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Wii Music, which was released last year, has not been one of the biggest hits for Nintendo. Titles like Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit are still selling well, while the music simulator for the Wii seems to have faded into obscurity and slid out of sales charts. But its creator might not yet be prepared to let go of the i... |
20 November 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Even though it is a bit of a detoured information, it seems like No More Heroes will be finally traveling to other consoles as well. Originally, the intel got leaked on the Wii@Everyday blog, which eventually ended up as part of Famitsu's news. Then, GameSpot translated the scans and was in the position of makin... |
19 November 2009
15:21 GMT |
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The last game in the Ace Attorney saga to be announced by Capcom was Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, and it was given official disclosure back in June. It had as release date for the DS February 16, so, when it was announced, everyone thought that they'd have to wait eight more months before they c... |
19 November 2009
07:02 GMT |
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This year, E3 saw Nintendo drowning the crowd in Super Mario titles. The convention offered us some insight into the New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2 or Bowser's Inside Story, but other Nintendo names have been shy to come on stage. The Legend of Zelda had a brief and stage-fright-covered performa... |
19 November 2009
04:30 GMT |
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With Project Natal confirmed as being real and coming in late 2010 and with Sony officially stating that it intends to release the motion tracking add on for the PlayStation 3 at some point during the spring of next year, the biggest hardware-related rumor in the videogames industry is that Nintendo is secretly worki... |
18 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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New Super Mario Bros. Wii has been released and Nintendo's President, Reggie Fils-Aime, is glad to brag the game's multiplayer. The way he sees it, the title was designed to fulfill everyone's needs, regardless of gaming experience or cultural background. "I really do believe that New Super Mario Bros.... |
17 November 2009
18:01 GMT |
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It seems like it's not just gamers that feel the nostalgia of the old titles. Nintendo misses all the verbal abuse along with the following praise it received from the nerve-wrecking games from the days of the NES. Stuck on the Wii, the latest titles the gaming giant released were mainly aimed either at a younge... |
17 November 2009
08:14 GMT |
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Nintendo just recently announced that it planned to release game demos for the Wii and it has already made it happen. This week's list of downloads from Nintendo also includes fives demos for the Wii console. The first one on the list is also accompanied by its full game and it's the Pokemon Rumble. The tit... |
17 November 2009
06:24 GMT |
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Nintendo is the biggest winner of the current console generation, with its Wii home console managing to consistently beat the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 when it comes to sales, despite having less storage space and a less powerful graphics engine, thanks to the impressive and forward looking motion tracking contr... |
16 November 2009
03:46 GMT |
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Yesterday we talked about how Regie Fils-Aime, the president of Nintendo of America, said that New Super Mario Bros Wii, which was set to be released later during the month and marked the first time as Mario videogame, would support four-player multiplayer on the Nintendo home console, would be selling better than Mo... |
13 November 2009
16:11 GMT |
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A new Silent Hill is going to be out and in gamers' hands on December 8, as Konami has announced a new installment in the series. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories will be brought to the Nintendo's Wii, but PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable users will have to hold their breath a little longer. Unfortunat... |
13 November 2009
07:26 GMT |
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In a surprising move Reggie Fils-Aime has stated that he firmly believes the Nintendo developed and published New Super Mario Bros Wii will sell better than Activision blockbuster Modern Waefare 2. The new Mario experience is being released for the Nintendo home console while Modern Warfare 2, the first person shoote... |
11 November 2009
12:51 GMT |
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Nintendo has a lot of new additions to this week's download list, so we're going to jump right to them and start off with the WiiWare. First off, we have Excitebike: World Rally, another installment in the Excitebike franchise, which will allow players to soar across a bumpy dirt-road on their mountain bike... |
10 November 2009
05:25 GMT |
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Nintendo has announced that it plans to begin offering demos for a selected few titles distributed via the WiiWare service, which brings downloadable titles to those using the Wii. The idea is that if more people can get a taste of the experience offered by those games, then more of them will pay up and get the full ... |
5 November 2009
02:40 GMT |
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Shigeru Miyamoto first started working for Nintendo in 1977 and gave birth to the first real masterpiece of gaming for the company in 1981, in the form of the original Donkey Kong. Since then, the game designer became responsible for other legends of gaming like the Super Mario franchise, The Legend of Zelda game ser... |
4 November 2009
04:11 GMT |
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The PlayStation Portable received a lot of attention from Sony this year, with a lot of promotions and special offers, but that didn't lead to an increase in total sales. According to the financial report for the April-September period, the company revealed that the PSP sold less than it had done the past year. ... |
3 November 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Nintendo sheds its more typical shyness for this week's line of games and gives a stunning eight new titles for download. So, get your consoles ready and let's get this started. First off, we have the WiiWare that receives three games, Carnival King, "Aha! I Got It!" Escape Game and Family Card Games. The f... |
