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MCV’s latest Recommended Extra supplement dedicated to Nintendo’s blossoming online strategy, and is now available to read online. Included is a guide to getting the Wii and DS online, a look to Nintendo’s range of online services and a run-down of the publisher’s marketing plans. You can flick through the …
Read More »RECOMMENDED EXTRA: Get Online with Wii and DS
MCV’s latest Recommended Extra supplement dedicated to Nintendo’s blossoming online strategy, and is now available to read online. Included is a guide to getting the Wii and DS online, a look to Nintendo’s range of online services and a run-down of the publisher’s marketing plans. You can flick through the …
Read More »Ubisoft halves Red Steel 2 forecast
The faith publishers put in core games on Wii is once again under strain with news that Ubisoft has drastically downsized its sales expectations for the upcoming Red Steel 2 on Wii. The move comes in the wake of a lowering of Ubisoft’s overall financial forecasts last week. On Red …
Read More »Online retailers price DSi XL at £150
Several online retailers have listed the upcoming Nintendo DSi XL for a price point of around 150. Leading e-tailers are already taking pre-orders for the handheld with GAME and Amazon charging 149.99. HMV and Play.com have both undercut the competition with prices of 149.94 and 195.95 respectively. The consensus seems …
Read More »NPD: Wii and DS back on top
The good times are back at Nintendo with the platform holder expressing its delight at smashing two hardware records in NPD’s December and 2009 North American video games market report. Wii’s 3.8m unit sales in December smashes the old single-month record while the DS and DSi combined sold 11.2m units …
Read More »NPD: Hardware sales records tumble
After what may well be looked upon as a troubled year by its own standards, Nintendo has emerged from 2009 buoyant thanks to news of record-breaking performances from the Wii and DS in North America. In December alone Wii sold an astonishing 3.8m units – just 400k short of the …
Read More »Trade faces ‘premium’ DSi XL price
The DSi XL will carry a slightly higher trade price than its predecessor DSi, MCV understands. There will be a slight premium on the Nintendo DSi XL trade price to retailers compared to the Nintendo DSi,” a Nintendo spokesperson told MCV on confirming that the device is to launch in …
Read More »Nintendo DSi XL to launch on March 5th
MCV can reveal that Nintendo will launch the DSi XL in Europe and the UK on March 5th. The fourth iteration follows in the footsteps of the original DS, the DS Lite and last year’s DSi. It features by far the largest screen ever seen on a Nintendo handheld (as …
Read More »Nintendo to focus on DSi brand this year
Nintendo intends to keep manufacturing the DS Lite alongside the DSi and new DSi XL – but the format-holder has told MCV that the industry should expect an increased emphasis on the online-connected DSi devices. Our current plans are to continue manufacturing Nintendo DS Lite globally,” a spokesperson explained. The …
Read More »MW2 tops 2009 UK chart
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been named as the best selling game of 2009 in the UK – despite not hitting the market until mid-November. The news comes from ELSPA and GfK-ChartTrack’s official 2009 Charts. Other successes included EA’s FIFA series, with FIFA 10 claiming second place in …
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