Month: March 2009

Nintendo’s DSiWare download service will arrive in the US, on April 5, which just so happens to be the same day the DSi arrives on these here American shores. Game prices range from free to $8, with the usual “points” label replacing “dollars.” So, games will be free, 200, 500 or 800 points.

The long, terrible reign of no storage solution on the Wii is over. Wii System Update 4.0 will allow for high capacity 32GB SD cards. You can also load stuff up and play it directly from the card. Our man in the field Sean will surely have more. For now, that’s your taste.

A week or so ago, I talked about how Nintendo’s next generation console, beyond the Wii, wasn’t going to be a console at all, but a platform. A series of channels and streamed content that would show its mettle not on the console side of things, but in the services and functionality it provided over the web. And today, as we sit eagerly in our seats wondering if Nintendo president Sato...

Sounding more bitter than a skunked beer, Wanted producer Pete Wanat puffed out his chest and fanned his feathers recently in an interview with Game Trailers Invisible Walls. While the remarks were almost literally green with envy over Nintendo’s current run of success, they were also ignorant of how a successful Wii or DS title actually matures over time, and doesn’t blow its load in ...

Showing itself to be more than just a soulless points/reward website, Club Nintendo has been inviting Platinum members to attend special DSi preview events at their local gamestop.  Nintendo fans who registered enough games to attain the elevated status level should have received email notification of the event sometime in the last few weeks – simply RSVP, and you’re in! Attendees had...