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

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

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

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

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

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: ...
January 23, 2012 in Blog/News Discussion by Jonah

UK airports are not the best places in the world to be, and so 3DS gamers will be happy to know that Nintendo has just signed a internet deal with Boingo, which will take provide internet access for 3DS users across the UK. The cool news stems from the fact that 3DS users will not ...
January 23, 2012 in Blog/News Discussion by Jonah

Fans of the car racing genre will be happy to know that Project C.A.R.S is heading to Wii U. Well that's according to devleoper Slighty Mad Studios. But here's the thing, as of yet, the game doesn't have a publisher. The whole thing sounds a little complicated but actual game footage does ...
January 23, 2012 in Blog/News Discussion by Jonah

There could very well be a Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing sequel on the way for both 3DS and Wii U. I managed to see the original game in action over the Christmas period and so it will be interesting to see if this rumour comes to anything.The original game is nothing to ...