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Nintendo’s Wii Sports Resort has sold one million units across Europe. The game has also exceeded one million sales in Japan and the US, bringing worldwide sales to over three million units. Wii Sports Resort is the sequel to Wii Sports, and comes bundled with Nintendo’s new MotionPlus accessories. Excluding …
Read More »Nintendo topples Mattel in toy market
Whilst we’re all aware of Nintendo’s lofty achievements in the video games sector, the Japanese gaming specialist is making major progress in other industries too and has now been named the leader of the global toys and games market. A new report from CompaniesAndMarkets, as spotted by Spong, claims: Video …
Read More »Nintendo in new bid to rival Apps/Minis
The firm is expected to make indie-friendly royalty rates for DSiWare games
Read More »Blitz calls for 360 and Wii price cuts
UK indie dev welcomes Sonyâ??s long-awaited price drop
Read More »Nintendo toys get UK distribution
Hive Entertainment has signed a deal with Together Plus to distribute its range of Nintendo toys and stationary into the UK market. Products in Together Plus’ range includes a Mario Bros. chess set, Mario Kart and Mario Galaxy branded stationary as well as mugs, figures and key rings. We are …
Read More »No bundle plans for Wii Sports Resort
Nintendo has no intention of replacing Wii Sports with Wii Sports Resort in the standard Wii bundle. Speaking to Toronto Thumbs, Nintendo of Canada’s senior supervisor of communication and advertising said: The long-term plan is difficult to say, but I can tell you there are no plans to make Wii …
Read More »Xbox 360 boasts most active users
New numbers from analyst firm Nielsen Games suggest that the Xbox 360 currently boasts the most active user base of any home console, with 11.5 per cent of those owning the console in North America playing games on a regular basis. The news isn’t so rosy for Wii, however, with …
Read More »US: DSi breaks sales records
Nintendo of America has revealed that the DSi, its third iteration of its twin-screened handheld hit, sold 1.7m units in its first three months on sale in North America – the best performance from a Nintendo machine in recent times. The original DS sold just under 1.38m in the same …
Read More »Carmack: PS4 will be first to market
John Carmack, technical director at id Software, has predicted that Sony will be the first platform holder to make a move into the next generation of gaming hardware – though he doesn’t expect any new machines to be announced in the near future. The whole jockeying for who’s going to …
Read More »Iwata: New games will sell 10m each
Having admitted that both Wii Music and Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The City have both underperformed at retail, Nintendo president Saturo Iwata has predicted big things for its upcoming Wii line-up. I believe that Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit Plus and New Super Mario Bros Wii all have the …
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