Nintendo is facing pressure from investors to explore smartphone platforms including Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems as the company seeks to reverse a decline in sales as gamers take to iPhone, iPad and social networks,Bloomberg reveals. Investors have begun to lose patience with Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata, who has stated that the company will only develop titles for its own products whilst he remains the company chief, requesting that the strategy is scrapped so the company can reverse the decline in its stock, which has dropped to a six-year low....

You may have heard Apple CEO Steve Jobs’introducethe new iPad which now features upgraded specs and a gyroscope for better gaming functionality. What most didn’t know is that just across the street, Nintendo PresidentSatoru Iwatatold video game developers that smartphones were driving a trend towards lower quality and economically unsustainable video games. The emergence of low-cost video games for smartphones has led to a major shift in the way people acquire and experience video games....

The latest in aslew of attacksaimed at high-profile gaming centers is brought to us today by Nintendo. While details are still lacking, there’s a highly-visible warning that pops up overthe UK versionof Nintendo’s site: While it’s a bit ominous, it seems to be mainly precautionary. There’s even a near-disclaimer in the text: We would like to reassure you that we do not hold our customer’s bank, credit card or address details on the European Nintendo website and so this data is not at risk....

All signs are pointing to the 4K Nintendo Switch, which some have dubbed the Switch Pro, being announced soon. Like,reallysoon. According to a report byBloomberg, the device will be released in September or October, will begin to be shipped by assemblers in July, and could be announced before E3. Considering E3 begins June 12, that means the announcement is likely just days away. Reportedly, the announcement may come before the event so that the games can get some time to shine during E3....

Nintendo has been cagey on the release timing of its recently announced Wii U console, except to say that it would come out sometime in 2012. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime let slip a more solid date earlier today. “This is a device that will launch in 2012, after April 1st,”Fils-Aime told Forbesafter he was asked how Nintendo would manage the fact that the Wii U would be on shelves at the same time as the Wii....