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In a telephone press conference, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said the Nintendo is working with video game retailer Gamestop on launching a "rain check" program for the company's Wii video game console, offering shoppers a chance to reserve a Wii for delivery in January. The popular console has been in short supply since its introduction a year ago, and the shortages promise to make setting hands on a Wii… Read More

Nintendo has introduced a whole slew of games for its Wii console at E3, with Wii Fit asthe flagship title.   By the end of 2007, Nintendo expects to add around 200 titles to its more than 150 games, many from outside publishers, and will include titles that can be downloaded forits virtual console.   But the company hopes for great things from its Wii Fit game, in which players get to exercise the whole body, using the Wii Balance… Read More

Nintendo is attempting to reach out to smaller game developers and simultaneously build available content for the Wii by launching WiiWare, an online channel for distributing games without the barriers involved with traditional publishing. Although the unusable channel has been visible to Wii gamers for some time, Nintendo officially announced their intentions for WiiWare Tuesday morning. “Independent developers armed… Read More

I recall the arguments when Cable TV was first getting started which concluded no one would ever be stupid enough to pay for something they can get for free. Well there are clearly a good chunk of us who are terminally stupid because cable was a success although I think many of us probably wish it hadn’t been. With Cable you are typically locked in to what the cable company wants to use for hardware and the programming the… Read More

New sales figures from market research firm NPD show the Nintendo Wii was the top-selling video game console for the month of February, moving 335,000 units during the month. Those sales figures also make it the only console system to have outsold Sony's now-obsolete PlayStation 2, which moved 295,000 units during the month. Microsoft's Xbox 360 came in third place—or, second-place amongst so-called next-generation… Read More

Swallow this amazing fact if you can: there are close to nine Nintendo DS or DS Lite portable game systems sold every 60 seconds. Sure, this number may seem small when compared to other addictive products like cigarettes, alcohol, video poker, or Paris Hilton, but this is a gaming system we are talking about. "More than 5 million people joined the ranks as Nintendo DS owners in America last year alone," says Nintendo of America… Read More

By most accounts, Nintendo's only failure with the Wii console this holiday season was not being able to get enough units to Wii-hungry retailers. Now, the company wants to keep Wii enthusiasm afloat, so it's announced a series of new and classic gaming titles which are due to become available for the Wii during the first quarter of 2007. “Our tremendous worldwide launch shows people, from experienced players to… Read More

A trial version of the Opera Web browser is now available for download for Nintendo's Wii video game console. Assuming Wii owners have connected their systems' to a home network or otherwise set them up for Internet access, the browser can be downloaded from the Wii Shop Channel on the Wii menu; from there, click Wii Ware (or Wii Software in the EU), then click Download the Internet Channel. (There's even a comic explaining… Read More

The video game console wars certainly aren't dull this year, with all the soc-called next-generation consoles now available, Microsoft looking to woo players away from the expensive (and hard-to-find) PlayStation 3, and the holiday shopping season getting into full swing. And Nintendo's Wii is not being left out of the frenzy: according to the company, they've sold more than 600,000 Wii consoles in the Americas in just the… Read More

In a chart on the Nintendo website, the gaming industry saw revenue growth of about 11 percent when compared to the same period in 2005. While 11 percent may not seem very high, imagine a growth rate of only 1.6 percent with the Nintendo DS taken out of the picture. The Nintendo DS alone has seen a growth rate of over 203 percent in just about a year's time with total global hardware figures showing 20 million units sold, and 82… Read More

Game publish Ubisoft announced today that it plans to have seven game titles available for the Nintendo Wii gaming console when the system launches later this year, and plans several more Wii titles during 2007, potentially making Ubisoft the publisher with the deepest line of Wii titles as the console engages the video game market. “Media and analysts agree that Ubisoft has the greatest potential for reward with the new… Read More

Digital Trends contributor Tim Stevens was able to pass along some photos from the press events hosted by Sony and Nintendo at the E3 Expo to announce their Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii. Not the same as being there, but they help convey some of the flavor and tone of an industry confab at the scale of E3. A few short years ago, video games were the exclusive promise of teenagers with a few too many quarters on their hands; now, the… Read More

Nintendo has announced that its Nintendo DS Lite, a sleeked-down version of its dual-screen Nintendo DS handheld gaming device, will be released in the United States June 11 with a retail price of $129.99. The Nintendo DS Lite is being billed as a “lighter, brigher” version of the Nintendo DS, and will initially be available in “polar white” with other color choises presumably to follow. Nintendo also announced a… Read More

Nintendo today said they were rolling out a new game for their DS portable gaming platform which is designed to provide fun mental workouts which incorporate the gaming device's voice-command and touch-screen capabilities. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day is available now. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day, said Nintendo, is the American version of Japanese title which has already sold over two million units. It… Read More

Nintendo earlier this week announced they were bringing the Mario Kart franchise to Wi-Fi through the Nintendo DS. Mario Kart DS is the first title to use Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, along with multiple upcoming titles like Animal Crossing: Wild World on Dec. 5 and Metroid Prime Hunters on March 20. When racing using a wireless local area connection, said Nintendo, up to eight players can play, even if only one of them has a Mario Kart DS… Read More