Nintendo Japan has already announced of the impending price cut of DSi and now the UK outfit of Ninty has confirmed it too, albeit to a site. Official Nintendo Magazine got word from Nintendo UK that the DSi price cut will be in effect from June 18. However, Nintendo didn’t divulge the exact price […]
Wii and DS sales slowing down
Nintendo loaded their pockets with lots of green paper with their Wii gaming console. However, with the annual fiscal report out today it looks like the Wii juggernaut is slowing down. Of course, there’s aggressive competition from other consoles but Wii’s slowing down of sales can be contributed to its lack of exciting game […]
Nintendo 3DS will feature a 3D joystick and force feedback
Yesterday’s 3DS announcement of Nintendo was filled with both surprise and mystery. Now Nikkei’s here to fill some void by sharing few more details surrounding the 3D-enabled DS. I would like to point that this report is unconfirmed but Nikkei’s perfect track record predicting Nintendo’s future products wants us to believe them. Anyways, Nikkei’s […]
Nintendo DS successor will have big screen, as powerful as GameCube?
Off all the Nintendo DS rumors we’ve heard so far, this one looks more plausible provided the developers Rpad talked to weren’t fooling around. Rpad.tv was on a quest at the GDC show for details on upcoming DS successor and here is what they found. Expectedly, the new DS will sport a bigger screen […]
Nintendo preparing a next-gen powerful DS
Nintendo’s recent upgrade to the DS was just a bump in the screen size but it seems they’re already working hard to deliver the next-gen DS that will be more powerful and faster than the current DS range. In an interview with Asahi, Satoru Iwata confirmed that they’re indeed working on a new powerful […]
Next-gen DS and PSP consoles to be more powerful
You’re not wrong if you think that the DSi LL (or DSi XL) and PSPgo were introduced just to buy some more time for a worthy successor. A report has emerged on Eurogamer that details on what could power the successor of these handheld consoles. The next-gen DS is expected sometime in late 2010 […]
Nintendo DS shot through a wall
So shooting a gadget at a stationary object just for the heck of it seems to be the new rage. We’ve seen Sony attempting their PS3 crash into a Bravia and now a French gaming mag has attempted to shoot Nintendo DS through a wall. Agreed a video of DS crashing into the wall […]
Nintendo mulling always-on 3G connection for DS
In a recent interview with Financial Times, Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata confirms that they’re looking into a service like Amazon Kindle, giving an always-on connectivity to the DS users. Iwata states this kind of business model is appealing because the end consumer doesn’t have to bear the communications cost but only pay for the […]
Nintendo profits take a nosedive, lowers forecasted annual earnings
Nintendo announced the half yearly earnings ending September and it’s not what the Kyoto-based company is used to see. They reported a 69.49 billion yen ($772 million), 52 percent down from what they’d reported a year earlier. Nintendo also for the first time in six years, lowered its forecast annual earnings from 1.8 trillion […]
Sony disses DSi, says it’s for kids
We have heard some snarky comments from Sony when asked about the rumored next gen PSP, but this statement titled “Statement from Sony PlayStation on PSP and Competitive Landscape” was totally uncalled for. Nintendo DSi hit the US retail market yesterday and instead of acknowledging the competition Sony comes out lashing the console by […]