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News Nintendo To Attend Game Convention In Leipzig
Expect a few announcements, new games perhaps, but probably not the big ones on Wii.
It's almost August, which means there's another conference just around the corner. The "Games Convention" will be held in Leipzig, Germany between the 23rd and 27th of August. Nintendo will be presenting an hour long media briefing on the first day of the...
Nintendo announce improved profits for the first quarter of 2006 due to DS Lite, Mario and Brain Training sales.
Good times are rolling in Japan today, the sake must be flowing as Nintendo post figures from the first quarter of 2006 (April, May, June). "For the first quarter, the company confirmed net sales of 130.9 billion Yen (£605 million),...
News DS Sales Reach 21 Million Worldwide
Nintendo announce sales figures for its handheld DS system in excess of 21,000,000 around the world.
What was originally seen as abit of a risky idea for Nintendo, the DS system has surpassed all analysts expectations and still seems to be selling as strong as ever. Nintendo delivers on its promise to bring video gaming to the masses. In less than...
News DS Breaks 5 Million Barrier In Europe
Nintendo announce DS Lite sales in excess of 200,000 and total DS sales soaring over 5 million
Unless you've been living under a rock you'll know that the DS Lite has finally been launched in the UK, whilst the console didn't sell out Nintendo have announced today that the portable device still sold over 200,000 units. This has pushed the entire DS...
News DS Causes Four Year High For Nintendo
BBC News reports strong growth for the Japanese games market, up over 30% on 2005.
In a article published by BBC News, the future is very bright for Nintendo and the Japanese gaming industry. "Revenue from games and hardware totalled 277 billion Yen (£1.3 billion), up from 207 billion Yen in the same period of 2005." This is largely to-do...
News Nintendo React To Wii Launch Rumours
After numerous sites start suggesting release dates left right and center, Nintendo put out an official response.
Gamers who keep their ears to the ground would of seen the stink of rumours over the past week regarding the Wii launch date, even Sports Illustrated for Kids has been quoted as having the official release date. It seems Nintendo do...
Nintendo have announced plans to setup a new subsidiary in South Korea, located in the capital Seoul.
Nintendo steps outside into a new market, this time South Korea is the focus. The country which has seen vast changes in its culture over the past decade or two, South Korea is one of the fastest developing markets and already has a strong music, TV...
News SEGA Says More Wii On The Way
SEGA's Scott Steinberg confirms the company is already looking towards second generation titles for Wii
SEGA of America's Vice President of Marketing Scott Steinberg recently sad down with GameDaily.biz and discussed what the SEGA's plans were for Wii. First topic was the affordability of Wii development over the 360 and PS3. So, there's no doubt...
News Resident Evil Director Addresses Hollywood
British movie director Paul W.S. Anderson has given his keynote speech at Hollywood and Games Summit in the US.
Movie director bloke Paul W.S. Anderson (Mortal Kombat, Event Horizon, Resident Evil, Alien vs Predator) has been speaking this week at the "Hollywood and Games Summit" held in the US. His keynote speech concluded that "its no easy task to...
Games publisher Atari have an agreement with Namco to distribute Point Blank DS in Europe
EuroGamer.net have confirmed that Atari will be publishing Namco title, Point Blank DS in the European markets. Even though the American version was released earlier this month, European gamers will have to wait until towards the end of the year. "Point...
News DS To Feature In Stormbreaker Movie
Nintendo's portable wonder to appear in upcoming teen spy thriller movie "Stormbreaker".
Nintendo has today announced its agreement with movie producers which will enable the DS to have an appearance as "the ultimate spy gadget" in the new "Stormbreaker" movie based on the first book in the popular Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. "After...
News New Super Mario Bros On Fire
Nintendo announce that the game has passed the 500,000 units mark in just 35 days.
Nintendo have another Mario winner on the DS, New Super Mario Bros smashes through the 500,000 barrier in the US. "After just 35 days on store shelves, New Super Mario Bros.® for Nintendo DS™ has racked up sales in excess of one half million in the United...
News Nintendo's Corporate Policy Briefing
Nintendo have released an English translation & video of their Corporate Policy Briefing held earlier this month.
