Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has confirmed that the Wii U will release during the holiday season in North America, Japan, Europe, and Australia. The company has gone through some rough times lately and the Wii U’s release date came after an earnings report in which Nintendo adjusted sales and earnings forecasts, and reduced shipments of the Wii and 3DS. The final specs for the Wii U are still a mystery, but cu ...

The legendary Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of such iconic franchises like The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros. told Wired that he is stepping down, but not retiring, from his position at Nintendo. Miyamoto was the Senior Managing Director of Nintendo’s Entertainment Analysis and Development Division, which meant he supervised the development of Nintendo’s first party titles like the Zelda and Mario series ...

New specs for Nintendo’s Wii U have surfaced courtesy of Wii U Daily, and they are very impressive to say the least. According to an anonymous developer the Wii U will house a “quad-core, 3-GHz CPU from IBM into its design, a 45-nanometer PowerPC chip that's "very similar" to the 3.2-GHz triple-core PowerPC processor found in the Xbox 360.” The Wii U is also rumored to come with “768 megabytes of embedded D ...

Nintendo is indeed celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda in style. One of the most iconic franchises in gaming history will be getting the special treatment with a limited edition 3DS bundle containing a sleek-looking 3DS system marked with the Hyrule emblem. The bundle also comes with a copy of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D created just for the 3DS system. The bundle will be ava ...

Is it just me or do companies trying to appeal to females offend you? I just tend to wonder why companies think that by making their products pink and less gory, I will want to buy them more. With Nintendo's plummeting sales however, I can't blame them too much. As of late, Nintendo's estimated sales has dropped causing a price cut with the recently released 3DS. As well, the announcements at the last few e ...

Famitsu magazine revealed scans of the rumored second analog stick add-on called the Expansion Slide Pad. The device adds a smaller analog stick to the right of the face buttons on the 3DS adds more bulk to the unit. It is unclear if Capcom’s Monster Hunter played a part in the attachment's creation, but the device is fully compatible with the action RPG. Monster Hunter supervisor Ryozo Tsujimoto says the E ...