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Edinburgh Interactive has announced that Nintendo UK will once again be a major partner at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival. The event is due to take place on Wednesday, August 25th and Thursday, August 26th, and will feature conferences, screenings and game demonstrations from a range of publishers. Nintendo will be …
Read More »Amazing reviews for Super Mario Galaxy 2
Having hit US retail yesterday and well on track for its UK debut on July 11th, Nintendo’s Wii platform title Super Mario Galaxy 2 is on target to possibly become the best reviewed game ever. At the moment that game currently boasts a 98 per cent rating on reviews aggregation …
Read More »Encore for Nordic Games We Sing
Nordic Games will fight to top the Wii karaoke market this summer with We Sing Encore. The game features 40 new songs that span rock, pop, rap and R&B, from artists such as Coldplay, Black Eyed Peas, Elton John, Lady GaGa and more. Encore is due for launch around the same …
Read More »Nintendo predicts record Mario launch
Super Mario Galaxy 2 is expected to trump the success of all previous Mario titles. The game was first announced at E3 last year but it is only in recent months that demand has begun to rise as details on Galaxy 2 emerge – and Nintendo believes this momentum will …
Read More »3DS going widescreen?
Pictures emerging from the US Federal Communications Commission are reportedly of a test version of the new 3DS handheld from Nintendo. The submission, which includes a picture of the kit, is for wi-fi testing purposes. Though there’s nothing to directly suggest that the filing isn’t related to the current DS, …
Read More »Nintendo tests 3DS hardware?
Images of unidentified Nintendo console testing platform circulate the web
Read More »EEDAR: â??E3 2010 needs to be impressiveâ??
Industry research firm talk-up the importance of US conference in difficult market climate
Read More »DS homing in on PS2 record
It may be suffering a little cramp as it races down the closing straight, but Nintendo’s DS handheld now seems well on track to steal gaming’s most cherished sales record. Sony’s PlayStation 2 currently stands as the world’s most popular console, with total global sales estimated at around 135m units. …
Read More »NPD: DS sales fall 600k year-on-year
At first glance it might seem as if Nintendo’s hardware was the star performer in the somewhat disappointing US April video games market, but a quick look back to this time last year paints a far from happy picture for the Kyoto firm. The headline figures show that Nintendo enjoyed …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Super Mario Galaxy 2
Click here to access the RETAIL BIZ Previews section, where you’ll find the definitive guide to some of the most promising titles due to arrive on shelves in the next few months. This week, we venture into space with Nintendo’s Super Mario Galaxy 2, the highly anticipated sequel to the …
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