Jun
15
Could Nintendo Be Any More Casual? - The Big N Certainly Doesn’t Care About “Geeks and Otaku”
Category: PSP, Xbox 360, Nintendo, Wii, Industry, PS3, DS, Interviews, News, Nintendo Wii, Wii Virtual Console, Games, Systems, Gamers, Casual, Geeks, Hardcore, Otaku, Wiiware |
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Nintendo has always been the games company that puts fun above all else, sometimes at the expense of innovation, graphics, and moving the game industry forward. In that sense, you could say that Nintendo is the casual gamer to the hardcore gamer folk at Sony and Microsoft.
This generation has seen the casual gamer tag being […]
Jun
10
Ubisoft Claims Sony PSP Is Finished At Hands Of DS
Category: PSP, Nintendo, DS, Interviews, News, Hardware, Nintendo DS, Sony, UK, Playstation, Handheld, Ubisoft |
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When the PSP was first announced by Sony, all of the elements were there for it to be a huge success - brilliant graphics, a great games line-up, the Playstation brand etc. Unfortunately for Sony, sales never really managed to light up the world as they were expected to, and the Nintendo DS then came […]
Apr
24
Nintendo Profits Rise Massively On Strength Of Wii & DS Sales | Upping Production To Stop Shortages
Category: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo, Wii, Industry, PS3, DS, General, News, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft, Hardware, Nintendo DS, Sony, Announcements, Press Releases, Sales Figures, video games, Videogames, Wii Fit |
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Nintendo are having a good year. That’s a slight understatement but it’s the main thrust of the latest press release to come from the company’s headquarters, as it reports a massive surge in profits for the last twelve months.
Net profit rose 47.7% to a record high over the last fiscal year, after the phenomenal success […]
Feb
28
Disney Announces ‘Ultimate Band’ For Nintendo Wii & DS - New Competitor For Guitar Hero & Rock Band?
Category: Nintendo, Wii, DS, News, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Announcements, New Releases, Previews, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Disney, High School Musical, Raconteurs, The Who, Ultimate Band, White Stripes, Wiimote |
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It was bound to happen. As with every other industry, you get a successful game, and then a whole host of imitators. Guitar Hero was the original game to put you, the gamer, in the role of member of a band, and then Rock Band took the idea and ran with it, allowing you to […]
Jan
8
Wii & DS win Tech Emmys
Category: Wii, DS, Events |
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The tech Emmys were announced this morning and amongst the rest of them were the Wii and the DS. Of course. The Game Controller Innovation award was given to both consoles.
[Via Emmy Online]
Original post by Jeff Nilges and software by Elliott Back
Jan
8
Wii & DS win Tech Emmys
Category: Wii, DS, Events |
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The tech Emmys were announced this morning and amongst the rest of them were the Wii and the DS. Of course. The Game Controller Innovation award was given to both consoles.
[Via Emmy Online]
Original post by Jeff Nilges and software by Elliott Back
Oct
1
Nintendo DS Sales Pass 50 Million
Category: Nintendo, DS Lite, DS |
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When I first heard of the DS I really was not impressed. I mean 2 screens big deal. Fast forward a few years and 50 million units later and Nintendo is laughing at me because I am proud owner of a DS lite. Nintendos DS was able to reach the 50 million […]
Sep
3
Over at Gamasutra late last week, our new Features Editor, Christian Nutt had a chance to talk to Ken Koyama from Yuke’s North American office - and it’s pretty interesting to see the Japanese firm, “best known in the U.S. as the developer of the massively popular WWE Smackdown vs. Raw series for THQ”, […]
Aug
2
Ninja Gaiden DS Gameplay Footage
Category: Videos, DS Lite, DS |
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When I first heard about Ninja Gaiden for the DS I was excited, but I did not think it was going to look this good! It is probably the best looking game I have seen so far for the DS. The controls might be hard to master, but the game sure looks like […]
Aug
2
Face Training TV Spots
Category: Videos, DS Lite, DS |
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Back in early July we had first heard about Face Training for the DS. If you havent heard it is a game that has just launched in Japan where it trains your muscles in your face. How it works is a camera connects into the GBA slot and you set your DS on […]