The Year of the LOLz Minigame Collections Image from www.videogamecritic.net 2007 was the year that Nintendo's "Blue Ocean" strategy became a casual gamer tidal wave. Attracting new...
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A Year in Review Part 2: A Year of Controversy February of 2007 included some curious news. Rockstar Games, infamous Grand Theft Auto developers (and, incidentally, famous for shady business...
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Note: This blogger is now in the middle of a 1000+ mile move to Dallas, Texas. When you'll be reading this, I'll be on a plane (with a wife, child, and two cats!). So, until I get back and...
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by Michael Pick on October 04, 2007
If you're hungry for details, video and lots of juicy image of the forthcoming Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii, you'll be pleased to hear that the official Nintendo site has gone live in Japan....
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Nintendo is strengthening its support for NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver Greg Biffle and his No. 16 Wii™ Ford Fusion. Fans who want to see the Wii car race can enter a sweepstakes to win a trip for...
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The Times has a piece on Nintendo's Blue Ocean strategy, citing current Ninty prez Satoru Iwata's vision and determination to plunge head on to the untapped waters and leave its competitors...
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Check out the transcripts of the E3 2007 Nintendo Conference where Nintendo lets everyone know how big the Wii and DS have become, new product announcements such as Wii Fit and Mario Kart for the Wii,...
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Montevideo, Uruguay, July 5, 2007 - An Uruguay civil court judge recently ordered a major counterfeiter of Nintendo video game products to pay Nintendo 2.5 million U.S. dollars in damages and legal...
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The San Jose Mercury News has reported that Nintendo plans on building a new office in Silicon Valley. Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime has announced that the Redmond, Wash.-based...
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Enterbrain (publisher of Japanese gaming mag Famitsu) recently released its monthly sales data for May 2007 and the fact of the matter is: Nintendo still rules gaming in Japan. Famitsu also has...
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Forbes Asia magazine recently compiled a list of the 40 richest Japanese and former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi zoomed up the chart at number three with a net worth of a cool $4.8 billion....
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Three of the biggest names in Nintendo of America are said to have resigned rather than join the relocation of Nintendo's Sales Team from Redmond, Washington to New York or San Francisco. Perrin...
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by John B on March 20, 2007
NintendoWiiFanboy has an interesting article about Nintendo (and every game development company, for that matter) re-using game assets. Artwork, concepts, even entire game engines are recycled to...
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by John B on March 12, 2007
Nintendo is setting up to release a new batch of commercials promoting character creation via the Mii Channel. The ads feature the same well-dressed Japanese duo knocking on doors and introducing the...
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by John B on January 18, 2007
Most old school Super NES owners know the drill. After a certain amount of time one half of the system turns a yellow-green color. Just the one half, not the whole thing, and it doesn't matter how...
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by jack on May 22, 2006
Click here for the full Newsweek article, or read the short portion that follows: ...The Wii's strong showing at the 2006 expo earlier this month, combined with Sony's announcement of two PS3...
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by jack on May 15, 2006
Due to the astonishing success of the Animal Crossing series (over three million copies sold worldwide), the Animal Crossing staff has decided to join forces with an animated film director and create...
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by jack on April 27, 2006
Of course you do. Luckily, Nintendo is offering the chance of a lifetime for any hardcore gamer: Through a contest with AOL, Nintendo will send three finalists to E3 for its media briefing to see,...
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by jack on April 01, 2006
Nintendo gave away gift packages to those who attended Nintendo's GDC event. Everyone received a free copy of Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day. On top of that, they got a special...
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by jack on April 01, 2006
Thanks to Miyamoto's brilliance with Nintendogs, Nintendo took home the jackpot in the Technology category at the Game Developer Choice Awards. The following are the nominees: Technology...
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by jack on March 30, 2006
Cubed3, another dedicated website devoted to Nintendo coverage, recently interviewed the Official Nintendo Magazine's Production Editor, Charlotte Martyn. Below are a few exceprts, and you can use...
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