The iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad have already made Apple a huge player when it comes to gaming, with the touchscreen devices proving to be stiff competition for handheld consoles such as the Nintendo DS and the...Apple Hires Top Gaming Executives from Activision & Nintendo
The iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad have already made Apple a huge player when it comes to gaming, with the touchscreen devices proving to be stiff competition for handheld consoles such as the Nintendo DS and the...Apple nabs Nintendo and Activision executives for iOS gaming roles
MVC reports that Apple has hired away gaming PR executives from both Nintendo and Activision. According to the gaming site, Nintendo UK comms boss Rob Saunders is jumping ship from Nintendo, where he oversaw PR for devices like the Wii and DS, to ...
The secret history of Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 2’s long, strange trip to the top of the charts in 1988 began with a prototype video game that failed miserably.
The 8-bit classic, which became a massive hit for the Nintendo Entertainment...
The 3DS, the iPad, and the Future of Gaming
While the Nintendo 3DS didn't generate the kind of hype Apple product launches normally see did when it debuted in the U.S. on Sunday, by all accounts it's still doing very well. But can it compete with iOS devices? No, nor should it try.
Cradled by inadequacy: the 3DS battery put to the test
Our portable devices only work if they are truly portable, and that is only achieved when you're not chained to a power supply. I use a Macbook Air for my mobile computing, and the battery life is a large...
Homemade 3DS augmented reality cards make Gigantor-sized Mii
One of the interesting features of the Nintendo 3DS is the ability to point the built-in cameras at images printed on playing cards to view objects and animations popping out of your table in 3D. This technology is an...
3DS review hardware: why the 3D slider is the best thing ever
The Nintendo 3DS is here, we have a stack of games to play, and you can expect our huge, blowout review before the system's official release on March 27. I've been living with the thing, playing through the launch...
Nintendo Still Doesn’t Get The (New) Mobile Market
Nintendo Still Doesn’t Get The Mobile Market Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata, speaking about “quality video games” and mobile platforms like iOS and Android: In a feisty attack on the fastest-growing sectors of the video-game industry, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata said that smartphone games and social-media games focus on quantity instead of quality. “They are not like gaming...
Nintendo unveils 3DS Netflix, Super Mario at GDC
Netflix and Super Mario are coming to the Nintendo 3DS.
At Nintendo’s keynote presentation Wednesday morning at Game Developers Conference, the company said that the streaming movie service would be available on ...
Are iOS Game Prices Creating Culture of Disposability? Nintendo Boss Thinks So
The head honcho of Nintendo North America, Reggie Fils-Aime has criticized the price levels of apps in the iTunes App Store claiming that the low prices create a “mentality” for consumers that portable games should only be a few dollars. Fils-Aimes who is the Nintendo North American president and chief operating officer felt that such...
Xbox rising: December sales up 42% from 2009
Nintendo had a good December, selling 2.5 million DS systems and 2.3 million Wii systems, taking the crown for most hardware sold in calendar 2010. That sounds great, until you realize the DS and Wii sold 3.31 million and...
Hands on with the Nintendo 3DS at CES
The Nintendo 3DS launch is creeping ever closer, and we got a little hands on time with the device at CES this week. The playtime Nintendo afforded us was pretty structured, and they said the device was still a...
