Are you ready to take on a video game classic revamped and reshaped for the Nintendo 3DS? If so then fasten your seatbelts, because this latest instalment in Nintendo 3DS games see’s everyone’s favourite plumber return – and this time there is a twist in the ‘tail’. The return of Tanooki Mario It’s been over 25 years since Super Mario appeared on our screens...

If you aren’t sure what to get that gadget lover in the family (or yourself) for Christmas then you might be tempted by the latest Nintendo 3DS offering. The rather cool looking Ice White Nintendo 3DS will hit the shops of Japan at the beginning of November and is expected to reach UK consumers very shortly. It is all white on the outside and when you open it up the...

Nintendo has confirmed that the 3DS Slide Pad Expansion accessory for the Nintendo 3DS will be released in Japan before the year ends, on December 10. The 3DS Slide Pad, which was leaked by Famitsu, a Japanese gaming magazine, last week, features an additional analog stick to the right side of the console. The leak got everyone in the industry speculating about the future...

A company called Tomita Technologies sued gaming console maker Nintendo, claiming that it violated its patents concerning the glasses-free 3D screen of the new 3Ds. As reported, Seijiro Tomita, a former employee of Sony who worked for the company for 30 years, said to have applied for a patent in 2003 that relates to glasses-free 3D displays. The patent, that was defined...

“Releasing dedicated handheld devices is not a good idea right now”, stated Microsoft Executive Dennis Dirkin. Durkin labeled the handheld gaming device market as a “very, very red ocean,” which isn’t at all surprising as Microsoft would rather focus on its Kinect gaming system. In an interview with Industry Gamers, Durkin said: “the...

Earlier Nintendo announced that the Wii 2 will have a 2012 release date and will be revealed at the E3 expo later this year which undoubtedly is good news. However, the financial report they released later in the day contained both good and bad news. To sandwich the blow lets start with the bad news. Nintendo’s overall sales in 2010/11 (up to 31st March) where 29% lower...

Barely a month has passed since the Nintendo 3DS launched here in the UK and retailers have already slashed prices, this could be for a number of reasons including lack of interest or just a good old fashioned way to attract buyers to their shops or online stores. Both Game and Amazon have dropped their prices, Game has now charges £179.99 for a 3DS console on its own...

The official word from Nintendo is that “US day one sales numbers for Nintendo 3DS were the highest of any Nintendo hand held system in our history”. Nintendo has confirmed that they sold 400,000 units during the first two days in the US with similar sales figures in Japan. The fact that this declaration is qualified as being the highest for “hand held” devices...

A while back we mentioned how the people at Nintendo had advised that young children should not use the new Nintendo 3DS gaming system because of potential dangers to their eyesight. Any thoughts that this was an overreaction on part of the Japanese firm appear to have been dispelled by the initial reports of gamers suffering from headaches after just a few days using...

The Nintendo 3DS may only be a couple of days ‘out of the box’ in the UK but we already have some information on what it might cost to manufacture each console. Unlike previous product releases this cost analysis hasn’t come by way of a teardown but instead from an industry expert. David Carey, Vice President of technical intelligence for UBM TechInsights,...