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Gamasutra: Joost Rietveld’s Blog – Nintendo’s backstage performance

May 17, 2012

Managers employed by a company perform on two stages. first, they have to perform at the main stage where their act is judged on the basis of market response. Nintendo’s CEO Satoru Iwata, for example, decides over video game hardware design issues and which games get published (or not). The firm’s financial results then are [...]

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Gamasutra – Press Releases – Mojo enters European and Australian airspace! Bird Mania 3D available in Nintendo eShop from this Thursday

May 17, 2012

[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.] Kraków, may  14th 2012 Teyon, a video games developer and digital publisher, announcedtoday the anticipated release date of their latest Nintendo3DS™ arcade action game in PAL region. Bird Mania 3D is thefirst title to be offered [...]

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Five reasons to buy a PS Vita right now…

May 16, 2012

Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 06:08 EDT by Steven Williamson 9 Comments Last week we revealed that 70 percent of PlayStation 3 owners are yet to buy a PlayStation Vita. a chunk of those people said that if the price was lower and there were more games available they’d be more likely to purchase one, [...]

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Platform Tectonics: The Evolution of Touch and Waggle

May 16, 2012

In the first part of Platform Tectonics, I laid out the disappearance of differences between the big modern gaming platforms. as I mentioned in the last article, the Wii is the odd one out this generation, due to a number of reasons. First, the controls. The Wii – just like the Gamecube – doesn’t support [...]

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Retrospective: Beyond Good and Evil

May 15, 2012

The new issue of Nintendo Gamer is on sale now. Quick quiz question for you: what GameCube game involves a beautiful island kingdom populated a cast of quirky talking animals, explored by a Metroidvania unlock system? If you answered The Wind Waker, you’d be technically correct, but those who said beyond good and Evil are [...]

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Czy gry zamieniaj

May 14, 2012

“Czy gry tworz

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Nintendo phases out Aqua Blue 3DS

May 13, 2012

(Credit:Nintendo) Gaming giant Nintendo noted today that it will soon cease production of the Aqua Blue 3DS. The announcement comes a few months after the debut of a Cobalt Blue 3DS in Japan, which seems likely to arrive in the U.S. sometime in the near future. For those of you still keeping up with the [...]

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Games that make you want to throw your iPad (don’t do it!)

May 13, 2012

(Credit:CNET) I play a lot of video games. I have a Windows gaming rig and anXbox 360, and my iOS devices are filled with games from every genre. I would consider myself a fairly skilled gamer, but there are certain types of games designed to challenge even the most seasoned fans. Back in January, I [...]

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The Escapist : News : 30,000 Dominoes Proves Fan’s Love of Nintendo

May 13, 2012

Watching this many small rectangles fall is more fun than Tetris. There’s something pure and childlike about the joy one feels watching a meticulously-placed display of dominoes fall one by one. The clicking, the anticipation, the spectacle of a crash all culminate in a smile. It’s similar to how a great and simple videogame can [...]

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Gaming consoles consume copious amounts of energy

May 12, 2012

(Credit:Microsoft) Electricity costs on game consoles have soared into the billions with tons of energy being wasted, according to a study (PDF) by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. However, it doesn’t have to stay this way. The moral of this study: power down when done playing. according to the research, 68 percent of all game [...]

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Wii U Release Date Leaked: Nintendo Console Coming This November [REPORT]

May 11, 2012

Sources close to Nintendo have revealed that the new home-gaming console will cost about $180 to manufacture, but the system may cost as much as twice that price for Nintendo's consumers, according to Forget the Box. this price will include the cost of the system's tablet-style controller, which costs $50 to manufacture. the same source [...]

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Nintendo confirms new Wii U Mario for E3

May 11, 2012

Nintendo has officially confirmed earlier reports – it WILL show a “new Mario Bros.” game for Wii U at E3 in June. The original reports earlier today cited an interview from Spanish publication El Mundo, who were apparently told by Miyamoto that Nintendo would reveal a new Mario game for Wii U in June. Without [...]

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