The update will add 3D video recording to its existing 3D photography functionality, allowing up to ten minutes of 3D footage to be stored and even built in tools for making stop-motion animations. More >
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UPDATED: Reports are circulating that Nintendo will release a 3DS firmware update in November 4 in Europe which will add 3D video recording to the 3D handheld. More >
Nintendo's reconfigured Wii will be released in the UK on November 4 in a new Wii Family Edition hardware bundle. The bundle includes Wii Sports, Wii Party and a Wii Remote and Nunchuk set. More >
Nintendo has announced that it will release a blue Wii on November 18 in the UK. The newly configured console - which drops backwards compatibility - will be bundled with Sega's Mario And Sonic At The London 2012 Olympic Games. More >
5Nintendo has unveiled the Ice White 3DS, the fifth colour model of its glasses-free 3D handheld. The new model, pictured below, goes on sale in Japan on November 3. More >
3Capcom's Resident Evil Revelations will be released on January 27, Nintendo has announced. As was the case with Resident Evil's 3DS debut, The Mercenaries 3D, Revelations - which promises to fill in the story between the events of Resident Evil 4 and 5 - will be co-published by Nintendo and Capcom. More >
Plus, 130 title screen GIFs and the evolutionary biology of Hyrule.
Almost four years after first police raids, Parisian appeals court awards Nintendo €4.8 million in damages.
Nintendo Of America has released a translated version of Shigeru Miyamoto's on-stage presentation of The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword from the company's pre-Tokyo Game Show 3DS conference on September 13. More >
Intelligent Systems, developer of the beloved strategy series Advance Wars, will release its first 3DS game, Hiku-Osu, on the Japanese eShop next week. More >
Nintendo's two most beloved characters arrive on the 3DS eShop this week with the releases of The Legend Of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition and Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. More >
3Speaking to Official Nintendo Magazine, Yusuke Amano, the man charged with coordinating development between Nintendo and Q-Games, said that the lack of online multiplayer in the recently released Star Fox 64 3D was due to cost and time restrictions. More >
1It's little surprise that Cut The Rope will be released on DSiWare this week given its success - it was downloaded six million times in its first four months - but given Nintendo's stance on small independent, or "garage" developers, it's heartening to see a true mobile success story available as a download for Nintendo handhelds. However, those that take this as a sign that Nintendo has changed its policy on smartphone software should note that it's priced at €5, compared to just 69p on the iOS App Store. It'll also be available on the eShop, the 3DS download store on which an updated 3D version of NES shooter Twinbee will also be released this week.
A nice touch from Siliconera: a downloadable ZIP file containing 20 3D screenshots of the upcoming Super Mario 3D Land. Extract the file to the DCIM folder on your 3DS SD card, behold, and continue frantically counting down the hours to the game's European release on November 18.
Company president says releasing games on iOS and Android would mean "Nintendo would cease to be Nintendo."
11Speaking to Industry Gamers, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg welcomed the peripheral that gives 3DS a second analogue circle pad. "It makes the hardware more relevant and compatible to the style of games we make," he said. "I don't have anything to announce in relation to that, but I think it was a great move and it opens up that platform to more styles of games."
Here's 11 minutes from Nintendo's pre-TGS conference in which Shigeru Miyamoto demonstrates both Four Swords and Skyward Sword. Skip to 3:25 for Four Sword action, and to 6:20 for a revealing glimpse of Skyward Sword. There are elements of Super Mario Sunshine, Pilot Wings and even Shadow Of The Colossus contained within.
Is the Japanese giant's reign coming to an end as investors and customers lose confidence?
27Nintendo has put a firm date on 3D video recording using 3DS. Up until now it has only been possible to take 3D photos or watch 3D video, but the ability to capture it will be added via a system update in November. As well as offering useful suggestions for its use (including birthday parties and football matches), Nintendo's spokesperson also mentioned that users could create their own "original 3D productions", which would suggest that some kind of editing software will also be available.