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Very few specifics are known about Nintendo’s 3DS, the new handheld it will unveil next week. We know it will boast a glasses-free 3D display, and be backwards compatible with the old DS software – but Nintendo is keeping back many details until its E3 press conference next week. However …

The drop in trade price on the Nintendo DSi confirmed by Nintendo yesterday should see the handheld sell for around 119.99 going forwards. Unlike its competitors, Nintendo does not set RRPs for its products, meaning retailers are free to sell the machine for any price they see fit. However, from …

The drop in trade price on the Nintendo DSi confirmed by Nintendo yesterday should see the handheld sell for around 119.99 going forwards. Unlike its competitors, Nintendo does not set RRPs for its products, meaning retailers are free to sell the machine for any price they see fit. However, from …

As revealed by MCV this morning, Nintendo has followed the price cuts announced for the DS in Japan earlier today by confirming that the trade price of the handheld console is Europe is also set to drop. In the UK Nintendo will be reducing the trade price of Nintendo DSi …

World Cup fever will provide retailers with a sales boost this summer with Exspect’s range of England gaming accessories. The company has scored rights to England’s official branding after reaching a partnership with Digital Goals. Exspect will release a wave of ‘three lions’ skins hit retail for the Nintendo DSi, …

As part of NPD’s US market stats last week, it has been revealed that Nintendo’s DSi XL sold 141k units in March, Gamasutra reports. Note, too, that the machine was not launched until March 28th, meaning that that number was sold in just four days. Total DS sales for March, …

Nintendo has squashed any doubts that its 3DS handheld is just an extension of the current DS platform. In an interview with Bloomberg, Nintendo America’s president has described the new handheld – expected to hit the market by March 2011 – as the firm’s biggest launch since the original DS …

The announcement of the Nintendo 3DS could have damaged any chance the DSi XL had in the global market, one analyst has claimed. Speaking to CNBC, M2 Research analyst Billy Pigeon stated: Apparently, the Japanese press was all over it and talked with suppliers there and Nintendo just wanted to …

It has emerged that consumers hoping to upgrade from their existing DSi to the all-new super-sized DSi XL have no way of transferring over any existing DSiWare purchases stored on their old machines. The situation echoes that suffered by Sony when it unleashed its digital-only PSPgo, leaving owners of older …

After several weeks undisturbed at the top of the Japanese hardware charts, Sony’s PSP has finally been toppled – by none other than the PS3. Sony’s control at the top of the listings is perhaps as good a signifier as any of the changing times in the traditional video games …