Nintendo reports its first profitable year since 2011
According to Nintendo's latest fiscal report, the company saw a ¥41 billion ($350 million) profit for the last fiscal year ending March 31.
Monster Hunter gets a cute RPG spinoff on Nintendo 3DS
Monster Hunter Stories, an RPG spinoff of the long-running series is coming to the Nintendo 3DS in Japan next year.
IronFall Invasion channels the cover-based shooting of Gears of War on the New 3DS
We had a chance to play the third-person shooter IronFall Invasion on the New Nintendo 3DS XL. Here are our full impressions of the game and how it runs on Nintendo's newest handheld.
Nintendo, why do you seem to hate your fans so much?
Here's an open letter to Nintendo, asking why the company would make such unfortunate, anti-consumer choices for the New 3DS XL handheld when it's clearly conceived as an upgrade proposition for fans.
Mario theme unlocks a secret game in new Nintendo 3DS’s web browser
Users have discovered a clever easter egg in the web browser of the new Nintendo 3DS, where tapping the Mario theme unlocks a secret, Breakout-style game.
‘New Nintendo 3DS’ (that’s what it’s called) adds two more buttons and an extra control stick
Nintendo reveals a "New" 3DS handheld that adds two shoulder buttons, a second analog control stick, and an assortment of other form factor and hardware tweaks. It's coming to Japan in standard and XL formats on October 11.
Nintendo’s Code Name STEAM combines steampunk, aliens, and Abe Lincoln
Nintendo has revealed Codename STEAM, a new third-person shooting game that takes place on a turn-based grid.
As its sales sink, Nintendo grasps at emerging markets, apps, and … figurines?
With Nintendo bleeding money and the Wii U and 3DS not performing up to expectations, here's what the company plans to do to remedy that.
Nintendo reports $457 million loss for fiscal year, blames Wii U sales
In its annual report on the previous fiscal year, Nintendo reported a $457 million loss, owing mainly to poor sales of its Wii U console.
Nintendo cuts the price on five popular 3DS games
Nintendo slashes the price on five 3DS games with 2 million-plus sales apiece, including three Mario games, an Animal Crossing, and a Donkey Kong Country.
Super Smash Bros. comes to 3DS this summer, Wii U this winter
Nintendo confirms a summer 2014 release for the 3DS version of Super Smash Bros and a winter 2014 release for the Wii U version.
Been there, done that: Nintendo’s short-term plan is ‘follow the leader’
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata laid out a rough plan for fixing the company in his recent investor talk, but the most promising possibilities amount to little more than playing catch-up with the company's top competitors.
Nintendo considers new business models following a very bad 2013
Nintendo president and CEO Satoru Iwata declares that the company is looking into "a new business structure" following a heavily slashed forecasts that point to a dismal fiscal performance in 2013.
Jetsetter: Have we learned nothing from Final Fantasy’s terrible numbering?
This week in Jetsetter, we look at Inazuma Eleven and the double-edged sword of when a traditionally import-only series finally makes the jump to the US.
Nintendo 3DS in top sales spot for May 2013, ending Xbox 360’s 28-month reign
For the first time in over two years, the Xbox 360 is not the best-selling console, according to NPD's May 2013 sales charts. Instead, the Nintendo 3DS takes the top spot, something that few would have predicted just one year ago.
Hands-on with ‘The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds’: A familiar world reinvented
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is a direct sequel to the legendary Super Nintendo game A Link to the Past, but despite a similar look it's very different.
Zelda lead confirms the return of light/dark worlds in A Link to the Past 2
Zelda creative lead Eiji Aonuma reveals in an interview with CNET that the upcoming sequel to A Link to the Past brings back light and dark worlds.
Nintendo pushes past GameStop in an effort to sell cheap, used Nintendo 3DS handhelds
Nintendo is not known for affordable hardware prices anymore, but now that the company is getting into used console sales, it's aggressively lowering the price of a Nintendo 3DS.
Wii U sells 31 percent fewer consoles than expected
Nintendo reported earnings for the fiscal year on Wednesday, and Wii U sales have been revealed in all their disappointing glory.
Nintendo 3DS XL gets its very own Circle Pad Pro, but no word on what upcoming games you can use it on
Nintendo 3DS XL has been available in the US for eight months, but the Circle Pad Pro add-on is only now making it out, ready to help new Monster Hunter fans.
