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Nintendo Releases Fiscal Year End 2013 Financial Results
In the previous fiscal year, Nintendo’s Net loss was less than acceptable. However, results for fiscal year ending March 31st 2013 have shown that Nintendo is back in the black in Ordinary and Net income. There is still some work to be done in operating income, up of upcoming titles will put them in a better position by year end 2014. “Nintendo expects to launch new titles in the Mar...
Could A New F-Zero Be In The Works?
Twitterer @rayquaza3010 sent a simple tweet to @shinegames, probably not expecting a response, stating that he would like them to develop F-Zero for Wii U. However, Shine Games did respond with, “something in the works”. Could this mean that a new F-Zero is in the works, or were they just hinting that they do have a project in the works? A later tweet stated, “We will reveal a...
UK Gets Free 3DS Games
Yes, you did read that right! Nintendo love you and they want to give you games. Unfortunately though, as with anything, there are a couple of requirements. For one you have to be in the UK, and of an age greater than 16. Although, apparently, this is rolling out in Germany too, so quite possibly expect this to come to other places in the EU in the coming months. The biggest catch is, unfortunatel...
Podcast News/Update
Here at Infendo we have received many inquiries as to the status of Infendo Radio via email ([email protected]). Rather than keep everyone hanging, I thought I would write a quick post and let you know that a new episode will arrive soon! Actually, we recorded a new episode last week. However, it seems as though our discussion about Microsoft’s “Always On” rumors jinxed our broa...
[Update] Wii U Virtual Console Service To Release On Tuesday
Nintendo of America has revealed on its Facebook page that the Wii U Virtual Console will make its official debut on the console this Tuesday. The service’s release will come a few days before the first major Wii U system update, which Nintendo announced during their last Nintendo Direct. Many early Wii U adopters were disappointed (including myself) weeks leading up to the console’s r...
Possibly More Earthbound News
Many Nintendo fans were delighted this week when Nintendo announced during their latest Nintendo Direct that Earthbound is destined for the Virtual Console on the Wii U later this year. I was glad to see this game make its way to the states in a much more accessible manner than it exists currently. After this news had fans of the game salivating in anticipation, the Mother 3 Fan Translation Team ...
GAME is the first European shop to sell Nintendo download game codes
UK retailer GAME has announced that from today it will be selling download codes for Wii U and 3DS games. GAME is pricing there download codes allot cheaper than if you were to buy them direct from within the eShop, so if you live in Europe and download Nintendo retail games you might as well do it through GAME. If you buy these in store your code will be printed on the receipt, however better yet...
Neko and Big Ben Working On Cocoto Game For Wii U
The Cocoto franchise has been available on the Wii, DS, 3DS, GameCube, and Gameboy Advance. Now, Neko and Big Ben are on a mission to bring the franchise to the Wii U. “Actually, we’re also working on a new Cocoto title with Bigben Interactive, which will be released in in the European retail market. We’ll surely continue to develop downloadable games; it is, to us, future in many ways.” Sadly, i...
Bill Trinen: 3DS Will Really Take Off In 2013
As Director of Marketing for Nintendo, Bill Trinen’s job is to…well…market a product. So, it is no surprise that he is setting us up to believe that 2013 will be a great year for the 3DS. However, is it really doing that bad to begin with? “We have noticed that in the US in particular, people tend to, at least when it comes to handheld gaming, they tend to shift generations a l...
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA A LINK TO THE PAST 2
One of the many surprises coming out of today’s 3DS focused Nintendo Direct was a direct sequel to the SNES classic: The Legend of Zelda Link to the Past. Link to the Past 2 is a fully 3D polygonal game, framed from a top down prospective and stylised to look like the original 2D SNES game. The game also takes advantage of its 3D structure in dungeons and in one scene Link is launched upwar...
New Super Luigi U arriving this Summer and new details
Nintendo confirmed during today’s Nintendo Direct that New Super Luigi U, the DLC for New Super Mario Bros. U, will be available worldwide this summer. In addition to its release windows, we also heard of some new features to grace this greener New release. First is that all of the 82 re-created stages will have a 100 second time limit, giving the entire game a different, more boost rush vibe and ...
Major Wii U Spring Update Coming Next Week
During today’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo confirmed that the long-awaited Wii U OS update will be arriving sometime next week. The update includes major improvements to the Wii U’s sluggish loading times, along with a slew of other features such as the Wii U Virtual Console (Edit: Nintendo has stated the Wii U VC will be available the day after the update). As mentioned, the loading tim...