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New Super Mario Bros. Game for Nintendo 3DS Coming Soon

Nintendo is getting ready to start launching its brand new Nintendo 3DS handheld console around the world later this month, so its famous games designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, confirmed that a new Super Mario Bros. game was coming to the device afterward. All of Nintendo's platforms have received iterations of th...

3 February 2011
17:21 GMT

NPD Software: Splinter Cell Takes a Stealth Approach to the Top

It's a bad April for the videogame industry, the NPD Group, the organization that tracks sales for both hardware and software on the North American market, saying the month saw a drop of 26% over the same period in 2009, which is the fourth biggest ever drop in one year. The overall value of sales has plummeted ...

14 May 2010
19:01 GMT

Japanese Chart: PlayStation Portable and Mario Are on Top

The PlayStation Portable handheld from Sony is still the best sold individual console model in Japan, although overall sales continued to fall for a second week in a row as no important videogames were released. When it comes to platform sales, the Nintendo DS family managed to outsell the PSP, although just barely.T...

26 April 2010
04:33 GMT

PSP and Nintendo DS Battle It Out in Japan

It seems that the Japanese console market is settling into a pattern when it comes to hardware sales, with the PlayStation Portable from Sony taking the first place in terms of sales when it comes to platform segregated charts while the DS line up from Nintendo took first place when all models are taken into account....

19 April 2010
04:39 GMT

NPD Software: BioShock 2 Drills to the Top

The February NPD Group sales numbers for the United States are now out and the big winner when it comes to videogames is BioShock 2, the first person shooter with a story from Take Two and 2K Games, which managed to top the sales chart with 562,900 units moved to the players eager for a return trip to Rapture and its...

12 March 2010
04:44 GMT

No Price Cut for the Nintendo Wii in 2010

2009 was a pretty special year for those who were looking to get a new gaming console and had not done so for the current generation as all the big manufacturers announced price cuts for their devices.Sony opened the ball, with the announcement of the new Slim version of the PlayStation 3, which was paired with a red...

8 March 2010
13:51 GMT

A Gamer's Week: February 14

This week, we've reviewed New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Wii, written about the possibilities of Mass Effect 3 in the Weekend Reading piece and also gotten another installment of EndGameWeek detailing our gaming choices for the weekend. And we've also got a few select articles from the seven days th...

14 February 2010
08:51 GMT

Lost in Nostalgia with New Super Mario Bros. Wii

One of my earliest gaming memories, apart from being embarrassingly bad at Duck Hunt, is of playing Super Mario and actually gently moving the controller from left to right when I needed to make the main character leap over a great chasm.I might have also lifted the controller up when popping coins and the like, to t...

10 February 2010
17:41 GMT

Modern Warfare 2 Tops 2009 Worldwide Sales Chart

When taking into account the United States, Japanese and United Kingdom markets Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision Blizzard, is the best sold videogame of 2009, with close to 12 million copies moved to gamers since it was released in November.The performance of the ...

5 February 2010
12:41 GMT

Third Week on Top for the PlayStation Portable

For the third week, hardware sales on the Japanese market are going down as there are less and less new videogames to spark the interest of videogame lovers. For the week that ended on January 24, the leading platform was the PlayStation Portable handheld from Sony, which moved 52,909 units, a clear decrease over the...

1 February 2010
05:45 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Surpasses 10 Million Copies Sold

The executives at Nintendo must be rubbing their hands with glee as reports are saying that New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Wii home gaming console has passed the 10 million copies sold hallmark since it was released in late 2009.The multiplayer-enabled title, which otherwise offers very classic gameplay, has ...

27 January 2010
12:51 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Reaches 3 Million Units in Sales

Nintendo has announced that its New Super Mario Bros. Wii has managed to sell no less than 3,002,753 units on the Japanese market, becoming the quickest title to reach this milestone. It only took the game seven weeks since its release on December 3 to sell 3 million units, with close to a million of them sold in the...

