Gaming giant Nintendo and the American Heart Association (AHA) are partnering to help Americans become more active. Starting in the next few weeks, Wii systems and the titles WiiFit Plus and Wii Sports Resort will feature the AHA ...READ»
Nintendo Wii is firmly in the lead in console sales, but without quality content that appeals to more discerning gamers, how long can it stay on top?READ»
While Nintendo's Wii is no-doubt gracing many millions more homes after the Holidays, one easy criticism of the device is its lack of movie-playing options: that optical drive just won't play your DVDs, unless you do some hacking. ...READ»
In 2008, titles like Grand Theft Auto IV (5 million copies) and Wii Fit (4.5 million) helped the game industry reach $21 billion in sales. But with the recession, gaming may struggle to stay on top in 2009. So how will the big three ...READ»
Nintendo scored a surprising market success with its Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training title on the DS--not a typical slash/shoot'em-up game at all, but rather one designed to actively boost your mental prowess. Along with other ...READ»
For you gamer geeks out there, remember Virtual Boy? Virtual Boy was Nintendo’s first foray into 3D technology. Although you were the coolest geek on the block to don the gaming headset (likely modeled after a space...READ»
Nintendo has revealed that it will be showing the next iteration of the DS handheld games console at the upcoming E3 games show in June, and it'll be sporting an amazing new feature: Glasses-free 3-D display technology. It's all an ...READ»
Ninteno's guru Shigeru Miyamoto has just revealed that Nintendo might be aiming at a surprising new market for its games consoles: Schools. With all the controversy about distractions and violence, is this sensible?
Miyamoto's ...READ»
While your Nintendo DS or Sony PSP may be pretty clever at wireless connection over Wi-Fi, when you wander out of antenna range you're doomed. To combat this problem, these two companies are creating new technology to boost Wi-Fi ...READ»
Nintendo's just whisked the veil from its newest gaming machine: The 3DS. It's a reinvention of the classic handheld, with a high-tech booster injection from the whizzy display system of the moment--3-D graphics rendering. Back in ...READ»
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently announced there would be no price cuts coming for the companies game systems, the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS.
When Nintendo announced the existence of the Wii a few years ago, ...READ»
Nintendo, at a press event in NYC this morning, revealed the final details for the holiday launch of its next video game console, the Wii. On Nov. 19 it will be released for $249. This price, already undercutting the $399 Microsoft ...READ»
While those of us in the States were stocking up on chips, charcoal and frozen meat last week, Nintendo (TYO: 7974) quietly confirmed that it will begin shipping its Nintendo DS handhelds in three colors in its European market: red, ...READ»
As gamers everywhere know, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, begins this week, and details about the future of gaming are emerging. Last night, Sony announced that it would launch the PlayStation 3 in the U.S. and Europe on ...READ»
Naming a product is an art unto itself. Every company pours money into choosing the right label, one that will grab the public. Nintendo, the venerable gaming giant, announced today that its new console, codenamed "Revolution" to ...READ»
While those of us in the States were stocking up on chips, charcoal and frozen meat last week, Nintendo quietly confirmed that it will begin shipping its Nintendo DS handhelds in three colors in its European market: red, turquoise and green.READ»
When it comes to design, every year is the same. You will see articles upon articles extolling the virtues of design and how companies can benefit by putting more emphasis behind it and what happens? The same companies innovate ...READ»
Today is the first official day of E3 2008 and Nintendo kicked it off with their media briefing at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. After a montage of people “smiling”, Cammie Dunaway, executive vice president of Nintendo, U.S., ...READ»
Sony unveiled the PSP Go, a motion controller, and a slew of impressive titles--including a new one from Rockstar, creators of the Grand Theft Auto franchise--during today's E3 video game expo. While Nintendo, maker of the leading ...READ»
Nintendo's just announced a newer, bigger DS handheld--the DSi LL. The whole aim of a bigger machine is a bigger screen, of course, and Nintendo's delivered that with a 4.2-inch screen in a body that's still very ...READ»
If you look at the entire picture, you notice the gaming industry being a factor only in a short time period, since the 70’s. It took them around a decade until they made a name for themselves, and people started to know who companies like Nintendo were.READ»
Leave it to Yoichi Wada—president of final fantasizer Square Enix, the biggest Japanese game house—to break the news about the next generation Nintendo Wii. All while predicting that Microsoft and ...READ»
