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Nintendo president dismisses chance that Microsoft could successfully copy the Wiimote and discusses key development issues
Read More »DS to offer public non-gaming services by summer
Nintendo will provide non-gaming public services via Wi-Fi to DS owners by summer this year. According to CEO Satoru Iwata, consumers will be able to download information from public Wi-Fi hotspots. It is yet to be seen how advertisers will be able to utilise the project – but special DS-only …
Read More »Virtual Console hits 10m downloads
Nintendo’s retro games download service for Wii Virtual Console has provided over 10 million downloads in its first year. Speaking to Gamespot, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata revealed: Virtual Console saw over ten million downloads by the end of last December. That’s the total number of titles people paid to download. …
Read More »Iwata: ‘Third party devs are not struggling on Wii’
Nintendo president says other studios are reaping the benefits of Wii sales and has the figures to prove it
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