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Countdown to May 9th! While news may come before that date, it looks like Nintendo’s E3 press conference will be hitting us on May 9th. According to Kotaku.com, “WHAT: Nintendo’s E3 Media Briefing; WHEN: Briefing begins at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 9, 2006.; WHERE: Kodak Theatre (home of the Academy Awards), Hollywood & Highland Center, 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 900...

One question: How much would this unopened Nintendo Virtual Boy sell for on Ebay? When the system was launch back in 1995, it retailed for $179. Used ones currently go for $50-80 including some games, but this has to be a whole new ball game.

Gamespot has posted their holiday gift guide for 2005. All in all, there’s some quality stuff on those pages, but the Nintendo DS is by far the most impressive. On their top picks list, (2) DS games made the list while all other systems got only (1) game on the top picks. The DS was that good this year and will only get better. Be sure to check out the GameCube, GBA, and DS specific lists to...

Looking for that perfect Christmas present for a Nintendo fan who already has everything? Try a pair of Nintendo boxers. At $11.99, it’s not a bad deal either.

1Up has yet another feature on the Revolution in which they talk with game developers regarding Nintendo’s forthcoming Revolution console. From the article: “Is the controller what makes people buy a console in the first place? I think they spend more of the time looking at the packaging, the logo or the console design itself. When was the last time you even saw a controller in a TV ad...

Revolution Report has found a patent application that seems to refer to the Revolution’s upcoming virtual console. While the patent is mostly technical, there are a number of figures that help translate the text into layman terms. It looks like you will browse games by series. One figure even implies that you may be able to select characters who were not available in the original game, or it...

69% felt that Nintendo’s new Wi-Fi connection was very important, while a fourth of you were pleased but not ecstatic with the service. It should be interesting to see future games use the network (i.e. Animal Crossing). Thanks for voting and take a minute to cast your ballot for this weeks poll.[Source: Infendo]

Leading up to Animal Crossing: Wild World’s release, the Japanese public had made more than 400,000 pre-orders for the community sim. Now, a week since its release, more than 300,000 DS users have picked up the game. Becoming one of the fastest-selling DS games in Japan, Animal Crossing has eclipsed first week numbers for both Jump! Superstars (50,000) and Nintendogs (135,000). As a result o...

Mario Kart DS has officially launched across the Atlantic pond today. You know what that means? It means we gotta show these European amateurs the ropes. Today is the first day we can actually race across the world on Wifi, so let’s go out there and get’r done!

A couple days ago, we caught wind of a Target ad brochure that listed the Nintendo DS for $99. Since then, it’s been discovered that the listing was a typo. However, Target has decided to allow customers who bring in the brochure (or a screen grab of it— type “DS” in the search box on the left of this page) to buy a DS for the $99 price. The deal started today and ends on D...

Below is a picture where supposedly Nintendo was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi back in 1889. The company originally produced handmade hanafuda cards before getting into the video game market much later on. On behalf of millions of fans the world over, this one’s for you Ninty…[Source: Flickr]

Nintendo first-half profits dropped 21% citing slow GameCube sales and sluggish US demand. The company cut DS and GameCube sales slightly, while raising Game Boy targets due to the strong selling Micro handheld. Gamasutra writes: “Although a significant fall, Nintendo remains the most consistently profitable console hardware manufacturer when also factoring in game sales.” What will ch...