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December’s Biggest Game In The U.S. Is… Wii Play

Call of Duty: World at War couldn’t win the battle against the Wii in December, selling 150,000 units shy of Wii Play‘s staggering 1.46 million copies. Yes, that’s a lot of Wii Remotes. The mini-game compilation and NPD top ten mainstay fought off the Xbox 360 version of the latest Call of Duty handily. Factoring…

Nintendo Breaks More Sales Records, Sells Over 5 Million Consoles In December

The holidays were very merry for Nintendo which sold 3.04 million Nintendo DS handhelds during the month of December, ending 2008 with the best-selling console in the United States, blowing far past the console competition. Nintendo hardware secured the top spot last month — as it had done every month in 2008 — thanks to…

Nintendo Isn’t Just About Old People Bowling, There’s Boxing Too!

We’ve all had it up to our eyeballs with the mainstream press rolling out scenes of octogenarians Wii Bowling every time they want to talk about the successes of the Wii. Apparently so have they. So the press has moved on to Wii Boxing. Blanche Betten, a 76-year-old retired restaurant owner, hammered Bob Warner, 85,…

Miyamoto, Spore Win Jim Henson Awards

Video gaming makes up half of the list of this year’s Jim Henson Honors, with Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and PC game Spore both landing awards. Established in 2005, the awards program acknowledges organizations, individuals or products that reflect the core values and philosophy of the legendary Jim Henson and the company he founded. Criteria used…

Finally A DS Game About Puffins

Just when we figured that we were doomed to live life without a game about Puffins, Majesco swoops in like a mighty seabird to announce Puffins: Island Adventure for the Nintendo DS. Puffins: Adventure Island (P: IA to the cool kids) turns you into one of pelagic seabirds, learning to dive, fly, swim, and play…

Nintendo’s Successes Spreads to Support Companies

How successful is Nintendo? So successful that even the cottage industry that supports the shipping, printing and manufacturing of their products are rolling in the dough. Duplium Corporation, the company North America’s largest Nintendo Certified packaging and printing facility, is doing so well that they’re planning on expanding into a number of new major North…

Dr McNinja’s Super Mario Bros. T-Shirt

Chris Hastings is the man behind the internet’s premier medical/ninjitsu soap opera, Dr McNinja. And you know what? He’s also the man behind this reasonably badass Mario Bros. shirt. It’s called Warrior Plumbers, and…well…you see what it does. It’s $19.75 plus shipping, but by the time you read this, they’ll probably all be gone. Sorry!…

Tomy’s My Do It All Nearly Makes Your DS A PDA

Tomy’s My Do It All for the Nintendo DS further punctuates the possibilities of the handheld as a viable personal digital assistant, while staying on the safe side of the application versus toy line. The Nintendo DS needs a day planner application. There are plenty of homebrew options out there, but for those of us…

Stylish Robber Shoots Man for Wii

Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man in Air Jordans who broke into a home in West Palm Beach Tuesday night and shot a man before stealing his Wii. Air Jordans? Really? The fancy footwearer and a pal broke into the home about 7:30 p.m., demanded money and jewelry from the person…

2K Boss: Wii Market Is Full Of Crap

Anyone who has browsed the Nintendo Wii section of their favorite video game retail outlet lately has to agree with 2K Games global president Christoph Hartmann – the Wii market is flooded with crap. There are a ton of games out for the Nintendo Wii to be sure, but for the uninformed consumer, finding a…

How Is The iPhone Different From The DS & PSP?

Easy. It’s a phone. But hey, like I said, that’s easy. For a more complicated answer, why don’t we see what VP of iPod and iPhone product marketing Greg Joswiak has to say. In a departure from some of the company’s more boisterous, were-gonna-git-you-DS claims, Joswiak tells Edge that the DS and PSP are from…

Is Nintendo Making A Motion Sensing DS Card?

Maybe! A Nintendo trademark that’s appeared on the Japanese trademark database indicates such. The trademark is for a “DS Houi Sensor Card” with “houi” meaning “direction” or even “cardinal point” in Japanese. Website Siliconera wonders if that means it refers to the ability to sense motion or detect direction. (Maybe Nintendo is making some sort…

“New” Pokemon Game Announced

Nintendo have announced a new Pokemon game for the DS! As you read this, millions of people across the planet are so excited they’re vibrating on the spot. Why not join them! Or you could come around and realise it’s yet another tiny, incremental update to a previous Pokemon game. That might best prepare you…

A Link To The Past Cross Stitch Map

Four months, folks, four months. Video game craft-maker Servotron toiled for four months on this A Link to the Past cross stitch. *applause* Servotron was originally planning to a screenshot from Donkey Kong Country for the Super Game Boy, but then settled on this ALTTP map. For that, we are grateful — nothing against Donkey…

Rock Band 2 DLC Is Fully Armed And Operational On The Wii

Poor Wii owners. You look at the 360 and PS3 kids madly downloading songs for Rock Band, and a single tear rolls down your soft, porcelain cheek. You feel left out. Well, no longer! After a few technical hiccups, the Wii’s Rock Band store is now open and ready for your patronage. There are 50…

Report: Nintendo DSi Gets Priced, Dated For U.S. Launch

The next Nintendo DS, dubbed the DSi, is rumored to be launched in the United States in April of this year, according to a report from IGN which cites “multiple sources close to Nintendo.” According to the report, the follow up to the tremendously successful Nintendo DS Lite will land on U.S. shores on April…

Breaking News: Nintendo Games Not A Substitute for Reading a Book

A Carlsbad mother is fighting mad. Turns out that video games make her 5-year-old have panic attacks and, get this, they’re not a good replacement for reading books or playing outside. The Isabelle Clingerman tells the local news there that while her 9-year-old, who owns more than 40 Nintendo games, can play the games to…

Wii Music Coming to Classrooms

Nintendo is teaming with The National Association for Music Education to get the Wii and Wii Music into schools, the two announced today. The collaboration will have music teachers in 51 cities using Wii Music to help children with rhythm, temp and song structure. “The goal of Wii Music is to inspire people of all…

Nintendo Once Again Reminds Us Why It’s So Successful

Did you hear? The global economy is in the crapper. Don’t tell Nintendo! Nintendo is making oodles of money. In the time it took you to read this, Nintendo made a gajillion dollars. Nintendo of Korea exec Mineo Koda explains why: Regardless of (economic) downturns, consumers pursue something fun. Sales of our products does not…

CES 09: Finally, A Wii Zapper That Looks Like A Crossbow

When I Link cosplay at home during play sessions of Link’s Crossbow Training for the Wii, I always feel a bit silly. But only because my crossbow is historically inaccurate, design-wise. But the best part of CTA Digital’s cleverly named Crossbow for Wii is that it comes with a laser sight, for maximum crossbow accuracy.…