TOKYO (Reuters) – The runaway success of Nintendo Co Ltd’s (7974.T) island life simulator Animal Crossing: New Horizons has overshadowed an uncomfortable fact for fans of the Switch console – it lacks upcoming titles. Nintendo on Thursday said Animal Crossing,... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.T) said on Thursday its fourth-quarter profit soared 200% due to surging demand for its Switch games console, and that title Animal Crossing: New Horizons shifted a record 13.4 million units in its first six week... More »
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Nintendo Switch video game has been pulled off China’s grey market e-commerce platforms, Reuters’ checks show, after Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong used the game to protest against Beijing’s rule of the Chinese territory. The game, “Ani... More »
Nintendo’s game character Super Mario is seen on a screen at the presentation ceremony of Nintendo’s new game console Switch in Tokyo, Japan January 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese videogames maker Nintendo Co Ltd said on Thursday i... More »
A man uses a mobile phone in front of an advertisement board bearing the image of Pokemon Go at an electronic shop in Tokyo, Japan, July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Some New Zealand fans of the smartphone game Pokemon Go caught more than they b... More »
Flowers are laid near the scene where a passer-by was killed after being hit by a driver playing ‘Pokemon Go’ while driving in Tokushima, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo August 24, 2016. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS A Japanese truck driver playing Po... More »
TOKYO Shares in Nintendo Co tumbled as much as 18 percent on Monday after the company said Pokemon GO would have a limited impact on its earnings – their biggest setback so far after a huge run-up on the smash-hit game. The Kyoto-based gaming company, which is... More »
SAN DIEGO, Calif. The creator of the wildly popular Pokemon Go gaming app received the celebrity treatment on Sunday at the final day of San Diego’s annual Comic-Con, as he discussed the viral popularity and future of the game. John Hanke, founder of Niantic L... More »
TOKYO/SINGAPORE The phenomenal success of Pokemon GO and the surge in Nintendo Co’s (7974.T) market value by $17 billion in just over a week has been seized upon by one of its most vocal investors to press for a change of strategy at the company. Until Pokemon... More »
MEXICO CITY A Mexican taxi driver has jumped on the Pokemon GO craze sweeping the world by driving smartphone-armed customers around in search of the augmented reality game’s target creatures. The mobile phone game has become an instant hit with more users in ... More »
DUBAI Authorities in the Gulf Arab states of Kuwait and United Arab Emirates on Friday warned of security dangers to playing the wildly successful new smartphone app Pokemon GO. Users must resist the urge to point camera phones at Pikachu popping out in front ... More »
BEIJING Not everyone loves Pokemon GO, the mobile game that has become an instant hit around the world since a limited release just a week ago. The augmented reality game, in which players walk around real-life neighborhoods to hunt and catch virtual cartoon c... More »
WASHINGTON The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has told Pokemon GO fans not to play the popular new mobile game in its premises, describing it as “extremely inappropriate” in a memorial dedicated to the victims of Nazism. The game involves using a mobile device... More »
WASHINGTON A Democratic U.S. senator on Tuesday asked the software developer behind Nintendo Co Ltd’s Pokemon GO to clarify the mobile game’s data privacy protections, amid concerns the augmented reality hit was unnecessarily collecting vast swaths of sensitiv... More »
TOKYO Movies like “Mario Kart” and “The Legend of Zelda” could soon be coming to a theater near you. Nintendo Co Ltd is in talks with several global production companies about expanding its video content business, including making movies, said Tatsumi Kimishim... More »
TOKYO Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.T) Chief Executive Satoru Iwata died after a long illness, the company said on Monday, months after he led the Japanese video-game maker’s belated entry into mobile gaming following years of declining sales. He was 55. The hands-on ... More »
