Nintendo cuts 2016 earnings guidance and says it will sell 1M fewer 3DSes than predicted
Nintendo needs to release a new system or get that mobile money rolling in soon because its current business is coming up short. The...
Fire Emblem: Fates’ sales cement Nintendo’s strategy series as a retail hit in the West
It took a few decades, but Fire Emblem is no longer one of Nintendo’s third-stringers. Fire Emblem: Fates, the latest entry in Nintendo’s tactical fantasy...
Nintendo Direct livestream coming Friday for Pokémon’s 20th anniversary
Two decades ago, Nintendo unleashed the first Pokémon games in Japan. On Friday, Nintendo celebrates this milestone with fans. A Pokémon-themed Nintendo Direct livestreaming video event is...
Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata gets posthumous lifetime achievement award from gaming peers
Former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata received a posthumous lifetime achievement award tonight at gaming’s equivalent of the Oscars. The Academy of Interactive Arts &...
How Monster Hunter finally found success in the United States
Monster Hunter hasn’t always been a success in the United States. Worldwide, it’s another story. Capcom’s Monster Hunter series has sold 35 million copies worldwide as...
January 2016 NPD: Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto top sales chart with few new releases
Gamers didn’t have a lot of new releases to pick up from retailers last month, and that dragged the industry down a little bit....
Nintendo makes big promises about profits for its mysterious NX and smartphone business
The Wii U and 3DS are limping to the end of their console lives, and publisher Nintendo knows it. President Tatsumi Kimishima minimized the...
Why Nintendo thinks electric toothbrushes are a key to its future
Fewer children are getting their first introduction to video games through Nintendo devices, and the publisher is turning to some interesting alternatives to fight that trend....
Pokémon’s $5M Super Bowl ad ranks among Sunday’s big winners
The Denver Broncos are your Super Bowl 50 champions, but Pikachu had a pretty good day as well. The Pokémon Company produced one of the...
Forget Mario and Zelda: Why NX and My Nintendo need Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. fans are zealous, and Nintendo does not want to lose that audience when it transitions from Wii U and 3DS to...