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DateJul 26, 2006
Nintendo Reveals 4th Quarter Release Schedule

The fourth quarter of 2006 will herald a new era for Nintendo with the launch of its remarkable new Wii home video game system. But that’s not what this news item is about! How could that be, you ask? Perhaps the secret to the launch information for Wii is somehow encoded in the text of [...]

DateJul 25, 2006
Suda51′s Wii Project Finally Revealed

So I could go on and on and describe the video to all of you, dedicated Nintendospin readers, but I won’t. Why you might ask? Well, why describe it when you can see it for yourselves? All I can say is that it will now probably have a spot in your top 3 most wanted [...]

DateJul 25, 2006
DS Worldwide Sales Reach 21 Million

Nintendo delivers on its promise to bring video gaming to the masses. In less than two years since its Nov. 21, 2004 launch, Nintendo has sold more than 21 million Nintendo DS systems worldwide. By comparison, Apple shipped one million of its ever- popular iPod music players in its first 19 months. The rate of [...]

DateJul 18, 2006
“New Super Mario Bros” top US video game in June

LOS ANGELES (Reuters)- The title, for the Nintendo DS portable player, is the latest version of the iconic game starring Italian plumber Mario and his brother Luigi. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.’s urban-action title “Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories” for Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 2 console debuted in the No. 2 spot, selling 400,000 units in [...]

DateJul 17, 2006
Get Your Hands On New Nintendo DS Games At Comic-Con

Comic Book and Video Game Fans Converge at Comic-Con To Play Upcoming Nintendo DS Games WHAT: Nintendo offers countless comic book and video game fans at the annual Comic-Con in San Diego a chance to try their hands at upcoming games for Nintendo DS, including Elite Beat Agents, Mario Hoops 3 on 3, Pokémon Mystery [...]

DateJul 16, 2006
Wii Controller secrets leaked

Games and Movies news site, IGN, has acquired official Wii developer documentation that sheds some light on the mysteries of the Wii controller. – The Wii-mote will be powered by two AA alkaline batteries. If the pointer is used for precision aim, the batteries are said to last up to 30 hours, while if only [...]

DateJul 13, 2006
EA announces six titles in development for Wii

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Electronic Arts on Thursday said it is developing six games for Nintendo’s upcoming Wii video game console, whose selling point is a motion-detecting controller that allows players to simulate swinging a bat, golf club or sword. EA, the world’s largest video game publisher, said its Wii development team is working on [...]

DateJul 10, 2006
Gunpey Coming To DS This Holiday Season

Leading video games publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. announced today that Gunpey for the PSP (PlayStation Portable) system and Nintendo DS is heading to retail holiday 2006. From the mind of game industry legend Gunpei Yokoi and Q Entertainment, comes Gunpey, an exciting, innovative and challenging puzzle game with dynamic music that [...]

DateJul 10, 2006
Settling on the DS

DS looks set to be home to a number of strategy franchises, and now another has joined the dual-screen family. Ubisoft announced recently that it is bringing early-90s sim The Settlers to Nintendo’s latest handheld. Orignally a 1993 PC title, The Settlers is a real-time strategy similar to the Age of Empires series, with a [...]

DateJul 10, 2006
DS Lite sells big (again)

The DS Lite continues to dominate the market. Enterbrain, publishers of Japan’s Famitsu magazine, has released sales statistics for the first half of this year (specifically December 26, 2005 to June 25, 2006). – The top three spots for hardware sales were held by handheld consoles. The DS Lite came in first, followed by the [...]