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What a $91 Million Loss Means for Nintendo

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Nintendo has released their 2014 first quarter (Q1) financial results, showing off their landmark Mario Kart 8 software sales — however, they still have a loss of ¥9.4 billion ($91 million USD). While the gaming industry loves to keep up with their favorite companies’ sales and earnings, little know the meaning behind them. What does this operating loss mean for Nintendo and how does it affect them in the long run? Continue reading What a $91 Million Loss Means for Nintendo →

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The Geekend Update: 6/27/14

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Weekends are meant strictly for gaming; at least that’s what we think. Here is where you can find out all of our crazy plans for the upcoming weekend!  Continue reading The Geekend Update: 6/27/14 →

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Mario Kart TV Challenges Concept Announced

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Today, Nintendo of America’s Twitter feed posted an interesting new concept to Mario Kart TV – Challenges for players. Mario Kart TV is a new addition to the wildly successful Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U system that allows players to upload videos of their gameplay. Furthermore, players can modify the video to fast-forward, rewind, or put in slow-motion and promptly upload to YouTube. Continue reading Mario Kart TV Challenges Concept Announced →

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Mario Kart 8 Speeds Past 2 Million Sales

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Nintendo has confirmed that Mario Kart 8 has sold over 2 million copies worldwide to consumers in just under a month.  This comes after the awesome 1.2 million copies sold in the first weekend.   Continue reading Mario Kart 8 Speeds Past 2 Million Sales →

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MONG Podcast – Should Pokémon Come to PlayStation?

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This week was CRAZY! Lou was fighting bears, Myles started crying on the podcast, and the team nerded out over Dragon Ball Z and the possibility of Pokémon on PlayStation consoles.

On this week’s episode the team talked about Tales of Zestiria, the Summer Steam Sale, Outlast on Xbox One, The Last of Us: Remastered, Mario Kart 8’s DLC, Metro Redux, The Witcher 3’s leaked documents, and Nintendo losing a lawsuit against Phillips.

After discussing what is going to happen to Nintendo after losing its battle against Phillips, we decided to talk about the possibility of Nintendo games moving to other platforms; specifically Pokémon to PlayStation consoles. What do you think about the idea? Would you welcome Pokémon on the Vita? Would it be a “system seller”? Do you think the improved graphics would make it a better game? Continue reading MONG Podcast – Should Pokémon Come to PlayStation? →