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Nintendo Wii boasts plethora of games

News Nintendo on Tuesday announced that there will be 62 titles available for its forthcoming Wii videogame console within a few weeks of the device's expected 19 November US launch. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Japanese company said there will...

1 November 2006, 10:27

Nintendo smiling over record sales

News With Mario Kart Wii reaching the top of the UK sales charts in its first week of release, the Wii and DS continuing to rule the hardware sales charts, and a multimillion-selling US debut for Super Smash Bros Brawl, Nintendo has had plenty of good...

Tags: training, charts, cent, financial

25 April 2008, 9:07

Nintendo diverting 'Wii Fit' to Europe, analyst says

News Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter told the LA Times that according to his estimates, 2 million copies of Nintendo's Wii Fit videogame have been shipped to Europe, but only 500,000 have made it to North America.

Tags: console, stock, copies, europe

3 June 2008, 9:10

Nintendo promises 4 million Wiis this year

News Even with that many units in the pipeline, however, Nintendo believes some gamers could be left empty-handed. Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo America said, "We're urging shoppers not to get complacent.

2 November 2006, 9:16

Sony, Nintendo forbid 'Manhunt 2' in US

News Software Rating Board, and CNET.co.uk's sister site GameSpot has confirmed with Nintendo and Sony that both companies forbid licensed third-party publishers from releasing games rated AO on their various hardware platforms.Though Manhunt 2, which...

21 June 2007, 9:44

News.blog: Nintendo sued over Wii strap

News Just days after Nintendo announced that it would voluntarily exchange 3.2 million Wii remote straps due to reports of the parts breaking and even causing bodily harm comes news of a lawsuit against the company.

21 December 2006, 9:11

Nintendo sees shares slip

News Thursday, Nintendo reported its sales figures for the last nine months of 2007, revealing that it had doubled its revenues and profits over the same period the year before. Nintendo shares closed the day at ¥46,800 (£215), down from its previous...

Tags: stock, market, cent, foreign

30 January 2008, 9:11

Nintendo Wii to put on Opera show

News Nintendo has partnered with Opera Software to make Opera the official Web browser for the Wii games console. A trial version will be available for free download from Friday via Nintendo's Wii Shop Channel, both companies announced on Tuesday.

20 December 2006, 9:40

Nintendo touts Wii online multiplayer

News Users of Nintendo's Wii will soon be able to battle each other online just as their Nintendo DS counterparts do. The multiplayer-enabled games will also include friend rosters, matchmaking features and comprehensive rankings data, according to...

15 March 2007, 10:41

News.blog: Nintendo to recall 3.2 million Wii straps

News After weeks of pressure due to some breaking straps on the controllers of its Wii videogame console, Nintendo has announced it is 'recalling' 3.2 million of the straps. According to Kotaku, a videogame blog, which quoted an Associated Press article...

15 December 2006, 9:05

News.blog: Nintendo's Wii to be twiiked?

News First the whole Wiimote thing, then Wii Sports, then the Opera browser, then the weather and news channels.this is one gaming console that's full of nutty features and add-ons that might seem wacky at first, but which inevitably catch on in that...

13 March 2007, 10:11

Nintendo's big E3 surprise comes in a little box

News Nintendo, once the unrivaled king of the home video game business, has released details of its planned new game console and unveiled a new mini-portable device called the Game Boy Micro in Los Angeles (at E3).

18 May 2005, 9:28

Nintendo unveils Revolution controller

News Though the Nintendo Revolution was partially unveiled at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), its controller is the final piece of the hardware manufacturer's next-generation puzzle. Nintendo's revolutionary remote-like controller, with...

16 September 2005, 9:59

Nintendo's NES console 20 years old

News In October 1985, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) first went on sale in the US. It has been 20 years, which is hard to believe," said Beth Llewelyn, senior director of corporate communications at Nintendo.

19 October 2005, 10:05

Nintendo abandons Wii advertising

News Nintendo has stopped advertising its in-demand Wii console in the UK, replacing planned ads with ones for the DS instead, according to Marketing Week. In the run-up to Christmas, advertising is usually frenzied for video games and consoles, but...

Tags: marketing, console, demand, christmas

10 December 2007, 8:55