Pikmin 3 is finally here and you can download it this weekend. The ultra-cute strategy game leads the list of downloadable games hitting Nintendo hardware this week. Cloudberry Kingdom also comes out right about now, along with Kirby’s Dreamland 2, Disney’s Planes and Harvest Moon, too. Check out the full list of… Read more
Nintendo has been fighting an uphill battle with the Wii U. To say sales have not been good is a bit of an…
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Holy smaller video game, Batman! Warner Bros. has confirmed that the newly-revealed multiplayer modes for Batman:…
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Reportedly, Nintendo is implementing a new system which would let players manage their Nintendo Network accounts via smartphones and PCs, allowing them to, for example, buy downloadable games remotely. Apparently it's expected by the end of the year. [NicoNico, via Siliconera]
It's no secret that the Wii U is struggling. However, the extent of which the console is struggling might surprise…
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Nintendo is (finally) releasing a black version of the 3DS XL on August 11, just in time for the release of Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.
"If [Sakurai] wants, my body is ready." That's Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime, answering a fan question a month ago about whether he'd be in the next Smash Bros. game. Now, there's a petition asking creator Masahiro Sakurai to actually add Fils-Aime as a playable character—and it's got almost 7000 signatures. [via CVG]
It'sa him, Mario! Witha you, person who just spent almost three grand.
There's now a lovely little message from Earthbound creator Shigesato Itoi on the game's official website, and Nintendo has even created a dedicated Wii U Miiverse page for Earthbound news. Hopefully they've got some surprises coming!
How do you transform poor Lucas from Mother 3 into something completely horrifying? Tighten his body and swap his face with Wario's. The unspeakable result would be a hysterical Smash Bros. character, that's for sure. Read more
"The truth is we were doing prototype tests of Pikmin for the DS and 3DS, but it turned into unit management with only the touch pen, and no matter what it just didn't seem like Pikmin." Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto to 4Gamer, on their early plans to develop Pikmin 3 for handhelds instead of the Wii U. [via ONM]
Three years ago, Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto told me that he had the work of Surrealist painter Rene Magritte…
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Here's more of Platinum's Wii U superhero game The Wonderful 101 in action. I don't know what the hell is going on half the time, but I do know that I'd very much like to play this game.
The original Kid Icarus flies onto the Wii U’s Virtual Console in the latest Nintendo Download. There’s also Picross e2 and Chain Blaster, too. Check out the full list of games that will be digitally available in the coming week right here.
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