Archive for the ‘Nintendo DS’ Category

The week of May 1st Chinatown Wars owners with a Wi-Fi connection will be able to acquire the “Bulletproof Hellenbach” vehicle from Rockstar social club. With more details here’s the full release. Read the rest of this entry »

Green is a very interesting color for a handheld. It definitely stands out and probably doesn’t show dirt or scratches. Maybe I’ll score one of these since I don’t own a DS at this point in time. Here’s the full release: Read the rest of this entry »

Yep, new downloads for both Nintendo’s consoles. It’s a blessing to finally see Nobanaga’s Ambition available for the Virtual Console. I wish Nintendo as a first party company, would offer more to the hardcore gamer. Read the rest of this entry »

Warner Bros Interactive has granted us some new Lego battles screen shots. This game is turning out to be an interesting DS title, I enjoy all the lego titles and this one looks to be no exception. Read the rest of this entry »

The N side wins again! Even thought sales for the Wii dropped from last month, Nintendo is still kicking royal ass around the world. It’s amazing what they’ve done with a tiny hardware upgrade and some motion controls. Can’t really knock them for successful innovation. Here’s the full release: Read the rest of this entry »

Anime fans have something to look forward when Fall of ‘09 hits and own themselves a Nintendo DS platform. Sega just announced a hit anime series into a full-on Strategy RPG for the little handheld. Here’s the release: Read the rest of this entry »

Nintendo announced a storage solution for the Wii today at GDC. Now you can basically save your downloaded games to SD cards and launch them from the SD card using a new icon on your Wii desktop. Just like I said, digital downloads to high speed, high capacity SD cards was the future. Who’s laughing now. Read the rest of this entry »

Iwata just announced a new Zelda game for the DS. He also stated that Nintendo hasn’t forgotten about the hardcore gamer and gave us Gaplus(gamegasm) and Emeraldia(wtf?) on Virtual Console. Word on the streets from @leighalexander is that the new Zelda game will have train tracks and shooting. Talk about milking the cash cow! In the past few years Nintendo has captured a new market, destroyed the competition and redefined the word humdrum.

Rockstar is hooking up a launch party for GTA:CW next week. Get your game on at Rockefeller Plaza and enter for a chance to win swag and prizes. Here’s the full release: Read the rest of this entry »

• KZ2 Controls
• Pocket OLED & Photo Safe from Digital Foci
• A surprise from Finland

Amazon has recently journeyed into the used games market, the below image explains how it works. Read the rest of this entry »

Whats up gamers! Well I don’t have any big news yet for this week but I did get something small that could turn into something big. Today I got wind that the DSi will be released this April 5th. What you might not realize is that not everyone may be able to get there hands on the next big upgrade of this DS. Local retailer GameStop will start taking pre-orders sometime tomorrow or sometime this week. It’s also been reported that this pre-order of the DSi will be VERY limited. Anyone looking for this baby better go quick because as soon as its put up for pre-order it will disappear in a flash. You can take that to the bank. Here’s Nintendo’s full press release:

Weapon X out!! Read the rest of this entry »

Nintendo has now responded to the NPD results. Wow, these guys really are printing money. If they continue at the rate they are going, they will fully dominate this generation. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s some VGXPO footage we took over the weekend. It’s not all games though so enjoy the antics and the classic gaming!

In this corner, we have the reigning champ, Nintendo! Let’s see what they had to say:

Nintendo News

Unique Controls Put Wii at No. 1 for September NPD; Nintendo DS at No. 2

Backed by a variety of unique interfaces, Nintendo’s Wii™ console topped the U.S. video game hardware sales charts with nearly 687,000 units sold in September, according to the independent NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. Nintendo DS™ was the No. 2 best-selling system, with nearly 537,000 sold.

Wii enjoyed the biggest monthly unit sales increase with 234,000 more units sold in September than August. Wii also saw a year-over-year increase of more than 37 percent over September 2007.

Four games made for Nintendo systems placed in the top 10 best-selling games of the month, including Wii Fit™ at No. 2 with nearly 518,000 sold, Mario Kart™ Wii at No. 4 with more than 353,000 sold, Wii Play™ at No. 7 with nearly 243,000 sold and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for Wii at No. 8 with more than 223,000 sold.

“The four Wii games in the top 10 all feature controls just not possible on other video game systems,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “The Wii Balance Board and Wii Wheel give players new ways to interact with their games, while the Wii Remote controller transforms into a pool cue, table tennis paddle or lightsaber. Consumers have truly responded to this variety of entertainment options.”