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Nintendo Sells Over a 1.75 Million Hardware Units in November

Submitted by on Wed, 12/12/2012 - 20:00
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Nintendo announced that Black Friday’s big sales and the release of the Wii U resulted in Nintendo selling over 1.75 million hardware units in the United States in November, according to the NPD Group. Around 910,000 units of portable hardware and more than 845,000 home console units make up the units sold.  This is the Continue Reading
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No Second Wii U Controller Needed

Submitted by on Sun, 19/06/2011 - 9:00
According to Engadget.com, the Wii U, which is Nintendo’s tablet form controller for the Wii,  raised a few questions from those in attendance at this years E3 video game conference.  Questions were posed such as what games would use the device and how much would a second controller cost?  The second controller would not cost Continue Reading
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Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 ToHave A Monthly Subscription Fee?

Submitted by on Tue, 31/05/2011 - 12:00
This rumor has been spreading like wild fire and it sounds like it is going to be true. Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 will feature a new service called Call Of Duty Elite.  Elite will allow customers to gain access too extra stat-tracking and downloadable map packs. The features of Elite are being described as Continue Reading
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Wii Price Drop – Wii 2 Coming Soon?

Submitted by on Wed, 20/04/2011 - 10:00
Rumors are heating up surrounding Nintendo’s motivation for a recent Wii price drop. Both the black and white consoles are now available at major retailers, including Best Buy, Target, Gamestop and Amazon, for $169.99 (a $30 savings). Considering these bundles include Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and the Wii MotionPlus Remote, it’s a pretty good Continue Reading
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Nintendo 3DS Un-boxing

Submitted by on Mon, 28/03/2011 - 10:00
I’ve finally been bitten by the Nintendo bug and decided I wanted one of the new 3DS handhelds. After watching all the promo videos and reading about the feature set, I needed one of these little buggers. Of course, I finally reached this conclusion Saturday, March 26th – just one day before the system went Continue Reading
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Love Nintendo 64? Love Android? Bring Them Together with N64oid

Submitted by on Tue, 08/03/2011 - 12:00
Developer yongsh has released N64oid, an N64 emulator app, on the Android Market for $5.99. The app’s description states you can “run most games smoothly at a reasonable speed (if not full speed) with sound,” assuming you have a relatively high-end Android device, such as the Nexus-S, Nexus-One, Droid, or Samsung Galaxy. To be clear, Continue Reading
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Nintendo Details 3DS Launch Line-up

Submitted by on Wed, 23/02/2011 - 13:00
In a press release issued yesterday, Nintendo revealed 18 3DS games that will be on store shelves the day the new handheld launches on March 27th. Nintendo of America President, Reggie Fils-Aime (aka “Big Reggie”), said in the release, “The real test of any system is whether the games and applications draw you in and Continue Reading
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Nintendo Third Quarter Financial Results Briefing

Submitted by on Thu, 10/02/2011 - 17:30
There’s a lot of financial data to sift through (obviously), but Nintendo’s Third Quarter Financial Results Briefing contains a ton of great insight into where the company is headed in 2011. It also offers some interesting tidbits about future games and the soon-to-be released Nintendo 3DS. A couple highlights regarding the upcoming handheld: The first Continue Reading
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