Nintendo News

I had the great opportunity of speaking with Mikael Havari at Frozenbyte last week.  We discussed a number of topics including Trine 2: Director’s Cut, developing for the Wii U …
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A month ago, I asked readers to send in their best scores to contest@purenintendo.com for a chance to get their names in the magazine. Well, a month has …
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Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive Edition Review

Game-developer Way Forward has proved once again that it knows how to make a platformer, but shows that it knows it’s …
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Since the original Wii U announcement we really haven’t heard much about the use of NFC. According to this answer, from a recent Nintendo investor Q&A, it seems like Nintendo hasn’t nailed the idea …
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16 New Characters With Swappable Top and Bottom Halves Can Be Customized into More Than 250 Unique Combinations, Taking Skylanders and the “Toys to Life” Category to …
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These comments come from producer David Cox.

“We created everything in high definition – all the textures, all the levels, high-poly models, everything – and we kind of shrunk it all …
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First True 3D Entry in Revered Series Now Available for Nintendo 3DS

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– You are standing at the edge of a massive battlefield. Before you stands a sea …
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BELLEVUE, WA—Feb. 4, 2013—Starting March 4, a special Meloetta character distribution event begins at participating GameStop retail stores nationwide. Pokémon fans will be able to add the much-anticipated Mythical Pokémon Meloetta to …
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Coming from the ESRB website.

Ackk Studios, the developers of the eShop title Two Brothers, released a teaser for their next game on Tumblr!  This teaser, which is called Project Y2K for the time being, …
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During a recent corporate strategy meeting with investors and analysts Nintendo’s President, Satoru Iwata, revealed some more information regarding the company’s plans moving into the future.   During this meeting Satoru Iwata …
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Brownie Brown, a subsidiary of Nintendo Co. Ltd., is restarting as 1-UP Studio, Inc.  Brownie Brown has co-developed many Nintendo handheld games such as Professor Layton and the Last Specter and Super …
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Iwata is at it again with a brand new ‘Iwata Asks’ interview.  This time the focus is on Fire Emblem Awakening which releases in North America on February 4.

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One of the unique qualities of the Wii U is the Wii U GamePad, a new standard controller with a touch screen. We think that, together with the high Internet-connection …
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