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1. Russian airport massacre prompts Modern Warfare 2 ban

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   ... the entire industry forward. "You need top quality in games in other categories. For example, Uncharted 2: Amongst Thieves was the best-selling game in October according to the NPD. And the new SuperMario ...

2. Nintendo poised to "regain control" of console market

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   Super Mario Bros set for holiday victory A recently published EEDAR report has predicted that Nintendo will regain control of the video game hardware market. According to EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich, ...

3. Wii don't want no Nintendo consoles

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Thursday, 29 October 2009

   Japanese firm Nintendo said that its first half profits fell by over 50 percent and said worse was to come, because sales of its popular Wii console weren't that buoyant. Japanese firm Nintendo said that ...

4. Steam-powered supercar makes another record attempt

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 20 August 2009

     A British team will today make another speed record attempt with its steam-powered supercar. Edwards Air Force Base, CA - A British team will today make another speed record attempt with its steam-powered ...

5. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 19 June 2009

   ... providing HD video, Eyeball features Blue's superior quality stereo condenser capsules in its distinct microphone design. Give Dad a tech gift this year that he will actually use—Eyeball, USB Webcam with ...

6. Nintendo snubs E3 with recycled games and hardware

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 02 June 2009

   ... concept. Moreover, Wii Motion Plus pales in comparison with Microsoft's Natal project, which reportedly allows users to interact with and influence virtual characters. Super Mario Bros Wii    ...

7. Nintendo reveals plenty of new games at E3

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 02 June 2009

   ...   Nintendo’s headlining announcement stuck with tradition to continue marketing its icons. Cammie Dunway, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Nintendo, Super Mario Bros Wii, which will ...

8. Nintendo ignores global meltdown

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 06 May 2009

   Japanese video game maker Nintendo turned in an 8.5 percent profit for the year making $2.8 billion for the year ended 31st March. Japanese video game maker Nintendo turned in an 8.5 percent profit ...

9. Nintendo stuns everybody, cuts fiscal 2009 profit forecast 33%

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 29 January 2009

   ... in 2008, with Kirby Super Star Ultra, and Japan-only Pokemon Platinum proving extremely popular. Nintendo sold 163.78 million DS games in 2008. TG Daily recently reported that Nintendo sold a record breaking ...

10. Nintendo sold record breaking 10.2 million Wiis in US in 2008

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 16 January 2009

    ... million Wii Fit, and at #4) 4.17 million Super Smash Bros. Brawl. In December sales alone, Nintendo sold 2.15 million Wiis and 3.04 million DS units. This compares to other game consoles including Xbox ...

11. Wii Sports becomes best selling game of all time

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Saturday, 03 January 2009

    Including VGChartz software data for the week ending December 27, 2008, Wii Sports has now passed sales of Super Mario Bros (NES) at 40.24 million units, making it the best selling videogame of all ...

12. Intel creates technology for low-cost 40 Gb/s optical links

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 08 December 2008

    ... typically produced in low volumes and on a long-distance level, often over several miles, or, in a best case, in a rack-to-rack environment, for example in supercomputer installations. To make this technology ...

13. Mario goes Baseball for Nintendo Wii

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 25 August 2008

      Nintendo is bringing its popular franchise character Mario and company to baseball for the Wii with the launch of the new interactive title Mario Super Sluggers. It will cost you around $50 when ...

14. Nintendo sorry for lackluster E3, hardcore 'misunderstanding'

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Wednesday, 23 July 2008

    ... president Satoru Iwata told Forbes on Tuesday, "specifically for those who were expecting to see Nintendo show something about Super Mario or Legend of Zelda." Read the complete story here.  ...

15. ATI readies OEM special: SuperRV770 to challenge GeForce GTX 260, 280

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 30 June 2008

    ... an AIB/OEM-only product codenamed "Super RV770", which will be much more powerful. The "Super RV770" will arrive with pre-installed water-cooling and features unlocked BIOS, which enables the GPU to ...

16. Mario Kart Wii not all that great

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 28 April 2008

      First Look - This is prime time for the Wii right now.  With Super Smash Bros Brawl hitting stores last month, Wii Fit heading out in May and the new Wiiware digital download service poised ...

