Get on over to the Nintendo World Store this Saturday!

Want to get your DS Lite before everyone else (well, besides those who got them from the street date leak)? If you live in New York City, the Nintendo World Store's got you covered. This Saturday, from 9 PM until 2 AM, you'll be able to line up to get your hands on the slick new handheld. Once it's Midnight, the DS Lite will go on sale for everyone to purchase.

If this isn't the single most demented game to ever come out of Nintendo, I will be very upset.

Tingle is a very polarizing character. There are very few people that don't completely love or hate the... interesting Zelda character. Anyway, the latest issue of Famitsu has finally revealed some of the details behind the Tingle RPG, entitled " Mogitate Tingle no Barairo Rupee Land" which translates... Read more...

Pokémon for Wii and info on Virtual Console pricing revealed.

At a management direction meeting held today, Nintendo unveiled some new information about the DS and Wii.

First off, the Opera Browser for DS has been delayed a month until July. They also talked more about the "Touch Generations" line and how the company is stressing a balance between traditional... Read more...

Hudson Entertainment's new online presence contains more community interaction, plus info on upcoming games for Wii, DS, and more.

HUDSON ENTERTAINMENT REVAMPS WEBSITE

Entertainment Enthusiast Site Includes Features on Games, Music, and More

SAN MATEO, CA - June 6, 2006 - Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm for Hudson Soft, today announced the unveiling of their new website, which was recently revamped... Read more...

Out now for GC, GBA, DS, and everything else. The Wii version will be out this fall, and the Atari 2600 version is being retroactively launched in 1983.

THQ Revs Up as 'Cars,' Based Upon the Summer Film From Disney/Pixar, Races Into Stores Across Multiple Video Game Platforms

THQ is Also Gearing Up Xbox 360(TM) Video and Game Entertainment System From Microsoft and Nintendo's Wii Versions for Release This Fall

AGOURA HILLS, Calif., June... Read more...

An interview discloses quite a few new details about the console web browser, including its responsiveness, Wii-customized internet applications, and supported technologies.

Website Cubed3 recently interviewed Scott Hedrick, vice president of Opera for Devices, about the mysterious Opera browser for Wii. Hedrick reveals quite a few tidbits.

Cubed3: Will the Opera browser be embedded from launch on the 512MB internal Flash or included with the system via a memory card?

You too can make Iwata, Miyamoto and the Regginator play Tennis, in the comfort of your own home.

Remember the WiiSports Tennis game at the end of Nintendo's E3 press conference? The one that had those goofy renditions of Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto and Reggie Fils-Aime? Everyone got to talking about how neat it would be if you can do that with your own face, with your own system.

It... Read more...

Iwata-san also has other interesting information in a new interview.

Japanese website TechOn! got a chance to interview Satoru Iwata, president of all things Nintendo. The chat gives a lot of insight into the development of the controller and Nintendo's thought process in justifying their new direction for the home console market. You really should read the whole thing when you get the chance. If you want to save yourself the mouse click, we've got the good stuff.

Wii wins E3 Best of Show and Best Hardware; Nintendo bags five awards in all.

The Game Critics Awards for E3 2006 have just been announced. The awards are voted on by media publications from all over print and the Internet, and are regarded as one of the best to have under a company's belt coming out of E3.

Nintendo was the big winner, taking home five awards, including the coveted Best of Show award with the Wii. The console also took home the best Best Hardware honor.

You can already buy the Nintendo DS Lite at some Wal-Mart and Target stores around the United States.

The Nintendo DS Lite doesn't officially go on sale in North America until June 11th, but some gamers already have their hands on the system -- without importing. Someone named Trakan at Cheap Ass Gamer reported buying a DS Lite on Tuesday after seeing them in the display case at his local Wal-Mart... Read more...

According to new info, it may be coming at you sooner and for less...

When Nintendo announced last week that the Wii would not exceed 25,000 Yen in Japan (or $250 in America), most people were expecting a finalized price point of $199. After all, without expensive internal technology, Nintendo wouldn’t need to worry about recouping the kind of massive manufacturing costs Microsoft and Sony are experiencing. Surprisingly, though, the Wii may be even more affordable than that.

He didn't like the name, either.

Chris Morris has a talk with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto up at CNN Money. It has a few interesting comments from everyone's favorite game maker, including the perhaps startling revelation that Miyamoto wasn't too receptive of the Wii name initially, and prefered the old codename instead.

"When... Read more...

The developer behind Nanostray has a new game on store shelves.

Shin'en Multimedia today celebrates the release of their second Nintendo DSTM title

After their Nintendo DSTM debut title "Nanostray" Shin'en announces the release of their second Nintendo DSTM game "Miss Spider – Harvest Time Hop and Fly"

Munich, Germany – May 24, 2006 – Shin’en... Read more...

I could make a powerglove joke, but I have more respect for you than that.

Old school Nintendo fans will be happy to hear that Universal is finally releasing the gamer classic The Wizard on DVD in America on August 29th.

For those of you not in the know, The Wizard is a 1989 take-off on The Who's Tommy that followed a pair of brothers (one played by The Wonder Years'... Read more...

Hot on the heels of PGC’s first podcast, Nintendo joins the trend.

Did you enjoy listening to our first podcast last week? Nintendo is taking the concept a step further with its own video podcasts promoting New Super Mario Bros. A series of four of them will be released over the next four weeks.

Monday, May 22 - The first episode to kick-off the series is... Read more...

Not only that, but they'll be able to buy a black version of the handheld!

Good news came for European Nintendo fans today, as the DS Lite was announced to be released on June 26th, not only with the Pearl White edition that's coming to Australia and North America, but a yet-to-be-seen black version, too! Check it out here:

You lucky Europeans!

As mentioned above, you'll be able to grab this new color and the regular white version when the handheld launches in Europe on June 26th of this year.

We've got the winner for PGC's DS Lite Contest, but we can't find him!

Daniel Solem's entry for our recent DS Lite Contest was great, and we were excited to award him his fabulous prize, but unfortunately, he hasn't responded to our confirmation email, and by not doing so, he isn't eligible to win the new handheld. We'd hate for him to have just forgotten to check his... Read more...

The developer declares DS, GBA, and Wii support

Cellien Studios Goes Console!

Developer to Focus on Nintendo Platforms.

Cellien Studios, former subsidiary of Star Cave Studios and developer of Illumina (PC FPS game, scheduled to be released as Freeware) and Terra: Formations (PC MMO) announces its intention to focus on the Nintendo® platforms in the future.

All our thoughts in one convenient 30 minute block of audio.

That's right, Planet GameCube is finally joining the Internet revolution known as podcasting. The idea sprang up at this years E3, when Evan and I simply could not shut up. Somebody came up with the bright idea that the two of us should get together weekly and discuss all sorts of topics. We've taken... Read more...

Wii becomes the first console to use the two wireless standards right out of the box.

Broadcom Advances the Wireless Gaming Experience With Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi® Technologies Integrated Into Nintendo's Wii™ Game Console

Nintendo Becomes the World's First to Offer Standard Bluetooth Wireless Game Controllers and Integrated Wi-Fi in the Upcoming Wii Console

IRVINE, Calif.,... Read more...