Nintendo of America COO clears the air regarding slowing sales of the Wii console.

Nintendo held an E3 Analyst briefing on June 16, touching on what it considered to be several myths surrounding sales of its Wii console.

Addressing whether or not sales of the console are slowing, Fils-Aime presented NPD data showing that Wii sold more consoles between November 2009 and April 2010 than the PS3 and Xbox 360 combined.

Observe brief snippets of Paper Mario and Mario Kart for the 3DS, and listen to music from Pilotwings Resort.

At E3, the 3DS versions of Mario Kart and and Paper Mario were demostrated in non-playable form with short videos. Each demo displayed GameCube-quality footage with some very impressive 3D effects, such as boulders rolling towards the drivers in Mario Kart and fishbones popping out of the screen in Paper Mario. Here is a tiny

Despite their beliefs in a strong offline offering, Iwata believes more can be done online.

In a recent E3 Q&A session with analysts, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata expressed his discontent with Nintendo’s online efforts.

Iwata was quite candid in expressing a need for improvement. “I have heard commentary that people feel that Nintendo’s online functionality is behind... Read more...

Nintendo’s new role-playing game sees a big dip in its second week.

After Xenoblade’s respectable debut last week, many were hoping that good word-of-mouth and additional shipments would keep the game from dropping too far down the charts. Unfortunately for those fans it didn’t happen, as Xenoblade falls from the top spot to number 5 in the preliminary rankings.

Tetsuya Nomura believes that Pixar worlds and characters could appear in future titles.

In an E3 interview, Kingdom Hearts creator and character designer Tetsuya Nomura talked about the possibilities of future Kingdom Hearts games featuring Pixar-based worlds. “I am aware of the fan requests for Pixar characters,” said the Square Enix director. “I will do my best. Maybe one day Pixar characters will be featured in the Kingdom Hearts series.”

The franchise's creator talks about new additions to the DS version.

In an interview in this week’s Famitsu magazine, Kingdom Hearts creator Tetsuya Nomura revealed some details about the recently announced DS title Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded.

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As previously announced, Re: Coded will be a... Read more...

According to Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, 3DS development costs could be higher than those of the DS.

In an E3 Q&A session, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata commented on the development costs of Nintendo 3DS games, explaining that costs could be higher than those of the DS.

He attributed this extra cost to the system's additional graphics capabilities. "Because the visual capabilities of... Read more...

Two games for the price of one!

The second Fire Emblem remake for the Nintendo DS is due out next month in Japan, and Nintendo has been releasing all sorts of juicy tidbits of information about the game. Today they released what is arguably one of the biggest – the inclusion of BS Fire Emblem: Record of Akeneia Wars as bonus content.

As PS3 sales continue to increase as Wii sales fall, Reggie comments on how Nintendo hopes to maintain a lead, even with Sony’s new PlayStation Move.

At a recent investor relations meeting held on June 16, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime commented on how Nintendo hopes to combat the rising sales of the PlayStation 3 and its new motion controls.

When asked about how they are going to respond to PlayStation Move, Reggie was confident... Read more...

The Nintendo CEO talks about the beginnings of the 3D-enhanced handheld.

In an interview with VentureBeat, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata talked about how the 3DS came to be. The interview traced the creation of the 3DS to the days of the Virtual Boy, an experiment Satoru Iwata claims "didn"t work that well".

The interview discussed the following:

The... Read more...

Capcom is using its MT Framework to develop the handheld title.

4Gamer has revealed that Capcom is using its MT Framework, used to create titles like Resident Evil 5 and Lost Planet 2, to develop their upcoming 3DS title Resident Evil: Revelations.

The goal of using the MT Framework is to achieve console-quality visuals on a portable system. Looking at the trailer below, they seem to be well on their way to achieving that goal.

Reggie Fils-Aime states that they are still judging feedback.

In an interview with IndustryGamers, Nintendo of America head Reggie Fils-Aime stated that the current design of their recently-revealed 3DS is not necessarily final.

He emphasized that part of what the company looks for at an event like E3 is feedback. "At an E3, our engineers are looking for... Read more...

Japanese fans will be able to try the fifth Pokémon game in August.

Nintendo has announced that they will be touring Japan with the Pokémon Black and White demo starting in August, and ending in mid-September.

Even though the game will properly debut at this weekend’s World Hobby Fair, the demo will not be playable. During the tour players will be able to try the game out in advance as well as learn the latest info on the title.

The youngest of its fans should probably avoid playing in 3D, according to Reggie Fils-Aime.

Speaking to Kotaku, Reggie Fils-Aime has stated that while playing the Nintendo 3DS does not present any health issues, children under the age of seven should probably avoid playing in 3D.

Fils-Aime was quite clear on the matter. "We will recommend that very young children not look at... Read more...

Humans and Dinosaurs co-exist in this week's batch of Nintendo Downloads.

This week in Nintendo Downloads we have eight new titles: five for Nintendo DSiWare, and three for WiiWare.

The first game up for WiiWare is Art Style: Rotozoa, published by Nintendo. This game has you controlling an organism and trying to grow by absorbing enemies. The game has you going... Read more...

No, it's not from anybody you've heard of.

Despite rumors indicating that the Nintendo 3DS would be powered by an Nvidia Tegra chip, a press release has revealed that the system's graphics chip is in fact the PICA200 chip produced by Japanese hardware company Digital Media Professionals.

The chip's clock speed is 200MHz, and it can push... Read more...

Epic Mickey players get to wield a paintbrush controller, while Tron fans get to have a stylish Wii Remote.

In honor of the upcoming releases of Tron Legacy and Disney Epic Mickey, PDP has announced special controllers to be released alongside each game.

For Epic Mickey, PDP has created a special paintbrush Nunchuk controller. The controller connects to the Wii Remote and features a joystick, C and... Read more...

In honor of Pac-Man’s 30th anniversary, he will hold a party on Nintendo’s console.

Namco Bandai Games of America has announced a new Pac-Man game in honor of the mascot’s 30th anniversary. Pac-Man Party is a party game made exclusively for the Wii. Slated to come out in North America this fall, Pac-Man party will feature over 45 mini-games and is designed to invite all kinds of... Read more...

Posting attributed to "technical error."

The Nintendo of Europe website has designated March 25, 2011 as the release date for the 3DS iteration of Paper Mario. This date lies near the end of the promised 3DS launch range, which ends with Nintendo's fiscal year on March 31, indicating that the game will either be a launch... Read more...

Capcom COO believes that Sony needs to release a new PSP in order to compete with Nintendo’s 3DS.

Capcom Europe COO and former Sony Computer Entertain of Europe president David Reeves told Gamesindustry.biz that Sony needs to respond to Nintendo’s 3DS quickly in order to stay in the handheld game, and that the follow up to the PSP needs to happen in the next 12 months for the sake of developers and publishers.