17. The Sims passes 100 million sales mark

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 16 April 2008

    ... Despite some lackluster expansions, namely home console iterations and The Sims Online, it continues to be a powerful game franchise. To give more perspective, Super Mario Bros, the best-selling Mario ...

18. Mario to swing his way to Wii baseball game

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 11 April 2008

    Nintendo announced this week that it is working on a new Mario game for the Wii, this time pitting him in a baseball diamond with a whole slate of other Nintendo characters.  Mario Super Sluggers ...

19. Nintendo overtakes EA as top development studio

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Thursday, 10 April 2008

    ... that reign.  Develop credited Brain Age and Super Mario Galaxy for the company's meteoric rise. ...

20. Super Smash Bros Brawl hits all the right notes

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 11 March 2008

    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 ...

21. Nintendo to charge for online Wii services

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 27 February 2008

    ... will be offered in the upcoming game Super Smash Bros Brawl.  Brawl is coming out in the US on March 9 and is the most awaited online Wii game to date. It is speculated that the Pay & Play service ...

22. Game console players set themselves apart at GDC

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 22 February 2008

    ... a non-straying family gaming approach, and Sony maintained an heir of superiority over both that may or may not be justified. San Francisco (CA) - Opinion - In the past week, we've seen all three video ...

23. Portal named "Game of the Year" at GDC Awards

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 20 February 2008

    Valve's futuristic game Portal beat out other mega hits like Super Mario Galaxy, Rock Band and Bioshock to take the highest honors at this week's Game Developer's Choice Awards. San Francisco (CA) - Valve's ...

24. Playstation 3 climbs ahead of Xbox 360 in January

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 15 February 2008

    ... 360 version of Guitar Hero III rounding out the list at 182,700.   The Wii's supposed killer app Super Mario Galaxy slipped to sixth place, after a 2nd place finish in December, and the only PS3 ...

25. Super Smash Bros Brawl hits one million mark

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 12 February 2008

    Super Smash Bros Brawl has sold a million copies in Japan, taking a record-worthy 11 days to hit that mark. Kyoto (Japan) - Super Smash Bros Brawl has sold a million copies in Japan, taking a record-worthy ...

26. Virtual Console games to appear in Wii Super Smash Bros

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 28 January 2008

    More than a half dozen classic Nintendo games will be playable in the highly anticipated upcoming Super Smash Bros Brawl. Redmond (WA) - More than a half dozen classic Nintendo games will be playable ...

27. Wii, DS finish 2007 on top

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 18 January 2008

    ... the game software charts in December.  Its unit sales of 1.47 million units just barely eclipsed the Wii's Super Mario Galaxy at 1.4 million.  The PS2 version of Guitar Hero III was third ...

28. Bioshock nominated for 12 video game awards

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 17 January 2008

    ... Band, and Super Mario Galaxy. ...

29. Wii's Super Smash Bros Brawl delayed until March

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 15 January 2008

    ... true - Wii owners eagerly awaiting the video game mascot free-for-all will have to change the mark on their calendars from February 10 to one month later. "Due to delays in the completion of Super ...

30. Sony hardware sales jump in November but lag behind competitors

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 14 December 2007

    ... copies in the US.  The Xbox 360's Call of Duty 4 took the top spot with over 1.56  million units, stealing some of the thunder away from #2 title Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii, which recorded ...

31. Annual Nintendo DS sales top six million in America

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 12 December 2007

    ... also said that four DS games have sold over two million copies just in the United States, which is more than any other current-gen console.  Those games are New Super Mario Bros, Mario Kart DS, Pokemon ...

32. Super Mario Galaxy gets Wii's best opening week

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 26 November 2007

    ... best first-week sales of any Wii title. Super Mario Galaxy sold more than 500,000 copies in its first seven days on store shelves, according to internal sales figures reported by Nintendo. Nintendo also ...

33. Nintendo adds latest Virtual Console titles for Wii anniversary

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 19 November 2007

    ... from the 1980s. This week, the only first-party Nintendo game added to the Virtual Console is Wrecking Crew, an NES title that pre-dates Super Mario Bros.  Originally released in June of 1985, and ...

