Share the gift of Dragon Quest VI this Valentine’s Day as Nintendo has announced that it will publish the sixth installment of Square Enix’s long-running RPG franchise, remade for DS. The title is set to release on February 14. Subtitled ‘Realms of Revelation,’ this debut marks a localization-first, as the original SNES outing never made it outside of Japan. Not […]

Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter has climbed back up on his soap box again with some loaded commentary on the future and viability of the handheld market. In a Gametrailers ‘Pach Attack’ segment, he labels the PSP2 as ‘dead on arrival.’ Further, he feels Apple’s growing dominance with the iPod Touch will continue to gnaw at Nintendo’s marketshare, pointing to lower […]

This year’s Black Friday was especially kind to Nintendo, with the company announcing that it sold through a whopping 900,000 Nintendo DS and 600,000 Wii units between November 21-27. That equates to 9000 systems sold every hour. Nintendo attributed the brisk sales to its strong software lineup as well as the recent introduction of more timed bundles, which further bolstered […]

Professor Ryuta Kawashima revealed in his new book, “Farewell Brain Games”, that Nintendo is currently developing a new entry into the Brain Age series after a brief hiatus after the second title. The reason for the hiatus was attributed to Nintendo wanting to wait until they could make something with a “special idea”. Rumors are currently spinning around the title […]

Expect a mouthful of 3D talk at CES next year. But it won’t be coming exclusively from Sony and other big-name TV manufactures this time around. A press release issued by the Consumer Electronics Association today has revealed an unlikely exhibitor for CES 2011: Nintendo. What makes the Big N’s appearance so significant is that it hasn’t showed up at […]

In its latest financial report, Harvest Moon publisher Marvelous forecasts that studios will have to fork over a substantial amount of moolah to develop for the 3DS – at least three times the cost of equally-sized DS efforts.

Just in time for the holiday shopping frenzy that is Black Friday, Nintendo of America has officially announced a bold pair of newcomers to the DSi’s growing palette of colors: orange and green, the latter of which was outed in a Sears ad earlier this month. Available “while supplies last,” the new shades are scheduled to hit retail on November […]

With the 3DS still a ways out, Nintendo is giving the DSi a hefty push this holiday season to tide consumers over. The latest crop of Black Friday ads to hit the net, this time courtesy of Sears, have revealed plans to introduce a pair of bold new DSi colors: a limited edition Mario Party DSi, decked in your choice […]

If you thought competition from Sony and Microsoft in the motion space would pressure Nintendo into lowering the price of its Wii console, think again. Speaking to investors at the company’s financial results briefing, company president Satoru Iwata noted that there are “no plans” for a Wii price cut in the near future. Of course, Nintendo isn’t ruling out the possibility […]

DS sales took a massive hit this year, with Nintendo’s latest finanical report revealing worldwide unit sales of 6.69 million over the six months ending September 30, 2010. While that’s nothing to scoff at, the figure represents a significant decline of 42 percent — down from 11.7 million last year over the same time period. Of course, with the 3DS […]

Only a few days after Sony celebrated the milestone of shipping 1 million PlayStation Move controllers in North America, the big N has responded with sales figures of their own. Citing NPD data, Nintendo proclaims that the Wii Remote has shifted a whopping 65.3 million units to date — across the U.S. alone. At an average rate, that’s 46,000 per […]

Nintendo of America finally jumped on the bandwagon with its other regional divisions today, announcing that a pair of red Wii and DSi XL bundles, reserved for Mario’s 25th anniversary, will hit the US on November 7. The confirmation solidifies listings that inadvertently emerged over at retailer Wal-Mart last week, ahead of Nintendo’s official word. Here’s a run-down on what’s […]

Update: Added a direct-feed version of the trailer above. It’s epic. Capcom’s love for the 3DS knows no bounds. Having already announced Mega Man Legends 3 and Resident Evil: The Mercenaries for the platform, word emerges that the company has teamed up with developer Level 5 of Dragon Quest and Professor Layton fame for a mashup of epic proportions — […]

A retail listing from Wal-Mart has outed Nintendo’s plans to release a special edition DSi XL variant in celebration of Mario’s 25th anniversary. While Nintendo is paying tribute its iconic plumber in Europe and Japan with a snazzy Wii and DS bundle, the company’s North American division has not yet jumped on the bandwagon, at least not officially. The product […]

The mailout of September 2010’s hardware and software sales figures – due out on October 14 – will signal a shift in delivery from sales tracking firm NPD. Notable changes include removal monthly hardware unit figures and complete removal of unit sales for software. NPD Group executive director David Riley tells us that the decision to withhold such information was […]

Nintendo may deploy an automatic firmware update system for 3DS, according to company president Satoru Iwata. “As part of the functionality of SpotPass, we’re looking into having automatic system updates via the Internet,” noted Iwata in an investors briefing Wednesday, as reported by Andriasang. Further, Iwata said that Nintendo may include mandatory firmware updates on 3DS carts, an approach that […]

Are you a DSi adopter considering a 3DS purchase? This should put your mind at ease, especially if you’ve invested heavily in DSiWare: a just-released spec sheet from Nintendo indicates that digital wares can be transferred over to 3DS from a DSi or DSi XL. While Nintendo offered up no details on how this will actually work, chances are a firmware […]

Nintendo has confirmed that its next handheld iteration, the Nintendo 3DS, will hit Japan on February 26 of next year. A release in North America and Europe will follow in March. The near-simultaneous timing is a first for Nintendo. The new tech will carry a hefty price tag, at least in comparison to Nintendo’s previous portable launches. Nintendo has stamped […]

While a 2010 release of Nintendo’s dazzling 3DS handheld still remains up in the air, a source close to IGN has outed the hardware specifications. The 3DS’ clamshell design will reportedly house a pair of “266MHz ARM11 CPUs, 133MHz GPU, 4MBs of dedicated VRAM, 64MBs of RAM, and 1.5GBs of flash storage.” Although modest in the CPU and RAM department, […]

Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s second in command next to the Regginator, has left the company. According a press release that was just sent out, Dunaway is leaving Nintendo on October 1 in favor of a new position outside the games industry. There’s no concrete word on where she’s off to yet. The full statement is below.