Satoru Iwata used his keynote at this years Game Developers Conference to tease gamers with a few new pieces of information on everyones favourite Nintendo franchises, Mario and Zelda. First up, Super Mario 3DS has been officially confirmed. I mean, sure Shigeru Miyamoto may have confirmed it already, but this time it’s ‘official’. They didn’t give much away, save for some logo art, curiously featuring a tail. Racoon Mario perhaps? Continue Reading…
Chances are that you’ve never heard of shamantis before, who rose briefly to internet infamy in 2010 for slowing down Justin Bieber’s track “U Smile” by 800% and instantly rendering it an ambient masterpiece.
“How is that possibly relevant to Nintendo?” I hear you ask. Well as it happens, shamantis (or Nick Pittsinger if you read his twitter info) is the latest member to join Pokémon Reorchestrated–a project dedicated to creating lush new electronic versions of classic Pokémon game music.
Inspired by a similar project, Zelda Reorchestrated, the team are currently working on music from the first generation of Pokemon titles, but have ambitious plans to cover as much music from the iconic monster-battling series as possible.
Check out the Pokémon Reorchestrated website to download the tracks for free and wistfully reminisce about all those hours you’ve spent lurking in the long grass.
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Happy 21st birthday Nintendo! Actually, no, make that happy 121st birthday because today Nintendo is exactly 121 years old.
Yes it’s true. Way back on September 23, 1889 Fusajiro Yamauchi founded a playing card company which would later go on to create love hotels, arcade games, Nintendo Entertainment Systems, disasters such as the Virtual Boy, revolutionary products such as the Continue Reading…
Nintendo of America EVP of Sales and Marketing Cammie Dunaway will be leaving Nintendo and the world of video games on October 1.
Dunaway became a part of Nintendo in November 2007 after holding marketing positions at respectable companies such as Frito-Lay and Yahoo.
NOA president Reggie Fils-Aime said, “We appreciate Cammie’s contributions to Nintendo and the role she Continue Reading…
To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Super Mario Bros., Nintendo Australia are touring the East Coast in a Mario van.
The van is decked out with consoles and Mario games from throughout the 25 years. So come along, and re-live the great history of Super Mario Bros. Continue Reading…
Nintendo’s latest financial results for the period April-June 2010 have revealed that the company has lost money. Nintendo recorded a net loss of 25.2 billion yen, with net sales down 25.6% to 188.6 billion yen.
The loss of money is attributed to poor performing DS sales with DS hardware sales down 44.7% year on year to 3.15 million, while DS software sales dropped 22.9% to 22.42 million. Wii hardware sales were up 36.6% Continue Reading…
A man of mystery has revealed that Nintendo’s next masterpiece, Art Academy, will be heading to Australia very soon. On top of this he has discovered that Metroid: Other M will be released in Australia exactly one month after its release in Europe.
This single man also found out that PokéPark Wii: Pikachu’s Adventure was due out the very same month as the two games above, and that Dragon Quest IX Continue Reading…
