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Nintendo lowers full-year forecast as H1 sales fall 34% to $3.4bn
Nintendo lowers full-year forecast as H1 sales fall 34% to $3.4bn
Nintendo has released its financial results for six months ended September 30, showing further declines in both hardwar…
Nov. 5, 2024
Nintendo doesn't credit composers on new Nintendo Music app
Nintendo doesn't credit composers on new Nintendo Music app
If you want to know who composed a given Nintendo track, your answer is in another castle.
Nov. 1, 2024
The free-to-play version of Animal Crossing is becoming a $20 premium release
The free-to-play version of Animal Crossing is becoming a $20 premium release
Hells bells.
Oct. 28, 2024
47% of UK Nintendo Switch players are women
47% of UK Nintendo Switch players are women
Almost half of all Switch players in the UK are women.
Oct. 21, 2024
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom defeats all other September releases in four days | Japan Monthly Charts
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom defeats all other September releases in four days | Japan Monthly Charts
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom was the biggest selling boxed game in Japan for September, with over 200,000 copi…
Oct. 17, 2024
Game Freak confirms staff data was hacked during data breach
Game Freak confirms staff data was hacked during data breach
Game Freak has confirmed that a data breach resulting in the leak of employee data occurred in August 2024.
Oct. 14, 2024
Report: Nintendo further cracks down on emulation
Report: Nintendo further cracks down on emulation
Switch emulator Ryujinx has reportedly ended its development following a request by Nintendo, and the platform holder a…
Oct. 2, 2024
Pokémon Unite gets knocked out of Belgium and the Netherlands in late 2025
Pokémon Unite gets knocked out of Belgium and the Netherlands in late 2025
The Pokémon MOBA game is being pulled from the two countries next year, and TiMi and the Pokémon Company are vague as to why.
Oct. 1, 2024
Report: Analyst says Nintendo's Palworld lawsuit based on 'technical peculiarities'
Report: Analyst says Nintendo's Palworld lawsuit based on 'technical peculiarities'
The legal odds may be in Nintendo's favor enough to ruin Pocketpair's day as it begins to build out Palworld's future.
Sept. 27, 2024
The Pokémon vs Palworld legal battle we did (and didn't) expect | GI Microcast
The Pokémon vs Palworld legal battle we did (and didn't) expect | GI Microcast
The latest episode of The GamesIndustry.biz Microcast is available to download now, offering you a quick dive into the …
Sept. 23, 2024
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company sue Palworld developer Pocketpair
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company sue Palworld developer Pocketpair
Original story: Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair for infringing "multiple patent righ…
Sept. 19, 2024
New leadership for Nintendo of Europe following continental reorganisation
New leadership for Nintendo of Europe following continental reorganisation
Nintendo of Europe has announced its new leadership team following the completion of a long-running reorganisation proc…
Sept. 2, 2024