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Famitsu’s mid-year sales report for the video games industry in Japan has revealed success for Nintendo in both the software and hardware market. For the period covering December 28th 2009 to June 27th 2010 New Super Mario Bros emerged as the best selling game, with 1.4m units shifted, bringing its …

Platform holder Nintendo has announced a brand new sampling tour that will grace five major consumer expos between now and early 2011. Called Nintendo Unleashed, the campaign will offer the chance to get and early hands on with the likes of Metroid: Other M and Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of …

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is now scheduled for release on Wii early next year – so says the game’s producer. Nintendo previously dated the title with a loose window of 2011 during its official revealing at E3 last month. The basis we have now is very, very solid,” …

Nintendo has announced release dates for key titles new and old, all due to hit shelves in the next quarter. The platform holder once again confirmed Metroid: Other M will arrive on September 3rd, alongside the newly-announced Tetris Party Deluxe for Wii and DS, which brings new modes and multiplayer …

It’s a problem that has caused the DS market to collapse” and seen software sales drop by 50 per cent in Europe over recent months, but one publisher reckons Nintendo will finally thwart the pirates with its upcoming 3DS handheld. What excites me even more than 3DS games is that …

The Nintendo 3DS won’t change in appearance before it hits shelves next year, the publisher has confirmed. When asked whether the look of the 3DS will change before release, Nintendo’s veteran game producer Hideki Konno told Wired: You can take this as the final shape.” The first DS was initially …

The 3DS will mark the start of a new era for Nintendo’s digital distribution strategy, according to company president Satoru Iwata. During a recent investor session, Iwata claimed the new handheld’s launch will be good timing for a dramatic improvement of this situation”, according to Siliconera. In addition to the …

Successors to the Wii and Xbox 360 are more likely to arrive before the release of the PlayStation 4, according to a top Sony exec. Looking from the outside, it was Microsoft that released the first of this generation of consoles. Naturally, in my opinion, Microsoft will make the first …

Over a year on from the introduction of the controversial Change4Life campaign that infuriated the UK games industry by linking the playing of video games with premature death, the Government has confirmed that it is to withdraw all further funding for the project. Instead, Parliament intends to hand over funding …

DSi sales have leapt 40 per cent every week since Nintendo lowered the trade price last month. The drop in the handheld’s retail price to 129.99 is currently being promoted to consumers as part of a ‘Price Crash’ campaign. Since the adjustment in trade price has been passed on to …