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Japan's Nintendo, DeNA announce gaming, capital tie-up

2015-03-17 10:14:57| Electronics - Topix.net

Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd has teamed up with online gaming firm DeNA in a bid to lure back players who have defected from its consoles to more popular mobile and social media games. The two companies said on Tuesday that they would buy 22 billion yen worth of shares in each other as part of the capital and product tie-up.

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Nintendo 3DS, Amiibos in short supply during port slowdown

2015-02-22 01:05:53| Electronics - Topix.net

Nintendo Co. is feeling the effect of a labor standoff in the West Coast ports as stores run out of its new 3DS and Amiibo video-game products.

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Nintendo Considering Producing More Figures of Popular Amiibo

2015-02-17 10:29:21| Electronics - Topix.net

Nintendo will consider producing more figures of popular Amiibo if there's enough demand for it, CEO and president Satoru Iwata revealed during the company's financial results briefing . "We will...consider additional production in cases such as when an Amiibo figure sells out shortly after launch, an amiibo is indispensable to play a certain game, and when we receive a lot of requests for an Amiibo figure from consumers and retailers," Iwata said.

Nintendo building a Mii app for smartphones

2015-02-14 07:26:40| Electronics - Topix.net

While Nintendo has notoriously kept their popular first party games off of smartphones and attached to their consoles, it appears that the Mii avatars will be making an appearance on your mobile device. "In the past, I have opposed making smartphone and tablet versions of Nintendo titles.

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