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1. Nintendo plans large-screen DSi

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Nintendo is planning a large-screen DSi, according to Japanese news service Nikkei. Nintendo is planning a large-screen DSi, according to Japanese news service Nikkei. The four-inch dual-screen screen ...

2. Immersion to showcase touch feedback for laptops and portable devices

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Immersion today said that it will demonstrate haptic feedback integrated in screens in mobile devices for the first time this week. Does a portable Plastation, Xbox or Nintendo DS with a rumble pack feature ...

3. Nintendo DSi on sale in United States

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   Today in the United States, Nintendo begins selling its much anticipated DSi portable game player. While the device has been on sale in Japan since the Fall, U.S. buyers will be able to shell out around ...

4. Qualcomm backs Zeebo, a new game console

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... console is not meant to compete with high-end devices like the Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation or Microsoft Xbox. The company's goal is to prevent piracy and provide a product capable of competing with ...

5. 5 reasons why Apple should build its own iPhone SoC (and 5 why it won't last)

   (Opinion/Opinion Features)

   ... to the existing audio playback chips. Future iPhone will have killer graphics, no question about it. In fact, future iPhone will render Nintendo DS and Sony PSP obsolete and turn Apple into a key player ...

6. AMD sees its future in fusion

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... unit and driving the graphics for both the Microsoft Xbox™ 360 and Nintendo Wii game systems.” The campaign will go into two directions with the promotion value aimed 1/3 at print and 2/3 online. It will ...

7. Updated Nintendo DS model expected at E3

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   A new version of Nintendo's blockbuster DS handheld could well be revealed at this year's annual Electronic Entertainment Expo.  According to video game company Enterbrain, a new DS model may be ...

8. Nintendo overtakes EA as top development studio

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

   London (England) - After three years of being the top-earning worldwide video game developer, Electronic Arts has now taken a back seat to Nintendo. Nintendo has always held a unique position in the ...

9. Tim Sweeney, Part 3: Unreal Engine 4.0 aims at next-gen console war

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... by the usability of that device. How do you see the interface between us, humans, and the computer evolving, given the fact that Nintendo has seen such a huge success with its Wii-mote? Sweeney: I think ...

10. Super Smash Bros Brawl hits all the right notes

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Game Review - If you own a Wii, you need to run out and buy a copy of Super Smash Bros Brawl.  It is one of the greatest Nintendo games of all time.  When Super Smash Bros was released on ...

11. Price of OCZ’s brain-controlled mouse confirmed: $159

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... £99.99 to $299 – more than what you would currently would pay for Nintendo’s Wii console (if you can get one). It turns out that OCZ will bring the NIA for $159 to the U.S., TG Daily has learned. Mountain ...

12. Wii mauls PS3 in Japan due to high-volume February titles

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    After the Playstation 3 began to narrow in on the Wii in Japan, the Nintendo platform blasted the sales charts this month thanks in large part to Wii Fit and Super Smash Bros Brawl. Tokyo (Japan) - After ...

13. Analysis: Nvidia’s Ageia purchase – a brilliant move?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... of Ageia is the PhysX SDK. PhysX is reportedly used in more than 140 game titles developed for Microsoft's Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii, Sony PlayStation3 consoles and PC platforms. At the time of ...

14. Nintendo DS game claims to teach ambidexterity

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Majesco Entertainment today announced the availability of Left Brain Right Brain, a new DS game that it says can help users become ambidextrous. Edison (NJ) - Majesco Entertainment today announced the ...

15. More color for the Nintendo DS

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    Nintendo has added a "Crimson red" and "Onyx black" Nintendo to the regular line-up of the mobile gaming device. The color combination was previously only available in a bundle with ...

16. Nintendo announces game to teach wine etiquette

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Nintendo DS owners who have always wondered about the proper way to drink Chateau Margaux will soon be able to receive a lesson on the subject with a new game announced by Square Enix. Tokyo (Japan) ...

17. Wii outsells PS3 3-to-1 in Japan

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Tokyo (Japan) - Nintendo Co.'s Wii game console outsold Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 by three-to-one in August in Japan, according to a Tokyo-based research firm. Nintendo, the world's biggest ...

18. Brain Age 2 is a worthy sequel

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Game Review - The unlikely video game phenomenon is back and better than before with Nintendo's newest entry in the Brain Age series. Game Review - The unlikely video game phenomenon is back and better ...

