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Nintendo has partnered with Humble for its first ever Humble Bundle promotion to feature Wii U and 3DS titles. The latest Humble Bundle offers up Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition on Wii U, Woah Dave! for Nintendo 3DS, and Mighty Switch Force! for Nintendo 3DS for whatever individuals want to …
Read More »Fire Emblem: Awakening nearing 2m sales
Fire Emblem: Awakening is nearing – and possibly already surpassed – 2m sales, according to developer Intelligent Systems. VG247 points to a new promotional page for the upcoming Fire Emblem: If, which confirms the game has sold 1.79m copies as of December 2014. Five months have passed since the figure …
Read More »Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon coming to 3DS in 2016
The next instalment in the Pokmon Mystery Dungeon series has been announced by Nintendo. TitledPokmon Super Mystery Dungeon, the game will see a European release on 3DS next year. Japanese and America fans will have the chance to play the game a little earlier, with releases this Autumn and Winter, …
Read More »Nintendo World Championships US regional qualifiers detailed
Nintendo has revealed US qualifiers for the company’s recently announced Nintendo World Championships revival will take place later this month. Eight qualifying events will take place simultaneously (excluding the time zone differences) across America on May 30th from 10 am to 7 pm local time. Entrants will be playing the …
Read More »Dragon Quest VIII is being ported to 3DS
Square Enix is bringing one of its RPG cult classics to Nintendo’s current handheld. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King was first released in 2004 for PS2 (in Japan, at least – it didn’t arrive in Europe until 2006) but is now being ported to 3DS. It has …
Read More »New 3DS Pullbox game is free to download in Japan
It probably doesn’t qualify as free-to-play, but Nintendo is again tinkering with payment models, this time with the release of a new Pullblox game. Siliconera reports that Pushmo: Hippaland can be downloaded on 3DS for free. For 500 (around 2.67) players can then grab another 100 levels. Three further 50 …
Read More »Nintendo abandons plans to release consoles in China, report claims
Wii U and 3DS platform holder Nintendo will not follow Sony and Microsoft into the Chinese market, it has been claimed. Tokyo based games consultant Serkan Toto has said Nikkei has reported that Nintendo will not execute prior plan to manufacture consoles for the Chinese market”. A year ago Nintendo …
Read More »This is how Nintendo hopes to grow 3DS and Wii U sales
While Nintendo’s return to profitthis week was welcome, the fact that both 3DS and Wii U missed sales targets was most certainly not. To address the issue Nintendo has identified two strategies – women and DLC. Four years since its release, we are seeing a certain level of positive results …
Read More »Nintendo back in the black with net income of 41.8bn yen
Platform holder returns to profit, surpassing forecasts by more than 10bn yen
Read More »Nintendo reverses three years of losses to get back in the black
A fourth year of losses has been avoided at Nintendo, despite the Wii U and 3DS failing to meet sales expectations. Net income for the year ended March 2015 reached 41,843m, up from last year’s 23,222m loss. Operating income reached 24,770m, up on last year’s 46,425m operating loss. Net sales …
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