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Video game publisher Nintendo has announced that the upcoming PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond will be launched exclusively on the Nintendo Wii home gaming console in Europe on March 23 of this year.
The plot of the game is linked to a number of Pokemons who have disappeared in the Wish Park, with the player being ... |
27 January 2012
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Video game hardware maker and publisher Nintendo has announced that it posted a net loss of 48.3 billion Yen (624.2 million dollars and about 476 million Euro) for the nine-month period which ended on December 31, 2011, and has lowered its estimates for the entirety of the current fiscal year, which is set to end on ... |
27 January 2012
04:34 GMT |
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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, the Nintendo Wii game that stars one of the biggest characters in the company’s history, has sold under 320,000 units on the Japanese market during its debut month, which is one of the worst performances ever posted by a game in the series.The problem is worsened by the fact ... |
30 December 2011
02:59 GMT |
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The newly launched PlayStation Vita handheld from Sony has performed worse than expected in its second week on sale on the Japanese market, just as the Nintendo 3DS, its chief rival, has continue to have the best sales period of the year.The 3DS has managed to sell 482,200 units during the week that ended on December... |
29 December 2011
10:44 GMT |
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Super Mario 3D Land is the first full-fledged game in the series to arrive on the Nintendo 3DS handheld and one of the producers working on the game says that the experience is as close as possible to that offered on the Wii. Yoshiaki Koizumi, who is a producer working on the newly released Super Mario 3D Land, told ... |
1 December 2011
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Skyward Sword might well be the swan song for the Nintendo Wii home console and one developers working on the series believes that the series has delivered success because it has never conformed to the limitations of any game genre.Eiji Aonuma, who is a producer working on The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, has told... |
17 November 2011
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Nintendo has announced that it is releasing a new bundle which includes a black Wii home console, a Wii Wheel peripheral and a copy of Mario Kart on November 18, aimed straight at those who re planning to challenge their friends at races this holiday season.The console included is the new model of the Wii, which stan... |
15 November 2011
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One of the main representatives of video game publisher and hardware maker Nintendo has said that the very rapid increase on both mobile and social gaming is not having a negative effect on traditional gaming linked to the Wii home console and the DS handheld.Reggie Fils-Aime, who is the president of the American div... |
11 November 2011
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The Nintendo Wii might be in decline when it comes to monthly sales in the United States, according to the numbers released by the NPD Group, but it seems that the console is still the one that is most attractive to young gamers.A survey which took into account the answers of 5,077 consumers who are aged between 8 an... |
4 November 2011
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Video game hardware maker and publisher Nintendo is said to be close to revealing overall pre taxation losses of more than 100 billion Yen in losses, which is about 1.32 billion dollars (944 million Euro) at the current exchange rate, a figure that will make a lot of investors lose the trust they have placed in the c... |
27 October 2011
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Nintendo, the video game developer with probably the deepest catalog of impressive characters, has detailed some of the new mechanics that players will be able to play around with in the newly launched Kirby's Return to Dream Land.The Nintendo Wii game allows players to direct Kirby, who is trying to get pieces ... |
25 October 2011
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Video game hardware developer and publisher Nintendo has announced a number of bundles that will be available in time for the Christmas shopping season, including the Wii home console and a number of high profile video games.On December 2 gamers will be able to get one of two Wii Fit bundles, one which includes a new... |
13 October 2011
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FIFA 12 is out on the PC and home consoles from Microsoft and Sony and the game has been very successful, managing a better launch than last year's version.But publisher Electronic Arts is also interested in selling copies of FIFA on other devices, from the Nintendo 3DS and the PlayStation Portable handhelds to ... |
4 October 2011
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Video game hardware developer Nintendo has announced that a new, redesigned Wii home console will be launched before Christmas in Europe, part of a new bundle that includes the actual hardware, a controller and two games, Wii Party and Wii Sports.The Official Nintendo Magazine in the United Kingdom is reporting that ... |
18 August 2011
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Video game publisher Nintendo has announced that it will be launching the Nintendo Wii powered The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword on November 20 on the United States market, closing down the year of celebrations that marked the 25th anniversary of the franchise.The game is being launched on the Wii home console, whic... |
18 August 2011
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What it is: Just as the Nintendo Wii is getting ready to be replaced, the Japanese company is preparing a last The Legend of Zelda game, in order to make parting with the small white (or black or red) console that much harder.The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword promises to be the proper 3D Zelda title that Wind Waker... |
17 August 2011
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Video game publisher and hardware developer Nintendo has announced its financial results for the first full fiscal quarter of 2011 and the company has admitted that the performance was pretty bad, with net sales dropping by 50 percent when compared to the same period of 2010, to a total value that is just over 94 bil... |
29 July 2011
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Video game hardware developer and game publisher Nintendo has stated that among United States game players who are using a dedicated console, 73 percent use Nintendo products, either alone or alongside other consoles.Among those that Nintendo has surveyed, 43% are only playing on Nintendo home consoles or handhelds a... |
16 June 2011
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The NPD Group figures for the month of May were revealed yesterday, with the Best selling home console being the Xbox 360 from Microsoft yet again, while L.A. Noire managed to be the best seller when it comes to video game sales.And now analyst Michael Pachter, who is watching the video game industry for Wedbush Morg... |
15 June 2011
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The figures released by tracking firm Media Create for the week that ended on May 29 show an increase in sales of the Nintendo DS handheld on the Japanese market, although the new device is still lagging behind the PlayStation Portable from Sony.The PSP has managed to sell 33,685 units during the seven days period, w... |
3 June 2011
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The Japanese firm Media Create, which tracks sales on the country's hardware and software video game markets, has posted information about the sales for the week that ended on May 22, showing the PlayStation Portable handheld from Sony is increasing its domination over the newer Nintendo 3DS device.
