There is hardly anything funnier than walking into a store, finding a Nintendo promo DVD for the Wii, and then opening it only to read “Cannot be played on Wii system.” That situation was set to be rectified with a newer model Wii that can handle the apparently difficult to use DVD format, but plans [...]

Surprising no one, the Metal Slug saga will continue into a seventh entry. Proving that there is some higher power, the game will retain its 2-D roots, and will grace the DS sometime this fall. No other platforms are apparently worthy of the game. The press release says to plan on new weapons, fresh slugs, [...]

EA Sports is taking a different direction on the Wii, aiming to draw the casual audience into the lucrative yearly sports titles.  Madden, Tiger Woods, NBA Live, FIFA, and NCAA Football, are receiving this make over.
The usual terrifying words to die-hard gamers are included in the press release, including mini-games, inviting to all players, and [...]

If your Wii is glowing, that’s a signal that the latest update is available… the one that will kill the ability to use Datel’s Freeloader. Version 3.3 of the firmware also clamps down on an exploit from creative hackers who used Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess to run their own software. The license states prior [...]

Could Nintendo be a little jealous? Nyko’s Kama Nunchuck, a wireless version of the Nunchuck attachment for the Wii, has apparently infringed on Nintendo’s copyright. In their complaint, Nintendo states that the accessory “wholly appropriates the novel shape, design, overall appearance and even the color and materials used in the Nintendo Nunchuk controller.”
This leads to [...]

As was the case for April, Nintendo continues to have great month of sales for both its Wii and DS consoles according to the latest numbers released by the NPD Group tonight.
Sales for the Wii and DS clocked in at 675K and 452K, respectively, while Mario Kart Wii finished third in overall sales at 787K. [...]

Nintendo will release a new DS bundle to coincide with the upcoming release of Activision’s Guitar Hero: On Tour. Sporting a Guitar Hero logo on the unit itself, the new sliver and black DS will come with a copy of the game and its Guitar Grip peripheral.
“This one-of-a-kind bundle makes Nintendo DS even more appealing [...]

“Wii Would Like to Play” has been an effective marketing campaign for Nintendo’s top-selling Wii console, and last night it got honored for it.
The campaign, created by Leo Burnett, picked up the Grand Effie award last night at the 40th Annual Effie Awards in New York. The award, which has been around since 1968, honors [...]

Looking for Wii Fit? You and countless other Wii owners too.
Michael Pachter, game industry analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities, sees this shortage as a move by Nintendo to maximize the European dollar, currently higher than its US counterpart.
“The shortage demonstrates one consequence of the weak dollar. We’re seeing companies ignore their largest market simply because [...]

Three separate studies profiled at today’s 55th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine showed that active video games appeared to be helpful in encouraging young people to exercise.
The first of the studies, done by Gregory Brown, Ph. D., FACSM and his study team, examined energy expenditure for active games compared to sedentary [...]

Yet another mini-game mish-mash for the Wii, Hudson’s Deca Sports fails where most of the other slapped together compilations do. It’s simply not fun, featureless, and few of the games actually work. The 10 sports included here don’t even make sense to be on the same disc as they’re all unrelated.
There’s little question Hudson is [...]

Thanks in part to the huge success of titles like Grand Theft Auto IV and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, GameStop reported a net earnings increase of 151% for the first quarter of 2008 according to sales figures released by the company.
Total sales increased to $1,813.6 million in the first quarter, up from $1,279 in the [...]

The game that’s got mainstream media everywhere talking is getting ready to make its North American debut, as Nintendo launches Wii Fit later this week. Picking up steam ever since it was initially announced at last year’s E3, Wii Fit has already sold out of pre-orders at a few key retailers with more expected to [...]

Tam Fry, representative from the National Obesity Forum, has slammed Nintendo for the BMI Index feature of Wii Fit. After a forum post was picked up by multiple sites when a little girl was told she was overweight, Fry issued this statement:
“I’m absolutely aghast that children are being told they are fat… I would [...]

Nintendo is continuing to sell its Wii console at a record pace, according to the latest sales numbers released tonight by the NPD Group.
Despite the very public launching of Grand Theft Auto IV on April 29, the house that Mario built had an extremely good month selling 714,000 Wiis in addition to 414,800 DSs. The [...]

After an ESRB listing drew curious eyes earlier in the year, Konami made the next Castlevania DS adventure official by announcing Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia last night at the company’s Gamer Day event. The latest sequel in the extensive, and consistent portable series, will also feature a female protagonist for the first time since Castlevania [...]

East Texas based Anascape Ltd. is on the receiving end of a $21 million payday, as Nintendo of America was ordered to pay the company by a federal jury today on the grounds of patent infringement.
The original lawsuit, filed in 2006, stated that Nintendo infringed on the company’s patent during the designs of the Wii [...]

2007 was a great year for the video game industry, but according to a senior executive at Ubisoft, its peak might not be arriving until next year.
Speaking to Reuters, Ubisoft North American president Laurent Detoc thinks that all three console makers (Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony) are in a position to sell more hardware than ever this [...]

For the second year in a row, Nintendo will be the lead sponsor for London’s Handheld Learning Conference. Slated to take place on October 13-15, the conference (now in its fourth year) aims to demonstrate the capabilities of handheld devices and how they affect learning for people of all ages.
“We are proud to be supporting [...]

WiiWare, Nintendo’s new online service for downloadable games, is officially up and running as of this morning. Set up in a similar way to the PlayStation Store or the Xbox Live Marketplace, WiiWare will now allow users to download and play smaller titles from indie developers and large publishers alike.
“WiiWare is to the video [...]