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When Nintendo decided to drastically cut the price of its 3DS handheld from $250 to $170 in August, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata promised 20 free downloadable games to those who purchased the system at full price. At the end of August, the first 10 games were revealed and they were all NES games. Today, Nintendo Japan has revealed the remaining 10 games and they're all from the Game Boy Advance. This is part of what Nintendo calls the… Read More

Though the masses don't seem to have picked up on this yet, one of the first things we noticed when Nintendo unveiled the Wii U this morning was that, though it showed plenty of multiplayer game concepts for the new console, none of them involved more than one Wii U controller at a time. We can confirm that the console definitely supports a Wii U controller and up to 4 more Wii Remotes, but we are becoming fairly certain that Nintendo is… Read More

“While Nintendo's next generation console gaming system likely won't hit living rooms until 2006, that doesn't mean the company won't introduce new hardware this year. A new analyst report suggests the company is planning to ship the next version of the Game Boy portable gaming system by the end of 2005. If so, that would be the third new handheld gaming system in as many years for Nintendo, whose Nintendo DS… Read More

With Nintendo DS sales moving faster than anticipated, some locations have reported sellouts, and Nintendo predicts the initial North American supply will be depleted within days. As additional shipments are rushed to stores by this weekend to meet the demand, Nintendo expects to sell 1 million Nintendo DS units in North America alone by the end of 2004 — a mark that took Apple's iPod 19 months to achieve. “Consumers have… Read More

The reduction significantly expands the potential audience of an already dominant consumer electronics device to a wider range of consumers. At the same time, Nintendo also paves the way for more “Mayhem” – the watchword of the new “Start Mayhem” Game Boy Advance SP marketing campaign that debuts with the new price point, showcasing different personalities for each of the GBA SP colors. “This new price… Read More

The two-screen Nintendo DS console is unlikely to be as profitable from the outset as the Game Boy Advance was, company president Satoru Iwata has warned, with the complex design of the handheld presenting both financial and supply problems. Speaking with news agency Reuters, Iwata-san said that the use of two screens in the system was presenting a challenge to LCD panel supplier Sharp, prompting fears that there may be a shortage… Read More

Video game giant Nintendo, facing increased competition in the market for handheld entertainment, will have a new portable out this fall with twin color screens, sharper graphics and the feel of a PDA. The Nintendo DS

 Inspired by Koei's recent confirmation of PSP titles at its recent mid-year conference, the Japanese press looked for similar comments from Square Enix, but president Yoichi Wada said “Wecannot say whether development is moving forward or not.” Wada did, however, offer some comments on PSP that echoed Koei president Keiko Erikawa's remarks earlier this week. He said that he does not expect it to compete directly… Read More

GameCube's market share for the month of October boosted by ten points and overtaking the Xbox'. Figures from market research body NPD show the Cube selling over a quarter of a million units during October, which is 50 per cent higher than any other month in 2003 – and also higher than any sales month the Xbox has registered this year. This allowed the platform to grab 35 per cent market share for the full month, while the… Read More

Nintendo has shot to the top of the class in America, with the GameCube outselling the PS2 by 20 per cent to become the best selling home console in the USA last week following a price reduction in late September. According to a statement from Nintendo of America, the Cube was the second biggest selling console in the country (after the Game Boy Advance, which consistently outsells all of the home consoles) for the week ended October 4th.… Read More

The new platform, called the iQue Player (and dubbed the “Nintendo Compact” elsewhere, although we're not sure where that title came from), will come with a memory card which gamers can use to download games from terminals in specific shops for a fee. The memory card will be tied to a single console, and games cannot be copied between cards, while the terminals themselves are expected to be closed systems provided by… Read More

The 13,000 yen ($A167) Campho Advance from Kyoto-based Digital Act Co., which makes mobile and Internet equipment, slips into the top of the Game Boy Advance just like any video-game cassette. When connected to an analogue telephone outlet, the display shows live video of the person on the other end of the line, who must also own both the Game Boy Advance and the Campho Advance. Your own image will show up in the corner of the… Read More

Speaking to business publication Diamond Loop, a Nintendo executive is quoted as saying that it is “not an absolute” that the next Nintendo console (“N5″) will arrive in 2005. That date emerged in response to widespread belief that Sony and Microsoft would release their next systems in late 2005, with Nintendo pledging at E3 this year that it would beat both of its rivals to market. However, Ninty now believes that… Read More

Although less enlightening than Deering's fascinating keynote at the ELSPA Games Summit in London last month, this interview did include a few interesting morsels of information – most notably a comment on the price point which the PSP will launch at. According to Deering, “it will certainly be less than portable DVD players and likely more comparable to Nintendo's Game Boy Advance” – suggesting a price point… Read More

For a limited time, consumers can receive a free Game Boy Player when they purchase a Nintendo GameCube system (MSRP $149.99). Game Boy Player is available for an MSRP of $49.99 when sold separately. The Game Boy Player connects to the bottom of the Nintendo GameCube, matching the footprint of the system, and allows players to use either the console controller or Game Boy Advance to direct on-screen action. Game Boy Player start-up disc,… Read More