Tag: nintendo
Nintendo prepares for Christmas assault by announcing new bundles for the Wii U
Nintendo today have announced three new bundles aimed at reviving interest in it's ailing Wii U console. Could the The Mario & Luigi Premium Pack, Party Pack and Just Dance Pack turn things around? So here are the bundles: Mario…
What can Blackberry learn from Nintendo?
It hasn't been a good week for Blackberry. Following the failure of the Q10 to interest pretty much anyone, they've essentially announced they're giving up on consumers and are instead going to go after their more reliable "Enterprise" users. They've…
Nintendo gaming pioneer Hiroshi Yamauchi dies aged 85
Hiroshi Yamauchi, the man responsible for steering Nintendo into the gaming giants they are today, has died aged 85. Yamauchi acted as president at Nintendo for an astonishing 53 years between 1949 and 2002 before passing the reins over to…
Nintendo 2DS is an ugly 3DS aimed at kids, without the 3D or clamshell lid
Yes, I thought it was a joke too when I first saw it, but this is in fact the real deal – pictured above is the Nintendo 2DS, a stripped down 3DS console with a baffling design. Though playing all…
WWII Super Mario propaganda posters: The Mushroom Kingdom needs YOU!
Ever wondered how, in the face of almost 30 years of continual defeat at the hands of Super Mario, Bowser still manages to drum up a legion of Koopa Troopas to meet the portly plumber head on in the battlegrounds…
Wii U takes an arrow to the knee as Bethesda lose interest in console
Wii U owners have been dealt another blow, as Bethesda, publishers of the Fallout, Elder Scrolls and Dishonored games, have announced that the latest Nintendo console doesn't figure into their current development plans. "None of the game's we've announced are…
30 years of Nintendo: 268M consoles, 385M handhelds, 4.1 BILLION games sold
Though Nintendo's Wii U may be struggling, with the latest financial quarter seeing the company sell just 160,000 of the next-gen machines, a look back at the company's 30 years in the home videogame industry shows a mind-boggling number of…
ASDA no longer stocking struggling Nintendo Wii U console, games or accessories
ASDA, the UK's second-largest supermarket chain, will no longer be stocking Nintendo's struggling Wii U console, nor its games and accessories, in any of its 555 retail outlets. Following a probe from leading gaming website Computer and Video Games after…
This Legend of Zelda strategy guide treasure chest boxset is the best chunk of gaming merch money can buy
For the hardcore Zelda fan, this is as good as it gets. Prima have put together The Legend Of Zelda Official Game Guide Boxed Set. Ticking every box for quality Nintendo swag, not only do you get gold-leaf paged hardcover…
Wii U gets an update, but major performance boost wont come till Autumn
Nintendo has released a small software update for their struggling Wii U console. The newest firmware update will allow the console to download SpotPass data and other software updates while in standby mode, as well as some minor bug fixes,…
