They also expect DS hardware and Wii software to do better than initially predicted.

In a press conference today in Japan, Nintendo announced that they would be raising their profit forecast figures for their 2007 fiscal year, set to end on March 31.

Previously, Nintendo was looking to make a net profit of 100 billion Yen ($870 million). Not anymore, since they now are looking... Read more...

It only took about a month for Nintendo to ship out that many.

Since its Japanese launch on December 2, Nintendo has sold 1,135,671 Wii consoles in the country. This figure was calculated by Famitsu on Sunday the 7th, so that means Nintendo went through that many systems in only 36 days.

Nintendo's worldwide sales target for the Wii was 4 million by the... Read more...

Ocarina of Time, Super Mario World, Mario Kart 64, and more are all coming within the next three months.

Ushering In The New Year

Wii Virtual Console Retro Goodness Revealed For Q1 2007

9 January 2007- Owners of Nintendo’s revolutionary games console, Wii are in for a retro treat at the start of 2007, with 36 new Virtual Console titles spanning Nintendo’s twenty-year history available... Read more...

This week's VC update sees three new releases, but curiously, Nintendo is nowhere to be found.

After last week's pittance, Nintendo decided to step aside and let some third parties take center stage. Along with last week's TG16 no-show, Konami and Hudson are packing a one-two punch for shoot-em'-up fans, who are no doubt in heaven right now. As always, you can get the vital info for each of this week's new releases and what our staff recommends for your persual.

Streets of Rage, Bonanza Bros. among Q1 2007 releases.

SEGA ANNOUNCES FIVE NEW TITLES COMING TO Wii VIRTUAL CONSOLE

Five Additional SEGA Genesis Classics Will Soon Be Available for Download on the Wii™ Shop Channel

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (January 8, 2007) - SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA Europe Ltd. today announced five titles from its... Read more...

It will be known as Eledees instead of Elebits and is set to come out this spring.

Eledees power-up Konami's first title for Wii

Konami details innovative use of Nintendo controller in search of tiny creatures called Eledees

Konami Digital Entertainment Europe has confirmed its first title for Nintendo’s New Generation Wii video game system. Entitled Eledees due... Read more...

A recently revealed vulnerability in the desktop version of Opera 9 can also crash the Wii version.

On January 5th, Opera Software revealed two security bugs in version 9.0x of its internet browser. Though patched in its most recently released version 9.10, the Internet Channel Trial Version used on the Wii is still affected since it is powered by Opera 9.0. iDefense Labs, discoverer of the bugs, notified Opera Software on November 16th of last year.

The Entertainment for All Expo will occupy E3's former home in October. Update: It's open to the public, but only if the public opens its wallet.

Update: Next-Gen talked with event organizer IDG and discovered that the "open to the public" title has a little asterisk attached to it. Interested attendees may be a little disappointed to hear that the show won't be free; the going rate for a three-day pass will be $100. $33 a day may be a small price to pay for some people, but until we know what is going to be at the show, will it be worth it?

The North American version of Naruto: Ninja Council 3 comes to the DS in the Spring.

NARUTO for the NINTENDO DS(TM) - Believe It!: TOMY and D3Publisher of America Announce the Upcoming Release of NARUTO(TM): Ninja Council(TM) 3 for the NINTENDO DS(TM)

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nintendo DS(TM) owners will finally have a NARUTO game to call their own. TOMY Corporation and D3Publisher... Read more...

TG-16 game's VC release delayed by Hudson due to bugs.

As NWR's own Aaron Kaluszka noted in our forums, yesterday Hudson confirmed in a forum thread on their official site that the Virtual Console release of the TurboGrafx-16 game Dungeon Explorer has been delayed due to the need for bug fixes. On the company's forums, Hudson staff member "John Master Lee" states:

Tim and Chris Stamper have left the company they started almost 25 years ago.

When Rare Ltd. was purchased by Microsoft in 2002, it meant the end of the company's involvement with Nintendo's home consoles. Luckily, they've continued to support the Game Boy Advance (with games like It's Mr. Pants and Banjo Pilot), and later this year, they'll be releasing a new Diddy Kong Racing on the DS.

Nintendo follows up a merry Virtual Console Christmas with a not-so-happy VC New Year.

We'd like to wish Nintendo fans around the world a Happy New Year, because it seems as if Nintendo decided not to. This week's Virtual Console update is the worst since the service was launched, with only two new NES games available. (Actually, make that two old NES games.) Here's what they are and what we think of them.

The month of December saw DS Lite hardware production go up a little.

The popularity of the DS Lite knows no bounds, so the only thing that's holding Nintendo back from selling a bajillion systems is that they can only manufacture X-amount of units every month. For the past few months, X equaled 2.2 million units for consumption worldwide.

Well, word on the street... Read more...

The January release list gives a hint of things to come.

Nintendo has posted twelve new games on their Japanese Virtual Console web page. Each of these games will be released in January, though specific days have not yet been set.

First up are four Famicom (NES) games. Ikki, published by Sunsoft is the only new third-party game. Ice Climber, Hikari... Read more...

Korean DS launches in early 2007; Korean Wii in late 2007.

Back in July, Nintendo opened a new Korean branch with the assumption that it would be used to better market and distribute their games and game hardware. It looks like Nintendo will be doing just that, as they've announced they will be bringing Korean-language versions of the DS and Wii to the country next year.

Here's NWR's opinion of the Christmas batch of Virtual Console games.

The weather outside is frightful, but those Christmas (and Thanksgiving) Wiis are ready for some Virtual Console love. Today's batch of games is definitely the best yet - there's something for everyone. Want to know which games to get? Read on.

Street Fighter II - SNES

Released: 1991

The free trial version of the Wii Opera browser can now be obtained through the Wii Shop Channel.

Everyone in the world can now surf the Internet with the Wii remote. Nintendo just put the Wii Internet Channel up in the Wii Ware section of the Wii Shop Channel, and you can now hop on your console to download it. Weighing in at a hefty 278 blocks, the Opera-powered browser works just like a standard web browser, only designed for displaying webpages on your television screen.

NOA's figurehead says there won't be holes in the Wii's release schedule this time around.

Nintendo of America's President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime chatted with Newsweek's N'Gai Croal earlier this week. The topic at hand was Nintendo's history of delaying AAA games and creating voids in the release schedules of previous consoles, and whether or not it would happen again with Wii.

It... Read more...

Experience "Intense Ninja Fighting" on Game Boy Advance, DS, GameCube, and Wii thanks to Ubisoft's Montreal studio.

UBISOFT USHERS THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES INTO THE NEXT GENERATION OF VIDEO GAMES

Family Bonds, Classic Turtle Humor and Over-the-Top Ninja Action Take Center Stage in New TMNT Video Game

CITY, COUNTRY - DECEMBER 20, 2006 - Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers... Read more...

We're looking at 26 titles in the course of three months. Not too shabby.

A Happy Wii New Year!

Nintendo unveils action packed Q1 2007 Wii line-up

19th December 2006 - Nintendo has plenty in store to keep your Wii Remote busy in the New Year. Whatever sort of games you like to play there is something for everyone on Wii, ranging from nail-bitingly addictive puzzle games to adrenaline-filled action titles. This selection will keep you tied up until Easter!