Business
Nintendo laughs at Sony price drop
Ok, so there was no laughing. From Nintendo anyway. I, on the other hand, had a guffaw or ten. Two hundred and forty days into the life of your console, and you’re cutting prices? Sigh. And I was having such fun battling the PS3 as a rabid Nintendo fanman (I am no boy). Nintendo’s George Harrison takes Sony out to the woodshed and beats the snot out of it with his trusty solid silver c...
E3 – Your guess is as good as mine
If you listened to Infendo Radio this weekend, you know that Infendo will be at E3 again this year! Blake will be giving us updates and we’ll be posting hot news for your eyes. Speculation is always fun, though. What do you think Nintendo will show off at E3 this year?
Nintendo releases for the week ending July 14th
Here are the new releases for all Nintendo systems in North America this week: DS Chicken Shoot Vegas Casino High 5! GBA Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix In other news, EU/UK finally gets Elite Beat Agents while Japan gets (*takes big breath*) Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors this week! Buying anything?
We’re Number One – top sellers for the week
Here are the number one Wii and DS games sold around the world this week: Wii North America: Wii Play Japan: Wii Sports UK: Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition DS North America: Pokemon Diamond Japan: Dokidoki Majo Shinpan! UK: More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima A game about touching witches to find out if they are witches beat Phantom Hourglass in Japan for the #1 spot there this week. Otherwise, ...
Nintendo releases for the week ending July 7th
I almost didn’t bother posting this: Wii: – Chicken Shoot DS: – Platinum Sudoku – Turn It Around – Vegas Casino High 5! Game Boy Advance: – Horsez Are you buying any of these or will you just wait for them to hit the clearance bin? Neither?
Wii don’t need DVD playback capability
Seems like putting a soothing blue light in the loading slot was a better business decision than including a pricey “blue-rayed” high def DVD player. Why? Because there’s more evidence out today that Nintendo was crazy like a fox for not including DVD capability in the Wii. Gamasutra: According to new research by The Diffusion Group, though 80 percent of console owners have the o...
We’re Number One – top sellers for the week
Here are the number one Wii and DS games sold around the world this week: Wii North America: Mario Party 8 Japan: Wii Sports UK: Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition DS North America: Pokemon Diamond Japan: Zelda no Densetsu: Mugen no Sunadokei UK: More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima Phantom Hourglass sold extremely well in Japan this week. The game looks to be a huge DS hit, no surprise. Also,...
The double-edged sword of Wii Sports
Wii Sports changed gaming. To some that might sound like an opinion, especially coming from someone like me, but it’s not. Wii Sports, for all intents and purposes, is selling the Wii right now. Software sales for the system are relatively OK, I know that, but Wii Sports is the game that gets people to buy the system. It’s what they see on CNN when grandma is bowling a perfect 300 in W...
Penny Arcade on marketing
The recent comic at Penny Arcade is spot-on, but for once I’m linking to the commentary that’s provided alongside it by Tycho. He discusses how uncomfortable everyone’s become now that Nintendo has rewritten the rule book on gaming (tore it to shreds with its bare hands, then manifested a new one out of thin air is more like it, I suppose). No one, aside from Nintendo, really kno...
Nintendo is green
Like Pogs and snap bracelets, hugging trees and loving the environment is cool right now. But even if it wasn’t, Nintendo would still be doing its part by recycling. A GoNintendo reader recently emailed Nintendo to pick their PR department’s brain about what the company does to help the environment, and here’s a sampling of the form letter they received in return: Some things Nin...
Nintendo releases for the week ending June 30th
Here are the new releases for all Nintendo systems in North America this week: Wii: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Pokemon Battle Revolution The Bigs Chicken Shoot Driver: Parallel Lines Ratatouille Transformers: The Game DS: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Touchmaster DS Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth Remix Nervous Brickdown Ratatouille Zendoku Vegas Casino High 5! Professor B...
Nintendo briefly edges past Sony in market value, stocks soar
It almost happened last week, but today it finally did: Nintendo was (briefly) worth more money than Sony! Some people might call that nothing to write home about, or a Monday, or whatever. But not me. For me this is all akin to the holiday season in December, or buying a puppy. Or receiving a puppy on Christmas. And it’s a Nintendog. Holding a bag of money. Reuters, live from Tokyo: Nintend...