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Read More »VVVVVV pulled from Nintendo eShop over 3DS hack exploit
Terry Cavanagh’s popular indie platformer VVVVVV has been removed from the Nintendo eShop amid accusations that it can enable the use of homebrew software on the handheld. Polygon reports that the game featured in a new exploit that bypassed some of the console’s security protection. A similar scenario played out …
Read More »Nintendo: NX will not be sold at a loss
Nintendo has reiterated that it will make money on each NX unit sold. The firm traditionally makes money off of its hardware business, in contrast to its rivals which loses money on the consoles in the hope they’ll make the money back from the software. However, with Wii U – …
Read More »Nintendo launches #3DSAdventures marketing push
This year the 3DS is all about adventure games, Nintendo says. The company has launched a new PR and marketing campaign to highlight a number of major RPGs set for release this year, including Final Fantasy Explorers, Bravely Second: End Layer and Hyrule Warriors Legends. Other titles set to feature …
Read More »DSi Store to close next year
Forerunner to 3DS’ eShop put focus on indies and smaller titles
Read More »Nintendo UK veteran James Honeywell departs after 21 years
Popular Nintendo UK marketing boss James Honeywell has left Nintendo after more than two decades at the platform holder. He joined the company around the launch of Donkey Kong Country in the company’s customer service department, but his knowledge and love for Nintendo games caught the attention of higher ups, …
Read More »Simogo releases playable prototype and concept docs for cancelled 3DS title
Year Walk dev details unique control scheme for ball-rolling follow-up to Beat Sneak Bandit
Read More »Bigger than Star Wars: Is Yo-kai Watch about to conquer Europe?
Forget NX and smartphone games – the product that might just come to define Nintendo’s 2016 is a 3DS title. Yo-kai Watch is a monster of a Japanese phenomenon. Created by Level-5 (the company responsible for the Professor Layton series), the last Yo-kai Watch movie attracted more viewers in its …
Read More »Monster Hunter X is coming to Europe as Monster Hunter Generations
The next Monster Hunter will reach 3DS this summer, Nintendo has announced. Monster Hunter Generations is, according to the company, ‘the most customisable Monster Hunter experience to date’. The title went by the name Monster Hunter X in Japan. Monster Hunter is one of the most popular game franchises in …
Read More »Nintendo tries again to pitch Metroid Prime: Federation Force
Metroid Prime: Federation Force is perhaps the most ill-received Nintendo game of all time, but the company is having another stab at selling it to you. The games last year became the figurehead of what was a very hostile reaction to Nintendo’s pretty threadbare E3 showing. This was acknowledged by …
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