Nintendo's official announcement about the NPD numbers and claim Wii for the home system with the most new titles per month.

DID YOU KNOW? NINTENDO MOMENTUM PAYS NO HEED TO INDUSTRY PRICING SHIFTS

Aug. 23, 2007

Wii™ emerged as the month’s best-selling video game system of any type in the United States and achieved its highest weekly sales rates since December, despite pricing shifts in the industry,... Read more...

Nintendo tells the stories of families that play Wii together.

Beyond the usual anecdotal stories, evidence, and market sales data, is there really any truth to Wii expanding the video game market? Well Nintendo and their new website, mywiistory.com say yes, it is true. Mywiistory.com is a website that collects and chronicles the stories of everyday families... Read more...

The DS had another strong month. Get this, though: The Wii did even better. Way better.

Before getting to this month's numbers, let's review the figures for last month:

June 2007 Hardware Sales (five weeks)

Nintendo DS - 561k

Wii - 382k

PlayStation 2 - 270k

PlayStation Portable - 230k

Xbox 360 - 198k

Game Boy Advance - 113k

PlayStation 3 - 98k

As noted, the June... Read more...

Even when considering the absence of Brawl, Battalion Wars II, and Mario Kart Wii, you should click to get a tour of Nintendo's booth. UPDATED: Now with videos.

While Nintendo chose not to hold an actual press conference, they did invite members of the press for an extensive collective booth tour. Nothing groundbreaking was ever revealed, and no new games were shown. Instead, Nintendo faithfully relied on Super Mario Galaxy, Wii Fit, as well as a bunch of non-games for Nintendo DS to wow the crowd. Based on the general press reaction, they succeeded.

If you like the Cranium party games, this December you'll be playing a Wii version tailored to your country.

Ubisoft and Cranium, Inc. Unveil Cranium Kabookii Video Game for Wii

Wildly Popular Game Brand Makes Its Interactive Debut in December

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced an agreement with Cranium, Inc., five-time Toy... Read more...

October just got even more expensive.

COMPLETE A NEW ZELDA ADVENTURE ON THE MOVE!

Link makes his debut on the Nintendo DS and is fully touch screen controlled!

22nd August 2007 - Get ready for an iconic debut as Link and the world famous Legend of Zelda series, makes its very first appearance on the Nintendo DS! Retaining the... Read more...

Corruption sets in on 26th October.

FINAL CORRUPTION: THE RETURN OF SAMUS ARAN!

Complete The Trilogy As Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Debuts On Wii

22nd August 2007, The final installment to the stellar Metroid Prime series is close on the horizon! Step into the shoes of the legendary bounty hunter, Samus Aran, this time with... Read more...

Konami's renowned series finally gets the Wii treatment... next year.

Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH to bring best-selling Pro Evolution Soccer series to Wii

Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced it will be bringing its multi-million-selling Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) series to Nintendo Wii™, with a bespoke version of the game being developed for the system for release in 2008.

DK's simian pal is the newest Smash Bros. fighter.

First appearing in the Rare-developed platformer, Donkey Kong Country, thirteen years ago, Diddy Kong has recently appeared in the Donkey Konga series, Diddy Kong Racing DS, and several Mario spin-off games. Though conspicuously absent as even a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee, DK's buddy now enters the arena as the latest fighter to be unveiled for Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Nintendo of Europe will distribute Zack & Wiki and Ace Attorney Apollo Justice in Europe.

NEW GEM ADDED TO WII'S CHRISTMAS TREASURE CHEST

Nintendo of Europe to distribute Zack & WikiTM: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure for Wii

21st August 2007 – Puzzle fans are in for a treat this Christmas with Zack & Wiki™: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure, a quirky and innovative title that... Read more...

Today's update sheds some new light on the game's adventure mode.

Though we know a bit about Super Smash Bros. Adventure Mode, The Subspace Emissary, it's still unclear exactly who the antagonists are, and what their motives might be. Today's update gives us a couple of answers, though.

The Subspace Army (the strange, rag-doll looking creatures from an earlier... Read more...

MTV Networks wants more from the games industry, and will spend over $500 million over the next two years to do so.

In part due to growth of its current gaming properties and an increase of traffic in its various casual games web sites, the music television giant and its networks want to expand their collective presence and grab a larger piece of the gaming industry pie. To do this, MTV has announced that it will be investing more than $500 million in games over the next two years.

Stick stick stick stick stick stick stick...

This week was an interesting one. Two characters were announced, one of which was brand new and surprising. A new mode was showcased that has several fans up in arms. Read on to get the details.

New Character: Pokemon TrainerAs reported earlier, Pokemon Trainer will be playable in Brawl. ... Read more...

Nous apporterons une contribution et écrirons une partie de cet article dans la langue française!

Quebec is the part of Canada where French is the dominant and preferred language, despite the fact that the country is officially bilingual in French and English. However, reports state that only 40% of top games released in Quebec are available in the more romantic language.

That's going to... Read more...

Tight supply of (other) key Wii parts is blamed for the scheduling push-back.

Because of the high demand and not-as-high supply of components such as integrated circuit chips and PCBs (printed circuit boards), Nintendo has had to delay a ramp-up of Wii console production, originally scheduled for June of this year.

In Nintendo's Q2 2007 earnings report, the company had... Read more...

Nintendo needs to buy the parts for its money-printers from somewhere, after all.

Companies supplying the guts for the Wii remote and nunchuk are making some serious coin, thanks to the success of Nintendo's oddball console.

The accelerometers found inside the controller halves are produced by Analog Devices in America and STMicroelectronics in Europe. The two companies are... Read more...

Click here to see what's shakin' on the forums!

Hey hey! This is the weekly feature where we shoot forum threads into your face!

Last week, we asked our forum posters if they were planning on buying Metroid Prime 3. Pretty much everyone who answered the poll said yes, despite a lot of great devil's advocates in the thread. Woot. Peruse the posts further down the page! Meanwhile...

Elves vs. Ninjas.

SEGA ANNOUNCES TWO NEW TITLES FOR THE Wii VIRTUAL CONSOLE

Two SEGA Genesis Classics Coming Soon to the Wii Shop Channel

SAN FRANCISCO (August 16, 2007) – SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced that two titles from its SEGA Genesis™ library, Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master™... Read more...

Nintendo issues a reminder that yes, Samus is coming to the Wii on August 27.

DID YOU KNOW? NINTENDO'S 'MONTH OF METROID' BUILDS TO AWAITED METROID PRIME 3: CORRUPTION LAUNCH

Last week, Wii™ owners who have their systems connected to WiiConnect24™ were greeted by an ethereal blue glow alerting them Nintendo's Month of Metroid had begun. The WiiWare™ section of the... Read more...

With such a small system, maybe they should go for Ukelele Hero instead...

In a recent interview with C|Net, Red Octane co-founder and COO Charles Huang has revealed that a Nintendo DS version of the mega-huge Guitar Hero franchise is currently in development.

We are working on that. We're exploring a lot of things. We're hoping to really bring the experience to the... Read more...