Nintendo Co News

On Friday Nintendo announced a July 26 release date for Pikmin 3 in Europe. The highly anticipated sequel has already been given a August 4 release date in North America .

Asian stock markets traded broadly higher Friday, with Japanese blue chips swinging to gains in the afternoon session, though the advance was modest after volatile moves earlier in the week.

Japanese stocks extended their losses in early Friday action, with a weak overnight performance on the U.S. markets helping send the Nikkei Stock Average down 0.9% to 14,909.21, adding to Thursday's 0.4% retreat that followed a major jump of 2.3% on Wednesday.

Electronic Arts' "unprecedented partnership" with Nintendo was already seeming a little lukewarm when it was revealed EA's Madden franchise would be skipping the Wii U in 2013 .

Nintendo Co., maker of the Wii video-gaming system, won a U.S. appeals court ruling Monday that makes it harder for patent-licensing companies to seek an import ban on products as a way to demand royalties.

Nintendo Co, one of the world's largest makers of video game players, won a appeals court decision in a patent case that will allow it to keep importing its popular Wii system into the United States.

In a sign of the shifting dynamics of the videogame industry, the market capitalization of GungHo Online Entertainment Inc.

Have you ever been on a busy train carriage which pulls up to an equally busy station at rush hour? The doors open, and several moments of eyeballing and general unhappiness ensue as the people already on the train realise that yes, all of those people on the crowded platform are definitely going to try to squeeze onto this train.

The Tales from the GDC Vault returns with a special session from GDC 2004, featuring Nintendo's Eiji Aonuma on the evolution of The Legend of Zelda franchise.

Bespectacled brain Will Wright is one of the world's most revered game designers, both within the industry and in the more mainstream eye.

For all its magnificent games and past successes, Nintendo has always been a little tone deaf when it comes to detecting and embracing new gaming trends.

For all its magnificent games and past successes, Nintendo has always been a little tone deaf when it comes to detecting and embracing new gaming trends.

TOKYO, May 7 -- _ ---------- Sharp set to seek retirement of chairman, advisers in revival bid OSAKA - Struggling electronics maker Sharp Corp.

According to The Japan Times , the company is working to modify its new console so that it is compatible with smartphone applications.

There's more to videogames than just graphics, of course. But there's no denying the power of a well-turned polygon.

Moving to adapt: Nintendo Co. is trying to modify its Wii U videogame console so smartphone applications can be used on them.

Satoru Iwata has commented on the extended development time for first-party Nintendo Wii U video games.

When @ToastyTreat tweeted me this morning about the event, I was horrified at the possibility, and found myself not-exactly-eager to believe.

The company today is announcing that it hired Robyn Corr as its new vice president of human resources.

The next major system update for Nintendo's Wii U home console after launch is now available for download.