Super Mario Bros 2 and Kirby's Adventure coming to Nintendo Switch Online
The year of Birdo commences?
Nintendo's just announced the new NES games that will be coming to its Nintendo Switch Online this month, with Super Mario Bros 2 and Kirby's Adventure slated for US and EU subscribers.
Nintendo hails Wii U sales success in the US
Shares jump on positive Christmas.
Nintendo has hailed sales of the Wii U in the US and investors have responded in kind.
More than 460,000 Wii U units were sold in December, according to the NPD Group, which means the Wii U has now sold nearly 890,000 units in the US after 41 days on the market.
Nintendo compared the amount of money the Wii U has generated versus the amount of money the Wii had generated after the same time period: the Wii U has set tills ringing to the tune of $300 million in the US. After 41 days on sale the Wii had generated just over $270 million.
Nintendo mulls free-to-play model for new franchises
But "no inclination" to change Mario or Pokémon.
Nintendo is open to the idea of using a free-to-play business model for new franchises, company president Satoru Iwata has revealed.
Borderlands 2 shifts 1.82 million copies in September in US
Guild Wars 2 outsells Mists of Pandaria.
Borderlands 2 took America by storm. Gearbox's celebrated co-op shooter RPG sold a whopping 1.82 million copies during September.
Three helpings of New Super Mario Bros. 2 DLC available today
More due later in the month. Even more in November.
Three slices of New Super Mario Bros. 2 DLC are available in the UK today, Nintendo has announced.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 DLC detailed
Three add-ons due next week in Japan.
Nintendo has detailed its DLC for New Super Mario Bros. 2 at its recent Japanese Nintendo Direct livestream in the Wii hours of the night.
Nintendo: there's no danger of creating too many Mario games
"Every edition in the series is foundationally sound."
When questioned whether the recent glut of Mario games (Super Mario 3D Land last December, New Super Mario Bros. 2 in August, New Super Mario Bros. U this November) risked endangering the IP, Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime had a simple reply: no.
Nintendo flattens rivals in latest Japanese charts
Company's platforms fill out entire software top 10.
Mario maker Nintendo has increased its dominance over Japan's game-buying public, with the top 10 titles in this week's software chart all found on Nintendo platforms.
UK chart: Sleeping Dogs hounds London 2012 Olympics from top spot
New Super Mario Bros. 2 counted in second.
Open-world crime drama Sleeping Dogs has bounded to the top of the UK all-format charts, toppling Sega's London 2012 Olympics tie-in.
Nintendo responds to Mario sequelitis criticism
Iwata: "We only create a New Super Mario Bros. title once per platform."
Nintendo has responded to recent criticism that it has begun churning out Mario games at too frequent a pace.
Company president Satoru Iwata explained that the past logic of releasing one 2D Mario per Nintendo system would still continue - probably.
"We only create a New Super Mario Bros. title one per platform," Iwata told Kotaku. "I think we'll probably go ahead and continue at that pace.
Nintendo finishes rock bottom of "conflict minerals" company rankings
Has made "no known effort to trace or audit its supply chain".
Family-friendly gaming company Nintendo has finished bottom of a "conflict minerals" ranking table.
3DS game New Super Mario Bros. 2 costs £40 from eShop
Nintendo charging £10 more than most shops.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 costs £10 more to download from Nintendo's eShop - £40 - than it does to buy in a box from most shops (£29.99).
UK 3DS XL sales total almost 10,000 in one day
Steady start, but nowhere near Japanese haul.
Nintendo sold just less than 10,000 3DS XL units in the UK on Saturday.
The 3DS XL total was "a little shy of five figures", Eurogamer contributor Johnny Minkley told our sister site GamesIndustry International.
UK chart company Chart-Track does not publicly release hardware sales figures, and Nintendo claimed this morning it would not divulge 3DS XL sales totals.
Japan chart: 3DS XL launch a bigger success than DSi or DSi XL
New Super Mario Bros. 2 pipes in 430,000 copies.
More than 193,000 3DS XL consoles have been sold in Japan in just two days, chart company Enterbrain has announced.
The figures (reported by Famitsu) compare favourably to the launches of other Nintendo hardware revisions. The DSi and DSi XL sold fewer during their opening two days in Japan - 170,000 and 103,000, respectively. Mind you, both launched a bit later in their parent system's (DS) lifecycle.
The 3DS XL's launch was accompanied by New Super Mario Bros. 2, which managed a whopping 430,000 sales in two days.
3DS has sold five million units in the US
Ocarina 3D hits the one million mark.
The 3DS has recently hit the five million units sold milestone in the US, Nintendo has announced.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 gets gold coin pre-order bonus
GAME, Gamestation offering shiny tat.
Pre-order New Super Mario Bros. 2 at GAME or Gamestation and you'll be awarded a collectible gold coin case.
Nintendo: Western 3DS momentum "currently weak"
Fortunes wavering after the Christmas bump.
3DS sales momentum in Europe and North America is "currently weak", Nintendo has admitted.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 DLC details revealed
First Mario title with paid-for extras.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 for 3DS is Nintendo's first Mario game to offers downloadable content.
Paid-for extra levels will be made available after the game launches, European Nintendo president Satoru Shibata announced earlier this morning, during the company's Nintendo Direct conference.
But DLC development will not begin until the main game is finished, Shibata assured fans. This means that pricing and release details for the DLC will be announced at a later date.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 release date announced
Professor Layton, Inazuma Eleven and New Art Academy coming too.
3DS platformer New Super Mario Bros. 2 launches in Europe on 17th August, just two days before its release in North America.
At the Nintendo Direct Conference this morning several other games were announced for Europe as well.
Chief among them is Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, which will come out this October in Europe. This marks the dapper detective's first foray on 3DS. A new free puzzle will be added to the game every day for 350 days after launch. A new trailer is below.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 co-op mode shown
Plus: Gold Rush coin hunt mode.
Upcoming 3DS platformer New Super Mario Bros. 2 will offer a co-operative option for the game's campaign, allowing a second player to join the action, playing as Luigi.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 US release date
Mario gets money-orientated.
3DS platformer New Super Mario Bros. 2 will launch in the US on 19th August.
The title will differentiate from just-announced Wii U title New Super Mario Bros. U by focusing more on money collecting.
Coins will spawn everywhere around Mario, and collecting them will be key to your high scores.
Nintendo-published 3DS, Wii U games downloadable on release day
Starting with New Super Mario Bros. 2 in August.
Nintendo-published 3DS games will be available to download from the day they are released in shops, starting with New Super Mario Bros. 2 in August, Nintendo has announced.
Nintendo to begin making money on each 3DS sold by September 2012
Expects a profit for next financial year.
Nintendo expects to begin making money on each Nintendo 3DS sold by September 2012.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 announced for 3DS
New Pokémon apps, 3DS firmware update, Mario Kart 7 patch coming.
Nintendo mascot Mario will star in New Super Mario Bros. 2 this summer, a new side-scrolling platformer due for release on 3DS in August.
A sequel to the New Super Marios Bros. games on DS and Wii, this latest title mixes classic 2D jumping and goomba-squashing with snazzy new visuals.
Mario's much in-vogue Raccoon suit is also set to make an appearance. Steady there, PETA.