3 November 2009
05:04 GMT |
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Nintendo has been moving really fast in relation to the rumored DSi LL handheld, set to have a 4.2-inch screen, bigger than any version of the device released until now and near the size currently offered by other platforms like the PlayStation Portable from Sony and the iPhone from Apple.Just a few days after Japane... |
30 October 2009
05:28 GMT |
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Rumors regarding a new DS from Nintendo have been circulating for a few days, and it seems that somebody out there somewhere was actually onto something. Today, Nintendo held a press event in Tokyo concerning these rumors, and to our surprise it wasn't to deny them. The new large-screen DS was officially announc... |
29 October 2009
05:29 GMT |
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Nintendo's downloads list for the Halloween week has arrived and it seems worthy enough to be a holiday release. If anything, it has definitely hit the classic themes: zombies, pirates, ghosts, barbarians and sudoku. OK, maybe the last one isn't really a classic and is not at all scary, but we can call it a... |
27 October 2009
08:02 GMT |
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It seems that Nintendo is getting ready to launch a DSi Speak voice channel, allowing those who have picked up the newest version of the handheld to communicate directly with one another making good use of the built-in microphone. The company is saying that reports pointing to an upcoming DSi Speak are just rumors an... |
26 October 2009
04:32 GMT |
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Another Wii game is making its way from across the ocean to arrive to North America. The title that left the Japanese shores is Arc Rise Fantasia, a J-RPG developed by Ignition Entertainment. It is the first one to be developed for the Wii by imageepoch, the guys responsible for 7th Dragon and Luminous Arc games. Bot... |
23 October 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Shigeru Miyamoto offered an interview with Popular Mechanics and the future of the Wii was put under the microscope. The main thing that was discussed was whether or not the motion controls would be making a comeback. It seems like their popularity hasn't slipped Nintendo's watchful eye, and they're a ... |
22 October 2009
06:04 GMT |
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A nine-month revenue of $17.1 billion is a big number even for corporate giant Nintendo. Not only that, but the company even expected another big holiday season with figures to further increase its revenues. But as time progressed, their expectations weren't met and by July sales fell by 40 percent and profits b... |
21 October 2009
12:01 GMT |
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Ever since it first appeared at the Nintendo press conference at the 2005 E3, the Wii developer had plans for color variations. A black version of the console may have been unveiled back in 2005, but it's only this June that the console resurfaced with a dark polish. The Wii came bundled with a black Wii Remote ... |
21 October 2009
06:01 GMT |
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Shigeru Miyamoto, the Nintendo game creator who put together the Wii Fit concept, has said that he sees the Plus sequel set for release not as a real follow up to the first game but rather as an enhanced version, which aims to expand the usability of the concept and allow gamers to play the title for a longer time.In... |
16 October 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Piracy is one of the biggest, if not the very biggest concern of the gaming industry. It's the most physical form of expressing the anarchist inside gamers without constructing home-made bombs and trying to overthrow a government. Some hackers decide to cheat the protections on different software to “stick... |
16 October 2009
03:27 GMT |
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Nintendo's Wii has been around for three years now and even though it proved to be everything it promised, that being an endless source of fun, people still managed to find things to complain about. Apparently, one of them was the lack of color variation. At first, it might be a bit weird that people so focused ... |
15 October 2009
04:04 GMT |
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NVIDIA is a company that has been mostly about graphics, something that has been confirmed over the years by its successful products, such as those high-end GeForce cards. However, the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker is looking to expand its horizons with the help of new products, such as the Tegra chip. Thi... |
14 October 2009
05:26 GMT |
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The New Super Mario Bros Wii should have the same long-lasting effect as the DS version of the game. According to Shigeru Miyamoto, this Mario will continue to keep sales up and be a successful title well after its original release time frame. Second only to the Pokemon Diamond & Pearl, the DS New Super Mario Bros ha... |
13 October 2009
09:15 GMT |
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A new game for Nintendo's Wii has been announced today by interactive entertainment publisher Mastiff. To add to their popular series of outdoor action games the studio is currently working on the Remington Great American Bird Hunt, which will be an arcade shooter that will allow players to hunt down and shoot p... |
13 October 2009
06:56 GMT |
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Nintendo have been slacking off this month, and their online store hasn't delivered a lot of new games. Last week all that they could muster was one title for each of the Virtual Console, WiiWare, and DSiWare. Thorium Wars is the lucky one that managed to steal the spotlight for the DSi while Word Searcher and F... |
13 October 2009
06:02 GMT |
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Wii Fit Plus is set to be the next big seller when it comes to Wii videogames and might even give Modern Warfare 2, from Infinity Ward and Activision, a run for its money when it comes to the biggest seller of 2009. And it seems that more and more celebrities are interested in getting their likeness in a fitness game... |
12 October 2009
16:41 GMT |