Tokyo, June 7th saw Nintendo's Corporate Policy Briefing 2006, this was the meeting where we learnt that Wii release date and price would be announced by September this year. Nintendo have now released the transcript and a full English...
News Nintendo To Disrupt Game Pricing
Iwata isn't happy with the game games are priced, he thinks game price range should be more dynamic.
As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, during a recent media briefing Satoru Iwata slammed the games industry calling its high pricing of games before reductions in later months a "an unhealthy product cycle". "We believe that each software should...
News Wii Development Kits Under $1,800
Satoru Iwata has stated that Wii development kits will be available for around $1,800 - one tenth the price of a PS3 dev kit.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has confirmed that third party support is certainly a priority for Wii's success. Often the cost of a development kit, the hardware required to create games, would waver a developer to swing...
News Reggie To Give Montreal Games Summit Keynote
Reggie Fils-Aime has been confirmed to give keynote speech at Novembers Montreal International Game Summit
GameIndustry.biz reports that Montreal is in for a real treat, Reggie has been confirmed as this years keynote speaker. "Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime is set to provide the keynote address at the Montreal International...
Nintendo report 136,500 DS Lites sold in the first two days after launch, games sales increased also.
Announced earlier this year, Nintendo decided the DS needed a little bit of a revamp. The re-designed DS, dubbed DS Lite is smaller, lighter and brighter than its older brother. After a strong Japanese launch, US retailers have continued the trend...
News Nintendo Registers New Patents
The latest Nintendo trademarks WiiPointer, WiiCulture, and !!M are discovered in Japan.
It seems Nintendo have generated huge interest in their products just by registering domain names, submitting patent applications and now trademark submissions. The latest buzzwords submitted to the Japanese Trademark Office are: WiiPointer WiiCulture !!M...
News Nintendo Confirm DS Lite Shipment Stolen
Confirmation comes after rumours last week about a 'missing' shipment of DS Lite consoles bound for the UK
Reports around the Internet last week were suggesting that a container loaded with DS Lite's had been stolen in Hong Kong. GamesIndustry.biz have now had confirmation from Nintendo about the 5 finger discount. "A number of White DS Lite...
IGN.com suggest that the Wii might pip Sony to the finish line and launch first.
After the lull of the Sony E3 Press Conference, one of the main pieces of information was the release date of the PS3. Remember remember the 17th of November, the day the PS3 will launch. However, this week IGN.com's Matt Casamassina has suggested that the Wii will in...
News Golden Joysticks 2006: Vote Now!
Those special golden people invite us, the gaming public, to vote in the Golden Joystick Awards 2006.
From today those faithful gamers of the UK have the chance to vote for the Golden Joystick Awards 2006, the world's oldest games recognition ceremony first held back in 1982. "Promising to be bigger than ever, the Golden Joystick Awards 2006...
News Take Two Interested In Wii
After a strong E3 for Nintendo, troubled published Take Two look to Wii to possibly extend their Sports series.
Turning heads; Nintendo's strong E3 presence caught some people by surprise. It seems the previously Nintendo-sceptic Grand Theft Auto publisher Take Two have changed their minds and recently shown interest in creating games for the Wii...
The notorious film director is fed up with the games press and offers the chance for five critics to fight him!
Dr Boll has had enough, he's totally fed up with Internet critics slamming his movies over and over again, so much so he actually wants to fight them. Yes, really. "I'm fed up with people slamming my films on the Internet without see...
News Games Critics Awards Are In
A week ago we brought you news about the nominations for the Games Critics Awards for best of the show at E3. Well now the results are in and we can see how well Nintendo did.
Without further waiting, here are the winners: Best of Show:Wii (Nintendo) Best Original Game:Spore (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC) Best Hardware/Peripheral:Wii (Nintendo) Best...
According to Japanese retailers, Nintendo has stopped supplying them with shipments of the original Nintendo DS model.
Good news for you collectors out there. Japanese retailers now believe that Nintendo may be done supplying them with original Nintendo DS models. Apparently Nintendo has done nothing but supplied them all with Nintendo DS Lite...
