Nintendo, the firm that isn’t the least bit shy of throwing everything including the kitchen sink at pirates have shocked us all by admitting that poor game sales cannot simply be put down to piracy. According to Nintendo’s CEO, Satoru Iwata “I do not think we should attribute bad software sales solely to piracy” Last Updated: October 11, 2010

Mario is 25 years old. I’m totally older than him, but I don’t get a fancy 25th Anniversary commemorative release, he does. That’s ok, he deserves it after all that trouble he goes to rescuing Peach over and over and over again. What a trooper. The lovely looking Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition box set was initially a Japan-only …

Nintendo are expecting big things from their upcoming 3DS and it would be a brave person to bet against them. The 3DS blew everyone away at E3 and while it is far more expensive than we would like I know that I am still going to be handing over some hard earned cash to get one. And now Nintendo has …

Games make people violent. We all know this to be fact (that’s sarcasm – try to keep up). But what we didn’t know is that games make dogs violent too. Who’d have thought? Megan Walker didn’t that’s for sure, because she was attacked by a dog because she was playing a game. According to the UK’s Daily Mail newspaper, the …

Nintendo held their annual Japanese investor and press conference and revealed the Japanese launch date – and pricing – of the much lauded handheld wonderdevice. They’ve also shown the finalised design of the device, and it’s not too different from the prototype hardware showcased at this year’s E3. Hardly surprising, since everyone who got their hands on one instantly fell …

You know, I remember not so long ago when nobody gave a damn about release dates. Now it seems release date announcements are as anticipated as the actual release date they are announcing. A German newspaper known as BILD has, somewhat casually it seems, supplied a release date for Nintendo’s newest handheld: the 3DS. According to the paper, that release …

When Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo’s beefy president showed the brief teaser trailer for Metroid : Other M at 2009’s E3, I couldn’t help but elicit girlyish squeals. It looked like it would return the series – at least partially – to its 3rd person exploration roots, only with an adrenaline-fuelled kick in the junk, courtesy of Ninja Gaiden developers Team Ninja. …

On September 13, 1985 the first super Mario Bros game was released in Japan. While our favourite goomba-stomping plumber got his start a little earlier – in 1981’s Donkey Kong, it was Super Mario Bros that sent the world’s most famous video game character down the princess-saving path he’d continue for the next 25 years. So Happy 25th Birthday, Mario! …