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Those who have been searching for an elusive Wii console in the run-up to Christmas will be all too familiar with some retailer’s tendency to only sell the console in expensive bundles, but Nintendo of America’s president Reggie Fils-Aime has hit out at the practise. Speaking to news agency Reuters, …

It seems that the only thing pegging back Nintendo’s remarkable sales achievements at the moment is its ability to get hardware on the High Street – but that hasn’t stopped the DS Lite smashing the UK weekly hardware sales record that it had set only the week before. in the …

With only a week to go until the official UK Christmas number one video game champion is crowned, Sega’s Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games maintains its place at the top of the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 – but its rivals aren’t giving up the fight. Only 2,500 …

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Tokyo and Florida bases set to aid expansion of portfolio

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A listing on US retailer GameStop’s website suggests that PSP title Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters will be making a budget-priced jump to Sony’s PS2 in North America next February, Joystiq reports. There’s no official word on the port yet, though the site claims it will cost 29.99 and arrive …