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, [...]
Check out this 1988 excerpt from Inside Edition on Nintendo. In 20 years Nintendo has gone from newcomer rattling cages to veterans defending their international gaming empire. This video was an interesting look into a time when gaming was new and the dynamics of a game much simpler. Nintendo has often tried to stay true [...]
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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 [...]
It was recent reported that for the first half of 2009, casual titles have been dominating the UK’s market. When it comes to casual titles, Nintendo is by far the undisputed king and at the top of that list is Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training. While it is not the best selling, it does hold the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
2016, the world is under attack from robots that have turned on their masters. Humans are in the fight of their lives to survive. That is the plot line of the new Terminator Salvation movie due out in theaters later this year. A video game based on the movie is due out pretty soon as [...]
While Nintendo remains elusive regarding a fixed date, the DSi is going to be released some time in the spring. Fans are hoping for an April release of the hotly anticipated new version of the popular DS series. The DSi will feature two cameras pointed at and away from the user as well as a [...]