Can't get enough logic puzzles?

Sudoku Craze Goes High-Tech With Sudoku Gridmaster for Nintendo DS

Video Game Version Contains More Than 400 Puzzles Ideal for Summer Travel

REDMOND, Wash., June 19 -- During the busy summer travel season, it's a rite of passage for travelers young and old to stock up on games and puzzles for entertainment during long flights and car trips. Nintendo is declaring summer 2006 the "summer of sudoku."

Nintendo reminds us of how awesome the game is a week after its release.

Did You Know? Nintendo's Big Brain Academy Is the Most Fun You Can Have With Your Brain

REDMOND, Wash., June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Quick -- which weighs more, three snails or a ladybug? How much is seven plus nine plus four? And was that sequence of sounds you just heard baby-baby-girl or girl-baby-baby?

Preorder your Wii now and get a free game!

Do you live in Australia? Then you can preorder your Wii from a Toys 'R Us store with a AUS$50 deposit and get a free (undisclosed) game when you pick it up in November! The website does not provide an anticipated price for the system.

This seems to be a limited time promotional offer from Toys 'R Us, and not a standard preorder deal for early adopters, though we may see similar offers appear around the world as November approaches.

Konami shows they know what's up in the world of soccer.

KONAMI ANNOUNCES ADRIANO AS COVER ATHLETE FOR WINNING ELEVEN: PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2007

Brazilian Striker to Highlight Next Version of Best-Rated Soccer Series

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – June 12, 2006 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced the signing of... Read more...

Rockstar's parent company has Nintendo's newest console in its sights.

According to a recent article at Next-Gen.Biz, detailing Take Two's financial status and development plans, it was revealed that the company is interested in making games for the Wii. Citing its immense popularity at E3, president and CEO Paul Eibeler had this to say:

"The positive [aspect] for... Read more...

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...