Tag Archives: nintendo

The 3DS was the first Nintendo handheld to come region locked, something a lot of fans had an issue with as it limited your choices as far as what games you could play. Sometimes a big game only comes out for one region, Monster Hunter 4 is a good example …

If you've been living in China for the past near decade and a half, you'll have been restricted to PC gaming as your main source of video-game entertainment, since console sales were completely illegal. However it now looks like – temporarily at least – China has lifted its ban on …

It might seem crazy and the data is coming from VGChartz – a somewhat untrustworthy source of data – so take it with a pinch of salt, but Forbes has it that the Wii U might be making its big come back, even outselling Microsoft's new Xbox One console in …

The two supplementary software applications Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter, which have been available to Eastern gamers for some time and provided them with the ability to store their beloved pocket monsters in the cloud and transfer them between previous editions of the Pokémon games, have had their Western releases delayed due to …

The rumour had a good run but it's over now, Notch has officially debunked the Minecraft Wii U rumour although, he does agree that the game would be a good fit for the console. A Wii U version isn't completely off the cards forever but right now Notch and the Minecraft …

If you managed to score yourself a shiny new Nintendo system this Christmas, you might have noticed that the online functions aren't working. This is because Nintendo has been suffering from a long series of server issues since Christmas morning. how to make counterfeit money The issue is affecting those …

One of the biggest complaints any Nintendo fan will have of the Wii U marketing strategy, is that most of it's target audience (Wii owners) don't realise it's a new console. This isn't too surprising considering what the Wii U is called and what it looks like, but most importantly, …

Did you think the Xbox One was expensive at launch? Well, it was and is, but it's far from the worst culprit on the chart this Redditor put together, listing all of the consoles from the past near four decades and adjusting their prices for inflation. Without scrolling down, take …

One of the biggest problems the Wii U has at the moment, is that much of its potential market – the seriously casual – don't even know that it's a new system, they assume it's a Wii accessory or a simple upgrade. Something tells me if Nintendo had stuck to …

The Wii U has struggled since its release last year, its had a decent sales peak in October thanks to the release of Zelda Wind Waker HD but for the most part its not done well at all. The lack of sales has caused many to give up on the …

Another month, another Nintendo Direct presentation. This time we've been given quite a bit of 3DS news ranging from features and software updates to game releases. We start off with some Zelda: A Link Between Worlds news. First we're introduced to three new characters: Irene the Witch- She is there …

The Wii U has been out for over a year now and there's still people out there who don't know it exists or don't know that it is in fact, one of the next gen consoles.Knowing the difficult position the console is in, you might start to think that the …

Nintendo has decided to suspend the Swapnote service after receiving regular evidence that the 3DS feature was being used to exchange offensive material. The Swapnote and Special notes services were suspended at 7:00 PM EST on the 31st of October so over here in the UK you would've found that …

Since its initially frenetic launch, the Wii U has dropped off the map in terms of console sales. Nintendo managed to push around four million in its initial Christmas launch period, but since then numbers have been way down, prompting some to wonder if it was heading the way of …

Would you like to see some classic N64 titles remade and put on the Nintendo Eshop? I know some people who still own N64's and other retro consoles and it seems Nintendo knows too. A new rumour going around suggests that Nintendo is working on remaking several classic titles in …

Nintendo Land is out and the Mario brothers are in, in this new Wii U bundle set to land before Christmas. Now instead of getting the Nintendo produced mini-game, party title with your newly purchased Wii U console, you'll get the two Mario bros themed games instead. Coming as part …

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 …

The Wii U has been down for a while but it looks like the console is finally picking itself up as this month Wii U sales in the UK have shot up more than 685 per cent thanks to the release of Zelda Wind Waker HD. I've got to admit, …

Yesterday images of the new Pokemon game were leaked on this user's Instagram account, showing off some in-game features and environments. After a few hours the news hit Nintendo HQ, the pictures were seen and the Nintendogs were released. The leaker, Kostdin Manolov, had to remove all of the images from his …

I do, I do! My wife will too, for sure. Granted it doesn't come down to much more than painting them red or green and sticking a M or L over the speaker port, but this is something Nintendo should have been doing for a long time. Announced yesterday as …

University drop out and former richest man in Japan, Hiroshi Yamauchi has died, ending the long life of a man who was also Nintendo's longest running president. Having taken on the role from his ailing grandfather in 1949 at the age of 22, Yamauchi ran the company until 2002, when …

It's going to be a big number isn't it. If you think about all the home console releases and all the handhelds Nintendo has made available to our wallets over the past 30 years, it's going to be a lot. Well, made your guess? Ready? 654.12 million. When broken down, …

Poor Nintendo. Its “next-gen” system has had a horrible start, despite having a year lead in on both Microsoft and Sony's systems. New figures announced during Nintendo's quarterly earnings report, suggest that worldwide, it only sold 160,000 of the machines between April and June this year. Game sales were a …

For those that don't know, Nintendo attempted to ban all streams of its console brawler, Super Smash Bros Melee, from the latest EVO fighting games tournament. It's a good thing it went back on that pledge however, because it became the biggest stream that the competition has ever had. In …

Well at least we now know why Nintendo's latest console release hasn't been selling well: Nintendo doesn't have a decent official URL. It tried, oh Nintendo tried, but the courts decided that it wasn't deserving of being given the site just like that. Now with its appeal denied, Nintendo will …

Nintendo's CEO, Satoru Iwata, has said that it's Nintendo's fault that the Wii U isn't selling well, mainly because the company didn't market it well enough and that ultimately a lot of the console's audience, is still confused about the relatively new console. This is something we've talked about here …

While the world and his dog is attacking Microsoft for its stance on used games and Sony is being a little coy about third party publishers potentially blocking the sale of them, Nintendo has another idea about how to restrict used sales: make better games. This was said by Nintendo …

“Well, why not?” you might be asking yourself, and it's a good question. 1: Because there's a big rumour going around that GameStop in America is going to stop selling it, because nobody is buying it,  and 2: Because nobody is buying it. To make sure that the cut price, …

Last week we reported on how Nintendo has been taking over the advertising of those making Let's Plays featuring games from the the Japanese firm, leading to all revenue from said videos heading eastward. Understandably many of the channel owners complained and Youtube has now got back to them. The …

It looks like according to one analyst at least, the Wii U is still selling incredibly poorly. To put it in perspective, it was outsold by the Xbox 360, PS3, and the previous generation's Wii, throughout the whole of April. The numbers paint a more detailed picture, though hardly an …