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Following NPD’s games industry report for North America in February , Nintendo and Sony have responded in bullish fashion and spoken positively about the year ahead. Nintendo, whose DS and Wii were the clear hardware leaders for the month selling over a million between them, said in a statement: Our …

WiiWare Week: Independent developers reveal format-holder's strategy to boost digital download support

Nintendo of Japan has revealed the launch line-up for the country’s introduction of WiiWare. Games spun from staple franchises Final Fantasy, Pokemon and Mario will be available from the launch day, which is March 25th, along with a number of shorter casual games. For the full story, head over to …

WiiWare Week: Nine games available when digital distribution channel arrives at the end of the month

Chief executive of THQ Brian Farrell has predicted that Sony and Microsoft can still catch Nintendo in the next-gen console sales battle. Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference, Farrell said he expects the PS3 and Xbox 360 sales to increase as both platform holders drop their price, reports Kotaku. …

Next-gen.biz has revealed that current chart topper Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games has sold five million copies worldwide – but Sega of America COO and president Simon Jeffery has said that Sega won’t be rushing into another Mario and Sonic title. "Getting Mario and Sonic together in the …

In-game cheats specialist Datel has released a Wii version of its Freeloader software that will allow owners of the console to play games from a different global region. The software follows on from Datel’s successful GameCube product, which became a big hit with importers owing to the often long delays …

Capcom is readying Resident Evil 0 for Wii, according to Famitsu. The game is to use full Wii Remote controls, and follows in the footsteps of last year’s successful Resident Evil 4. Resident Evil 0 was previously released for Nintendo’s GameCube and was later re-visited in the recent Resident Evil: …

Nintendo has given an official price to its much-anticipated Wii Fit: 69.99 in the UK and €89.99 in wider Europe. The title – which will released on Friday, April 25th – contains software and Nintendo’s innovative Balance Board. According to Eurogamer, Nintendo announced the price of the product just minutes …

Nintendo has revealed at GDC that its online service Nintendo WiFi Connection will soon grow with a subscription and payment-based ‘Pay & Play’ extension. Nintendo’s Takashi Aoyama explained that players will use Wii points to pay for content and services online. To read the full story, head over to sister …