November's NPD numbers show strong sales for Nintendo consoles and software, and Mario is actually doing better than advertised.

Despite a downturn in video game console sales from November 2008, the Wii and DS sold well in November 2009, sitting atop the hardware sales chart. New Super Mario Bros. Wii also hit a sales milestone.

According to the NPD Group, the Nintendo DS sold 1,700,000 units and the Wii sold 1,260,000... Read more...

The new game from HI Games will sharpen your dinosaur-dodging skills.

Yesterday HI Games announced a new DSiWare title that will use the built-in camera to perform motion sensing using the Motion Cortex engine from Realeyes3D.

The game does not use any buttons, but instead has you tilting the DSi to avoid a bite from a charging dinosaur. The touch screen uses arrows to give you an indication as to which way you should flick the system.

Nintendo's handheld beats PlayStation 2's sales records as it passes the 10 million mark.

MCV has confirmed that the Nintendo DS has surpassed the 10 million sold mark, with the official number being 10.5 million handhelds. This makes it the best-selling gaming system in United Kingdom history. The milestone happened in the system's 47th week at retail. The previous record holder was Sony's PlayStation 2, which to date has sold 10.2 million systems.

The sports title will use MotionPlus and the Your Shape camera for realistic sports action.

Ubisoft has announced a new game for Wii called Racquet Sports. The title will include tennis, ping pong, badminton, squash and beach tennis.

The game will be compatible with MotionPlus for more accurate swing movement, as well as Ubisoft's motion-tracking camera (bundled with the recently released Your Shape). Players will be able to participate in party and championship modes.

Mario and friends inspire seniors and kids to play together.

Ever since the launch of the Wii in 2006, the system has been able to gain fans in the unlikeliest of places. One of those groups of fans are senior citizens. The ease of play, along with the appeal of games like Wii Sports has inspired them to enjoy their golden years and have fun.

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Move gives Sunsoft the ability to re-release, or even remake, all titles ever created by the defunct publisher.

After last week's announcement that they were bringing their classic title Blaster Master back on Virtual Console, Sunsoft followed it up this week with even bigger news. The company announced today that they have acquired the entire game library - including intellectual property rights – of defunct Japanese publisher Nihon Telenet.

The game will have you touching and/or singing the night away.

Konami has revealed information about an upcoming rhythm game for DS called Utacchi. The title, which combines the Japanese words for "touch" and "sing" will support up to four players. The game will have you focusing on something called the "Tacchii," interacting by either touching or singing.

The latest issue of Nintendo Power reveals that the game will include three playable characters, and a robot master named Sheep Man.

Following the success of Mega Man 9, Capcom has announced a sequel , the aptly named Mega Man 10.

Nintendo Power announced that Mega Man 10 is well on its way, and features significant changes to the traditional Blue Bomber formula. Among them is a bizarre story — the world's robots have been... Read more...

Not Guilty ruling for DS flash card maker Divineo will be appealed.

Nintendo announced that they intend to support the appeal of a ruling in favor of Divineo, a company that develops flash cards for use in the Nintendo DS.

The rulingwas handed down December 4 with comments from the judge that Nintendo should allow a more open development policy with its systems, much like Microsoft has done with Windows where anyone can develop for the OS.

Sentinels of the Starry Skies looks to be the title for the localized release.

Square Enix has trademarked the title Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies in North America, after a similar trademark filing in Europe last week fueled suspicion that the game's title would be the same in both territories.

Nothing has been made official by Square Enix yet, including the fact that the game will even be released outside Japan, but it seems very likely at this point that an announcement will be coming soon.

The Nintendo-published game will be hitting DSiWare today in Japan.

Brownie Brown has announced a new DSiWare game titled Kappa Michi (translation: Kappa Road), which hits the DSi store in Japan today.

The game involves kappas, Japanese mythological creatures. Using the stylus, the player draws roads for their big-headed kappa to travel to a goal, while avoiding dangerous traps and other obstacles. Along the way, baby kappas can be found that will need rescuing.

Aonuma discusses a challenge from Miyamoto, and the story behind the train tracks in The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.

In the tenth edition of the Iwata Asks interview series, Legend of Zelda series designer Eiji Aonuma discusses the development process for both The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, drawing comparisons between the two.

Majora's Mask, Aonuma says, was born... Read more...

The former Capcom director relishes the opportunity to continue the celebrated series himself.

Game Informer recently caught up with Platinum Games' Hideki Kamiya, former development director of Capcom classics Viewtiful Joe and Okami. While he is currently working on Bayonetta for PS3/Xbox 360, he was asked about which of his former franchises he'd like to revisit if he could. While stressing that his previous creations are properties of their publisher, he did express an interest to return to the Viewtiful Joe franchise.

Brawl is dethroned in Japan by the latest Mario adventure.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii has set the record for being the fastest-selling Wii title in Japan, according to a famitsu.com article, with 936,734 units sold in only four days. The previous first-week record was held by Super Smash Bros. Brawl, released in January 2008, which sold 816,000 units in its first week of release.

The Square Enix title lets other players visit your game, even with the lid closed.

Upcoming Square Enix RPG remake Dragon Quest VI will communicate with other players via Wi-Fi, even when the system is closed and in standby mode. The feature, called Surechigai, happens in the background as you pass other players on the street. A similar feature was included in Dragon Quest IX, which was released in Japan last July and allowed players to visit each other's copy of the game and search for treasure.

It's another robust week as Rayman and four other titles hit DSiWare, four games launch on WiiWare, and Street Fighter Alpha 2 and Shinobi brighten up Virtual Console.

DSiWare is front and center in this latest week of downloads with five titles, including the original Rayman. WiiWare has four new titles, while Virtual Console has two retro hits, one from the arcades and one from the Super Nintendo.

Rayman is the headline title on DSiWare, and is a port of... Read more...

Sunsoft rises from the ashes to deliver the NES classic.

Sunsoft and GaijinWorks have announced that they will be bringing NES classic Blaster Master to Virtual Console in December for 500 Wii Points. An exact release date has yet to be announced.

The release marks the return of developer Sunsoft, best known for Blaster Master as well as several other... Read more...

New Super Mario Bros. Wii a strong performer in its first day of release.

According to the Sinobi Retail Blog in Japan, Wii games are performing well so far this month.

In its first day of release, New Super Mario Bros. Wii sold 422,000 copies, outperforming Super Mario Galaxy's first week of sales (256,000 copies sold). With three more days of release, New Super Mario... Read more...

In addition to bonus costumes, players can now download additional challenges.

In a Creator's Voice Interview, Tales of Graces product manager Shinichiro Okamoto has confirmed that, in addition to Tales of Vesperia costumes, players will also be able to download challenge battles.

Distributed as free DLC, the challenge battles will be similar to the arena battles in previous... Read more...

A French judge rules that users have the right to use flash cards for homebrew projects.

A court in Paris, France has dismissed a lawsuit presented by Nintendo over the use of DS flash cards. Nintendo was attempting to stop their use due to their ability to bypass piracy protection and illegally emulate DS titles.

However, the presiding judge explained that flash cards are often... Read more...