Nintendo’s history stretches all the way back to the late 1800s when they it was first started as a playing card company. Since then, the company eventually became the largest card maker in Japan at one point. However, with the decline of card sales and a variety of failed ventures threatening to destroy the company, [...]
07.30Nintendo sales down
The economy had to catch up with Nintendo at some point. Nintendo had been riding a wave of success which has been drowning Sony. While sales and profits have since gone down, Nintendo remains optimisitic. A variety of factors have contributed to the slowing of the company; one of which has been the strong Yen [...]
Wii Sport Resort was recently released and it has taken one of the top spots in the Wii’s top selling launch titles. The title is like a much needed update to existing Wii games such as Wii Sports. It sold over 1.5 million at launch and even managed to give hardware sales a slight upsurge [...]
No it’s not a collector’s edition of Gears of War complete with a functional chainsaw bayonet… Nor is it some gem encrusted Nintendo DS accessories. The world’s most expensive videogame is actually an extremely rare copy of an NES title named Nintendo World Championships. The game is basically a three in one title with Tetris, [...]
The biggest news that came out of E3 from Nintendo this year was that a full on sequel for Super Mario Galaxy. It is still too early in the development to tell what the game play will be like but the trailer shows the same small planets and mini-games that the previous game had. Unfortunately, [...]
At E3 2009, there was a new Super Mario Bros game announced for the Nintendo Wii. If you’re around my age, then you can pretty much map out your life in milestones and for every milestone there was most likely a Super Mario game to accompany those memories. The new game will most likely be [...]
A popular videogame console modder Ben Heck’s forum member Brian created a project that packs 76 classic Nintendo games into a single handheld. The device requires 4 AA batteries and is pretty hefty but this seems to be the work of a devoted fan and will probably not make it out of the garage. The [...]
- A statement made a while back by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata saying that the popular gaming company may cross over into the cell phone realm as long as it would steer clear of monthly charges (Which would be Sweet) made a buzz around the possibilities of what Nintendo could bring to the already fast [...]
Video game publisher THQ has reportedly presented the Queen of England with a gold plated Nintendo Wii. Her majesty is not the first head of state to own a Wii however since our own President Obama has already snatched one for the white house. President Obama is said to have skipped several meetings with high [...]
When Nintendo discontinued the GameCube controller back in October of 2008, it was like a slap in the face to many Nintendo fans everywhere. More specifically, the phase out was timed to coincide with Smash Brothers Brawl garnering sales during the Xmas season 2008. Most of us veteran Smash Brothers gamers were used to the [...]