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Smartphones eat portable gaming market as revenues slide

, Apr 18th 2011 Discuss [3]

Smartphone gaming continues to ratchet up the pressure on traditional mobile platforms like the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP, with market analysts Flurry releasing stats that show iOS and Android gaming almost doubled their market share against the old-school consoles. The Nintendo DS dived from 70-percent in 2009 to 57-percent in 2010, while the PSP share slipped from 11-percent to 9-percent, judged by revenue. Read The Full Story

Nintendo 3DS UK Launch Most Successful Ever for the Gaming Company

, Apr 1st 2011 Discuss [0]

Nintendo must be jumping for joy now that the gaming device is well on its way toward populating the hands and hearts of gamers all around the world. Especially in the UK, where this launch is now Nintendo's most successful EVER. The company has sold a ginormous 113,000 3DS handheld consoles in its opening weekend alone, this trumping even the Nintendo Wii which sold 105,000 units in the same amount of time at launch. Read The Full Story

Nintendo 3DS loading times significantly slower than DS

, Mar 15th 2011 Discuss [6]

Usually, you would expect the latest and greatest version of a device to deliver faster loading times, but in the case of Nintendo's 3DS, loading times are actually slower than the regular DS. The 3DS does offer glasses-free 3D video, but loading times for old DS games are not so great. GameSpot was able to get a 3DS when it was released in Japan on February 26th, and compared loading times on several different games with the DS Lite. Read The Full Story

Nintendo Announces More Than 34 Million Wii Consoles Sold in the United States

, Jan 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

Even if some people may be bored with the first-party titles that Nintendo has released for the Wii videogame console, there's no doubt that the Nintendo-branded consoles have a way of flying off the shelves and into the homes of millions of people. In the United States, Nintendo is happy to announce that they've managed to continue their sales strengths with not only the Wii console, but also the DS handheld videogame console. Read The Full Story

New Super Mario Bros Sells Six Million Copies for DS

, Dec 28th 2010 Discuss [1]

At the moment, there are a few games that have reached 5 million sold for Nintendo's portable game console family. However, there's only one that can claim the prodigal 6 million seller title, and how fitting that it's Nintendo's own pride and joy, Mario. Famitsu.com has reported that New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS family of devices has officially crossed the 6 million sold mark in Japan. Read The Full Story

Apple iOS Gaining Handheld Gaming Throne

, Dec 8th 2010 Discuss [3]

Oh those people at Apple, they're'a waging war on the world of handheld gaming, of that you can be sure. And it's not just iOS, according to recent research done by a firm by the name of Interpret, mobile phones (all of them, but "particularly the iPhone") are now responsible for around 44% of handheld gaming, up over 50% of what they had last year. On the other hand, use of systems like Nintendo DS or PSP have gone down 13% in the same time period. Questions in this report were aimed at people who owned any kind of handheld gaming device, but also asked those who owned several to answer questions that ended up leading to the fact that nearly 25% of those that use a mobile phone exclusively for gaming have a Nintendo DS and/or PSP but never end up using it. Read The Full Story

Michael Jackson Experience Delivers South African Horns to Pirates [VIDEO]

, Dec 7th 2010 Discuss [0]

Pirates of the Nintendo DS version of the new Michael Jackson; The Experience game are in for an ear-splitting extravaganza as developers have implanted a chorus of vuvuzelas into the game's soundtrack. You'll more than likely find this terrible blast of sound if you download a ROM of the game, Ubisoft creators loling at you as you also find on-screen prompts removed, rendering the game completely and hilariously unplayable. Read The Full Story

Nintendo Sells 1.5 Million Consoles Over Black Friday Week

, Nov 29th 2010 Discuss [2]

While Black Friday is over and done with, and we're knee-deep in the savings that come with Cyber Monday, it looks like Nintendo made a killing off the Black Friday week. They sold plenty of consoles, which include members of the DS family, as well as the Wii home console. They sold enough, in fact, that the company feels like a formal press release is the right thing to do. Some may call this bragging, but then again, when you've sold as many consoles as Nintendo did, there might be a little room to do that. Read The Full Story

Donkey Kong is Back with a Vengeance!

, Oct 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

What in the world? Nintendo has just (10 minutes ago or so) released two new sites for two new games: Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Wii, and Mario VS Donkey Kong Mini-Land Mayhem! for Nintendo DS. Looks like lots of fun for everyone! Get Thinkering! Read The Full Story

Nintendo Seeks Patent to Use DS for Shopping Lists in Wireless Shopping Network

, Oct 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

Nintendo's plans for the DS were grand. They didn't just want another mobile video game console, where only gamers were attracted to it. They wanted their device, and all of the subsequent hardware releases since then, to be carried around everywhere, no matter what the person was doing. This new patent that Nintendo is aiming for would help that case, by allowing users to build a shopping list that would connect to a wireless shopping network, and ultimately bring a new and interactive way for shoppers to find their goods. Read The Full Story

Nintendo Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary DSi LL Edition System Unveiled

, Sep 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

If you hadn't heard, the Nintendo 3DS got an official release date of February 26th in Japan, and it's going to cost quite a bit. As soon as the announcement broke, revealing the price, gamers in Japan immediately began saving, even if they weren't consciously aware of it. But now, it looks like there may be something else to buy between then and now: the Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary DSi LL edition. Which means the Wii isn't getting all the anniversary love. Read The Full Story

TRON: Evolution Collector’s Edition Announced, Has Toy Light Cycle Inside

, Aug 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

With the release of the TRON sequel just about on us (it's going to be the perfect Christmas gift, after all), there's no reason you should be surprised to see that the video game version's Collector's Edition has just broken cover. As many "collector's" items go, there's always a few goodies inside to make your purchase, which is usually a bit more expensive than the "normal" edition, worthwhile. That's certainly the case with this one. Read The Full Story
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