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The global president of Nintendo Saturo Iwata has headlined his keynote at GDC 09 by lifting the lid on a brand new Zelda game for the DSi entitled The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. "Nintendo is grateful all third parites have done to support our platforms – but we understand …
Read More »Wii surpasses 50 million global sales
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has announced that Wii has surpassed 50 million worldwide sales. Iwata revealed the news at this afternoon’s keynote at GDC in San Francisco. The Wii has reached the figure quicker in its lifecycle quicker than Sony’s PS2 – making it the fastest-selling platform of all time. …
Read More »GameStop: DSi pre-orders double that of original DS
Ahead of the release of Nintendo’s third iteration of its popular dual screen handheld the DSi next month, GameStop’s senior VP of merchandising Bob McKenzie has said that the global games retailer has seen pre-orders for the device trump those seen for the original DS. We’ve seen some pretty brisk …
Read More »MCV talks to Maguire, Lewis and Yarnton
Following the launch of the new-look MCVuk.com website, MCV has spoken to the UK bosses of all three major console platform holders in three revealing interviews that can be read online right now. Here’s a taster of what to expect. Sony UK boss Ray Maguire on price cuts: It always …
Read More »NPD: Wii Play passes 10m US sales
Having once again bossed the North American games market in what was another record-breaking month in February, Nintendo has revealed that Wii Play has now sold over 10m units in the territory. Sales of the Wii hit 753,000 in February, an increase of 74 per cent year-on-year. DS sold an …
Read More »Nintendo planning ‘major app strategy’ for DSi
Nintendo may publicly claim that it doesn’t consider the likes of Apple’s App Store and iPhone, or even the Google G1 phone and Android Marketplace, as competitors – but MCV sister site Develop understands the format holder is very much working on its own ‘app strategy’. Sources which attended the …
Read More »Nintendo preps ‘major app strategy’ for DSi
Format-holder tells studios to make small-scale handheld applications, Develop understands
Read More »UK retail stunned by Wii price hike
UK retailers have told MCV they are ‘surprised’ by news that Nintendo has raised the trade cost of the Wii, and are currently evaluating a new street price. Nintendo Wii’s trade price is set to increase by around 16.50 (approximately 19 including VAT) due to the ‘continuing depreciation of the …
Read More »Nintendo dates Q2 UK releases
Platform holder Nintendo has dated its key releases for the upcoming Q2 at retail, which include the launch of both the black and white variants of its DSi on April 3rd. Alongside the key software titles, Nintendo Points, the virtual currency used to purchase software from the Virtual Console and …
Read More »Retail ponders Wii street price rise
The UK High Street is this morning ‘digesting’ the news that the Wii trade cost is set to rise, and hasn’t ruled out an increase in the console’s street price. The trade price for Nintendo Wii is set to increase by around 16.50 (approximately 19 including VAT) due to the …
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