19. Fitness was not on Nintendo's mind when Wii launched

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... the Wii into a virtual workout machine. In pictures: Wii Fit (9 slides) ... During an interview, Nintendo's senior director of PR, Beth Llewelyn, told us that using the Wii for serious fitness training ...

20. E3: Sony, Microsoft stuck in the now, Nintendo already in the future

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... work in reality, I am fairly sure that Sony will soon be in big trouble in a market that is rapidly changing. Microsoft is caught in a trap of compromises and Nintendo will define our future of video gaming. ...

21. E3 media briefing: Nintendo innovates but stays the course

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    As the company with the most momentum in this hardware cycle, Nintendo was able to just focus on new games that fit the mold it has created with the Wii and DS. Santa Monica (CA) - As the company with ...

22. E3 2007 VIDEO: Nintendo transforms Wii into a workout center

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Nintendo’s ideas to reach new customers for its Wii game console have added another direction today: The company introduced the WiiFit software and the Wii Balance Board which effectively create ...

23. DS to get a digital camera

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Nintendo has announced that it is working on a camera peripheral for the Nintendo DS, with a flagship game designed to help improve skin quality. Kyoto (Japan) - Nintendo has announced that it is working ...

24. Nintendo Wii outsells PS3 6 to 1

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    The Nintendo Wii has a virtual stranglehold over Sony’s PS3 in Japan and has outsold its rival console by six to over over the past month. Tokyo (Japan) – The Nintendo Wii has a virtual ...

25. PSP gets its own Brain Age

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    It has taken some time, but PSP owners have access to a game that follows that concept of Brain Age – a game that opened up the competing Nintendo DS portable game console to new groups of gamers ...

26. Game Review: Big Brain Academy doesn't make the grade on Wii

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    Review - Bringing the industry-shifting genre of Nintendo's "brain games" to the revolutionary Wii console seems like a great idea, but Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree fails to bring anything ...

27. Game Developers Conference 2007

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    ...  Sony LittleBigPlanet Sony Playstation Home Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl Test Drive Unlimited Nintendo  ...

28. Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto to keynote Game Developers Conference

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Game designer and Nintendo's Senior Marketing Director Shigeru Miyamoto will keynote this year's Game Developers Conference. The yearly conference gathers some of the world's best game companies ...

29. Wii slaughters PS3 in holiday sales

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    The final numbers are in, and in terms of unit sales, the Wii is the unquestioned winner of the holiday shopping battle, with estimates claiming that Nintendo's console is outselling the PS3 at a rate ...

30. Nintendo plunges $200 million into Wii marketing

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Taking one of its most aggressive moves in its 20+ year history of producing video games, Nintendo has said that it has plans to spend more than $200 million to advertising and marketing campaigns for ...

31. Sales of Wii expected to surpass PS3 in first four months

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

      Global sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) and Nintendo's Wii game consoles are expected to reach 4.13 and 5.47 million units, respectively, by the end of March 2007 following their planned November ...

32. Analysis: Who will be buying a Nintendo Wii?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    With the last of the three next-gen game consoles finally being announced, more game enthusiasts will be looking more seriously into which console offers the most value. Nintendo hopes that it will not ...

33. Nintendo DS expected to outship Sony PSP by as much as 30% this year

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sony's Playstation Portable (PSP) was the best-selling portable game console in 2005, but the Nintendo DS has turned the tables this year: According to market research firm In-Stat, the Nintendo may ship ...

34. Nintendo releases brain puzzle game

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Nintendo has released a new brain puzzle game called Brain Age for the Nintendo DS handheld gaming system. Containing numerous mentally challenging puzzles that require speaking, writing and mental calculation, ...

35. GDC 2006: Nintendo to make Sega games available for "Revolution" console

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    No "Revolution" launch date announcement - that's the news from Nintendo at GDC. President Satoru Iwata avoided to mention any specifics about the upcoming game console in his GDC speech, but at least ...

36. Nintendo announces download service, voice chat feature for DS

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Roughly four million US owners of a Nintendo DS portable gaming system will soon be able to use their device for wireless game downloads and voice chats, Nintendo announced at the Academy of Interactive ...

37. Unasked questions about Xbox 360: Microsoft's game plan to seize the high ground

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... surprised if they didn't reduce the price pretty quickly," he added, "at least before Sony and Nintendo come out with their next console." TG Daily assembled Rosoff and three other respected analysts, ...