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The Wii’s Success: It’s time for developers to put up or shut up
OPINION — It’s officially time for 3d party developers to put up or shut up. The act of complaining about developing games for a Nintendo console and turning a profit against the big bad Ninty and its cadre of 1rst party behemoths has officially been exposed as the pathetic, cry baby act that it is.
Nintendo DS and Wii Finish as the No. 1 and No. 2 Best-Selling U.S. Systems
REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ — Nintendo DS(TM) and Wii(TM) finished strong in 2007, commanding sales in the holiday shopping period and finishing the year as the two best-selling video game systems in the United States, according to new data just released by the independent NPD Group.Nintendo DS was the top-selling U.S. system of 2007, with nearly 8.5 million sold, including more tha...
Nintendo appoints two sales & marketing executives to Bay Area office
REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 14, 2008 – Nintendo of America announces the appointment of two sales and marketing executives to work from the company’s new Bay Area office in Redwood City, Calif. Denise Kaigler joins as vice president of Marketing & Corporate Affairs, while Bill van Zyll becomes the new director and general manager of Latin America. Van Zyll’s appointment is effective...
Nintendo releases kill more time until Brawl
Really not much to see here. I know Blake was all excited about Nitrobike. Nanostray 2 might deserve mention as well. Anything else here of interest to you? Releases for the week ending January 19th, 2008: DS Corvette Evolution GT Miami Nights: Singles in the City Nanostray 2 Wii CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence Furu Furu Park Luxor: Pharaoh’s Challenge Nitrobike Samurai W...
Nintendo releases for the week of January 6th
A big screen IMAX film comes to the DS in game form, while a small screen cartoon makes the jump to Wii. New releases for the week of January 6th: DS Jackass the Game Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure Wii Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law Kidz Sports Ice Hockey Luxor: Pharaoh’s Challenge Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity So when are we going to get a Venture Bros. game?
Nintendo year end releases rev their engines
Nothing new for DS this week (unless the Jam Sessions Performance Bundle counts), but there are a handful of Wii titles looking to scoop up some post-holiday gift card spendings. Releases for the week ending 1/5/2008: Wii Classic British Motor Racing Kawasaki 4X4 Quad Bikes Kidz Sports Basketball Monster Trux: Offroad Myth Makers: Orbs of Doom Rig Racer 2 Lots of motor sports to choose from this w...
Nintendo releases this week – *crickets*
Usually you’d see a nice, tidy post proclaiming the Nintendo purchasing bounty available for the week. Unfortunately, due to the timing of Christmas this year, it looks like no new games are coming out until next week. (Hint: Not much coming next week either!) Hope you’re playing everything you want to during the holidays!
Satoru Iwata is Next Generation’s 2007 Person of the Year
This past year was arguably a year of high’s and more high’s for Nintendo. Any of the firm’s blemishes were easily washed away by its monthly successes, and the core gamer — the everyman and woman who once again controls the fate of the video game industry — would tell you that Nintendo met their expectations and then some (with the exception, of course, that supply c...
Wii Fit motivates other Wii titles into Japan’s top ten
Are you one of the doubters? When you saw Wii Fit debut earlier this year, did you scoff and sneer like 95% of the “enthusiast press?” News today from Japan goes a long way towards making people like you the left out in the cold variety, as Wii Fit has not only sold decently, it also boosted the sales of other Wii games that many people were ready to right off as disappointments in the...
Reggie Fils-Aime, the anti-Wii bundler
Nintendo of America president Reggie FIls-Aime and I share a nuber of redeeming traits. We both are able to turn coal into diamonds using nothing but brute strength and our fists, for example (related note: Merry Xmas, babe!). We can also affect weather patterns worldwide using nothing but the white hot intensity of our personalities, which burn with the combined heat of a thousand suns. Oh, and w...
Activision dethrones EA as largest game maker
SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI) was the #1 U.S. console and handheld publisher for the first eleven months of calendar 2007, according to The NPD Group. The company increased its market share for the eleven month period to a record 16.8%, a 7.9% increase over the same period last year. For the month of November, Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock and...
Nintendo releases race for NiGHTS
For some reason, DS gets a bunch of vehicle/race games this week. Wii gets NiGHTS, which is a game that could probably sell well had it been released more than just one week before Christmas. Chalk another casualty up to the 2007 year end Wii game smorgasbord! DS MX vs. ATV Untamed Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command Corvette Evolution GT Indianapolis 500 Legends Wii NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams