Mario Kart 7 update kills shortcut exploits

Nintendo dispatches update for 3DS racing title that removes unintended shortcuts on three courses; players must download update to play online.

NEWS: Nintendo Releases Mario Kart 7 Game Data Update

The update is available to download through the eShop. The update for Mario Kart 7 is now available to download through the eShop. The patch fixes exploits found within three different tracks that many users have been using to gain an unfair advantage in online multiplayer races. The three courses which have been updated are Wuhu Island Loop, Wuhu Mountain Loop and GBA Bowser Castle 1. Players ...

Nintendo DSi and DSi XL Get Price Cuts

Nintendo announced price cuts for both the DSi and DSi XL effective May 20. The regular DSi will drop from $149 to $99 and the DSi XL drops from $169 to $129.

Nintendo deploys glitch-fixing Mario Kart 7 patch

Nintendo has deployed its promised patch for Mario Kart 7. It eliminates the ability to skip large sections of the race track on specific courses. Fair online racing was previously made impossible by cheaters deliberately exploiting the game's glitches and repeatedly choosing broken levels to play on. The patch mends the notorious Wuhu Mountain Loop glitch and provides similar fixes for the Wuhu ...

Miyamoto: Lack of PS Vita software is weakening handheld's prospects

Nintendo veteran Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed his thoughts on the PS Vita handheld, Sony's rival to Nintendo's own 3DS, stating that, while it's clearly a powerful device, it's suffering from the same lack of software that the 3DS also originally saw. "It's obviously a very hi-spec machine, and you can do lots of things with it," he told Edge, "but I don't really see the combination of software ...

Boy Discovers Gameboy Micro, Convinces Classmates It's the Next 3DS

My youngest son had spotted a Gameboy Micro in a second hand shop window a few months ago and was convinced that it was the next new handheld device from Nintendo. He even came up with a whole hand-drawn comic strip conspiracy story about how the new device had fallen into the hands of the shop and why it was so reasonably priced -- a tale to equal even the leaked iPhone 4 from last year.