News New Super Mario Bros. Rocks Japan
Kotaku report sales of 480,000 units of New Super Mario Bros. on day one, train your brain!
Kotaku have today posted a brief article about the launch of New Super Mario Bros. in Japan. Sure, New Super Mario Bros. is popular in Japan. But, just how popular? The game moved 480,000 units in its first day, compared to 414,556 units the second edition of...
News Nintendo Storms Famitsu Survey
The news from Japan is good, Nintendo tops the Famitsu reader survey, long live Nintendo.
Wii all expect the Wii to do pretty well in the US and EU, but almost accept that it's not going to out gun the 360 or PS3 from the off, its just something about the Western market that saddens me, the so called "PlayStation generation" that only buy games that...
Whats in a name? Sir Miyamoto says Revolution was just a too threatening name for the non gamer.
Recently reported by IGN, the games master himself Shigeru Miyamoto revealed to CNNMoney.com the reason behind the name change, from Revolution to Wii. It's been nearly a month since the original Wii announcement, its probably one your not going to...
News Nintendo Registers Multiple Domains
Nintendo of America has registered several Wii-related web domains that do hint to us about new Wii ideas.
Over 40 domains have been uncovered. Many of these domains have specific names that hint to us what Nintendo is doing with the Wii. Such names as WiiSchool.com, WiiChallenger.com and WiiKaraoke.com give us ideas of what Nintendo is coming up...
Nintendo UK confirm that the UK retail price for Wii will be "in-line" with the US and Japanese prices.
Nintendo UK have spoken about the UK retail price, well not officially or anything, but to EuroGamer. Yesterday, Nintendo announced that the Wii will cost ¥25,000 or less and $250 or less when it goes on sale later this year - the equivalent of...
IGN reports that currently the Wii will not support optical output and specifically Dolby Digital, Pro-Logic II remains.
Recent article posted on IGN suggests that the official documentation supplied for Wii developers confirms that the system will not support Dolby Digital 5.1. "There is a single proprietary audio/video jack on Wii and users...
Nintendo announce that Reggie Fils-Aime is being promoted to president and chief operating officer, effective immediately.
Nintendo of America have today announced a change amongst its ranks. Current President Tatsumi Kimishima is taking on the new role of chairman of the board and chief executive officer, while Reggie Fils-Aime is being promoted to...
News Wii Will Launch Under $250
Nintendo throw a statement out into the open with an estimated Wii price and how many units will be available.
Today, Nintendo announce a statement containing some information about the Wii retail price and how many units they expect to be available. Following its overwhelming debut at E3 2006, Nintendo today announced the current fiscal year unit...
News The Game Critics 2006 E3 Awards
GameCriticsAwards have announced the nominees for this years best of E3 awards.
It's that time of year again, after every good E3 show comes the awards. “The 38 publications voting for the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2006 are proud to announce this year's nominees. The committee has recognized 54 products from 20 different publishers.”...
Nintendo UK boss David Yarnton has a pop at Sony and its "revolutionary" PlayStation 3 controller.
CVG have reported on an interview between MCV and David Yarnton, the current boss for Nintendo UK. The Yarnton didn't hold back when commenting on the newly improved PlayStation 3 controller which was announced last week at E3. "Historically we're...
The games industry slows down to digest the wealth of information presented at this year's E3 Expo.
Just like over-eating on Christmas day, everyone seems to be taking a breather after last weeks bombardment of information, I'm sorry to report that further news is thin on the ground. Attendees feet are starting to recover and they're finally getting...
Nintendo Wii joins the likes of F.E.A.R. and Splinter Cell to utilize the Havok physics middleware solution.
E3 2006, Havok software announce it's support for the upcoming Wii console. For those of you unfamiliar with Havok don't worry, it's more well known in the PC field. The Havok "physics middleware" engine is a software solution and is used for...
News Kojima Wants To Develop On The Wii
And he says he would even quit Metal Gear Solid 4 to do it!
In a recent interview with Computer and Video Games, Hideo Kojima has revealed that he is very interested in working on the Wii. CVG: What are your impressions of Nintendo Wii and how did Snake appear in Smash Brothers? Kojima: I’ve played Tennis, Zelda and Mario on Wii. I find Tennis...
