x86'd: How PC architecture could push Nintendo out of the next gen
# 2013-05-21 11:25:00, Engadget
It didn't take long for console warriors, fanboys and a brutal media to take aim at Nintendo's Wii U. The fledgling system was relentlessly teased for its name (seemingly even sillier than that of its predecessor) and a list of specifications certain to be outdone by its competitors. The device'...The horrifying Wii U sales collapse
# 2013-05-21 03:55:47, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
There are rumors about Wii U sales in North America slipping below 40,000 units in April. But it’s a fact that Wii U sales in its home market of Japan spiraled below 7,000 units during the week ending May 12. This is an atrocious level. The ancient PS3 sold 12,000 units and the portable console ch...Nintendo 3DS XL Circle Pad Pro review: just like the original, but bigger
# 2013-05-19 10:00:00, Engadget
Nintendo seems to have a knack for repeat performances. Nintendo DS? Quickly supplanted by the DS Lite -- and the DSi didn't last too long either before it was succeeded by the DSi XL. Even the 3DS saw a revision, when it was supersized last summer. These redesigns typically don't change more th...FPGA plays Mario like a champ
# 2013-05-19 03:01:27, Hack a Day
This isn’t an FPGA emulating Mario Bros., it’s an FPGA playing the game by analyzing the video and sending controller commands. It’s a final project for an engineering course. The ECE5760 Advanced FPGA course over at Cornell University that always provides entertainment for us every time the final projects are due. Developed by tea...Nintendo partners with Best Buy so you can play unreleased Wii U games in store during E3 (video)
# 2013-05-18 23:14:00, Engadget
There's nothing more frustrating than watching a product or service get announced, then having to wait an age to try it out. Nintendo hears that, and has announced via Nintendo Direct, that during E3 week, Best Buy will have playable demos of as-yet released Wii U games in 100 stores across the ...Reading Game Boy carts with I2C
# 2013-05-17 13:01:08, Hack a Day
After seeing a Game Boy emulator for the first time, [Thijs] was amazed. A small box with just a handful of electronics that turns a Game Boy cartridge into a file able to be run on an emulator is simply magical. [Thijs] has learned a lot about GB and GBC cartridges in the mean time, […]Xbox 360 dominates console sales for 28th consecutive month
# 2013-05-17 12:05:41, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
The Xbox 360 topped the charts again in April, marking the 28th consecutive month Microsoft’s gaming console has outsold Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii consoles. According to research from NPD Group, the Xbox 360 accounted for 42% of current-generation sales with 130,000 units sold l...Sonic the Hedgehog arrives on Android, headed exclusively to Nintendo on the console side
# 2013-05-17 06:22:00, Engadget
USSR and the USA. Batman and Joker. Christoph Waltz and... well, everyone. It's pretty tough to look at the world's best-known rivalries and exclude one of history's finest -- that being, of course, Sonic and Mario. The gritty battle between Nintendo and Sega gave fans on both sides plenty to co...No new EA games in development for Wii U, company reveals
# 2013-05-16 14:11:00, Engadget
Earlier this month, EA DICE's Johan Andersson dropped a major bomb: Frostbite 3 won't be ported to the Wii U. The news meant that the company's next-gen franchises were doomed to skip the console: No Battlefield 4, no Star Wars games, no Mass Effect spin-off. Now, EA's Jeff Brown is saying the s...Nintendo – Recruiting students for Nintendo Game Seminar 2013 – 8 month at-home group project for fu...
# 2013-05-13 00:03:21, Akihabara News
Nintendo started recruiting students for the Nintendo Game Seminar 2013. It is intended for university/graduate/college/technical college students living in areas around Tokyo or Osaka as of April 2013. This process and seminar is in Japanese. The seminar is for a period of 8 months and is an in-hom...You probably can't leap over this six-foot homemade Piranha Plant (nor should you try)
# 2013-05-10 12:28:00, Engadget
We'd probably say something like, "I always thought it would be cool to build a giant fire breathing piranha plant," and then promptly forget about following through. Also, hey, that sounds dangerous! Hack-a-day's Caleb Kraft, however, doesn't allow silly things like fear of seared human flesh g...Editor's Letter: 3D printing grows up
# 2013-05-10 10:00:00, Engadget
In each issue of Distro, editor-in-chief Tim Stevens publishes a wrap-up of the week in news. Another week with Google Glass and, as I grow more accustomed to having it in my life, I find myself struggling more and more to come up with reasons to wear the thing. I'm still very happy to stop on ...Pokemon Tretta Lab for 3DS scans your Psyduck, takes the arcade on the road
# 2013-05-10 01:45:00, Engadget
Those who don't hang out at Japanese arcades (who doesn't?) have missed out on Pokemon Tretta, which has players building virtual Pokemon collections through real tokens they win in battle. It's not always easy to visit the local gaming den, however -- so Nintendo, Marvelous AQL and Takara Tomy ...Wii Street U update brings Miiverse support with favorites, emotional tags
# 2013-05-09 09:59:00, Engadget
Not exactly earth-shattering news in the weeks leading up to E3, but Nintendo Japan announced some nice little additions to its Google-powered Wii Street U. The panoramic mapping service is getting support for the proprietary Miiverse social network, letting you share favorite locations and tag ...Another blow for Nintendo: Next-gen EA games will skip the Wii U
# 2013-05-08 09:45:06, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Things keep getting darker for video game giant Nintendo. The news that the company’s previous-generation Wii console outsold the new Wii U during the first quarter really put Nintendo’s troubles in perspective, and now more bad news has emerged for the video game giant. As picked up in a report...Beautiful Modded NES for the 25th anniversary of Mega Man, plus bonus interview!
