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Speaking to analysts yesterday, Nintendo president Saturo Iwata admitted one curious reason for the comparatively high price of the Nintendo DS handheld – the enthusiasm with which it was greeted Andriasang says Iwata told the audience that the price was set by considering a number of factors, including reactions to …

The impressive E3 software line-up for 3DS proved that Nintendo’s new platform is one that publishers clearly believe in – and Saturo Iwata has pledged to ensure that remains the case. The Nintendo president has repeatedly had to reassure third party publishers about the market viability of non-Nintendo titles on …

Nintendo has forecasted that 3DS will sell 4m units before the end of March 2011 worldwide. The firm also wants to sell 15m 3DS games by the same deadline. The announcement was made as part of Nintendo’s revised sales forecasts, where it slashed its profit projections for the 2011 financial …

As well as confirming the launch details for the exciting looking 3DS console, Nintendo this morning also revealed that the new handheld will be the host of a Game Boy download service. The Game Boy has remained a notable omission from the current Virtual Console offering on Wii that to …

Though its official launch date remains unknown for now, German newspaper giant Bild has slipped a supposed launch date for the machine into a wider story about the device. The paper claims that the 3DS will launch in Japan on November 11th and then in Europe in spring 2011. A …

The technical specifications of Nintendo’s upcoming 3DS handheld have apparently been leaked. According to an IGN report, Nintendo’s upcoming handheld boasts; * Two 266MHz ARM11 CPUs* PICA-200 graphics chip running at 133MHz GPU* 4MBs of dedicated VRAM* 64MBs of RAM* 1.5GB flash storage If the data is accurate, then it …

Device built with a modest 64MB of RAM, report claims

Publisher EA has kicked off its Tokyo Game Show keynote by announcing a brand new family title for the 3DS – My Garden. It will be published on the EA Play label and is scheduled to be a launch title for the hardware, though EA didn’t offer any hints as …

A Twitter user has sparked rumours surrounding the Japanese release date of Nintendo 3DS. According to Andriasang, a user named ‘nocchisan’ – who claims to have previously worked for accessory maker Keys Factory – stated that eleven accessories designed by the firm will accompany the 3DS Japanese launch on Saturday, …

A listing on the site of retailer Play.com has pointed to a 199.99 RRP for Nintendo’s next handheld, the 3DS. As spotted by CVG, though the main page for the device doesn’t carry a price, if a user continues to browse the site the 3DS shows up in their ‘Recently …