anime called Pokémon Origins, an anime which was going to be a small series based off the Pokémon Red and Blue gameboy games. Now, you can watch this anime online for free or via the Pokémon TV app for iOS (iPhone and iPad) and Android…
Getting a Shiny Pokémon has Just got Much Easier
A new method has been discovered which allows trainers to potentially get a shiny Pokémon 100% of the time. It involves using a program called "Instacheck Hotspot". This program checks the data being sent between the Pokémon X and Y games and looks through this information for a "Shiny Value". Why is this important?…