The PSP h... |
27 May 2011
14:41 GMT |
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One of yesterday's biggest stories was the official price cut made by Nintendo to its hugely successful Wii home console, drop which arrived at the perfect time, at least according to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime.
Speaking with MSNBC, Fils-Aime revealed that the price cut is a very important... |
5 May 2011
18:01 GMT |
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The last few weeks have been flooded with rumors linked to the follow-up to the Nintendo Wii home console, about which analysts and players are expecting to hear an announcement before the end of the year, possibly at the E3 trade show.
Now a site in France, called 01net, which is to be trusted because it managed ... |
19 April 2011
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A patent has been recently unveiled showing that Nintendo had plans to launch an add-on for the Wii home gaming console that could display colors and lighting that were connected to the video games the player was enjoying. The patent was registered in 2009, which might suggest that the add-on was only in the plannin... |
7 April 2011
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Nintendo has announced sales numbers for the launch weekend of the new 3DS on the European market, where the device arrived on March 25, saying that all over the continent the handheld has managed to move no less than 303,000 units to gamers.
On the United Kingdom market, the new device has sold 113,000 units, mak... |
4 April 2011
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Amazon.co.uk, one of the most important sources for online retailing, has announced that the Nintendo 3DS handheld has managed to become the most pre-ordered gaming console of all time on the site, edging out the PlayStation 3, which had been the top console since March 2007.
At the moment, the Nintendo 3DS has ab... |
18 March 2011
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Nintendo is preparing to launch the new 3DS handheld in late February, but it seems that the company might have some problems this year in the home console space, where there's no sign that it is working to launch a new version of the Wii.Speaking to IndustryGamers, Michael Pachter, who is the best known analyst... |
27 January 2011
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Monthly data from the NPD Group, which tracks hardware and video games sales for North America, has shown that Nintendo, especially with the Wii home console, has lost sales during the entirety of 2010, but the company says that, despite the slowdowns in units moved, it is still leading its competitors when all of 20... |
18 January 2011
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Nintendo has faced a strong challenge from other home consoles and from rival mobile devices from Apple, but the company seems to be pretty much unconcerned about its perceived decline, saying that it has the strength to create more impressive video game and hardware in the near future.
Regie Fils-Aime, who is the... |
10 January 2011
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Nintendo of America has announced two important milestones linked to sales of its gaming platforms, saying that both the Wii home console and the DS handhelds have managed to become some of the most successful gaming dedicated devices sold in the United States.
Internal sales figures from Nintendo are showing that... |
5 January 2011
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Enterbrain, a company which compiles sales data for the Japanese video game market, has announced that on December 26 of this year New Super Mario Bros. from Nintendo has become the first video game which has sold more than 6 million units on the DS family of hardware.The exact figure stands at 6,015,255 units sold t... |
29 December 2010
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A new report from the NPD Group shows that 15% of children in the United States are hoping to get either a video game or a piece of hardware for Christmas, with first-person shooters being the most requested games and Nintendo leading when it comes to console purchasing.
