Game Informer Magazine claims it has confirmed, through multiple sources, that Nintendo is set to announce the successor to the Wii before or during this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo. With Wii sales beginning to taper off and a rumored price drop to $150 for the motion control marvel, the current …

Nintendo of Japan recently unveiled a new trailer for the Wii game, Pandora’s Tower. The game looks like a mix of character action and Eastern game design hair feathering. Slated for a May 26, 2011 release, Pandora’s Tower will be hitting Japanese Wiis very soon. Nintendo of America remains quiet …

In an effort to help raise money and awareness for the ongoing struggles in the quake-stricken nation of Japan, members of the gaming world including developers, journalists, and fans collaborated on the Gamers Heart Japan mini-documentary. The sixty minute video is a love-letter to the country that brought us Nintendo, …

This 20/20 special “Nuts for Nintendo” is a nostalgic shock to the senses. Memories of Super Mario Bros. 2, early Japanese fervor over Dragon Quest, and some laugh-out-loud moments make for an interesting segment. It’s funny (and a bit sad) to see the early seeds of “games make kids violent” …

After two years of lackluster showings at E3, Nintendo listened to its fans and brought a slew of game announcements, trailers, new hardware, and more. Miyamoto, Iwata, and the Regginator took the stage at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles to deliver the company’s 2010 E3 press conference. Here are …

The oft-neglected entry in the Legend of Zelda franchise, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, has been given a 3D makeover. Fan and home-development maverick, Michael Johnston has recreated the side-scrolling adventure through the first-person perspective.
Combining 8-bit graphics and textures with an FPS is not only genius- it’s vicious. The …

Nintendo has a knack for creating simple yet absolutely addictive puzzle games. The original Picross on the DS was a clever play on Sudoku-style grid puzzling, with the added twist of pictures being produced by eliminating squares. Removing squares on the grid is based on a logical elimination based …

Nintendo of Japan announces the company’s next portable system: Nintendo 3DS

A month ago, Nintendo of America held a Media Summit to showcase many of its upcoming 2010 titles. Included amongst the foray of exciting new games, was more information on Metroid: Other M. Developer Team Ninja is collaborating with Nintendo to take the franchise where Retro studios, the people behind …

On the latest episode of Bitmob’s podcast, The Mobcast, the guests discussed gaming franchises they felt had become stagnate. The first series mentioned was The Legend of Zelda. Bitmob editor, Jason Wilson, was the first to admit that he felt the series needed to be retired “or at least get such a …