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Will Wii U Get a New Name?

January 27, 2012 in Blog/News Discussion, Wii 2, Wii U by Jonah

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It seems Nintendo are considering a new name for Wii U. A source close to Nintendo has supposedly revealed that the Big N is worried about confusing the consumer with two home consoles which share similar branding.Do you think Wii U should get a new name? If so do you have any ideas ...

Gamers Are Ready For Next Gen Consoles

January 27, 2012 in Blog/News Discussion by The Ben

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told investors early this morning that gamers are now ready for new video games consoles. Iwata pointed to declining sales of all the major home consoles as the reason that consumers are looking towards brand new formats.“However, not just the Wii, but the overall performance of home consoles in December was ...

Super Mario 3D Land Is 1st 3DS Game To Sell Over 5m

January 27, 2012 in Blog/News Discussion by The Ben

Super Mario 3D Land is the very first Nintendo 3DS title to sell over five million units according to Nintendo. The company announced that Super Mario 3D Land has sold 5.03 million copies globally since the title launched in November of last year. Mario Kart 7 has also sold a fair number of units with ...

‘We Won’t Release Unfinished Games Just To Sell DLC’

January 27, 2012 in Blog/News Discussion by The Ben

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has clarified that Nintendo has no intention of publishing unfinished games just to make some extra money from paid downloadable content. We already know however that the Nintendo Network will support paid DLC...“Nintendo, as a software maker, does not plan to [run a business] where our consumers cannot know in advance ...

New Wii U Features – NFC and Personal Accounts?

January 27, 2012 in Blog/News Discussion by The Ben

Nintendo has announced that the Wii U controller will feature Near Field Communication, or NFC for short, which according to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata will allow the Wii U to do the following:“By installing this functionality, it will become possible to create cards and figurines that can electronically read and write data via noncontact NFC ...

Full Downloadable Retail Games Coming To Wii U And 3DS?

January 27, 2012 in Blog/News Discussion by The Ben

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has discussed the possibility of Nintendo bringing full downloadable retail games to both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS via the Nintendo Network. Iwata wouldn’t say when the company would start doing this, but claims that the company now has the full ability to do so. Iwata told investors that Nintendo would ...

New Mario Game Announced For 3DS!

January 27, 2012 in Blog/News Discussion by The Ben

Mr Iwata has told investors that the company is hard at work developing a brand new side-scrolling Mario title for the Nintendo 3DS. Iwata claims that the game is a “key title” for the Nintendo 3DS and will be released in the next fiscal year – at some point after March 2012 and before April ...

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Nintendo’s Losses Bigger Than First Anticpated

January 26, 2012 in 3DS, Blog/News Discussion by Jonah

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2011 was the first time in 30 years that Nintendo posted an overall loss. According to today's news, Nintendo has made a yearly operating loss of £367m.One analyst took this viewpoint:"Their time of growth (from consoles) is over, and, while I don't think the company will cease to exist, if they ...

Wii U Will Be Globally Released 2012

January 26, 2012 in Blog/News Discussion by The Ben

Hey All, Nintendo have confirmed that the upcoming enigmatic Wii U will release globally this year though sometime after E3. Satoru Iwata confirmed this himself so let's hope that the Wii U will launch with a powerful line-up and in style 8)

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New Animal Crossing 3DS Details

January 25, 2012 in 3DS, Animal Crossing, Blog/News Discussion by Jonah

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New details for AC 3DS popped up on GoNintendo this evening and so I thought I would share them with you here. GoNintendo admin Rawmeat Cowboy made a nice summary of the new details and so I've pasted them directly for you to read.- playing as mayor allows you to decorate the village - add ...

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Pachter Accuses Nintendo of Internet Ignorance

January 25, 2012 in Blog/News Discussion, General Discussion by Jonah

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Michael Pachter is the most noticed and quoted video game industry analyst on the planet. In recent times he's been quite critical of Nintendo and his latest comments continue to have negative tones."Nintendo doesn’t even know there’s an Internet yet so trust me, they’re going to be making consoles until someone explains it to ...

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Rumour: Wii U Doubles 360 Specs

January 25, 2012 in Blog/News Discussion by Jonah

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Don't you just love internet rumours. I don't know why but there's some anonymous statement and the net goes nuts.Well here's the latest anonymous statement from a developer that supposedly working on Wii U. Apparently, Wii U boasts specs which are twice as powerful than that of the 360. If this proves ...

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3DS Success Continues in Japan

January 25, 2012 in Blog/News Discussion by Jonah

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So the 3DS continues to excel in Japan and Sony's Vita continues to struggle. Here are the latest weekly sales figures for both hardware and software.3DS: 80,960 (100,668) PS3: 21,155 (30,332) PSP: 17,181 (22,538) PSV: 15,219 (18,361) Wii: ...