34. Super Mario Galaxy is truly amazing

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 13 November 2007

    Game Review - The entire gaming community needs to give a standing ovation to Super Mario Galaxy for providing one of the most fantastic game experiences of all time. Game Review - The entire gaming community ...

35. Analysis: How much further can the Wii go?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 09 November 2007

    ... of Super Paper Mario, an RPG platformer originally built for the Gamecube.  That worked, but only because the controls were kept extremely simple.  Of course, before that there was The Legend ...

36. Mario and Sonic's first joint venture is great fun

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 08 November 2007

    ... wish lists for years. Unfortunately, there's no real interaction between the characters, which detracts somewhat from the novelty of the two colliding superheroes.  Regardless of that, though, ...

37. Super Mario Bros 3 hops onto Wii Virtual Console

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 06 November 2007

    ... of all time is now available in its umpteenth release, on the Virtual Console. Super Mario Bros 3 was the final Mario platformer released on the NES and has come to be the pillar of Mario titles.  ...

38. Nintendo's original Famicom system finally given the boot

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 01 November 2007

    ... full service for owners. Over 62 million units of the system were sold worldwide.  Its successor, the Super Famicom, sold nearly 50 million units.  Repairs on that system will also be put to ...

39. Wii Super Smash Bros to include level creator

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 30 October 2007

    ... mascot melee game for the Wii will include a unique feature of allowing users to create their own arenas for multiplayer battle. The Super Smash Bros series has easily become one of the defining franchises ...

40. Sonic, online play confirmed for Super Smash Bros Brawl

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 10 October 2007

    Fulfilling the wishes of countless fans of the Nintendo fighting series, Sonic the Hedgehog will be a playable character in an online-capable Super Smash Bros Brawl. Redmond (WA) - Fulfilling the wishes ...

41. Wii confirmed as top-selling current-gen console

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 13 September 2007

    ... Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros Brawl, while the Xbox 360 will rake in sales with Halo 3 and Mass Effect, to name a couple. According the Financial Times, GfK's data is compiled from its own ...

42. Super Mario Galaxy shows promise

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 31 July 2007

    Opinion - Nintendo let me take a spin through another round of Super Mario Galaxy today and I'm now beginning to really appreciate what this holiday title can bring to the Wii. New York (NY) - Opinion ...

43. E3 2007

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Friday, 13 July 2007

    ...  Super Mario Galaxy (image gallery) All stories from E3: Super Mario Galaxy leaves us skeptical Price reduction of PS3 in ...

44. E3: Super Mario Galaxy leaves us skeptical

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 13 July 2007

    After playing the Super Mario Galaxy demo at the past two E3 events, we're still skeptical about how the game will turn out when it makes its debut. Santa Monica (CA) - After playing the Super ...

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

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 11 July 2007

    ... of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass as the featured DS title.  Mario took the reigns of two major Wii announcements, the November 12 release date of Super Mario Galaxy, and the announcement of Mario Kart ...

46. Update 3: E3 2007 game announcements and lineup

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 11 July 2007

    ...  Party Wii Fall 2007   Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA PS2 Fall 2007   Dewy's Adventure Wii Fall 2007   Fishing Master Wii Fall 2007   Hellboy: The Science ...

47. Preparing for E3: Expectations are running high

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Monday, 02 July 2007

    ... Super Smash Bros Brawl, and I'm praying for some playable time with the game, otherwise known as the sequel to what many see as the only success on the Gamecube.  I also expect to get firm dates ...

48. Second Mario Bros game makes its way to Wii Virtual Console

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 02 July 2007

    About seven months after Super Mario Bros hit the Wii's Virtual Console, its sequel has found its way to the online download platform. Redmond (WA) - About seven months after Super Mario Bros hit ...

49. Sonic heading to first RPG adventure on Nintendo DS

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 22 June 2007

    ... him in a completely original adventure." Sonic's fellow video game icon, Mario, was given his own RPG on the Super Nintendo and many fans still refer to it as the greatest Mario title.  ...

50. Wii Virtual Console: 100 classics or a missed opportunity?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Friday, 01 June 2007

    ... attention - without any other value? The four best-selling games on the digital download service all have Mario in their titles.  Classic Mario titles are Nintendo's bread and butter. Super Mario ...