I know a lot of you might be sick of the question, "Should Nintendo develop games for smartphones?" But after Iwata addressed it recently, I thought I'd expand on the point he'd made since it was the best point he's made so far. This might also act as my final word on the topic. Perhaps.
At the moment, the usage of StreetPass outside of Japan is a lot less and interesting than StreetPass usage inside of Japan. But as announced at E3 2013, Nintendo is planning to fix this problem in a software update. "How?" Well, the StreetPass feature will be changed so you're able to "exchange data with others [...]
As expected, a new batch of Pokémon have been leaked from CoroCoro magazine in Japan. You can find images of the following additions after the break: Kofukimushi, a bug type Pokémon that evolves into Spewpa. From there, Spewpa evolves into Vivillion (a half-flying, half-bug type) which we have previously seen. Shishiko, a fire and normal [...]
The original Shantae was supposed to be released on the Virtual Console before the end of June, but it has since moved to an unspecified date in July. When the final date is shared, I'll of course post it to this blog. (via twitter.com)
Reggie Fils-Aime has shared this anecdote at E3 2013: I was emailing back and forth with Mr. Iwata a couple of weeks ago and he asked me why one reporter in the U.S. was saying that Nintendo ‘wouldn’t even be at E3’ this year. I told him I gave up a long time ago trying [...]
In an effort to "expand [their] digital business", Nintendo is "planning to offer new types of content" via the eShop. As a result, they're currently working on their first ever free-to-play software. This will be a game we can play for free, but assumably can pay to expand with additional content. We don't know anything [...]
Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed that Nintendo worked on versions of Pikmin for both the 3DS and the GameBoy Advance. This is his explanation why we saw neither of them though: ...but they were versions that I wasn't really happy with until we came to this version on the Wii U and I finally felt like [...]
Mario Golf: World Tour for the 3DS was supposed to be released this year, but that is no longer the case. As revealed in the above image, originally shared at E3 2013 analyst briefing, the game is now set for release at some point in 2014.
Satoru Iwata has told analysts at an E3 2013 briefing that their "internal software development teams are now at a stage where [they] can expect software launches without too many intervals" for the 3DS. Because of this, Nintendo has "many unannounced game titles" and they expect to release "a sufficient number of first-party titles for [...]
Just in case you can't be bothered to read the few Pokémon-focused posts on the homepage of this blog at the moment, I made this summary in video form. These were the original stories: This is the "Player Search System" in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y There are now "Horde Encounters" and "Sky Battles" in [...]
We heard that StreetPass would be supported in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, and the technology seems to be in use through what is known as the "Player Search System". There's two parts to this system though. Firstly, this system "alerts players when someone nearby is playing Pokémon X or Pokémon Y and gives you [...]
GameFreak has announced the existence of "Horde Encounters" and "Sky Battles" in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, both of which are designed to add some variety to the standard battling formula. Horde Encounters force players to "battle against multiple wild Pokémon that attack all at once". The twist, however, is that you can only use [...]
From the recent developer roundtable at E3 2013, GameFreak has revealed three new Pokémon in the form of Talonflame, Clauncher, and Skrelp for Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. You can check after the break for the first art of these additions to the franchise, along with further details. Talonflame An evolved form of the recently announced Fletchling, [...]
The archives of this blog have been dominated by Smash Bros. over the past 24 hours (and the statistics show that people are perfectly okay with this), and that dominance hasn't quite ended. You can check after the break for almost an hour of discussion about the game between: Sephazon (of wiiublog.com) Cobanermani456 PKSparkxx Awesomefaceprod [...]
Since the explosion of the iPhone and the App Store, people have been urging Nintendo to make games for smartphones. In the short term at least, it'd surely make them a bunch of money. Imagine Smash Bros. on the iPhone? The controls might not be great, but just about every single iPhone owner would buy [...]
There's more footage from The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds via E3 2013 after the break. For folks drowning in details at the moment, this is a sequel to A Link to the Past. It's set for release this November.
After the reveal that Mega Man will be a playable character in Smash Bros. on the 3DS and Wii U, Capcom has released Mega Man 6 via the Virtual Console in Europe. You can pick up the game for £4.49/€4.99.
Folks in both North America and Europe are now able to use the above Pokémon X and Pokémon Y-themed stationery via Swapnote. There's another variation that can be seen after the break.
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