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Game Developer Research has announced that Nintendo has topped the chart of publishers that it outs annually, hanging on to number 1 for the third year in a row. The Japanese company is followed by Electronic Arts and by Activision Blizzard.The top 20 that Game Developer Research offers is based on a variety of metri... |
8 October 2009
03:59 GMT |
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Want proof that videogaming is bigger than ever, even as sales are hit by the economic downturn and as console manufacturers are slashing prices to attract new gamers? The prestigious publication BusinessWeek has named Nintendo, which makes the Wii and the DS, and publishes videogames for both platforms, the “B... |
7 October 2009
04:54 GMT |
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Sin & Punishment did pretty well when it was launched on the Nintendo 64 and even if it let enough loose ends, it wasn't followed by the sequel everyone expected. The game had to wait nine years before it could spawn an offspring. Sin & Punishment 2 was first announced by Nintendo at a press conference last year... |
7 October 2009
03:20 GMT |
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The modern consoles are used to receive firmware updates more than any other previous generation. But “they don't make them like they use to” definitely seems to apply to gaming platforms. Not only do they need constant updates to operate in compatibility with all the official releases but it looks l... |
2 October 2009
03:34 GMT |
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Nintendo's weekly updates add a few interesting titles to the already wide array of choices. We'll first take a look at what the WiiWare has new to offer. The first to get the wheels rolling is Taito's Arkanoid Plus! which will continue the series' addictive arcade style block-busting action but w... |
29 September 2009
05:58 GMT |
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Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll is the ninth member of the Super Monkey Ball family, if you include the original arcade game. The title will be developed for the Wii and will be the second in the series for this particular Nintendo platform. Step & Roll promises to return to the roots of the arcade and GameCube origina... |
25 September 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Nintendo wasted no time boasting its new additions to the Mario game list at the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo. Along with the Super Mario Galaxy 2 that is set to be released in 2010, the publisher also announced the New Super Mario Bros for the Wii. Nintendo’s vice president of sales and marketing, Cammie... |
24 September 2009
08:33 GMT |
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The first GTA to hit the DS, Chinatown Wars, tells the story of Huang Lee, a triad member in the modern Liberty City. Huang flies form China to deliver a ceremonial sword to Wu “Kenny” Lee and ensure the Triad inheritance. But things do not go as smoothly as planned, and Huang loses the sword shortly upon... |
22 September 2009
10:33 GMT |
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During an August statement Nintendo president Satoru Iwata stated quite clearly that the company was not ready to release a second version of its most popular product, the Wii console. He said that it wouldn't "happen any time in the near future" so the competition is making a move to undermine Nintendo's s... |
22 September 2009
07:31 GMT |
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Those who couldn't get enough of the “Incredible Machine” and have an addiction towards puzzles and any sort of mind games are in for a new treat. As long as they have a Wii. The latest member of the WiiWare, Nintendo's You, Me, and the Cubes, is a series of puzzle games in the casual market tha... |
22 September 2009
05:11 GMT |
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Another bit of information regarding the Nintendo price drop on the Wii is flowing around the endless void that is the web. Beside all the recent appearances of all sort of advertisements that are to be laid out in retail stores, it seems the closest thing to an official statement has been released. Or at least the c... |
21 September 2009
15:01 GMT |
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The first GTA to hit the DS, Chinatown Wars, tells the story of Huang Lee, a triad member in the modern Liberty City. Huang flies form China to deliver a ceremonial sword to Wu “Kenny” Lee and ensure the Triad inheritance. But things do not go as smoothly as planned, and Huang loses the sword shortly upon... |
21 September 2009
09:57 GMT |
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GameBoy Camera is just one of the twelve Epicore-developed applications, but also one that has caught our eye. As its name implies, the application acts like the 1998 Nintendo accessory for the handheld GameBoy gaming console. The original GameBoy Camera could take basic, grainy, black & white digital images using t... |
18 September 2009
08:20 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 is the best sold console in Japan for the week that ended on September 6, managing to sell no less than 151,783 of the new Slim gaming consoles, which are cheaper, use less energy and occupy less space while offering the same performance when it comes to gaming as their bulkier cousins.This comes as... |
14 September 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Nintendo is one of the biggest video game companies in the world, owning a lot of extremely profitable and popular franchises, from the likes of Mario, The Legend of Zelda, or Metroid. But another highly successful, yet not that well-known, is Star Fox.Introduced during the 2006 edition of the Electronic Entertainmen... |
28 August 2009
07:57 GMT |
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Nintendo is one of the biggest video game companies in the world, owning a lot of extremely profitable and popular franchises, from the likes of Mario, The Legend of Zelda, or Metroid. But another highly successful, yet not that well-known, is Star Fox.Introduced during the 2006 edition of the Electronic Entertainmen... |
27 August 2009
06:44 GMT |
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Nintendo is one of the biggest video game companies in the world, owning a lot of extremely profitable and popular franchises, from the likes of Mario, The Legend of Zelda, or Metroid. But another highly successful, yet not that well-known, is Star Fox.Introduced during the 2006 edition of the Electronic Entertainmen... |
26 August 2009
07:54 GMT |
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