Tag: Nintendo
Club Nintendo Rewards – August 2013
The month of August has brought four new downloadable game rewards for Club Nintendo members, including Mario Golf. The game is one of two that are available for the Nintendo 3DS, the other is Brain Age Express: Sudoku!! The two games for the Nintendo Wii this month are a couple of NES Virtual console titles […]
Mii Plaza Games Earn $4 Million
A few weeks ago Nintendo updated the Mii Plaza in North America and introduced four new mini-games. The games have turned out to be a very popular for Nintendo. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told Japanese website Tokyo Keizai Online that in the month since the games’ release the four StreetPass Mii Plaza games had been […]
Wii U Sales Soft While 3DS Sales Strong
Nintendo released their global sales yesterday. The good news is that net and ordinary income is in the green at ¥8.62 billion ($88.1 million). Also 3DS sales were strong last quarter. The bad news is that Wii U sales were on the opposite end if the sales spectrum. The 3DS was the best selling hardware […]
Nintendo Purchases Through PC Coming This Year
Nintendo is planning to let users have more access to their Nintendo Network accounts … from somewhere other than their Nintendo device. By the end of this year, Nintendo will be adding a new system that allows players to manage their Nintendo Network accounts through smartphones and PC. They’ll also be able to make their […]
August 1st Nintendo Download
Kirby’s Dream Land 2 hits the 3DS Virtual Console this week as well as three new eShop games. My Farm 3D, Family Kart 3D and Bike Rider DX are all new releases. On the Wii U front Pikmin 3 will be released in retail and digital download versions on Sunday as does Disney’s Planes, which […]
Nintendo Unveils Black 3DS XL
Nintendo announced today the latest colour for the Nintendo 3DS XL will hit stores next week and the newest colour will be basic black. On August 11th, Nintendo is releasing a black version of the Nintendo 3DS XL hand-held system, joining the currently available range of colors: blue, red and pink. The system will launch […]
CHARTED: Nintendo (week ending Jul 13)
No matter how many weeks have passed since the release, Mario titles have holding power with several releases from the last year still holding well in the top 30 releases. Animal Crossing: New Leaf is still holding strong in its fifth week of release in North America and has sold nearly 500,000 copies in the […]
Mario Kart Races Into Japanese Aracades
Released just a couple days ago in Japan, Mario Kart fans can get behind the wheel of Mario Kart Arcade Gran Prix DX. There’s even a trailer released for the game and the folks over at Arcade Heroes shared a video of the arcade unit as well. Check out all the action after the break, […]
Get a $10 Nintendo eShop Credit – Club Nintendo Promotion
Nintendo has an eShop promotion running right now but you’d better act fast as it’s only running for the weekend and ends on Sunday. Beginning now through July 28th, add qualifying funds to your Wii U Nintendo eShop account and Nintendo will throw in up to $10 in eShop credit. Here’s how it works:
July 18th Nintendo Download
The wait is finally over for North American Nintendo fans as Earthbound has finally been released. The game, which has never seen a release this side of the Pacific, was released on the Wii U Virtual Console. Other releases include Game Boy Colour title Shantae, which spawned a DSiWare sequal a few years ago. Also […]
Shin Megami Tensei IV | Review
Shin Megami Tensei IV is a fun and deep RPG experience that blends traditional RPG gameplay with monster hunting tactics which leads to a rewarding gameplay experience.
July 11th Nintendo Download
The heavily anticipated Shin Megami Tensei IV will arrive in stores and on the Nintendo 3DS eShop on Tuesday. We’ve played the game and it’s fantastic. Click the sidebar for our review of the game. Also hitting the eShores are a couple of Virtual Console titles on the Wii U in the original Metroid and […]
Mii Plaza on 3DS Receives Update and Games
North American users of the Nintendo 3DS got a surprise on Friday morning with the update for Mii Plaza arriving on their systems. After a brief system update, followed by the update within Mii Plaza itself, the plaza has been expanded and four new games have been introduced. Each of the four games can be […]
July 4th Nintendo Download
Lots and lots for the Nintendo 3DS this week. Pilotwings arrives on the Wii U Virtual Console while Sonic Drift 2 hits the Virtual Console for the 3DS. Elsewhere four games are reduced and put on sale, including both Mighty Switch Force! for the 3DS and Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition for the Wii […]
Nintendo Canada Going on Tour
Nintendo is taking the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS coast-to-coast across Canada on a cross country tour this summer. The company will have a large number of new games on display and playable to those in attendance, including New Super Mario Bros. U, LEGO City: Undercover, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon and the new Donkey Kong […]