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Nintendo Wii Motionplus coming to US in June

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  Nintendo has announced the Wii Motionplus accessory release date for the US. Attaching a Motionplus to the Wii Remote promises extra precision to its motion sensing capabilities and Americans will be able to buy it from June 8 at a price of $19.99. Ninty also put a release date against the Wii Sports Resort […]

Nintendo sells 600k DSi consoles at launch

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  Here is a proof that this kid pertinent handheld console did exceptionally well on its not so hyped launch. While the Australian numbers are not known, Europe and US saw 600,000 DSi consoles being sold during its first two days of sale. Impressive indeed. “These early launch results supplant the launch sales of the […]

Sony disses DSi, says it’s for kids

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  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 […]

Nintendo ships more than 50 million Wii consoles

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  Wii’s GPU (AMD) and CPU (IBM) suppliers had announced about their 50 million milestone, thus it was about time for Nintendo to officially acknowledge the same for the console. At the GDC yesterday, Nintendo announced that their global Wii shipment has surpassed 50 million units making it the fastest selling console in the gaming […]

Nintendo bans WFC users – HBC users or cheaters?

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  Last week was a bit unusual for some Nintendo WFC users. They were barred by Nintendo for accessing the WFC and encountered an error: 20102. According to Nintendo, this error means “some type of unauthorized activity has occured in an online feature of a Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection game.” The users were quick enough albeit […]

Nintendo planning DSi App Store?

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  According to a latest report, Nintendo is taking some inspiration from Apple to capitalize on its own version of App Store. In a conference held in London recently, few developers told DevelopMag that Nintendo was pushing them to create short-form content for DSi. The Japanese is persuading devs because of the opportunity to make […]

Nintendo ships out 100 million DS consoles

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  Sony was happily flaunting off the 50 million PSP figure but its Japanese counterpart has doubled the total sales in excess of 100 million and making DS, the fastest console to reach such a milestone. On March 6, Nintendo shipped out the 100 millionth unit from the DS franchise which comprises of the original […]

Nintendo shows better designed Classic Wii Controller

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  If you thought the original Classic Wii controller was a bit classic to your liking, Nintendo has revealed a new Wii controller dubbed as the Classic Controller PRO. The pro-ness comes with its wing style for better grip, spaced out analog sticks and couple of extra shoulder buttons. There’s no release date or price […]