The environmental group calls Wii the most "energy efficient" console, then slaps Nintendo with a zero rating.

Greenpeace’s quarterly Guide to Greener Electronics, issued yesterday, gave Nintendo the "dubious honour of being the first company to score 0/10." The rating comes as the environmental group added video game console manufacturers to its ranking, which also included Microsoft with a rating of 2.7/10.

A look back on developing Metroid's greatest trilogy.

Ever wonder how those awesome Metroid Prime games were developed? How a first-time Texas developer was able to take the reigns of one of Nintendo’s most important franchises? Why Metroid Prime 2 feels a whole lot like Link to the Past? Gamasutra sat down with Retro Studios’ president and CEO, Michael Kelbaugh, to discuss those and many other issues. Here are some highlights from that interview:

This week we map our inventory to waggle.

Monday, it was reveled that Super Smash Bros Brawl will offer totally customizable controls. Want to map jump to the C Button? Go right ahead!

So, dear readers, here’s what we want to know from you. Should fully customized controls be the future of all games? What are some recent games would... Read more...

Courtesy of Nikitova Games.

Nikitova Games announces two of its own new IP titles in production

Chicago, USA, November 26th, 2007 – Tatiana Makarova, “Nikitova Games" VP of Sales announces two of it's own new IP titles are currently in production and planned for release in 2008.

“We are happy to share the details... Read more...

The handheld surpasses the mark set by rival PSP with 191,000 units sold.

Nintendo is celebrating more record breaking in the British market as official ChartTrack sales data shows that the Nintendo DS has sold more units in a single week than any other hardware format has managed in history. The 191,000 units finding homes last week edged out the previous UK record held by the Sony PSP’s September 2005 launch when 185,000 units were shifted in seven days.

Japanese Children to learn English from early age via their DS

Benesse Corporation, a leader in language learning tools for Japanese children, has announced an intensive English language course for Nintendo DS. The 18 title series is targeted at Elementary school students. The “dynamic learning" DS program will offer written and verbal challenges and chart... Read more...

Customize your controls to the nth degree, then save them on your Wii Remote.

Controls for Brawl have long been a source of discussion and worry among Smash Bros. fans, and the official "Dojo" blog continues to feed more information regarding the extensive options available to players. The newest update details how button configurations can be changed and saved for all four controller options (Remote, Nunchuk, Classic, and GameCube).

Nintendo's system reaches 200k in record time.

The Wii is now the fastest selling console in Australia, reaching 200,000 sales just a couple weeks south of the one year anniversary of its release, according to Nintendo Australia. The Australian Wii launch took place in December 2006.

The title of "fastest selling console ever" is a true... Read more...

An undercover investigation found that many stores aren't adhering to ESRB rating policies.

The San Diego East County Youth Coalition, in conjunction with the National Institute on Media and Family and other youth-oriented organizations, has found that 46% of stores involved in an undercover investigation sold M-rated video games to minors.

The two-month study found that despite ESRB... Read more...

Europeans, get ready to rock.

Let The Diamond Hunt begin as Boulder Dash®-ROCKS!™ hits the Shelves Today

Darmstadt/Geneva, November 22nd 2007 –10TACLE STUDIOS AG, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS); and First Star Software, Inc. today announced the Europe-wide release of “Boulder Dash®-ROCKS!™" for the Nintendo... Read more...

Website crashes under the weight of overwhelming demand.

In Japan this past Tuesday, Nintendo released their long-awaited TV tuner attachment for the Nintendo DS. Compatible with the original DS and the DS Lite, the tuner is a simple cartridge that picks up certain over-the-air broadcasts and displays them on the top screen of the handheld. The bottom... Read more...

Not by Epic, but still.

In an interview with games site Kikizo, Epic Games VP Mark Rein was asked about the possibility of getting some form of Unreal Engine 3 running on Nintendo Wii. According to Rein, one of the engine's licensees is already attempting it.

"I know one of our licensees who's giving it a shot; it's... Read more...

Square Enix and Ubisoft have signed a publishing agreement for the Northern European market.

SQUARE ENIX AND UBISOFT NORDIC SIGN VIDEO GAME DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR FINAL FANTASY XII: REVENANT WINGS

Copenhagen, Denmark - November 22, 2007 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announces that it has entered a distribution agreement with Square Enix... Read more...

This week: Happy Birthday Wii!

For much of the world, Monday was the Wii's first birthday. For all intents it seems to have been a banner year for Nintendo’s white box of "innovation." Worldwide over 13 million units have been sold.

So here's what we want to know: What does Nintendo need to do, or not do, in order to... Read more...

Hordes of holiday Wii-seekers look abroad and prepare for heartbreak.

According to a report from the Telegraph amongst others, British retailers are conceding they will not be able to meet the "unprecedented" demand for Wii as their fresh stocks, consisting of thousands of units, are exhausted within hours and even minutes of being made available.

Stock alert services... Read more...

Capcom USA explains how much was involved in migrating platforms.

Wii and Capcom's Okami seemed like a perfect match for each other. Speculation had run rampant for the longest time as to whether or not the Clover Studio game would hit Nintendo's console, and it wasn't until a few weeks ago that Capcom finally admitted that it was happening. It was not, however, as easy as just retooling the game to work with the Wii Remote.

The little console that could is now one year old.

That's right, Nintendo released the Wii exactly one year ago as of today. As you can imagine, a lot has happened between then and now, and today the lucky thirteen million Wii owners around the world celebrate not only the first anniversary of their console's release, but also the nearly constant... Read more...

Wii and DS lead hardware sales, industry up 73% from the same period last year.

After much ado about withholding data from the public, the NPD Group has decided to continue its monthly practice of releasing hardware and software sales figures. For the four-week period that made up the October reporting period, here is data for hardware sold.

October 2007 Hardware Sales

Nintendo of Japan add an exclusive controller to their catalogue! Also: a two-disc Galaxy soundtrack.

Club Nintendo, a service in Japan that lets gamers register games and redeem points for cool stuff, has updated its catalog today. Nintendo have gone all-out for fans of the Virtual Console service. Original controllers have been available before, such as the Mario and Luigi themed GameCube pads.... Read more...

The new Spectator mode lets you watch and bet on other people's online matches. Yeah, on the Wii.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl continues to establish itself as an online experience with features you'd expect in a PC or Xbox 360 game, certainly far beyond anything yet seen on Wii. The newest announcement is Spectator mode, in which you can watch Wi-Fi matches of anonymous players from around the world.... Read more...