Nintendo added a classic, a WiiWare, and a NDSi title to the Shop Channels. Nintendo owners with online access can redeem Points to download: Family Pirate Party (Wiiware), Galaxy Force II (VC), Real Soccer 2009 (NDSiWare).

Nintendo added a classic, a WiiWare, and two NDSi titles to the Shop Channels. Nintendo owners with online access can redeem Points to download: Penguins & Friends – Hey! That’s My Fish! (Wiiware), Tower Toppler (VC), Animal Crossing Calculator/Clock (NDSiWare).

To celebrate the spring season of growth and rejuvenation, Nintendo announces the blooming of a new NDS color: green. The cool new color comes bundled with a hip carrying case and a copy of the Personal Trainer: Cooking video game, which serves as an interactive cooking coach.

Nintendo added a classic, a WiiWare, and two NDSi titles to the Shop Channels. Nintendo owners with online access can redeem Points to download: Cocoto Platform Jumper (Wiiware), Nobunaga's Ambition (VC), Clubhouse Games Express: Card Classics, and Paper Airplane Chase (NDSiWare).

Last night the UK video games industry gathered at The Brewery, London for the seventh annual Industry Excellence Awards. Nintendo scoops four MCV Awards, Little Big Planet honored, while Fallout 3 bags sales triumph, and Activision Blizzard awarded best publisher.

Nintendo added a classic, a WiiWare, and two NDSi titles to the Shop Channels. Nintendo owners with online access can redeem Points to download: Crystal Defenders R1 (Wiiware), Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (VC), Master of Illusion Express: Deep Psyche, and Dr. Mario Express (NDSiWare).

Early U.S. sales of the new NDSi are ahead of those for NDS Lite, according to Nintendo's internal tracking numbers. In its first week, NDSi sold 435,000 in the United States, while the NDS Lite had sold 226,300 systems after the same amount of time on the U.S. market after its launch.

Nintendo added a classic, a WiiWare, and two NDSi titles to the Shop Channels. Nintendo owners with online access can redeem Points to download: Party Fun Pirate (Wiiware), Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (VC), Master of Illusion Express: Shuffle Games, and Mixed Messages (NDSiWare).

Nintendo's new Nintendo DSi, the third iteration of its portable video game system, launched in the UK/Europe on April 2, 2009 (April 5 in the US), and GfK-ChartTrack has revealed that, in the UK alone, the DSi sold 92,000 copies during its opening weekend.

Nintendo added a classic and one WiiWare title to the Wii's Shop Channel. Wii owners with online access can redeem Wii Points to download: Equilibrio (Wiiware), Uncharted Waters: New Horizons (VC), and half a dozen Nintendo DSiWare titles.

Nintendo DSi, launches April 5 for 169.99, gives gamers the ability to customize, personalize and share their experiences with friends and family. Two built-in, interactive cameras let people snap and modify photos, while recorded sounds can be played and manipulated in interesting and imaginative ways.

Nintendo hosts a midnight launch party on April 4 for the new Nintendo DSi at GameStop’s Universal CityWalk location in Los Angeles, where fans will be able to lineup to be the first to buy the Nintendo DSi and experience an array of entertainment,

During his GDC 09 keynote, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed that the Wii has now sold over 50 million units, making it the fastest-selling game console in history. Earlier today Square Enix announced a few new titles, but Nintendo itself is working on Rock N' Roll Climber, a rock climbing simulator using the balance board and nunchuk, and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks for the DSi later this year. Classic arcade games are coming to the Wii Shop Channel ($5/6) while a new Wii System Update will allow users to expand storage with an SD Card from which to load games.

Chair Entertainment announced that Howard Phillips, a 28-year veteran of the interactive entertainment industry, has been appointed studio director for the Utah-based game development studio.

U.S. District Court judge Leonard Davis has dismissed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Nintendo (and similarly against Microsoft) brought by Fenner Investments, which alleged that the Wii and its controllers, as well as the GameCube, infringed on one of its patents.

AMD announced that it has shipped the 50 millionth ATI "Hollywood" graphics processor for Nintendo's Wii console. This figure is in line with the forecast that Nintendo made last year about shipping 50 million Wii consoles by spring 2009.

Nintendo has about 120 games in store to keep your Wii Remote and touch screen busy in the coming months. Whatever sort of games you like to play there is something for everyone. Wii owners will be able to blow off some steam with Punch-Out!!, Excitebots: Trick Racing, and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat to name a few...

While the Wii has most of its success because of the motion controlled Wiimote, the Wii also comes with a classic controller for the retro fans. Nintendo updated its Wii website revealing the Classic Controller PRO, which will sport additional shoulder buttons and hand grips compared to the old version, but will still require the good old wire to connect to the Wii. No price was revealed and so far it is only scheduled for release in Japan, somewhere this summer.

Nintendo has outlined a list of countries around the globe that remain leaders in denying adequate and effective protection of video game products. In its annual comments to the U.S. Trade Representative under the “Special 301” process, Nintendo has singled out countries where piracy is rampant and has asked the United States to take further steps to combat it.

Nintendo's new Nintendo DSi, the third iteration of its portable video game system, launches in the UK/Europe on April 2, 2009 (April 5 in the US), at £149.99, and will be available in white and black.

Nintendo's new Nintendo DSi, the third iteration of its portable video game system, launches in the United States on April 5, 2009, at an MSRP of $169.99, and will be available in Blue and Black.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata will deliver a "Discovering New Development Opportunities" keynote address at the 2009 Game Developers Conference, kicking-off the main conference’s schedule of lectures, panel discussions and round tables that provide the central forum for learning, inspiration, and networking in the games industry.

According to the NPD Group's December sales numbers, the industry grew 9%, making for an overall 19% growth in 2008 (amounting to $21.3 billion). Not surprisingly 2008's big winners are Nintendo's Wii (10.2 million units) and NDS (9.9 mill. units), followed by Microsoft's X360 (4.7 mill. units) and Sony's PS3 (3.6 mill. units). Software-wise, Wii Play took the crown with over 5 million copies sold in 2008, followed by Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, all selling more than 4 million copies. GTA IV (X360, 4.2 mill. copies), Call of Duty: World at War (X360, 2.7 mill. copies) and Gears of War 2 (X360, 2.3 mill. units) are next, with the only PS3 title in the top 10 being GTA IV with 1.8 mill. copies sold.

Established in 2005, the Jim Henson awards program acknowledges organizations, individuals or products that reflect the core values and philosophy of Jim Henson and the company he founded, known as an innovator in puppetry (creator of the Muppets), animatronics and digital animation.

Nintendo of America and Nyko Technologies announced they have settled a lawsuit brought by Nintendo regarding Nintendo’s intellectual property rights relating to its popular Nunchuk controller and Nyko's identical looking Kama wireless controller.