21 January 2010
03:54 GMT

Nintendo Pleased with December Performance

2009 was a bad year for the videogaming industry, with overall revenue falling by a median of 8% and with the worldwide economic crisis affecting both hardware makers and videogame publishers more than they initially thought.But after a shaky start that saw the Wii quickly lose sales and some managers calling its sit...

19 January 2010
13:11 GMT

PlayStation Line Surges in Japan

It's been a week of role reversal on the Japanese videogames market even as sales tend to be slowing down after the turn of the year. The PlayStation line from Sony seems to be ready to topple the Nintendo consoles, while New Super Mario Bros. is hanging on to the top spot in the software chart.The Nintendo Wii ...

11 January 2010
13:31 GMT

The Nintendo Wii Has Recovered from Slowdown

Before the Christmas shopping season was in full swing, Nintendo did an uncharacteristic thing. The Japanese company sent out some of its high profile leaders to tell the public that the Nintendo Wii could actually be in a bit of trouble.Its performance in Japan has been described as “less than healthy” a...

8 January 2010
13:31 GMT

Wii and DS Break Records in the United States and Europe

Nintendo has announced that the Wii had what it described as a “healthy” holiday season on the United States market, managing to sell more than 3 million units during the month of December. Satoru Iwata, who is the president of Nintendo, has made the announcement in Japan citing internal company data. The...

7 January 2010
03:51 GMT

Nintendo Wii Ends 2009 on a High

The Nintendo Wii home gaming console moved to the top of the hardware charts in Japan. For the week that ended on December 27, 2009, the Wii managed to sell no less than 215,129 units, ending the year with one of its biggest totals. It seems that the console, which was characterized as ailing in Japan by Nintendo bos...

5 January 2010
04:29 GMT

The Nintendo Wii Dominates Amazon 2009 Sales

Amazon, the biggest online retailer, has put out a list displaying the products customers were most interested in during 2009 and Nintendo-made hardware and software, mainly for the Wii home gaming console, dominate the list, showing that while sales of the device might have slowed down during the year that has ...

4 January 2010
13:21 GMT

The Year of The Pirate, Gaming Zodiac

As a new year approaches, it's time to look back at the past 12 months and make a list of what was what this year, to help us with our new-year resolution. And one thing that proved to be very fascinating was the list of top games that got pirated in 2009. TorrentFreak has scoured the net, took into account all ...

29 December 2009
03:26 GMT

Mario Continues Japanese Reign

Nintendo has managed to boost sales of the Nintendo Wii home gaming console on the Japanese market and conquer the videogame chart with the release of New Super Mario Bros. Wii and the game shows no sign of being ready to relinquish its top spot, even with the international blockbuster Modern Warfare 2 from Infinity ...

21 December 2009
04:33 GMT

Analyze That: November NPD Blockbuster Edition

A detailed look at the figures the NPD Group released for videogame sales in November in the United States shows that Modern Warfare 2 is not only a much bigger release than the original Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare but also bigger than Gears of War 2 and Call of Duty: World at War.The November 2009 chart is domina...

17 December 2009
17:21 GMT

Another Week on Top for Modern Warfare 2

Modern Warfare 2 seems to be cementing its status as the best selling videogame of 2009. After coming on top in the software charts released by the NPD Group for November in the United States, where it managed to sell more than 6 million copies on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3, the shooter from Infinity Ward and...

17 December 2009
13:01 GMT

Spin Cycle: Nintendo Is Happy

Nintendo is certainly the big winner of the figures for hardware sales that the NPD Group posted for the United States market in November 2009. Even if the revenue derived from the market was reduced by 13.4% over the same period in 2008, the Japanese manufacturer managed to get good results, with the Nintendo DS han...

14 December 2009
15:01 GMT

The Wii and Mario Dominate Japan

For the week that ended on December 6, New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Wii was the best selling title on the all-important Japanese market, while the home gaming console has been dragged up by the release of the videogame and is now also topping the hardware chart. It seems that the new features in the Mario-p...

