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Nintendo To Discontinue 3DS, Wii U Online Support In April 2024
Thursday, October 5, 2023 - 5:06pm | 296Nintendo ADR (OTC: NTDOY) announced it will cease online support for 3DS and Wii U consoles in April 2024, leaving only the Pokémon storage app, Pokémon Bank, accessible online. This will affect online co-op, rankings and data distribution for these consoles, the company...
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If You Invested $1,000 In Nintendo Stock When The First Pokemon Game Was Released In The US, Here's How Much You'd Have Now
Monday, February 27, 2023 - 1:32pm | 699Video game company Nintendo Co (OTC: NTDOY) got its start in 1889 as a playing card company. The company would transform into a video game giant in the 1970s and go on to be one of the most recognizable companies in the world. Here's a look at how the stock has performed since Pokémon...
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Could A Controller To Use On Both PlayStation And Xbox Be Coming?
Thursday, August 18, 2022 - 3:23pm | 597One of the biggest developments in the video game industry has been cross-platform play, the ability to play with other gamers on other consoles. One video game company could actually be working on a controller that could be used on multiple consoles. What Happened: Reggie Fils-Aimé ...
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Exploring Nintendo's 3-Day Switch Sale Figures Thus Far
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 - 9:58am | 438Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY)’s new gaming console Switch set record sales in the United States in its first two days, according to a tweet from New York Times reporter Nick Wingfield. “Fri-Sat sales for Nintendo Switch exceeded first 2-day sales in Americas for any system in...
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How Nintendo's Last 4 Gaming Consoles Performed In Their First Year
Friday, January 13, 2017 - 3:47pm | 571Japanese video game console maker Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY) has just announced more details of its newest console on the block, the Nintendo Switch. Switch will go on sale March 2017. As the company, analysts and avid Nintendo fans keep their fingers crossed over, looking forward to...
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11 Most Popular Holiday Toys In History
Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 11:22am | 658If you haven’t already done your holiday shopping, this is the time of year where the most popular items can start disappearing from store shelves. This year, two of the fastest-selling holiday toys are Spin Master’s Hatchimals and Nintendo Co., LTD (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY)’s NES...
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Could This Startup Save Nintendo?
Friday, March 14, 2014 - 2:02pm | 931Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) is arguably the most troubled developer within the video game industry. The company announced in January that it had reduced its Wii U sales estimate from nine million consoles to just 2.8 million units by the end of March 2014. This was not the first time that Nintendo...
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How One Investor Profited From LeapFrog And Nintendo Before Wall Street
Monday, March 3, 2014 - 3:15pm | 775What does the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo's (OTC: NTDOY) most successful game console, have in common with LeapFrog's (NYSE: LF) LeapPad tablet for kids? Both products represented an opportunity for investors to buy into these firms and enjoy massive gains. "[In] 2011, the number-one selling Christmas...
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Can a $99 Game Console Destroy Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo?
Friday, July 13, 2012 - 1:50pm | 1515Ouya, the $99 game console concept on Kickstarter, has raised more than $4.4 million from more than 34,000 backers. Should Sony (NYSE: SNE), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) or Nintendo (NTDOY) be worried? Depending on the source, Ouya (pronounced "Oooh-ya") is either a disaster in the making or the best...
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Sony to Release New PlayStation 3 Model
Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 8:30am | 439Referred to as a "Super Slim" version of the PlayStation 3, documents filed with the FCC suggest that Sony (NYSE: SNE) plans to revise its six-year-old console. According to Eurogamer, the remodeled console will fall under the new 4000 series label (current PS3s belong to the 3000 series). No...
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Five Things Nintendo Doesn't Want You to Know About its E3 2012 Press Conference
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - 12:33pm | 1496Consumers expected big things from the Mario maker this week, including fresh franchises and new chapters in the Zelda, Pokemon, and Wii Sports series. But instead of wowing the masses with a massive lineup of must-buy games, Nintendo's (NTDOY) E3 press conference was unusually quiet. There were...
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Why Did InvenSense Rise 113% Since its IPO?
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 3:26pm | 789While many IPOs struggle to rise, InvenSense has risen more than 100% since its debut. Why? That's what we wondered. Whereas Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) initially tanked during its initial public offering (and only rebounded on rumors of a major entry into the world of online gambling), InvenSense (NYSE...
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Is it Too Soon or Too Late for PlayStation 4, Xbox 720?
Friday, January 6, 2012 - 10:19am | 1560The unveiling will presumably occur at E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo), which is scheduled to take place on June 5-7 at the LA Convention Center in Los Angeles. MCV did not provide any further details. However, My Nintendo News picked up on an interesting tweet from one of the publication's...
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Is Nintendo Facing a Secret Legal Battle?
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 4:09pm | 337Nintendo's Senior VP and general counsel is planning to step down this spring. The only question is why. Unlike Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), whose ongoing legal troubles may have prompted its chief patent counsel to leave, Nintendo (NTDOY) doesn't seem to have many legal battles going on right now. But...
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Review: Pinball Hall of Fame – The Williams Collection (3DS Edition)
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 1:49pm | 597Talk to a so-called expert about the best way to experience pinball and they will always say the same thing: you have to play it on a real machine. Talk to anyone else and they will give you two recommendations: play with a real table or pick up a copy of Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb...