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While Nintendo hinted at a full unveiling by year’s end at E3, a recent 1up.com editorial has said “Nintendo should be conducting a proper unveiling of the [Revolution] in Japan before the year is out…” Hopefully “proper” means releasing specs, an official name, game info, controller modules, the works. How ’bout this; release the info the day before the 3...[Read More]

[Correction: The Nintendo press release says major online retailers will also sell the game.] Last week we learned that Electroplankton for the DS would be released stateside on January 9. Nintendo confirmed this today along with some unusual news: the title will only be available at the Nintendo World Store or purchased through Nintendo.com. While I’m okay with buying goods off the informat...[Read More]

There are lies, darn lies, and forecasts. Regardless, The Yankee Group is projecting today that the US portable games business could reach $2.9 billion by 2009. That means if Nintendo keeps doing what they’ve done so well, they’ll make a lot of money. It also means the competition will be even fiercer to get a piece of that tasty pie. Sony is having troubles with the PSP, but you gotta...[Read More]

You’ve seen the screens, now see the comparisons to the original NES Final Fantasy. GamersDaily is reporting that the character styles for the new DS title are similar to Crystal Chronicles for Gamecube. When can we get a release date for this mug? [Source: GamersDaily]

Speaking at a recent Nikkei Business event, Nintendo President Iwata confirmed that no one will see the revolution prior to April of next year. He continued by saying “I want to put [The Revolution] on the market to as many countries as possible at the same time.” So maybe the Revolution will be internationally released despite Microsoft’s vocal opinion on how it’s been dif...[Read More]