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DateJan 31, 2006
Resident Evil 4 Achieves Player’s Choice Status

Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced its critically acclaimed survival horror masterpiece, Resident Evil 4, has been awarded inclusion into Nintendo’s Player’s Choice program for the Nintendo GameCube. The game will be relaunched with new packaging at a suggested retail price of $19.99. In addition to this recent achievement, [...]

DateJan 30, 2006
Time For Some Brain Training

After decades of exercising players’ thumbs, Nintendo is now moving to their minds. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day for Nintendo DS will help players flex their mental muscles. Brain Age represents the first in a series of U.S. brain-training titles that already have taken Japan by storm. Brain exercise has been [...]

DateJan 26, 2006
Nintendo Announces the DS Lite

The long rumored redesigned DS has finally been revealed by Nintendo of Japan today. Here’s what we know so far: • Nintendo is planning to launch the DS Lite in Japan on March 2, 2006 • Priced at 16,800 Yen, 1,800 Yen more expensive than the original • More than 20 percent lighter and two-thirds [...]

DateJan 21, 2006
Nintendo Shares Rise 7.7 Percent

“Shares of Nintendo rose 7.7 percent on the Osaka Securities Exchange today. This comes off of Reggie Fils-Aime’s interview confirmation that the Revolution “will cost less than $300,” and will go on sale before Thanksgiving in November. “From the article: “Nintendo’s market share has narrowed to about 14 percent for its existing GameCube console as [...]

DateJan 21, 2006
Sonic Rumored for Revolution

“Sources close to SEGA have told IGN Revolution that the developer is working on a new entry into the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise for Nintendo’s next generation console. The title, purportedly developed by a “top-tier” SEGA team led by Yuji Naka, will not be a port of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game tentatively [...]

DateJan 21, 2006
Revolution Release by Thanksgiving, Says Iwata

“Nintendo president Satoru Iwata tells Japanese newspaper the next-gen console will be in US homes for the holidays. “To date, Nintendo has been rather stingy with details about its next-generation console, the Revolution. So far, the Kyoto-based game giant has only unveiled a mock-up of the console and its new controller. It has also vaguely [...]

DateJan 21, 2006
Resident Evil DS Producer Speaks on Revolution

“Speaking with Jeux-France, Minoru Nakai, producer for the Resident Evil remake on the Nintendo DS, revealed that he is involved in a project for Nintendo’s next-generation console, code-named the Nintendo Revolution. Nakai let slip that he is interested in the Revolution’s controller, and even though he thinks its functionality could provide a nice evolution to [...]

DateJan 21, 2006
Dollars for Bells, Buy Animal Crossing Currency

“Short on bells? Portable Gaming Currency has got you covered, and they’ll get you back to digital purchasing lickity split. It’ll cost you though as bells can be traded for dollars through their online PayPal store. From the site: “There are two ways to obtain currency through us. The first is to click the Store [...]

DateJan 21, 2006
USA Today on Nintendo’s “Solid” DS Lineup

“One year and more than 13 million units later, Nintendo remains the king of the hand-held gaming market with its acclaimed Nintendo DS device, ahead of Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) at just over 10 million units sold. While the $129 Nintendo DS doesn’t support digital music, movies and photos as with the pricier PSP ($249), [...]

DateJan 16, 2006
No Re-designed DS, Yet

Nintendo of Europe has told GamesIndustry.biz that there are no plans to unveil a redesigned version of the multi-million selling Nintendo DS handheld this week, despite rumours to the contrary. Reports of a redesign began to emerge after online retailer Lik-Sang said Nintendo was planning to unveil the new unit at a press conference in [...]