Any thoughts that you’ll be able to watch 1080p Blu-Ray’s on Nintendo’s new console, Wii U, have been dealt a blow as Nintendo has confirmed that they will be going down the route of creating their own propriety disco format for their Wii U console. In an interview with Nintendo President Satori Iwata he revealed [...]

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Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has been talking to press following the unveiling of the Wii U next-generation console at E3, and has let slip some important details regarding multiplayer. The surprising admission is the number of Wii U controller the console will be able to use: one. Apparently if you want to play a four-player game [...]

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The Lulz hacker team is on the rampage this summer. After successfully hacking Fox, Sony, Nintendo and the FBI (to name but a few) the Lul boat has turned its cyber cannons to a rather peculiar target, the NHS, not some obscure tech company, the actually NHS, National Health Service. The team claim that the [...]

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The Nintendo U is at risk of becoming a console calamity before it’s even released. Analysts aren’t convinced of its potential and with the 3DS launch dampened by the lack of strong launch titles, it seems the U is at risk of doing the same. When you think Wii, you think Ant and Dec on [...]

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Yesterday, I had a little moan about Nintendo, prophesising their downfall. At the risk of being hysterical, it seems I’m not the only one worried about the company’s future business plans. Despite the hum and buzz of the gaming world, stock holders are not impressed. Stocks are down 4.5% today following a 5.7% drop after [...]

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After events this year, we’re all thinking, what’s the future for Nintendo? We’ve been covering the ‘3DS success story‘ for months now with both sides are still claiming truth, but ultimately, the 3DS wasn’t quite the game changer that Nintendo had hoped for even if it has had ‘strong sales.’ But how do they plan to boost [...]

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Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime has admitted the Nintendo were using footage from other consoles when showing off third party support for the new console. Reggie did admit that the videos featured were stocked footage taken from PS3 games and Xbox 360. Asked directly whether the footage was recycled from other consoles, Fils-Aime replied: “Absolutely, because we’re [...]

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Nintendo has just finished its E3 press conference and as many had predicted they did show off their new console which has been named Wii U – but in true Nintendo fashion they did their way by only showing off the revolutionary controller and not the actual console itself. It was more like a half unveil with the actual console being shown off properly sometime in the future.

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