Wii Fit exercises its domination over Super Mario Galaxy.

The latest Media Create Japanese software charts proved what everyone expected: Wii Fit sold big in Japan. However, despite it selling 261,000 units, it wasn’t enough to reach the top position.

That honour was taken by Professor Layton and the Devil’s Box for the Nintendo DS, which managed... Read more...

Developer's blog reveals how the game will deal with disconnecting players and character spoilers.

The newest update to Masahiro Sakurai's blog for Super Smash Bros. Brawl seems at first like another boring interface explanation. It walks us through how to join an anonymous online match. Simply choose "With Anyone," "Battle," or "Team Battle," and your character. You can then vote on a stage,... Read more...

The £74 million GAME-Gamestation deal has been given provisional approval by the UK Competition Commission as concerns regarding the pre-owned software market are dismissed.

The merger of the UK’s two largest videogame specialist High Street retailers, GAME and Gamestation, will proceed after being cleared by the Competition Commission.

The £74 million deal announced in May had been delayed following its referral to the Commission by the Office of Fair Trading... Read more...

You can train to be a ninja with EA's new game for Wii and DS.

EA AND NUNCHUCK GAMES TEAM UP TO CO-PUBLISH NINJA REFLEX

Party Game for Wii and Nintendo DS Will Challenge Gamers to Develop the Reflexes of a Ninja in March 2008

Redwood City, Calif. – December 5, 2007 – Do you have what it takes to be a ninja? Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS)... Read more...

In three more interviews, Galaxy's Director tells that he doesn't believe there's any real difference between casual and hardcore gamers, he's been sneaking plot and story into Nintendo games for years.

Recently Super Mario Galaxy Director Yoshiaki Koizumi has been making the rounds on the interview circuit to talk about the development of Super Mario Galaxy. He recently sat down for interviews with Next-Gen, Game Daily, and Wired to delve deeper into his development history at Nintendo.

For... Read more...

What do you look for when gauging publication credibility? Tell us!

In the last few days the integrity of "gaming journalism" has come under the microscope. Recent rumblings have intimated that the barrier between editorial content and advertisers may not always be as impermeable as it should be.

This isn't a concern exclusive to gaming, but to most websites... Read more...

Double Six and NiK NaK will focus on downloadable and children’s games respectively.

Kuju Entertainment has announced the creation of NiK NaK, a studio focused on developing titles for young gamers, as the latest in a series of moves restructuring the UK-based independent development house. According to GameIndustry.biz, Nik NaK will limit its output to content rated 7+ or below by the PEGI and is currently working on a series of games based on a “big IP" that will be revealed early next year.

The new publisher will effectively become the largest third party in the industry.

In what may very well be the biggest news story of 2007, Activision and Vivendi Games have jointly announced that they will be joining forces to create Activision Blizzard. Vivendi, which owns Blizzard Entertainment, will have a 52% stake in the newly formed publishing label, making it the controlling... Read more...

Two months after NSider closure, Nintendo’s US home page adopts the white and blue aesthetic and debuts new game guide feature.

When Nintendo closed their official NSider forums indefinitely in September, they cited a “major overhaul" as a reason behind the closure. This overhaul has just gone live as Nintendo.com recently adopted a new layout and design for their American site that owes much to their previous blue-ocean oriented efforts.

The magic of the Southern Cross is always on your side. Updated with Pokémon Snap info.

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) and their Australian counterpart, the Office of Literature and Film Classification (OLFC), often release the names of games that have been rated before their publishers even acknowledge their existence. From these lists, we often learn of unannounced Virtual Console games that are being considered for release.

Finally, a Virtual Console game specially enhanced for Wii.

Fifteen games are hitting Japan’s Virtual Console in December. The big news for the month is the release of Pokemon Snap for Nintendo 64. What’s notable about the release is that it is the first game to include a significant Wii enhancement. The game’s original focus was the photography of... Read more...

Doublesix to provide downloadable games for Wii.

Digital Addiction - Kuju launches doublesix

New studio dedicated to digitally downloadable games

30th November 2007. Guildford, Surrey, UK. Based in Guildford, doublesix has been established to create addictive, "have another go" video games across all downloadable formats with the intention of establishing themselves as a world leader on digital distribution across all platforms: XBLA, PSN, Wii-Ware and PC.

Aside from Retro and NST, Nintendo will leave western development to western publishers.

Asked by Wired News about whether Nintendo was looking to develop more American games, Nintendo Senior Vice President George Harrison confessed, “I’m not aware of any plans for more software development here in the U.S." Harrison went on to explain that the question of what to make and where to make it lay in the hands of people like Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto in Japan.

This week's software sales really show how poorly Super Mario Galaxy is doing.

Media Create’s software charts show another strong week for Nintendo platforms, but you may be surprised at with what games.

At No. 1, clocking almost 600,000 units in sales was Dragon Quest IV on the DS.

The only Wii game in the top tier was at No. 6, with Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, reaching just over 62,000 units sold.

Nintendo denies charges of under-shipping, points to unprecedented demand instead.

It’s not exactly a stunning revelation to anyone doing their Christmas shopping, but the Wii is still selling out everywhere you go. Wired talked about the situation with Nintendo Senior Vice President George Harrison, who refuted accusations that Nintendo was hoarding stock to create artificial demand.

Your favorite levels from Melee may still show up in the new Smash Bros.

The newest update to the official Smash Bros. DOJO!! blog is short but sweet, confirming after much speculation that "a number" of stages from the previous game, Super Smash Bros. Melee, will be included in Brawl. The only one shown so far is Temple, the massive stage set in Hyrule with upper platforms and underground tunnels. New screenshots depict new characters like Wario and Diddy Kong chasing each other through this popular battlefield.

Developers are reminded to keep it simple if they want to swim in the blue ocean.

Historically seen as a very private and secretive company, Nintendo has opened its doors and is helping third party publishers work out the design kinks in casual oriented games they are developing for the Wii and DS.

One scene that Business Week describes is two Ubisoft executives being invited... Read more...

Oxygen to release two new quiz games for Wii.

WII-HEY! MORE CHEGGERS & HANSEN!

November 29th 2007: Northamptonshire, UK: Now that the PlayStation®2 and PC versions of Cheggers’ Party Quiz and Alan Hansen’s Sports Challenge have launched successfully, Oxygen Games™ is delighted to confirm that the Wii™ quizzes will be in the shops on December 7th.

Director Yoshiaki Koizumi shares lessons in developing Mario, stretching from Super Mario 64 to this season’s Super Mario Galaxy.

At the 2007 Montreal Games Summit, Nintendo Developer Yoshiaki Koizumi took to the stage to share lessons from his history of working on Nintendo games, like The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat. Recently, Koizumi has just finished directing Super Mario Galaxy, so Nintendo’s mascot figured greatly in his presentation, as related by Gamasutra.

Edward Zinser has stepped down from his post for unspecified reasons.

THQ's Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Edward Zinser, has resigned from his position with the publisher. The move is effective immediately.

Zinser's departure comes as THQ has lowered sales estimates and delayed several key titles outside of the holiday release period. ... Read more...