14 December 2009
05:00 GMT

Modern Warfare 2 and Super Mario Will Dominate November

The NPD Group figures for both hardware and software sales in November on the United States market are set to be released in a few days and two analysts predict that the numbers will show growth over the same period in 2008 but that the trend is not strong enough to hold over into December and January of next year.Mi...

9 December 2009
14:21 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Beats Records in First Week

New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Wii, which has just been released on the Japanese market, has managed to sell 936,734 units in its first week in order to break the record for the highest sales registered on debut by a Wii release. The numbers are coming from Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu that also mentions ...

8 December 2009
11:11 GMT

No Digital Distribution for New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Speaking at a round table in New York, Shigeru Miyamoto addressed quite a few issues related to videogames, showing why he is so praised by Nintendo and why he is the main cause for the success of series like Mario and Zelda. Based on his answers, Nintendo lovers should not expect digital distribution for Mario title...

20 October 2009
16:51 GMT

Iwata Predicts Extraordinary Sales for Nintendo Videogames

There's no denying that 2009 is, at the moment, a dark year for videogaming. Most companies are reporting reduced revenue and losses, and the North American market, the largest in the world, is in free fall, with sales set to decline by 22% in July. Still, there's one company showing a lot of optimism in th...

12 August 2009
14:11 GMT

E3: New Super Mario Bros. Comes to the Nintendo Wii

Nintendo is really trying to please its customer base this year, after it was accused following E3 ‘08 that it presented too many new casual titles while not offering anything in the way of a fresh Zelda or Mario.At its press conference, Nintendo talked about the new Zelda, which is coming to the DS under the n...

3 June 2009
05:50 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints XXIV (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld gaming console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, Korea in March 2007. It was the first ori...

7 May 2009
06:13 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints XXIII (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld gaming console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, Korea in March 2007. It was the first ori...

6 May 2009
08:12 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints XXII (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld gaming console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, Korea in March 2007. It was the first ori...

5 May 2009
12:01 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints XXI (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld gaming console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, Korea in March 2007. It was the first ori...

4 May 2009
12:11 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints XX (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld gaming console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, Korea in March 2007. It was the first ori...

30 April 2009
10:11 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Glitches III (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer, developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, with Korea receving the title in March 2007. Th...

25 February 2009
06:29 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Glitches II (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer, developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, with Korea receving the title in March 2007. Th...

24 February 2009
06:33 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Glitches (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer, developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, with Korea receving the title in March 2007. Th...

23 February 2009
06:36 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints XIX (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer, developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, with Korea receving the title in March 2007. Th...

20 February 2009
05:51 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints XVIII (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer, developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, with Korea receving the title in March 2007. Th...

19 February 2009
06:31 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints XVII (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer, developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, with Korea receving the title in March 2007. Th...

18 February 2009
06:13 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints XVI (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer, developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, with Korea receving the title in March 2007. Th...

17 February 2009
05:51 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints XV (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer, developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, with Korea receving the title in March 2007. Th...

16 February 2009
06:07 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints XIV (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer, developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, with Korea receving the title in March 2007. Th...

13 February 2009
08:03 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints XIII (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer, developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, with Korea receving the title in March 2007. Th...

12 February 2009
06:36 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints XII (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer, developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, with Korea receving the title in March 2007. Th...

11 February 2009
08:00 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints XI (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer, developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, with Korea receving the title in March 2007. Th...

10 February 2009
06:28 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints X (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer, developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, with Korea receving the title in March 2007. Th...

9 February 2009
05:23 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints IX (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer, developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, with Korea receving the title in March 2007. Th...

6 February 2009
05:43 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints VII (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer, developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, with Korea receving the title in March 2007. Th...

4 February 2009
06:44 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Hints VI (DS)

New Super Mario Bros. is a classic side scrolling platformer, developed and published by Nintendo for its own DS handheld console. It was released in North America and Japan in May 2006, with Australia and Europe getting it in June the same year and, last but not least, with Korea receving the title in March 2007. Th...

3 February 2009
05:52 GMT


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