It looks like China is about to lift its long-time ban of video games consoles as part of a new set of rules issued Friday for a new free-trade zone in Shanghai. Foreign companies - including console manufacturers - that operate within this new trade...

Former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi died this morning, aged 85. Yamauchi was Nintendo's third President and ran the company for an incredible 53 years before his retirement in 2002, whereupon he was succeeded by current Nintendo President Satoru...

During today's Wii Fit U Direct Presentation, Nintendo announced Wii Sports Club, a digital service that allows players to download individual sporting activities via the eShop. Available from November 7th with enhanced versions of Wii Sports' tennis...

Nintendo's Pokemon announcement today included the reveal of Mega Evolutions for Charizard, Blastoise, and Venusaur, but the big news was an announcement of a cloud-based storage solution for Generation V and VI Pokemon. The newly announced Pokemon Bank...

Nintendo announced some new hardware today, but they also gave us new release date information for a number of games. This includes games that did not have a specific date before, such as The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (November 22nd), Super...

Today, rather out of the blue, Nintendo announced a new model of their latest handheld, the 2DS. As you could have expected from the name, the 2DS is a 3DS without the 3D, but surprisingly, it also features a slate design. That means that, unlike the...

According to Destructoid, Nintendo is planning some new bundles for its Wii U and 3DS consoles, the former of which is going to include an HD remake of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. The Wii U bundle will include the 32GB Deluxe version of the...

This June, Eidos life president Ian Livingstone stated that, "Nintendo should have their IP on every platform... Otherwise a whole generation of young people will miss out on their games." Of course, this was just wishful thinking on the part of Livingstone...

Today, Nintendo released their Financials for the first quarter of this year, and despite making a net profit of 8.6 billion yen ($88.1mil, mainly due to a weaker yen and strong 3DS software sales), the company made an overall operating loss of just...

Nintendo has announced that a black version of the 3DS XL is set to be released in the States on August 11. The release of a black 3DS XL brings a total of 4 colors to the marketplace, including blue, pink, and red. This announcement comes on the heel...