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NINTENDO DS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 11, 2016
Nintendo's 'Pokemon Go' hit gives early taste of smartphone success
Nintendo Co., which has not yet thrown itself fully into the world of mobile gaming, is giving people a good idea of what a smartphone hit looks like with the success of "Pokemon Go."
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Jun 25, 2016
New releases fill in the gaps in gaming
A necessary evil
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2016
Hong Kong gamers gripe over Nintendo's shift to Mandarin-based names for Pokemon characters
Japanese video game giant Nintendo has "insulted" Hong Kong fans by neglecting their plea to retain the more familiar Chinese names of characters in the comic Pokemon, activists and fans said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
May 21, 2016
Bright new things in Japan's gaming world
Nintendo's summer colors
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2016
Nintendo disappoints without mobile Mario game and no new console
Nintendo Co. is easing into its newfound role as a mobile game publisher, but not fast enough for investors expecting a Mario-scale hit.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 28, 2016
Nintendo plans to sell Mariners majority stake
Nintendo of America is planning to sell its majority interest in the Seattle Mariners, the company announced Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 27, 2016
Nintendo's net profit drops 61% in FY 2015 as stronger yen bites
Nintendo Co. said Wednesday its group net profit fell 60.6 percent in the 2015 business year ended last month to ¥16.51 billion ($139.5 million), bruised by the yen's appreciation against major currencies and languid portable game sales.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Apr 23, 2016
Space foxes, game cats and a new 'Uncharted' realm
New foxy space dogfighter game
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Mar 26, 2016
New releases with a fighting spirit
'Pokemon' fights harder
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 18, 2016
Nintendo finds a hit with its new social app, Miitomo
Nintendo Co.'s foray into smartphones is off to a good start.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Mar 15, 2016
Nintendo levels up smartphones with wallpapers and cases
As gamers anxiously await Nintendo's new Miitomo app, smartphone users can level up their devices now with new wallpapers and cases from the Big N.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Feb 27, 2016
Pikachu finds his voice
Pikachu finds his voice
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 26, 2016
Nintendo halves 2015 net profit forecast on yen rise, weak sales
Nintendo Co. said Friday it has more than halved its forecast for group net profit for the year through March due to the yen's appreciation and sluggish sales of software for the handheld Nintendo 3DS game console.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 23, 2016
Pokémon catches nostalgia fever for its 20th anniversary
Nintendo is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Poku00e9mon with a year full of new products, re-releases and huge doses of nostalgia around the world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 3, 2016
Nintendo tries to convince investors to wait as profit dives
Nintendo Co. President Tatsumi Kimishima tried to assure investors the company's March mobile gaming debut is worth waiting for, even as a 36 percent plunge in quarterly profit highlighted a downward spiral in sales of Wii U and 3DS players.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Jan 23, 2016
As the new year kicks in, so do popular game updates
Nintendo thinks outside the box, again
BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2016
Nintendo's Iwata honored for work on video games
Satoru Iwata, the late president of Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co., has won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 19th annual Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain (D.I.C.E.) Awards, according to the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Dec 26, 2015
Nintendo's Mother never disappoints; a dream collaboration; and the keyboard to up your game
'Mother 3' is back
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Nov 28, 2015
Dance with yokai, go to a monster gym, then entrench yourself on the Star Wars' battlefront
Time to get into the groove with 'Yokai Watch Dance'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 29, 2015
Nintendo delays launch of smartphone video games; shares plunge
Nintendo Co. on Thursday pushed back the much-anticipated launch of its video game service for smartphones by a few months to March 2016, disappointing gaming fans as well as investors, who drove its shares down by more than 10 percent.

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