# 2013-05-08 09:29:28, Hack a Day
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing [PlatinumFungi] about this fantastic NES mod he did. This year is the 25th anniversary of the first Mega Man video game. Unhappy with the current celebratory actions of capcom, [PlatinumFungi] set out to create something he felt was worthy. He managed to pull...Next-gen EA games will skip Wii U due to performance issues with Frostbite engine
# 2013-05-08 00:51:00, Engadget
EA's Frostbite 3 engine, which underpins many of the company's next generation titles, looks like it won't support Nintendo's Wii U. Johan Andersson, Technical Director of the Frostbite project at EA DICE, says the company tested Frostbite 2 on the console and found the results to be "not too pr...The Daily Roundup for 05.06.2013
# 2013-05-06 12:58:00, Engadget
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click o...Nintendo Offers Smartphone App Porting Tool, But Should Be Porting Its Content To Phones Instead
# 2013-05-06 05:37:14, TechCrunch
Nintendo is trying to get people to buy the new Wii U, but it just isn't working, according to recent sales numbers. Now, the Japanese gaming giant is hoping that helping developers port their smartphone content to the home gaming console with conversion software will help entice buyers, according t...Nintendo reportedly offering Wii U game conversion software to smartphone app devs
# 2013-05-05 23:30:00, Engadget
While we knew Nintendo was happy to hook up its newest consoles with smartphones, we thought that would only extend to social networking and shopping. Nope, it looks like the company is planning to go a step further, with a report from Japan Times suggesting that the games maker is offering high...Nintendo to Wii owners: the Wii U is an entirely new system, not just an upgrade
# 2013-05-01 17:39:00, Engadget
The difference between the Wii and Wii U are readily apparent to most contemporary gamers, but some consumers are having trouble telling them apart. "Some have the misunderstanding that the Wii U is just Wii with a pad for games," Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told Investors last week, "others...Wii U allegedly hacked, Nintendo addresses would-be pirates (updated)
# 2013-05-01 10:58:00, Engadget
While some people associate the word "jailbreaking" with prison riots or smartphone hacking, the most mainstream of cracking subcultures also takes on video game consoles. A mod chip developer known as WiiKey is now claiming to have reverse engineered the Wii U's disk encryption, making it possi...Call of Duty: Ghosts is this year's CoD entry, headed to 360, PS3, PC and 'next-gen consoles' on Nov...
# 2013-05-01 06:52:00, Engadget
Like Punxsutawney Phil's shadowgazing, we can rightfully expect a new Call of Duty game to be announced annually and available at the holidays. Also like our groundhog friend, the only annual questions we must ask are in the details -- what is this year's Call of Duty about, and who's making it?...I Am Stereoblind, But the 3DS Lets Me See the World as Others See It
# 2013-04-30 03:00:00, Gizmodo
I cried the first time I held a Nintendo 3DS. The experience was a revelation that I'll not soon forget, and even if everyone stopped making games for it tomorrow, my blue 3DS XL is not going anywhere. That little machine is a window into a part of human experience that most people take for granted,...Nintendo now selling refurbished DSi XL and 3DS units for $100 and up
# 2013-04-28 22:38:00, Engadget
It's easy for us to go shopping for a refurbished Nintendo handheld at stores and auction houses, but not if we're looking for a huge bargain: small discounts and dodgy quality often make it wiser to buy new instead. Nintendo has just offered us some better reasons to scrimp and save by quietly ...Nintendo's refurb shop is now selling refurbished DSi XL and 3DSs for $100 up.
# 2013-04-28 21:57:49, Gizmodo
Nintendo's refurb shop is now selling refurbished DSi XL and 3DSs for $100 up. Leaves some change for games!Read more...Editor's Letter: The new consoles are coming
# 2013-04-26 11:00:00, Engadget
In each issue of Distro, editor-in-chief Tim Stevens publishes a wrap-up of the week in news. This week I'm writing from a special place: from the perspective of a Google Glass owner. Well, to be honest I'm not wearing them this exact moment -- I'm actually at 30,000 feet, making the most of a G...Wii U Virtual Console now live on the eShop
# 2013-04-26 09:43:00, Engadget
The first of Nintendo's planned Wii U firmware updates went live just yesterday, bringing a much needed speed boost to software load times. And in that short time since, Nintendo's also made its retro-gaming Virtual Console portal available to users, effectively bypassing the need to boot into t...Nintendo's digital game sales hit an all-time high
# 2013-04-25 20:03:00, Engadget
Nintendo's hardware sales may be in a bit of a stupor, but its downloadable games are a different story. During today's financial results briefing, the company's president, Satoru Iwata, announced that digital sales for the 2013 fiscal year, which ended in March, cruised pastWii U spring update now live, promises to speed up software load times
# 2013-04-25 15:20:00, Engadget
Owning a Wii U can feel like an exercise in patience: games and apps can take up to 30 seconds to load, and downloaded software needs to be manually installed. Thankfully, Nintendo heard its fans lamentations, and has issued the first of two major updates designed to mitigate the problem. In add...
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