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Nintendo is plotting an aggressive Spanish marketing campaign in Latin America to boost sales of its hardware. The promotional assault will most like happen before Christmas and will focus on sports and fitness games. The platform holder believes the territory’s video game market could be worth up to $2 billion …

Nintendo has returned to the top of the charts with Wii Fit as the platform holder continues to rack up huge summer sales with Maro Kart Wii at three, Wii Play at five and Brain Training at ten. Last week’s top seller Soul Calibur IV’s sales have dropped 24 per …

Just weeks after Nintendo lifted the lid on its hardware-based accuracy boost for its WiiMote , the company behind the add-on has stated that Nintendo has not exclusively licensed the technology. InvenSense’s Joe Virginia told Eurogamer that: Of course we’re incredibly pleased – delighted would probably be a better adjective …

UK broadsheet The Times is reporting that Nintendo has ‘banned’ its legendary development guru Shigeru Miyamoto from discussing his hobbies with the outside world as the firm fears such talk may offer an insight into what he has planned next for the company. Apparently, titles such as Brain Training, Wii …

Nintendo fans rejoice – the next addition to the Japanese company’s family of home consoles may be here sooner than you think. The platform holder’s president Satoru Iwata has admitted that the firm is hard at work on a follow-up to the all-conquering, motion-sensing system. However, Iwata added that current …

Iwata admits follow-up to next-gen system is â??being worked onâ??

Nintendo has a history of refining its hardware offerings, and leading games analyst Michael Pachter has, on the back of the firm’s strong financials , predicted that the platform holder’s world-conquering DS could see its third incarnation hit retail before the year is out. "We think that the timing of …

Nintendo could topple Sony’s 13-year stint as the world’s biggest platform holder if Wii and DS hit their sales targets, says a report in The Times . Following the two platform holders’ financial announcements this week, the Times report reads: Though currently riding high on continuing strong sales of the …

Nintendo’s net income has risen 34 per cent for the quarter ending June 30th, driven by the success of Wii hardware and software. Net income reached 107.2 billion yen ($99 million) for the quarter, up from 80.3 billion yen the previous year, whilst operating profit rose 32 percent to 119.2 …

Nintendo of Japan has filed lawsuits against five Japanese firms who have been importing and selling equipment that allows illegal games to be played on the Nintendo DS – such as the popular R4 cards. According to Reuters, Nintendo and 54 other Japanese software companies filed the lawsuit earlier today …