Japanese video game designer Eiji Aonuma demonstrates his latest production

Nintendo's console sold just 160,000 units between April and June.

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Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros.

Good times roll at E3 videogame trade show - but for how long?

Few first-time participants at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles this week would have realised that the $66 billion videogames industry is in steep decline.

Nintendo's latest Super Mario game were amongst those revealed

Away from the console wars of PS4 and Xbox One, Nintendo offers Mario Kart 8, Super Mario 3D Land and many others for Wii U

World's largest video game company avoided a press conference, but are offering plenty of familiar faces for the ailing Wii U

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Zorro returns?

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata unveiling the Wii U in 2011

Nintendo chief says company must give gamers better value for money

Videogame giant Nintendo says it is becoming more difficult to satisfy consumers willing to spend money on full price games.

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Chase McCain's adventure is akin to GTA for kids, as the knowingly clichéd action cop takes to the open world streets as he looks to throw his arch nemesis Rex Fury back behind bars.

Super Mario takes the Tube: London Underground map gets the 8-bit Nintendo treatment

He's known for jumping into pipes and climbing up mysterious ladders to new and exciting lands, but Mario's next mission may take him underground.

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A port of Wii classic Monster Hunter Tri comes to both Wii U (sporting a HD makeover) and 3DS.

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It misses that vital spark of inventiveness

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