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Nintendo is doing everything it can to make buying downloadable content on the Wii U easy as pie. Since the Kyoto-based game maker has said on numerous occasions that its DLC will add to the experience, I'm not so worried about Nintendo's approach. It's the other game makers that concern me. More »
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In Dec. 2011, a report surface claiming that Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto said he was retiring. Nintendo quickly commented, saying the report was a "misunderstanding" and "absolutely not true." See, Shigeru Miyamoto is apparently always saying he's going to retire. More »
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Nintendo announced a bunch of actual news over the last few days—the release window for the Wii U, the Nintendo Network, a new Mario side-scroller for the 3DS—but Next Media Animation doesn't care about any of that. More »
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In the last few months, Nintendo put out a couple of Mario games—namely, Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7. But Nintendo isn't finished. There's another Mario title on the horizon; it wasn't publically known until today. More »
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The Nintendo Network is the Kyoto-based game maker's upcoming service that envisions digital game distribution and, most likely, downloadable content. Nintendo is outfitting the Wii U controller with tech that could radically change the way gamers shop. More »
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Hinted at in the boxshot of a 3DS game last week, the Nintendo Network was formally announced by the Japanese games maker today in a meeting with investors. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says the service will offer features different from the Wi-Fi Connection supporting its current Wii and DS hardware, and is seen as a distribution channel for full versions of retail video games. More »
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Today in Osaka, Nintendo released its revised forecast for this financial year. Things are not good. More »
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Next month, Nintendo will be releasing a big update for the 3DS. Today, the Kyoto-based game maker discussed what is in store. More »
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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is calling today's presentation "Nintendo Direct". Think of it as a fireside chat with the company responsible for Mario. More »
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Right before this year's Tokyo Game Show, Nintendo suddenly revealed it was having a press conference. It was a total bust. Today, Nintendo suddenly announced it was holding another press conference. Will it be a disappointment, too? More »
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Nintendo is holding a press conference in Tokyo today, revealing the future of the Nintendo 3DS. Will Nintendo show its garish 3DS Circle Pad add-on in action for the first time? (Probably.) Will Nintendo reveal a revamped 3DS, as rumors have suggested? (Perhaps!) More »
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It was a great day when the Nintendo 3DS went on sale in Japan on February 26. It was also a great day when it launched in North America the following month. Shame the rest of the 3DS's timeline hasn't been so great. It's been awful. More »
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Well, there was a fox temple Star Fox developer Dylan Cuthbert told Kotaku about. But that's not all. The game was also inspired by British television. More »
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After dismal sales of the Nintendo 3DS (and declining sales of the Wii and Nintendo DS), Nintendo issued a massive, uncharacterisitc price cut for its newest handheld. It plans on compensating early adopters, but what of the 3DS owner personally wounded by Nintendo's cutting? More »
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Face it. Nintendo's never been a powerhouse in digital entertainment, like Sony or Microsoft. That could change. More »
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Today in Tokyo, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata addressed shareholders regarding the Nintendo 3DS. For Nintendo, things have been better. More »
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There's a saying that the only stupid question is an unasked one. That's not true. More »
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Nintendo has never required users of the Nintendo 3DS to play their games with the system's glasses-free 3D visuals activated. But 3D has been the machine's selling point, one baked into the machine's name. More »
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The Wii U comes with one Wii U Controller. Each console will support only one of these controllers; Kotaku broke the news that Nintendo is looking into games that support two Wii U controllers. But why is Nintendo planning to release the console with single Wii U Controller support? More »
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The Wii U plays games that run on a proprietary 25 GB format. As Kotaku previously reported, that's the same size as Blu-ray discs. But don't think that means the Wii U will run Blu-ray discs. Heck, it won't even run DVDs. More »
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Nintendo has already talked Wii U pricing. While the Kyoto-based electronics giant didn't give an exact figure, company honcho Satoru Iwata did say that he doesn't think Nintendo can charge the same price it does for the Wii. More »
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Wii U is the Nintendo Wii successor. That doesn't mean the upcoming HD console is going to pick up where Wii pricing leaves off. More »
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Nintendo's new home console Wii U has a controller with a large touch screen. In the gaming world, it's unusual—unique, even. But not in Japanese karaoke. More »
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"Iwata Asks" is a regular feature on Nintendo's official site in which Nintendo president Satoru Iwata asks questions about hardware and games his company makes. This time, Iwata asks Mario creator about the Wii U. More »
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Nintendo is considerate. When the Kyoto-based game company reveals it's working on new hardware, it wants to surprise people, but doesn't want to screw up their travel plans. More »
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Increases in the realism of video games are limiting the ability of Japanese games to appeal outside of their home country, according to the president of Nintendo. More »
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Last week, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said he regretted going it alone with the Wii, which was an odd regret given the machine's massive success. Was something lost in translation? Today, we get a look at how Nintendo itself translated Iwata's remarks. Suddenly the regret is more clear... and more understandable. More »
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The Wii Vitality Sensor, which supposedly sensors your vitals, debuted at the 2009 E3 gaming expo. Then, it was too mellow for E3 in 2010. What about this year? Don't hold your breath! More »
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For a console with an impressive install base of more 86 million, you might think that Nintendo wouldn't have any regrets about the Wii. But Nintendo's CEO says he does have one regret, one that he intends to address in the future. More »
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Star Fox 64 was one of the Nintendo 64's best video games. It was a fantastic on-rails shooter, it introduced rumble to Nintendo console gaming and it gave the world one of the best pieces of advice ever delivered by software: "Do a barrel roll." More »
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With the Wii successor, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said, "We would like to propose a new approach to home video game consoles." More »
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Shigesato Itoi, who's perhaps best known in Japan as a copy writer and TV personality, already said that there will be no Mother 4. Making Mother 3 was no easy task. That doesn't mean there still isn't hope - however faint that might be. More »
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Why is Nintendo reviving one of the best Nintendo 64 games, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time for the Nintendo 3DS? Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto says he wanted get a better sense of "really 'being there' in 3D" and to give new players a chance to play the Legend of Zelda game he was most deeply involved in. More »
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Nintendo's top people don't use the word Apple. They don't say iPhone or iTunes, not voluntarily, not if they can avoid it. And maybe that's because when they've been lamenting the problems with the "value" of games lately — they like that word better than "price" — they don't just mean Apple. More »
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As seen at this year's GDC speakers party by Kotaku's Stephen Totilo. More »
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The digital store for Nintendo's upcoming 3DS will include not only Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, but also Sega Game Gear ad Turbografx titles. More »
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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata takes the stage this morning in San Francisco to discuss modern gaming's 25-year evolution, and where his company will figure into the industry's future, possibly weaving new Nintendo product into his narrative. Join us! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5774350&view=rss&microfeed=true Nintendo President Satoru Iwata kicks off the Game Developers Conference this morning with a keynote about the past and future of gaming. We'll be live blogging it, starting in about an hour. More »
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One of the launch titles for the Nintendo 3DS will be Samurai Warriors Chronicles, a series whose devoted fan base is 40 percent female, says publisher Koei. More »
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Capcom vs. Marvel. Capcom vs. SNK (pictured). Capcom vs. Namco. Know who's missing? Nintendo. And that might not change. More »
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