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Nintendo reveals Splatoon, arcade-style paint shooter

Splatoon is Nintendo's take on the 3rd person shooter, a game that will challenge players in a 4v4 arena to cover the game world in paint.
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Wii U update brings GamePad Quick Start

A newly-released system update to Nintendo's Wii U brings, among other features, a brand new Quick Start menu for the GamePad controller.
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Wii U gets a Fight Pad controller in time for Super Smash Bros.

Nintendo is partnering with PDP to produce a Wired Fight Pad controller for the Wii and Wii U, inspired in form by the GameCube's controller.
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Philips wants to shut down the Wii U for patent infringement

Electronics conglomerate Philips is claiming that Nintendo has infringed upon two patents with the Wii and Wii U, and is seeking trial by jury for damages.
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As its sales sink, Nintendo grasps at emerging markets, apps, and … figurines?

With Nintendo bleeding money and the Wii U and 3DS not performing up to expectations, here's what the company plans to do to remedy that.
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Nintendo announces Mario Kart 8 Wii U Bundle and free digital game download

Nintendo offers up more details on Mario Kart 8 Wii U Bundle and free eShop digital game download.
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Fatal Frame coming to Wii U

Nintendo and Tecmo Koei have announced development of a new Fatal Frame survival horror game for the Wii U.
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Watch Dogs coming to Wii U this fall

Ubisoft’s open world action game will hit the Nintendo Wii U this fall.
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Super Smash Bros. comes to 3DS this summer, Wii U this winter

Nintendo confirms a summer 2014 release for the 3DS version of Super Smash Bros and a winter 2014 release for the Wii U version.
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Nintendo to buy back shares from the family that built the company

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Been there, done that: Nintendo’s short-term plan is ‘follow the leader’

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Batman: Arkham Origins story DLC cancelled for Wii U

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Nintendo outlines a foggy future that includes new hardware, pimping out Mario

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Nintendo’s CEO takes 50-percent pay cut following poor earnings

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Nintendo considers new business models following a very bad 2013

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Wii U GamePad high-capacity battery now available in the U.S.

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Giving thanks for a fantastic 2013 in gaming

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Nintendo sold fewer than 500,000 Wii U consoles in six months

Nintendo’s fledgling Wii U console has sold under half a million units in the last six months, and sold under 4 million units since its release in 2012.
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Wii U Deluxe bundle loses Nintendo Land, adds DLC-enhanced New Super Mario Bros. U

Nintendo revamps its Wii U Deluxe bundle, dropping Nintendo Land (and lowering its price to $30) and adding New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U.
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‘Need for Speed: Rivals’ skips Wii U and Vita, poor ‘Most Wanted’ sales to blame

Ghost Games creative director Craig Sullivan notes that Need for Speed: Rivals won't be heading to Wii U or PlayStation Vita.
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Jetsetter: Wii U sales jump 685-percent in the UK

This week in Jetsetter, Nintendo manages to get a little Wii U love in the United Kingdom thanks to The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD.
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Jetsetter: Without Hiroshi Yamauchi we wouldn’t have Mario, Doom, or Halo

This week in Jetsetter, we explore a video game world without Hiroshi Yamauchi. Without the one-time president of Nintendo, we would live in a very different world.

‘Wii Sports’ returns with HD and online play

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If you are looking for more Wii U games, you may want to look at the Wii

Gamed: Games and war, which one is bad again?

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Nintendo drops the Wii U price, and 3D from the 3DS

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Dwindling Wii U sales may spell the end for Nintendo’s troubled console

‘ZombiU’ sequel not happening, but there’s a lesson here for Nintendo

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Jetsetter: Nintendo’s weak library is due in part to HD gaming

This week in Jetsetter, Digital Trends takes a long look at Nintendo's Japanese game development process and its antiquated policies on blocking games by region.

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Ubisoft, EA cite low hardware sales as cause of flagging third-party Wii U support

‘Super Mario 3D World’ preview: Princess Peach rejoins the party

Super Mario 3D World seeks to save the Nintendo Wii U in the same way that Super Mario 3D Land rescued the Nintendo 3DS.

‘Pac-man and the Ghostly Adventures’ preview: Wakka wakka wakka

Pac-man returned to form in Pac-man Championship, but now Namco's getting experimental again with the 3D platformer 'Pac-man and the Ghostly Adventures.'

Hands-on with ‘Bayonetta 2’: Conditioner goes a long, long way

The sexy witch covered with guns named Bayonetta may not be the hero Nintendo's Wii U needs, but she's certainly the one it deserves. We go hands-on at E3 2013.