Here's the best part: It's free to download from launch until the end of next June!

Opera releases details on its browser for Nintendo’s Wii console

Oslo, Norway - September 26, 2006 - Opera Software today announced details on its browser for Nintendo’s soon-to-be released game console, Wii. Opera’s full Web browser is available for download from the "Wii Shop Channel". Nintendo has stated that they will offer Opera free of charge as a temporary promotion for all Wii users until June 2007.

Wii takes its place alongside 10th anniversary Tickle Me Elmo doll; Nintendo fanboys riot.

Toys "R" Us has added Wii to its list of hot toys for the 2006 holiday season. Wii will be the first video game console to make the annual list. Besides the obvious criterion of appealing to a younger audience, Wii will also meet the criterion of being available in sufficient quantities, something that newly launching consoles generally fail to do.

If I were you, I would think strongly about regarding this as a fact.

NARUTO MANIA IS ABOUT TO DOUBLE!

TOMY AND D3PUBLISHER OF AMERICA ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF NARUTO™: CLASH OF NINJA™ 2 - BELIEVE IT!

Next up - NARUTO™: Ninja Council™ 2 For Game Boy® Advance October 10th!

LOS ANGELES – September 26, 2006 – Twice the size of the first game... Read more...

Nintendo's Canadian brass says North America is getting a seven-figure shipment on November 19.

The Mackenzie Financial Corporation is a typical investment firm located north of the border. The company posted a news story about the (Canadian) Wii launch at the same time the official Canada launch details press release hit the wire. They even had quotes from Nintendo Canada's VP and GM, Ron Bertram--the same Rom Bertram quoted in the Nintendo PR. What's the big deal, then?

You may be a king or a lowly street sweeper, but sooner or later, you dance with the reaper.

MIDWAY BATTLES ITS WAY INTO RETAIL WITH RELEASE OF

THE GRIM ADVENTURES OF BILLY & MANDY™ VIDEO GAME

One of Cartoon Network's Top–Rated Shows Comes to Game Systems

Chicago – September 25, 2006 – Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), a leading interactive entertainment industry publisher... Read more...

Preschool edutainment comes comes to Game Boy Advance.

'Disney's Little Einsteins' Rockets to Stores

Video Game Based on Hit Television Series Now Available for Preschoolers and Parents on Game Boy Advance

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2006--Buena Vista Games, Inc. (BVG), the interactive entertainment affiliate of The Walt Disney... Read more...

Two new DS games coming in November.

BOOST YOUR BRAIN POWER!

MAJESCO ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES TWO NEW BRAIN STIMULATION GAMES

Dr. Makoto Shichida's 'Right Brain Development Theory' Foundation for 'Brain Boost: Beta Wave' and 'Brain Boost: Gamma Wave'

Edison, N.J., September 21st, 2006 - Want to improve your basic thinking

Find out about Jack Carver's first Nintendo appearance.

UBISOFT OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES TITLE AND FIRST DETAILS OF NEW FAR CRY® GAME FOR Wii™

Award-Winning Far Cry Franchise Debuts on a Nintendo Console with Far Cry® Vengeance

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- September 21, 2006 -- Today, Ubisoft officially announced the title and details for its upcoming... Read more...

Wabbit Season? Duck Season? Nope, it's Open Season!

UBISOFT DECLARES OPEN SEASON™: VIDEO GAME BASED ON SONY PICTURES ANIMATION'S FIRST FEATURE-LENGHTH CG ANIMATED FILM, HITS RETAIL THIS WEEK

The World of Open Season is Brought to Life in a Hilarious, Wild and Crazy Thrill Ride of a Video Game!

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- September 18, 2006 --... Read more...

Blue for the Nintendo DS, and Red for the Game Boy Advance.

Become a Pokemon for the First Time in Nintendo's New Pokemon Mystery Dungeon

Players Chat and Make Friends With More Than 380 Other Pokemon

REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Pokemon® fans have dreamed of this moment, and now Nintendo is making it a reality. Starting Sept. 20, players... Read more...

European DS sales hit the six million mark.

European Sales of the Nintendo DS reach 6 million

15th September 2006 – The Nintendo DS hit the shelves back in March 2005 and has now gone on to conquer the handheld market in Europe, with a staggering 6 million consoles sold and a series of hit games from Nintendo’s Touch! Generations range ensuring that this success continues.

Iwata turns the tables and talks to members of the team that created the Wii, inside and out.

The Wii section of Nintendo.com has posted a translated version of a very interesting interview with the troupe of NCL employees responsible for the design choices made for Wii. Interesting, in both the contents of the interview, and the interviewer himself.

Satoru Iwata, President of All Things... Read more...

Wii titles are most likely to be playable on consoles worldwide, Nintendo's own included.

Games writer, friend to PGC and heavy drinker Chris Kohler is reporting on his Wired Games Blog that the Wii console, like the Nintendo DS, will be able to play games from any region of the world.

The report implies that region protection can still be put in place by publishers if they so desire, but Nintendo's own games won't be locked to a specific country.

View videos of the news, weather, and Mii channels.

As Nintendo holds press conferences in multiple regions today, each region is progressively seeing its native language receive an update at www.wii.com. Following the US press conference in New York the English language version of the site has been updated.

The content is familiar between all... Read more...

Get the blow-by-blow account of what went down at the U.S. Wii Preview event!

10:10AM Strange in game advertising question. Nintendo is looking into it but it doesn't really follow what Reggie thinks they are going for.

10:09AM Pokemon Battle Revolution first Online title IN JAPAN at Japanese launch. US launch to follow sometime later.

10:07AM I asked about Metroid... Read more...

Sixteen games are going to be along side the console in Japan on December 12, with ten more coming before the end of the month.

From what we can gather from this list on NCL's webpage, here's the list of titles Wii slated for launch day in Japan:

- Trauma Center: Second Opinion - Atlus

- Elebits - Konami

- Unknown game - Success

- Necro-Nesia - Spike

- Super Monkey Ball - Sega

- Swing Golf Pangya - Tecmo

- Wing Island - Hudson

YanYan and Doctor join the fun.

SEGA'S 'SUPER MONKEY BALL BANANA BLITZ' TO FEATURE TWO NEW CHARACTERS

AiAi is Joined by Two New Friends for his Super Monkey Ball Debut on Nintendo's Wii Console

SAN FRANCISCO (September 13th, 2006) – SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced two new characters for Super Monkey Ball™... Read more...

The news on US price, date, and more has already hit the papers.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer has already posted details from The New York Times regarding the Wii announcement to be made later today.

Wii is set to launch in North and South America on November 19th, at a price of $250. By year end, twenty-five to thirty games are slated to be released, and Nintendo plans to ship 4 million consoles worldwide.

A new IP and a Final Fantasy XII spin-off are coming to DS.

The newest issue of Shounen Jump in Japan has revealed two new DS RPGs.

The first is a new IP from the Kingdom Hearts staff, called It's a Wonderful World. The title appears to take place in an urban Japanese setting, but with tons of monsters in the streets. It appears that battles take... Read more...

Seven of them are listed with ratings on the ESRB site, so it seems likely.

The ESRB's website has been updated with ratings for a few Wii games, mostly from publishers like Ubisoft and Midway. Most interesting among the list was a group of seven games published by Sega that are (for the moment) Wii-exclusive titles.

The list of games might sound familiar. Ecco The... Read more...