The Kids Industry Data Service report from ... |
21 December 2010
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One of the main public faces of hardware maker and video game publisher Nintendo has stated that his company is not currently prepared to talk about a new home console, to replace the Wii, and that he expects the current hardware to move many more units before a successor is revealed.Speking with Kotaku as part of a ... |
15 November 2010
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Nintendo has released financial results which show that it has lost 2 billion Yen, which is the equivalent of 24.7 million dollars, for the six months that have ended on September 2010, with annual profit for the hardware and video game maker projected to be down 60 percent to 1.1 billion dollars for the fiscal year ... |
8 November 2010
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Nintendo has announced that it is preparing to launch new limited edition bundles for hardware that will celebrate the 25 years since Super Mario Bros. was first launched, coming to both the North American and the European markets.On November 7 North American gamers will be able to pick up a limited edition bundle th... |
22 October 2010
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Researchers from St Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Canada, found a way for women suffering from gestational diabetes to exercise, without having to go outside, in the cold: they will offer those recently diagnosed with gestational diabetes a Nintendo Wii gaming console, a Wii Fit activity platform as well as two... |
14 October 2010
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Nintendo has held a press conference in Japan saying that the Nintendo 3DS handheld will be launched on February 26, 2011 on the Japanese market, coming with a price tag of 25,000 Yen.Initial news from Nintendo suggested that the new device would arrive before the end of the year in the home territory of the company ... |
29 September 2010
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Nintendo has launched firmware updates for both the Wii home console and for the DS family of handhelds, saying only that they improve the performance of the devices, but users are reporting that the updates are also designed to eliminate the use of flash carts and homebrew software.Nintendo has long been worried abo... |
9 September 2010
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Game company Nintendo has announced that its Wii home console has sold more than 30 million units on the United States market since it has launched late in 2006, with the overall figure for the entire world now sanding at 74 million.The Nintendo Wii, which was initially called the Revolution, has been released in tim... |
11 August 2010
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Microsoft is getting ready to launch Kinect in November, adding motion tracking to the Xbox 360. Sony is preparing to launch the Move with the same aim and will also introduce three dimensional gaming to the PlayStation 3. And watchers of the video game industry agree that Nintendo must be working on a new version of... |
5 August 2010
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Nintendo has announced that it has lost 25.2 billion Yen, which is about 288.4 million dollars, during the first quarter of 2010, a period that ended on June 30. During the same period of last year Nintendo posted a profit of 42.3 billion Yen, a figure that translates to 483.7 million dollars, so that drop is pretty ... |
2 August 2010
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Common wisdom holds that with the launch of Kinect from Microsoft and PlayStation Move from Sony, the makers of the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 are aiming to take a chunk out of the market currently dominated by Nintendo with its Wii home console. But recent comments from the most important man at the company show... |
25 June 2010
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Nintendo has launched a new firmware update for the Wii home console, called Wii Menu 4.3. The company is saying the new version is intended to limit the use of unauthorized files on the console, the ultimate goal being the elimination of the “homebrew” mods that have been developed for the gaming gadget.... |
23 June 2010
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One of the most interesting devices expected to be seen at the rapidly approaching E3 trade show is the Nintendo 3DS, the handheld that is being developed by the Japanese giant, set to be launched before the end of this fiscal year. The problem with the 3DS is that, aside from a sparsely worded official announcement ... |
8 June 2010
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Scientists have recently presented the conclusions of a new study, which appears to indicate that using the virtual reality game technology employed by the popular Wii gaming console may be of use for medical applications as well. At the 2010 International Stroke Conference of the American Stroke Association, experts... |
26 February 2010
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While America might be the most popular medium for game development, Japan puts up a pretty good show when it comes to quality, as well as quantity. The thing is that, with a large cultural difference between Japan and the rest of the world, titles rarely make it to the West. The in-house market is more than enough t... |
18 February 2010
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Nintendo has released its download list for North America, and, once again, the company drew a pretty picture for us, with nine games in total added this week. The WiiWare titles account for three of the new ones, and the first stars the famous attorney Phoenix Wright. Published by Capcom, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney... |
16 February 2010
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At the end of 2005, Rebellion Developments put the last finishing touches on its Sniper Elite and released it on the original Xbox, the PlayStation 2 and PC. The game featured an innovative idea and an original video-game take on the classic sniper showdowns, like the ones in Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, during th... |
15 February 2010
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For a long time, publishers like Electronic Arts, Activision Blizzard and Ubisoft have found it hard to create hit videogames for the Nintendo Wii home console. Meanwhile, Nintendo itself has had no problem coming up with hits like New Super Mario Bros., Wii Fit Plus, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Sports Resort or Super Mario ... |
1 February 2010
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Nintendo has prepared a new list of downloads for us, and, this time around, it is the Wii that has gotten the least attention from the company. Only one title resides in the WiiWare category this week, so it should be pretty easy for Nintendo's Eco Shooter to stand out. The game is a guided first-person shooter... |
1 February 2010
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