DeNA West CEO: ‘Nintendo became ready to do this. And we were ready the whole time’
DeNA West CEO Shintaro Asako credits his company's unique approach toward a partnership as one of the key reasons that Nintendo agreed to the deal.
Nintendo finally awakens to the modern age of games with its DeNA mobile deal
Back in November 2008, I warned Nintendo that the iPhone represented a threat to the dominance of the portable Nintendo DS gaming handheld. Seven years later, Nintendo acknowledged the threat by creating an alliance with Japan’s DeNA to make mobile games with Nintendo characters.
Nintendo’s stock price shot up a massive 27% today thanks to its mobile-gaming plan (update)
Wall Street has pushed Nintendo's stock price to a one-year high.
Nintendo announces new hardware platform, NX, and deal with DeNA to build Nintendo games for mobile
Nintendo and mobile game publisher DeNA will form a business and capital alliance, one that will have a profound effect on a mobile gaming industry that could reach $30 billion this year.
Mario Party 10 makes me wish I was playing the Nintendo 64 original instead
The latest entry in Nintendo's board-game series makes some weird choices.
February 2015 NPD: PS4 tops Xbox One, and Nintendo scores with 3DS and Zelda
Nintendo also had a strong month thanks to the New 3DS XL and Majora's Mask.
Netflix finally comes to … the Nintendo Entertainment System
The wizards at Netflix somehow enabled Netflix streaming on a 30-year-old gaming console.
Nintendo welcomes change and is open to experimentation for its digital future
In an interview from Game Developers Conference 2015, the Japanese publisher discusses how it's casting off its traditional ways of doing things -- and embracing Unity and indies.
Pokémon Shuffle’s in-game transactions lead to irritation, reports of hacking
Nintendo's new F2P catch-em-all game cuts off your gameplay for a while if you don't buy more hearts, prompting complaints from gamers and a hack to make hearts free.
Walmart-exclusive Gold Mario Amiibo sell out in minutes — but you can buy one on eBay for $200
And Nintendo releases another product that fans will have a hard time finding in stores.