Nintendo and Kellogg’s add NFC tags to cereal boxes
Special edition Super Mario Cereal boxes with integrated NFC tags are to begin shipping in the US on 11 December... More
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Nintendo Switch includes STMicroelectronics NFC technology
PARTNER NEWS: Nintendo has integrated a range of advanced semiconductor solutions from STMicroelectronics into the main console and controllers of its latest Nintendo Switch gaming device... More
NFC included in Nintendo Switch controller
Detachable Joy-Con controllers for Nintendo’s long-awaited new games console Switch will include an NFC reader and writer to exchange data with Amiibo toys, Venturebeat reports... More
Nintendo unveils New Nintendo 3DS with NFC
Nintendo’s New Nintendo 3DS system will launch in the US on September 25, including “a wider range of controls, face-tracking 3D and built-in NFC functionality that allows for communication with Amiibo figures”, the company says... More
Nintendo sells 5.7m NFC figurines
The US and Canada accounted for 63% of a total 5.7m NFC-enabled Nintendo Amiibo figurines sold at the end of 2014, followed by Europe in second place with 23%, Japan with 11% and Australia with 3%... More
Nintendo sells 2.4m NFC figures
Nintendo sold about 2.4m NFC-enabled Amiibo figurines in 2014, the company has revealed... More
Nintendo 3DS gets NFC
A Nintendo 3DS system update has enabled the NFC capabilities built into the latest Japan-only edition of the handheld games console, Nintendo Life reports... More
Nintendo 3DS to get NFC
Nintendo will include a built-in NFC chip in the next versions of its 3DS and 3DS XL handheld games consoles, at least in Japan, the company has revealed in its latest 3DS Direct video briefing... More
Nintendo unveils Amiibo NFC figures that work with multiple Wii U and 3DS games
Nintendo has unveiled a new product category called Amiibo at this year’s E3 digital event in Los Angeles... More
