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Jan 26, 2007
Nintendo Announces 2007 DS Q1 Releases, as well as 10 Million DS’ Sold in America
Jan 26, 2007
Nintendo Press Release – REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 25, 2007 – Nintendo DS continues to achieve milestone after milestone. As the fastest-selling video game system in the world, Nintendo DS now is in the hands of more than 10 million consumers in the Americas. Since launching in November 2004, nearly nine Nintendo DS or DS Lite [...]
Jan 25, 2007
Shigeru Miyamoto to present a keynote at the 2007 Game Developers Conference titled, “A Creative Vision”
Jan 25, 2007
Nintendo Press Release – SAN FRANCISCO — Videogame development legend Shigeru Miyamoto will make a rare public appearance at the 2007 Game Developers Conference (GDC) for his first keynote since 1999. Dubbed “The Spielberg of Video Games” by Time Magazine, Miyamoto, Nintendo’s Senior Managing Director and General Manager, Entertainment Analysis & Development Division, will present [...]
Jan 25, 2007
Wii-kly Update: Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past added to Virtual Console
Jan 25, 2007
Nintendo Press Release – Today Nintendo adds one of the most popular games in its library of classics to the Wii video game system’s Wii Shop Channel. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past goes live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the channel every Monday. Wii owners with [...]
Jan 25, 2007
Super Paper Mario slated for an April release
Jan 25, 2007
1up – You’ve heard right. The once GameCube title was pushed to Wii, and remained dormant for a rather long period of time. At least, publicly. The latest issue of Nintendo Power has a brief article stating that it is due for an April release, with upgraded graphics to boot. But, honestly, just how improved [...]
Jan 25, 2007
Nintendo’s first quarter releases for Wii revealed
Jan 25, 2007
GoNintendo and Nintendo Press Release – REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 23, 2007 – After watching everyone from gamers to grandmas fall under the spell of ground-breaking Wii games during the holidays, Nintendo fulfills its promise to continue the flow of fun for veteran and new gamers alike. Nintendo’s first-quarter lineup is filled with new games that [...]
Jan 15, 2007
Nintendo Adds Xevious, R-Type III, and Moto Roader to Wii Virtual Console
Jan 15, 2007
GoNintendo.com and Nintendo Press Room – Shmup fans, rejoice. Three classic titles for the NES, SNES, and TurboGrafx-16 have been released on the Virtual Console. Below is the press release from Nintendo. Today Nintendo adds three new classic games to the popular Wii video game system’s Wii Shop Channel. The games go live at 9 [...]
Jan 13, 2007
Gaming industry breaks out of funk with record sales in 2006
Jan 13, 2007
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY A strong holiday season capped off a year that resulted in total revenues of $12.5 billion spent on games, new console systems, handhelds and accessories, according to the industry’s market tracker The NPD Group. The 2006 total represents a 19% increase over 2005′s $10.5 billion mark, another record. “Everyone was [...]
Jan 10, 2007
Nintendo boosts profit forecast
Jan 10, 2007
TOKYO – Japan’s Nintendo Co. raised its group profit outlook by 20 percent Wednesday for this fiscal year because of upbeat sales worldwide of its portable game player Nintendo DS. Nintendo raised its profit forecast to 120 billion yen ($1 billion) for the fiscal year ending in March from an earlier estimate of 100 billion [...]
Jan 9, 2007
Wii-kly Update: Three New Classic Games Announced for Wii Shop Channel
Jan 9, 2007
(Nintendo.com)-Today Nintendo adds three new classic games to the popular Wii video game system’s Wii Shop Channel. The games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the channel every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased [...]
Jan 9, 2007
Sony PS3 outsold by Nintendo Wii in Japan: magazine
Jan 9, 2007
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp. sold 466,716 PlayStation 3 game consoles in Japan by the end of last month, less than half of its shipment target and of sales of Nintendo Co.’s rival Wii console, video game magazine publisher Enterbrain said on Tuesday. Enterbrain said Nintendo sold 989,118 Wii units despite a launch date about [...]

