May 26, 2013

Nintendo - News


Nintendo Sold 1.5 Million DS and Wii Systems During Black Friday Week

Nintendo DS and Wii

Nintendo announced that during Thanksgiving/Black Friday week, they sold 1.5 million combined DS and Wii systems( 900,000 DS systems and 600,000 Wii systems). According to USA Today, that’s an increase for the Wii over last year, when it sold 550,000 systems. But the DS dropped down from sales of over one million last year, perhaps [...]

Kinect Hacked To Play Super Mario Bros on PC [Video]

mario kinect hack Super Mario Bros

YouTube’s “Yankeyan” is back with another Kinect hack that’s even better than his last. While he previously showed off that Kinect could be used to wield artificial lightsabers, now he’s crossed first-party barriers and made the Microsoft motion gaming device into a working controller for Super Mario Bros. In this video Yankeyan has it hacked [...]

Microsoft Kinect : Sold 26000 Units First Week in Japan

Microsoft Kinect japan

The company that tracks sales data for Japanese video game software and hardware, Media Create presented its weekly report today with an assessment of Microsoft’s Kinect. Describing it as having “a quiet start,” the company reported that 26,000 units were sold during its launch weekend of November 20th & 21st. That figure includes stand-alone units [...]

Nintendo Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel – Black Friday

Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel

Nintendo is bringing Mario and his friends with their finely tuned racing machines back and this time to the Nintendo Wii. With 3 different control styles and a Wii Wheel included in the box, Mario Kart Wii  is bound to be the best in the series. The worldwide race is on with a whole new [...]

Nintendo Wii Hardware Bundle – Black Friday Deal

Nintendo Wii Hardware Bundle

Wii is all about the motion controlled freedom and flexibility, and the new Wii Remote Plus Controller, included in this bundle in a matching red color scheme, is the new standard controller for the Wii gaming system. Combining the original accelerometer enabled motion-sensing abilities of the original iconic Wii Remote controller with with the expanded [...]

FlingSmash with Wii Remote Plus Bundle: Black Friday Deal Review

FlingSmash with Wii Remote Plus Bundle

FlingSmash is a unique side-scrolling action game for Wii that utilizes the Wii Remote Plus controller to bring a whole new gameplay experience to players. Bundled with a black Wii Remote Plus controller,* the game uses the advanced all-in-one motion sensing capabilities of the new controller in mix of video game racket sports and pinball [...]

Nintendo 3DS Coming in January at “Nintendo World 2011″

Nintendo has announced a 3DS demo day called Nintendo World 2011. It will take place on the 8th, 9th and 10th of January at the Makuhari Messe convention center just outside Tokyo and admission will be free. So far Nintendo has only showed off the 3DS at press and invite-only events. The amazing new handheld [...]

“Nintendo DSi” Black Friday Bundles Coming in Orange and Green Colors

Nintendo DSi Black Friday Bundles

Nintendo officially announced its new holiday orange and green DSi bundles. Both of the new colors include Mario Party DS, which received a so-so score from us. The new bundle will be in stores on Black Friday for $149.99 MSRP. Orange and green Nintendo DSi bundles will hit North American retailers on November 26 for [...]

Xbox 360 to Celebrate its Fifth Birthday

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console now celebrates its 5th birthday, the first of the so-called “next-gen” consoles – turned five on November 22. It was on this day in 2005 that the Xbox hit the playing field of the new consoles; much before its rivals – Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii. It’s somewhat strange to [...]

Activision Shuts Bizarre Creations, Budcat

New Reports are suggests that Activision has shut down at least two of its studios this morning: Geometry Wars creator Bizarre Creations and Blast Works developer Budcat. While official word on Bizarre’s closure has not yet come, several Twitter posts point to the studio being shut down today, with its entire staff of 200+ employees [...]

Kinect Tops The Stuff Gadget Awards 2010

Microsoft’s Kinect console Tops The Stuff Gadget Awards 2010 with the controller-free, motion-sensitive gaming. The other list of top innovations in 2010 are: – Dell Adamo XPS – Nintendo 3DS – Apple iPad – YikeBike – Google Goggles – Sky 3D – Dyson Air Multiplier To Buy Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360 from Amazon, Click [...]

New GoldenEye 007 Wii Cheat Codes Found

The first cheat codes for Activision’s GoldenEye 007 has been discovered by a crafty gamer. A reader from Kotaku found three codes hidden in the game although only two codes appear to have reaped rewards. Here are the codes which can be entered by going into the game’s Extras menu continuing to ‘Cheat Codes’. ‘NotIt!!!11′ [...]