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Nintendo enjoys Q2 profits jump

Nintendo posted a net profit of 144.8 billion yen ($1.5 billion) in the April-September quarter today, up 9.4 per cent from the previous year. Sales increased 20 per cent to 836.9 billion yen ($8.6 billion), while operating profit surged 34 per cent to 252.2 billion ($2.6 billion). However, according to …

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"Apple better than Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft"

UK iPhone developers speaking at today’s Casual Games Forum in London took the chance to praise Apple’s work as a newly-established format holder, saying the firm often beats established console vendors in its dealings with studios "Support has been excellent – more than you might expect from other companies that …

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Development issues hindering DSi?

Development for the DS might have just become more complicated thanks to the introduction of the DSi, with claims that an anonymous developer has said that its game has been refused certification because it ‘freezes up’ on the new DSi platform. Direct your browser to Developmag.com for more.

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Nintendo promises massive Xmas stock boost

Platform holder Nintendo has promised to bring more Wii and DS stock into the UK this Christmas than ever before, to cope with ‘unprecedented’ demand. The firm has told MCV that console production is at its highest level in the company’s history, with Wii sales up 76 per cent and …

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JAPAN: DSi interest questioned

A survey by Japanese games website Dengeki Online has suggested that Japanese gamers remain sceptical about Nintendo’s upcoming redesign of its globally popular DS. However, the Dengeki survey found that only 3.6 per cent of respondents were intending to buy the machine upon the release A further 29.4 per cent …

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Nintendo: Weve never neglected core gamers

General Manager of Nintendo UK David Yarnton has told MCV that the platform holder has never lost its passion for core gamers”. Speaking in an exclusive interview in this week’s MCV magazine – which hits desks tomorrow – Yarnton reassured fans that new ‘hardcore’ Nintendo games were being developed. When …

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Nintendo unveils Christmas tour

Nintendo is set to take its DS and Wii software on a tour of the UK as it looks to ramp up its marketing for the fourth quarter. Going under the names The Nintendo DS Christmas Tour ’08 and The Wii Christmas Tour ’08, gamers are being invited to ‘discover …

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2.4 million Wiis made a month

Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has revealed that the company is producing 2.4 million new Wiis every month – a 33 per cent increase on last year’s frequency. Speaking in an interview with the LA Times, Fils-Aime called the production cycle ‘unprecedented’. Nintendo has continually raised the production levels …

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