Nintendo
Six things you didn’t know about 3DS
According to the fellow babies at 1up: “Nintendo 3DS” is not the system’s formal name. The 3DS will be backward-compatible with the DS and DSi , making it that much easier to upgrade and start anew. It will not require 3D glasses, leading to speculation that it will utilize the “parallax barrier” technique developed by Sharp. This involves using a secondary, overlappi...
Nintendo launching blue DSi XL this July
Nintendo today announced that starting July 11, the DSi XL will be available in “midnight blue.” Like other overpriced XL models, the two-tone black and blue will retail for $190. Never mind the successor to the XL, the 3DS, is rumored to arrive this October.
Nintendo.com to stream E3 press conference
Are you excited to hear all the news from Nintendo’s E3 Presentation but can’t make it to Los Angeles? Nintendo.com has you covered. The website is setting up a special portal for fans around the world to watch full start-to-finish video coverage of the event. Nintendo’s E3 Presentation will begin at 9 a.m. Pacific on Tuesday, June 15. Just visit e3.nintendo.com to get a front-ro...
Nintendo Power Subscriptions 5$ on Amazon
Amazon.com is having an amazing DEAL on Nintendo Power right now, and a few other select gaming magazines. You can pick up a year’s subscription for 5$!! Amazon’s offer lasts until June 5. Just think what you could do with that other 15$ you saved, maybe pick up a Strategy Guide that they don’t include with their subscriptions anymore.
Nintendo Virtual Boy named one of “50 worst inventions” by Time Magazine
Is the Nintendo Virtual Boy one of the worst inventions ever created by mankind? Probably not. But it makes for great fodder (and headache jokes), as brought to you by Time. Not to mention it was a miserable gaming failure: The Virtual Boy will go down as Nintendo’s most short-lived system, staying on the market for just six months in 1995 before being mercy-killed… It was expensive (r...
FCC approves new Wii remote, MotionPlus built-in?
Not only has the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) inadvertently revealed information regarding the 3Ds’ screens, but it’s also tipped us off to a new version of the Wii remote. The new Wii remote which sports an RVL-036 label instead of the current RVL-003 branding was approved by the FCC, but manufacturer Hon Hai Precision–also known as Foxconn–submitted a confiden...
Here’s Nintendos new “hi-tech” HQ
From Techflash: But this is a video-game company, after all, and most of the fun stuff is on the inside. There’s an employees-only Nintendo World store, a new Cafe Mario employee restaurant, and a directional system that divides the building into color-coded quadrants named after Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi and Wario. Not to mention a gigantic top-floor conference room named the “Master ...
Nintendo tries “budget” track with Monday releases
This could just be me, but I noticed that Nintendo made it a point to stress some of the titles in this week’s Monday update were “budget” priced and inexpensive at 500 Wii Points apiece. Led me to wonder…no company says anything in a press release that they don’t mean to, so are these titles perhaps not doing as hot because of their pricing? Are developers still comp...
Nintendo Tops U.S. Video Game Hardware Sales in April
According to the independent NPD Group, Nintendo’s Wiiâ„¢ system and Nintendo DSâ„¢ family of systems outsold all other gaming hardware in the United States during the month of April. Even before the announcement of the new Wii hardware package, U.S. sales of the Wii console topped 277,000 for the month. Meanwhile, the Nintendo DS family of hand-held systems sold more than 440,000 units nati...
Want to make a FLUDD or a Propeller Helmet?
Brian Brinegar, one of the men behind the legendary gaming marathon, Mario Marathon, has put up a easy instructable on how to build a few gaming props. Not just any props, but Mario power ups. Brian contacted me about a week ago to share some info on the cosplay ready FLUDD, and the awesome Propeller Helmet. Saying that “They loved the costumes, so we thought we’d do something a little...
Nintendo: The most successful games studio of 2009
From the Department of No Surprises comes word that Nintendo was the most successful game studio in 2009. The House That Mario Built bested notable studios like Activision and Treyarch (#2 and #8), as well as EA Canada and Assassin’s Creed developer Ubisoft Montreal.
Nintendo: “Games and content are specific to each Wii, not users”
Want to upgrade your Wii to the new black? Then you’ll have to hold on to your old Wii to play previously purchased games, forfeit them altogether, or buy them a second time, Wired reports. “It shows extreme lack of foresight on their part,” says Wii owner Nathan Gillmore. “Did they really think the general public would be content to have all of their purchased content boun...