By Ron Duwell |
Nintendo has taken to the WiiConnect 24 messaging service found on their old console to remind users that the Wii U is an entirely new system. Turning on your Wii gives a message stating what might be common sense to the average gamer but news to…
By Ron Duwell |
The Global President of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, will soon take on the extra responsibility of CEO of Nintendo of America following a management shake-up expected to happen this summer. He will be overseeing Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime, who will stay put.…
By Joey Davidson |
If you don’t already own a Wii U, but you plan on buying one, here’s a warning: there’s a really big patch required to connect the device to the internet. The patch brings with it major features that the Wii U needs, including things like…
By Joey Davidson |
The name of the game in New Super Mario Bros. 2 is finding and collecting as many coins as you possibly can. The goal is to reach 1,000,000 coins collected. As a whole, New Super Mario Bros. 2 players have now broken 300,000,000,000 coins collected. That…
By Eric Frederiksen |
Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata announced during an earnings call yesterday that the Wii U will be selling below production cost, though he didn’t go into just how far below cost. Historically, Nintendo has sold consoles and handhelds at a profit while its competitors sell at a…
By Joey Davidson |
As confirmed by the head of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, the Wii U will finally receive its official price point and release date tomorrow. Here’s what Iwata had to say on the official Nintendo of Japan Twitter account: Good evening, this is Iwata from Nintendo. Tomorrow,…
By Ron Duwell |
The recent string of New Super Mario Bros. games have struck a chord with a lot of Nintendo fans, but not always on a positive note. What was originally meant to be a fun little throwback to the old days of the series has become…
By Joey Davidson |
Nintendo didn’t take time to announce two major facts during their E3 presentation for the upcoming Wii U; specifically, the console never received a launch date or price point. Those details will supposedly come later this summer. In speaking with Gamasutra, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata…
By Joey Davidson |
While the holiday launch date and price point for Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U still remain a mystery, we have official word from the company regarding the cost of the system’s online service. Or, should we say, the non-cost of the Wii U’s online goodness. Genji2Game summarized…
By Joey Davidson |
The Nintendo 3DS was one of the most poorly priced gaming systems to launch in years. The handheld hit the US market at $250 (and around the world at the same relative price). Consumers spoke with their wallets, and Nintendo found out the hard way…
By Joey Davidson |
New Super Mario Bros. 2 for the Nintendo 3DS features a strange concept. It’s a game about, primarily, collecting gold coins. In fact, Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo, had Takashi Tezuka explain what it is that makes New Super Mario Bros. 2 so unique. It’s the coins.…
By Joey Davidson |
During a recent investor call with Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, President, spoke briefly about bringing DLC to their first-party games. He specifically mentioned both Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land for the Nintendo 3DS. Iwata connected DLC to the longevity of software, as is often its…
By Joey Davidson |
Flying in the face of what seems to have become common thought, especially in communities similar to the one on this site, Nintendo believes their Nintendo 3DS has shown that there is room in the market for a dedicated gaming device. Contemporaries think smartphones are…
By Joey Davidson |
In speaking with Japanese publication Nikkei, Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo, delivered information concerning the current state of the Nintendo 3DS and some of its software sales statistics. The system is doing well, according to Iwata, and is on pace to cross the three million…
By Joey Davidson |
Probably one of the strongest and most storied franchises in gaming history is that of The Legend of Zelda. It’s a series that’s spanned entire generations, and it’s one that has a diverse sampling of fans in age, gender and gaming experience. In the most…
By Joey Davidson |
Love or hate on the system all you want for its 3D magic trick, but we can all probably agree that the Nintendo 3DS saw so much rocky terrain within its launch window because of a lack of quality software within its catalogue. We’ve written…
By Sage Lane |
The benefits for both Nintendo and the respective platforms appear obvious. Nintendo would make bookoo bucks on app purchases, and any Nintendo series, would add the legitimacy that the mobile app scene lacks. Let’s face it, as I’ve said before, smartphones are killing mobile gaming.…
By Joey Davidson |
For those Nintendo fans that have never seen or read an entry of Iwata Asks, a special interview column featuring Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s President, and game developers, I insist that you do your best to check it out at least once. Every release centers around…
By Joey Davidson |
Nintendo has announced that they will stream (by way of Ustream and Nico Nico LIVE) a Nintendo 3DS specific press conference on October 21st at 8pm. That’s October 21st at 7am if you live on the east coast of the States. The details are absolutely…
By Joey Davidson |
After the Nintendo 3DS conference earlier this week, Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President, spoke with Japan’s Nikkei concerning the future of the company. Andriasang produced a summary of the discussion. Part of that discussion was a line of questioning regarding the oft-rumored and speculated idea of…
By Killian Bell |
Now this is music to my ears. I’ve been hoping, praying, that Nintendo would release some of its big games on the iPhone and the iPad, but the company has always been adamant that its titles will only be available on its hardware and no…
By Joey Davidson |
More trials, tribulations and concerns seem to be coming from Nintendo President Satoru Iwata as the day rolls on. Earlier this morning, we ran the story of Iwata’s sincere apology to early Nintendo 3DS adopters for dropping the price of the hardware so quickly. Iwata…
By Killian Bell |
Nintendo’s decision to slash the price of its latest handheld is fantastic news to those who were contemplating the purchase of the 3DS. A pretty significant price drop, which will see those in the U.S. save $80, makes the device very tempting. However, for those…
By Joey Davidson |
Over the last year or so I’ve bumped into several different developers working on different games built around the free-to-play model. Typically reserved for PC and Mac outings, the principle here is that games will garner larger followings without price tags. Then companies can cash in on…