Nintendo learns a lesson from the Wii U’s faults, and unleashes a torrent of new 3DS titles
The Nintendo 3DS' momentum isn't slowing as Nintendo announces a plethora of games like Yoshi's Island 3DS that recall the company's Super Nintendo heyday.
After two decades, ‘The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 2’ is confirmed – but the developer remains a mystery
More than two decades later, Nintendo is returning to Link's Super Nintendo adventure with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 2 on Nintendo 3DS.
‘Shin Megami Tensei IV’ makes the trip from Japan to the West in record time
Shin Megami Tensei IV for Nintendo 3DS will be the first entry in the series to make it to the US with its name intact, and the first in over 10 years.
‘Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon’ review: Mario’s little brother shines in the darkness
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon is Next Level Games' very best work, and one of the best made for Nintendo 3DS.
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate review (Wii U and 3DS): A JRPG that has grown up
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on Wii U is the finest of the series to cross the Pacific, though the same game fares less well on 3DS.
Nintendo found guilty of patent infringement, ordered to pay $30 mil in damages
Successful consoles like Nintendo DS are based on others' inventions license by Nintendo. The Nintendo 3DS, though, infringes on an inventor's patents.
‘Super Smash Bros 4’ for Wii U will do away with the pantywaist online fights of its predecessor
Super Smash Bros Brawl for Nintendo Wii disappointed due to lackluster online play. Super Smash Bros 4 for Nintendo Wii U and Nintendo 3DS will fix that problem.
GDC bound developers choosing mobile over consoles, and Nintendo takes the brunt of it
What platforms are game developers on the front lines working on? Smartphones and tablets and certainly not Nintendo's machines according to GDC's hosts.
Nintendo Wii U sales spiral down in January according to the NPD Group
The Nintendo Wii U selling at 38 percent below the Wii launch. How low? Its sales are identical to the Nintendo 3DS just before its historic price cut.
Fire Emblem Awakening review: A cruel, fair, and fine game of love and war
Nintendo's Fire Emblem: Awakening adds powerful stakes to the usual swords, sorcery and strategy of role-playing games. It's fantasy about love and death.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow—Mirror of Fate may jump from Nintendo 3DS to home consoles
Resident Evil: Revelations may not be the only Nintendo 3DS game to move over to home consoles. Konami says that Castlevania: Lords of Shadow—Mirror of Fate could get an HD release in the future.
The future is Nii: Nintendo’s president looks to the future of Nintendo hardware beyond Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo' gaming machines need help. The Nintendo 3DS is selling well, but its games are not. Meanwhile the Nintendo Wii U is struggling. Company president Satoru Iwata explains how Nintendo is altering its hardware development to tackle these challenges.
Wii U matches early Wii sales at 3 million, but Nintendo earnings show a murky future for the machine
Nintendo's holiday quarter earnings show that the Nintendo Wii U sold just as well as the Nintendo Wii during its first weeks on sale, but it's doubtful that the console will be able to maintain its momentum going forward.
The impressively named Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers gets a limited edition run
Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers is coming to the US for the very first time on Apr. 16, and the series diehard fans will get a slick bonus with the first run of the Sega Saturn remake.
Night of the living cash grab: Resident Evil Revelations coming to PC, home consoles
Capcom is bringing Resident Evil: Revelations to PCs and home consoles, with a host of new features and, as you'd expect, an increased price tag over its Nintendo 3DS predecessor.
Where Wii U meets 3DS: Nintendo merges its home and portable hardware dev teams
After many successful years, Nintendo is shaking up the way it makes video game consoles, bringing its portable and home console teams under one roof. How will this change the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS?
Publishers, not pirates, are the problem on Nintendo 3DS says Epic Mickey designer
Peter Ong, founder of DreamRift and designer of Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion for Nintendo 3DS, joins the dialogue surrounding the threat of piracy on the Nintendo 3DS. According to him, publishers are the biggest problem.
Hackers crack the Nintendo 3DS opening its doors to pirated software
The Nintendo 3DS has been impressively secure since its release in 2011, protected from the piracy that plagued the Nintendo DS. Members of the Nintendo homebrew community now claim they've cracked the system, paving the way for bootleggers.