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The Nintendo of Europe website has designated March 25, 2011 as the release date for the 3DS iteration of Paper Mario. This date lies near the end of the promised 3DS launch range, which ends with Nintendo's fiscal year on March 31, indicating that the game will either be a launch... Read more...

Capcom COO believes that Sony needs to release a new PSP in order to compete with Nintendo’s 3DS.

Capcom Europe COO and former Sony Computer Entertain of Europe president David Reeves told Gamesindustry.biz that Sony needs to respond to Nintendo’s 3DS quickly in order to stay in the handheld game, and that the follow up to the PSP needs to happen in the next 12 months for the sake of developers and publishers.

According to a new CEA study, interest in 3D gaming is widespread.

According to a new study by the Consumer Electronics Association, 64 percent of people interested in 3D gaming were avid gamers, while 35 percent of those interested were casual gamers. They also found that 31 percent of avid gamers said that they plan to buy a 3D enabled console within the next year,... Read more...

While the PSP is still the best selling system the Wii tops the PS3 in this week’s Media Create hardware charts.

Following Media Create’s software sales chart, they have released the hardware sales chart for the week of June 7 through June 13. The top selling console was Sony’s PSP, which sold 21,662 units. The top selling home console for the week, however, was the Wii at 20,588 units sold. For the first time in weeks the Wii has topped the PlayStation 3 in sales.

According to the NPD, American players spent over 15 billion dollars in gaming alone.

According to new research conducted by the NPD, United States consumers spent $15-$15.25 billion dollars on gaming. In that total, $4.5-$4.75 billion was generated by second hand games, rentals, subscriptions, digital content and mobile game apps.

“Our expanded estimate of consumer spending... Read more...

n-Space confirmed that there will be a DS version of GoldenEye, and it will be developed by them.

Activision announced a new GoldenEye game for Wii during Nintendo's press conference, and today, n-Space announced that they're working on the DS version.

"One parting announcement," n-Space said on their Facebook. "At E3 this year, Activision and Nintendo announced GoldenEye as a Wii exclusive. Not quite. We're happy to confirm that a DS version is in the works at n-Space. More on this next week!"

Satoru Iwata reveals a possible new feature to Nikkei.

In a recent Nikkei interview, Satoru Iwata elaborated on the planned uses of the 3DS' ability to automatically connect to nearby wireless access points and download information.

Similar to the newspaper subscriptions for Amazon's Kindle, one of the possible uses could be the automatic download of newspaper and magazine articles.

Yeah Cammie, whatever happened to the Vitality Sensor anyway?

Nintendo Executive Vice President of sales & marketing Cammie Dunaway had some interesting comments in an interview conducted by Gamasutra during E3. Here is a summary:

She revealed that Gaijin Games' Alex Neuse is "over the moon" with Nintendo 3DS and can't wait to do a Bit.Trip.Runner game on the system.

Show attendance was as expected, but that's a good thing.

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has released the attendance figures for E3 2010.

45,600 attendees came to the show from around the world, which is right in line with the ESA's 45,000-attendee estimate. There were roughly 300 exhibitors in the Los Angeles Convention Center, and retail participation in the show was up 20 percent.

The franchise director reveals some new details about the upcoming 3DS RPG.

Tetsuya Nomura, director of the Kingdom Hearts franchise, has stated that the upcoming Kingdom Hearts game for the Nintendo 3DS will not be a remake of any previously existing game in the series.

The game is most likely being developed by the same team behind Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep for PSP. The previous game in the series, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, was developed by h.a.n.d. and released on the Nintendo DS last year.

Nintendo and Monolith’s Wii-exclusive title sees a healthy debut, while Super Mario Galaxy 2 is still seeing good numbers.

The Media Create sales chart for the week of June 7 through the 13 places Nintendo and Monolith Software's Wii RPG Xenoblade at the top of the charts. The RPG title sold 83,000 copies in its debut week. The previous chart topper, Super Mario Galaxy 2, experienced its first drop since its May 27 debut in Japan. The game sold 73,000 copies, pushing it to the half-million mark (519,000 copies have been sold since launch).

Soccer and synthesizers feature prominently in the first games in the series.

In Japan, Arc System Works has launched the first in their upcoming series of DSiWare games called the Arc Style Series.

The first title is Arc Style Soccer. Available in Japan for 500 DSi Points, Arc Style Soccer is an arcade soccer game that features four-player soccer teams and has eliminated... Read more...

Here are the on-the-record specifications for Nintendo's newest handheld.

Part of Nintendo's Tuesday announcement of the Nintendo 3DS involved a partial reveal of the system's specifications. We say "partial" because a lot of the exact details, such as processor and graphics chip information, were not listed.

Nintendo has put "TBA" for pre-installed software, leading... Read more...

Here's a neat collection of games that was being shown on 3DS demo units at E3.

One of the 3DS demos being shown on the E3 show floor is 3DS Classic Collection, a compilation of classic games that can be selected at will. The games shown were:

If you're wondering what 3DS titles Nintendo is showing at their E3 booth, wonder no more.

For those curious about the 3DS games that are at Nintendo's booth this year, here's a quick list that we compiled.

Playable

Pilotwings Resort

Xevious

Star Fox 64 3D

The Sims 3

DJ Hero 3D

Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle

Steel Diver

Tech Demo: Target Shooting

Nintendogs + Cats

It looks like you won't have to swap cartridges any more.

In a move that mimics the Xbox 360's ability to install games to its hard drive, Nikkei is reporting that Nintendo's 3DS system will allow users to copy cartridge-based games to internal memory.

Once a game is "dumped" to the system's memory, it can be launched by selecting it from a menu listing the games stored on the system. Users will no longer have to carry their cartridges with them on the road in order to play multiple games.

The company's president is waiting for the adoption rate of 3D televisions to go up.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata addressed his thoughts on 3D console gaming in an interview in today's Nihon Keizai Shimbun.

When asked if the Wii would be made 3D compatible, he responded that it really isn't possible with Wii hardware. "If you display a 3D image, the image quality becomes extremely... Read more...

Nintendo's handheld may be a bit pricier than you would assume, and may hit Japan this year.

Echoing what Nintendo themselves seem to be saying, Lazard Capital Markets' analyst Colin Sebastian had an interesting take on the price and launch of Nintendo's new handheld. He feels that its launch price could be $249 or more, and that it will be released in Japan first.

While admitting... Read more...

Reports indicate that at least one territory may get the handheld this year.

Eurogamer is reporting that a source at Nintendo has indicated that the Nintendo 3DS may launch in one territory (Japan, Europe, or North America) in 2010, and that it will be available worldwide by early 2011.

Apparently the internal goal is a worldwide holiday launch this year, but if... Read more...

Some of you might not give a hoot, but here's a trailer featuring the owls of Ga'Hoole. Get it? Hoot? Oh forget it.

The Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole is being adapted into a Wii game by Warner Bros. Interactive. Here's a trailer for the Wii version, which features plenty of high-flying owl action.