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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Shortages tend to plague hot new gadgets as manufacturing and distribution challenges make it hard to immediately satisfy demand, and this year is shaping up to be no different. So, even though gamers are a-flutter over the brand new consoles, machines already in the market could be the season’s best sellers if [...]

Elizabeth Millard, newsfactor.com So far, it appears that Nintendo will have the edge with its new Wii system, which will be shipping in November. Major games retailer GameStop noted that preorders of the Wii system exhausted its limited quota in just a few hours. Nintendo intends to ship at least four million units worldwide, the [...]

In a recent conference with a few Japanese retailers, Nintendo announced a number of new titles for both Wii and DS, while offering some launch windows and game estimates. – Wii Compact Software was announced for Q1 2007. Few details were given, but it appears to be some form of downloadable software. – Health Pack [...]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nintendo Co. on Tuesday raised its 2006/07 net profit forecast by 20.5 percent, beating market expectations, thanks to strong sales of its DS hand-held video game player and a weaker-than-expected yen. The company lifted its sales forecast for the Nintendo DS device by 18 percent and said the revision also includes [...]

Play some great adventures for a fantastic price! Five best-selling Game Boy Advance games are now available as Player’s Choice titles for your Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance systems. Now gamers can grab Pokémon FireRed, Pokémon LeafGreen, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Mario Kart: Super Circuit and Super Mario World: [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Wii’s inclusion in the list comes as electronics play an increasingly prominent role in children’s toys. Other hot toys chosen by Toys “R” Us include Fisher-Price’s digital camera for children ages 3-years-old and up, and Hasbro’s Inc.’s Designer’s World, a plug-and-play TV game from its Tiger Games division that lets girls design [...]

TOKYO–The Wii goes on sale in Japan on December 2, a few weeks after the November 11 launch of Sony Computer Entertainment’s PlayStation 3 console. The Nintendo console is expected to go on sale in the United States on November 19. The PlayStation 3, which is expected to go on sale in Japan on November [...]

During a recent interview with MTV, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime described how Nintendo is trying to enlist as many Third Party development houses as possible. Of the companies mentioned, the discussion regarding Take Two should prove to be the most interesting for Nintendo fans. As any monkey with a joypad will tell you, [...]

Since the launch of the Nintendo 64, Nintendo’s consoles have come with four-player support as standard, and games have been expected to utilise this. In the past, gamers have been more than satisfied. Now, there is concern that Wii will not follow the trend. Of the nine first-party titles in the launch line-up, only two [...]

In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata compared the company’s aim to widen gaming demographics to selling male make-up. “We want to appeal to mothers who don’t want consoles in their living rooms, and to the elderly and to young women. It’s a challenge, like trying to sell cosmetics to men. “If [...]

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