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Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus may have been just the ninth-bestselling game in the UK last week – but while it didn’t come close to toppling Black Ops from No.1, it scored a small victory outside of the All Formats chart. The fitness game made it to the top of the …
Read More »3DS carts have 8GB capacity
Taiwan tech firm Macronix has been drafted in to manufacture the cartridges for Nintendo’s 3DS, consumer blog Kotaku reports. Furthermore, the site claims that the cartridges will boast a capacity of 8GB – putting them firmly in Xbox 360 territory when it comes to the amount of data that a …
Read More »EA: Nintendo needs to offer Apple-like support
EA boss John Riccitiello reckons Nintendo needs to take a leaf out of Apple’s book when it comes to third-party support. The publisher’s CEO cited the iPad manufacturer as a prime example of how a platform holder should help external publishers and claimed Nintendo is too focused on its own …
Read More »Riccitiello: $99 Wii would explode Nintendos sales
John Riccitiello has come up with a solution to Nintendo’s falling profits: cut the price of the Wii to just $99. The Electronic Arts CEO believes that such a price point would help the platform holder’s sales explode” at retail, according to Industry Gamers. He also claims this would keep …
Read More »Euro 3DS announcement next month
Platform holder Nintendo will reveal its launch plans for new handheld the 3DS at a media event in Amsterdam on January 19th, MCV believes. Invites for the still mysterious gathering have been sent out to the press this morning. It’s expected that details will include a firm launch date and …
Read More »Prices dropped for MCV Awards 2011
The biggest night on the trade calendar returns on April 7th, but will be cheaper to attend. Table prices have been cut by up to 200, whilst individual seats have also been cut by 20. The MCV Industry Excellence Awards moves into its ninth year in 2011 and will take …
Read More »Nintendo staff ‘given £11,000 each in bonus pay’
Average annual bonus pay at £23,000 for the Japanese firm, reports suggest
Read More »Buy Donkey Kong with bananas
Good news for those who have been finding the expense of Q4 a bit much – GAME and GameStation are offering a special deal on Wii title Donkey Kong Country Returns that shouldn’t be missed. The first 20 people in line to buy Nintendo’s new game at either GAME’s Oxford …
Read More »Nintendo can liberate Iran
Novelist Salman Rushdie has said that Iran can be liberated” by dropping Nintendo consoles and Big Macs from the sky. The author – known for his controversial 1988 book The Satanic Verses – made the comments in an interview with Big Think, as reported by Game Informer. If you look …
Read More »JAPAN: Mario Bros Wii sells 4m units
New Super Mario Bros Wii has become the first Wii game to sell 4m copies in Japan. The latest sales results show that 4,001,276 units have been sold since the game first hit Japanese stores on December 3rd, 2009. Famitsu.com reported the sales milestone today which was picked up by …
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