Tag: nintendo
Philips calling on the law to ban the Wii U in the US
Courtroom intrigue today as Phillips announced it's taking Nintendo to court over patent infringement. If it wins, the Wii U could be banned from sale in the States. The company claims that Nintendo's Wii and Wii U consoles infringe a…
Mario Kart 8 review roundup
There's always excitement when a new game starring Nintendo mascot Mario comes along. And there's always an extra level of excitement when that game is an update of the super-fun racer Mario Kart. The go-kart racing game has been around…
Budget console for emerging markets in the works, says Nintendo
Despite massive losses, which we reported on last night, Nintendo has announced plans to launch a new console at some point in 2015, looking to carry its struggling name on into the future. However, this doesn't necessarily mean the end…
Was today a bad day for Nintendo, or a terrible day?
Poor Nintendo aren't having a good day. Read on to find out why. Problem 1: Massive Losses Nintendo posted their financial results this morning – and things were even worse than predicted. You may remember that a few months ago…
Nintendo said to be working on new hardware
According to two sources scooped up by IGN – a former Nintendo employee and a third-party insider – Nintendo is set to announce some new hardware next month, despite cancelling its E3 press conference. (This is an unofficial render from…
Nintendo to bring Game Boy Advance titles to Wii U next week
Given how the WiiU's big controller can be used without the TV being switched on, and fits in the palms of your hands, it is perhaps natural that Nintendo have thought to bring a bunch of handheld titles to the…
Nintendo discovers that women exist and decides to patronise them to death
Women can play computer games too! Sure, you may have previously assumed that the Mushroom Kingdom or Hyrule were places that girls can play in too, because they're also functional human beings, but it turns out that before they switch…
Nintendo's latest idea… getting into the healthcare industry
As we watch from afar as Nintendo tries to figure out what to do now it is losing money and the WiiU is failing, it turns out that Nintendo have been doing some lateral thinking: what else can a big…
Nintendo edge closer to mobile gaming
Following last week's dire profit warning for Nintendo following weak sales of the WiiU, the first details about the company's support for mobile platforms like iOS and Android have emerged, thanks to what we're told is a usually reliable Japanese…
More trouble for the beleaguered WiiU as Watch Dogs rumoured to be cancelled
It hasn't been a good week for Nintendo, to say the least. To add to their misery today, it has been reported that the WiiU version of Watch Dogs has been cancelled. Ubisoft's Watch Dogs, which looks set to be…
