Nintendo gets with the times, announces Nintendo Network, DLC, and NFC for Wii U

After a decade of lackluster online support, Nintendo may finally be wising up. During an investor’s briefing today, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata announced that its upcoming console, the Wii U, will have two new features: NFC built into the controller and an Xbox Live-like online service called Nintendo Network. Downloadable content, including fullly downloadable retail games is also a ...

Nintendo Network Shows Console Giant is Finally Serious About Going Online

While Microsoft and Sony have taken expertly to the realm of Internet connectivity, networks, and DLC content with their consoles, Nintendo still seems to be lagging far behind in getting wired. It looks like with their slumping sales, the console … Continue reading → Nintendo Network Shows Console Giant is Finally Serious About Going Online is a post from: SiliconANGLE We're now available on ...

Level Up! Nintendo Network Announced

    We start the column with a big announcement from Nintendo. Finally Nintendo will be bringing gamers a Nintendo network to compete with Xbox Live and the Playstation Network. I guess the old saying is better late than never and we can complain all we want about Nintendo arriving late to the party but its still great to see them finally get in the network game...

Nintendo 3DS: 12 Games To Look Out For In 2012

The dawn of a new year means 365 days of new gaming action to look forward to, and the pressure’s really on for Nintendo in 2012. Not only is the company launching its new Wii U console at the end of the year; there’s also a need to keep pushing with the 3DS, which suffered at launch a year ago due to a high price tag and a generally weak launch lineup. Some real gems have emerged since then ...

The 42 best, funniest and weirdest photos of Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto being brilliantly odd

I bloody love Shigeru Miyamoto. I really bloody love him. It's not just that he's created some of the finest-crafted, wittily-designed, overall wonderful games in history. It's not just that his eight and sixteen-bit Mario games absolutely shaped my early gaming years.

Nintendo's Downloadable Dilemma

Despite its reputation as a casual gamer's console, Wii has actually been an incredible system for Nintendo fans. Not only does the platform house some of the greatest modern achievements in the company's history, it launched the Virtual Console, the digital service that allows fans new and old to c...