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  • Nintendo and American Heart Association Team Up to Promote Healthy Living

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    News Nintendo and American Heart Association Team Up to Promote Healthy Living

    Collaboration intends to get more people active through physical play

    Nintendo and the American Heart Association have announced a new partnership to help people become more physically active through play. The collaboration aims to get people "motivated, empowered and active." What this means on a surface level is that Nintendo's...

  • Miyamoto: Nintendo May Need to Rethink its Online Approach

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    News Miyamoto: Nintendo May Need to Rethink its Online Approach

    Says a pay service isn't out of the question

    Compared to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, the Wii's online service is...somewhat lacking. While functional when put to use by capable hands, the Wii's free online is undoubtedly in last place when it comes to services, ease of use and capabilities offered. But hey, it's free, right? For now it is, at...

  • Former Nintendo Executive Lands Marketing Role at 38 Studios

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    News Former Nintendo Executive Lands Marketing Role at 38 Studios

    Could she be a Red Sox fan?

    Denise Kaigler, former vice president of corporate affairs at Nintendo of America, has reintegrated herself into the video game industry after giving up her position last November due to the strain commuting had put on her family life. Prior to her two years of service at Nintendo, Kaigler held a marketing executive...

  • Nintendo Relicenses SC Texture Technology

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    News Nintendo Relicenses SC Texture Technology

    Unwilling to let GameCube compression tech go

    Nintendo recently renewed their license with S3 Graphics to continue using their S3 Texture Compression technology. They explain the tech as follows: S3TC texture compression uses an advanced compression algorithm that achieves up to six-fold compression of complex textures and images that are used in...

  • It's Official: Nintendo is the Best

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    News It's Official: Nintendo is the Best

    Are you going to argue with the experts at A.T. Kearney, punk?

    As hardcore Nintendo fans we're all aware that the company is pretty freakin' special. However, it's always nice to have this kind of thing confirmed semi-officially, so the fact that highly respected consulting firm A.T. Kearney has decided that Nintendo is the number one firm in the...