News Miyamoto To Talk To Kotaku
Kotaku will be featuring a video interview with Shigeru Miyamoto next week concerning the Wii and DS connectivity.
Gaming weblog, Kotaku, will feature a video interview with Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto about Wii/DS connectivity next week, along with the Wii information. Miyamoto says that the connectivity is already built into the Wii, and the DS...
News GameTrailers.com Provide Free Nintendo Press Conference Feed
Those lovely people over at GameTrailers.com will be broadcasting a feed from today's big event.
May 9th has finally rolled around, its time for Nintendo to spill all the information about the upcoming Nintendo Wii revolution. Thanks to GameTrailers.com you'll be able to watch the press conference LIVE over the internet. Whats so special about this?...
News Sony To Release PlayStation 3 Worldwide In November
Sony have today announced that the PS3 will ship on November 17th starting at $499 USD.
Sony Computer Entertainment America announced today that it would launch PlayStation 3 in "Clear Black" in North America on November 17, 2006, as part of a worldwide simultaneous launch. The machine will come in 2 flavours, a 20GB model and a 60GB model, priced...
News Developing For The Wii Costs Less
In a recent conference with investors, THQ's president and CEO, Brian Ferrel, revealed that developing for the Wii may be as low 25% of what developing for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 may be.
"One of the things we like about that platform is the development costs...on the Wii are nowhere near what they are on the PS3 and Xbox 360," said Ferrel...
News Keita Takahashi Not Interested In The Revolution
Katamari Damacy creator, Keita Takahashi, says he is not interested in working on the Nintendo Revolution.
In an interview with Game Developer magazine, Keita Takahashi had this to say about the Revolution: “I’m not really interested in it. I don’t think a controller should have that much influence on the enjoyment of games. I see what...
Get up and dance to that funky beat -- the video game music we know and love gets up and goes on tour.
PressTheButtons' main man MattG has pointed out a truly bizarre American stage show, Video Games Live. "An immersive concert event featuring music from the world’s most popular video games performed by a live orchestra and choir combined...
News 20 Revolution Launch Titles?
George Harrison tells Game Informer we should expect around 20 launch titles for Nintendo Revolution
Curious George Harrison recently sat down with US magazine Game Informer, who quizzed him about the upcoming Nintendo Revolution. Harrison suggested we should expect around 20 launch titles for Revolution. "You've got to deliver software, not...
News Nintendo Sees Strong Home Performance
Reports confirm Nintendo's dominance for handhelds in the Japanese market.
After reports late last month suggesting DS out selling PSP by 2 to 1, a new report shows that four of the top 5 selling games in 2005 were for the Nintendo DS. "Animal Crossing: Wild World was the best-selling game of the year, with 2.34 million units shifted. PS2 title...
News Iwata Considers Making Games Again
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has hinted that he has desire to return to games development.
GamesIndustry.biz have reported on an interview between Satoru Iwata, current Nintendo President and MTV. "Recently I have gained a little bit of interest in getting more involved in game development again. However at present all my spare time is take...
News No Classic Rare Games On Revolution?
IGN.com editor reports that no Rare owned franchises will be available on Revolution's Virtual Console.
IGN.com editor Matt Casamassina has posted an article on his blog, saying that both Microsoft and Rare employees have confirmed to him that certain Rare-owned franchises will not be appearing on the Virtual Console. "Well, here's something...
News PS3 Goes Region Free & Issued Price Point
Sony release new PlayStation 3 details and issue a price point, no less than 50,000 YEN. Not quite pocket change.
With most people we know focusing on Nintendo this week we really shouldn't forget about Sony and its hugely successful PlayStation series. Sony have this week announced that the PlayStation 3 will not have any region locking on its...
Nintendo have released a transcript of Satoru Iwata's Games Developers Conference speech yesterday.
Just in case you were interested in exactly what the Nintendo president had to say, we've received a full length transcript of the keynote speech, delivered yesterday. "Thank you so much for giving me the honor of speaking before you again this...
