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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has asserted that the platform holder is confident it can reach even more new, non-gaming audiences with Wii and DS. Speaking to Japanese site Yukan Fuji (as translated by IGN), Iwata said Nintendo was going to try new things” this year in order to ensure the …

Canadian studio XGen to make games for Nintendo's downloadable platform

WiiWare, Wii Fit and Wii Menu to go under the conference microscope

Nintendo of America has confirmed the appointment of two new faces at its new Californian office. Replacing former vice president of marketing and corporate affairs Perrin Kaplan will be Denise Kaigler (pictured), who joins following 16 years serving as Reebok’s head of global corporate communications and corporate citizenship. Kaigler has …

Dutch dev plans casual game for Nintendo's downloadable game service

After less than a month on sale in Nintendo’s homeland of Japan, the firm’s latest Wii outing Wii Fit has already sold a million units in the territory, Nikkei reports. The title comes bundled with what is known as a Wii Balance Board, a device on which players stand as …

Nintendo platforms took five of the top ten places in both the Spanish and German charts in the week ending December 30th, reported Next Gen . Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii topped the German charts, while More Brain Training on the DS came top of the pack in Spain. …

What price have third party developers had to pay for Nintendo's success?

Nintendo boss unconvinced that overly sophisticated games will grow 'gamer population'

Nintendo’s Wii was awarded the console 2007 Customer’s Choice Award, collated by independent review publisher Reevoo . The scores for the next gen consoles were extrapolated from customer reviews, and put the Wii on top overall with 8.78 out of 10, the PS3 second with 8.25 out of 10 and …