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Following Wii Fit’s spectacular plummet from the All Formats Chart, Nintendo has told MCV that it is doing everything it can to resolve the game’s UK stock shortage. Accepting there was an issue, Nintendo told MCV: There are pockets of stock shortages in areas of the UK but we are …

Nintendo’s US senior director of product development Tom Prata has revealed there are about 100” games in development for the firm’s WiiWare service. According to Prata, the games are at various stages of completion”. He ruled out the introduction of a ‘try-before-you-buy’ trial demo system for each game. Speaking to …

The Japanese arm of Nintendo has confirmed the release dates of four upcoming big hitters – Fatal Frame IV, Super Mario Stadium Family Baseball, Zero and the previously unannounced Wario Land Shake. Tecmo’s Fatal Frame IV is the latest instalment in the unspeakably eerie survival horror series known as Project …

Nintendo’s phenomenal-selling Wii Fit has had the worst week of its existence in the UK – dropping all the way out of the ChartTrack/ELSPA All Formats top 40. The spectacular drop – likely due to stock issues at retail – has seen the game slide from second position last week, …

Nintendo development boss Shigeru Miyamoto has said he uses his imagination less in game creation than he did five years ago – leading to more ‘realistic’ software ideas. Talking to The New York Times, the man behind Donkey Kong, Mario and Wii said that he was flattered” by comparisons of …

Nintendo Japan has struck a deal with McDonalds for a browser branded with the restaurant’s logo available to DS users. The application connects to a page of McDonald’s news and also has links to current McDonald’s promotions and nutritional information. According to Siliconera, Nintendo will offer DS demos and a …

Nintendo has pulled out of this year’s Leipzig Games Convention. The platform holder said it wished the show all the best, but had chosen this year to concentrate on smaller, local events and national promotional tours. During the past months, the company has gained many positive experiences with smaller, local …

Around 50 million games were sold for Nintendo’s Wii during its first 18 months on the market, according to the platform holder. The figure would set a new record for software sales, beating the previous record holder, PS2, into second – and, according to Nintendo, doesn’t include copies of Wii …

Nintendo has claimed that the typical Wii gamer is as far removed from ‘casual’ as it gets – an adult male with an income of $50,000 or more a year. At the Electronic Gaming Summit in Napa, California, Nintendo of America’s executive VP of sales and marketing Cammie Dunaway told …

The market-leading handheld will receive a boost in a few weeks as three new SKUs and a high-profile new cooking title hit the shelves. Red, turquoise and green DS Lites will be launched on June 13th at around 99, while Japanese phenomenon Cooking Guide: Can’t Decide What To Eat? will …