NINTENDO popularity and NINTENDO trends

Echen un vistazo a las hemerotecas. Resulta casi imposible encontrar noticias o entrevistas en las que alguien del sector hable mal de Shigeru Miyamoto. Este diseñador y productor de videojuegos, adicto a la sonrisa, se ha ganado a pulso el cariño y el respeto de toda la industria. Incluso, de aquellos jugadores que no han tocado un producto suyo en la vida. Y miren que es difícil. De su mente ...

symbolset writes "In the long running dispute between Motorola and Microsoft, Judge David Shaw of the ITC recommended Monday an import ban on Xbox 360 S consoles, as they are found to infringe Motorola's patents (PDF). The judge also ordered Microsoft post a bond of 7 percent of the retail price of all unsold U.S. Xbox inventory. The decision will go to the ITC's board of commissioners, who wil...

'La leyenda de Zelda' está considerado como el mejor título de la historia del videojuego

Toyota hat die Spielekonsole Nintendo DS mit dem Navigationssystem seines neuesten Minivan-Modells gekoppelt.

Jed Henry paints Nintendo heroes in Ukiyo-e style. Here's Link about to find out that arrows are futile against enenra. [via Gamovr]

Nintendo has been in the gaming market for a long time. So long, in fact, you might think it would be impossible to encapsulate its many iconic chara…

Eine Branche im Aufruhr. In der Videospiel-Industrie vollzieht sich ein fundamentaler Wandel, der die großen Anbieter wie Electronic Arts oder Nintendo mit voller Wucht trifft. Ihr Pluspunkt: ihre bekannten Marken.

Berlin/Köln (dpa) - Mit Sega hat die Kölner Spielemesse Gamescom einen dritten großen Aussteller verloren. Nintendo und THQ Entertainment hatte den Veranstaltern bereits abgesagt, wie ein Sprecher de...

The Nintendo game, which first appeared on the SNES console, inspired Charles Guan - an 'electromechanical hobbyist' - to build his project as a test of his engineering skills.

The Nintendo DSi hand-held game systems give players a larger display to work with, and some extra options like two digital cameras built in, instead of one.  The display is not only larger, but has a wider field of view which makes it easier for sho...

Wer seinem Kind einen Nintendo kauft, muss zusehen, wie es sich in einen kleinen Zombie verwandelt. Und merkt doch nicht, dass er selbst längst einer ist.

The Nintendo 3DS deposes Sony's PlayStation brand in Japan, but the PlayStation 3 is still top in Europe and the 360 rules in the USA, says Nintendo.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata spoke confidently about the future of the 3DS and Wii U in explaining last week's digital distribution announcement during the Q&A portion of last week's investors briefing in Tokyo.

Console game maker takes first steps toward a post-disc world where gamers can download the latest titles

For years, the game industry has worried about the shift toward social and mobile from more traditional platforms. But now there's more than anecdotal evidence to cause concern.

Nintendo players may soon be able to buy games for their 3DS handheld device digitally on the same day as they are released in stores.

Type 'zerg rush' into Google, if you dare, and your search results will come under an alien attack

VIDÉO - La vidéo de présentation de Rayman Legends permet de découvrir des capacités jusque là inédites de la Wii U, nouvelle console de Nintendo.

Nintendo on Thursday posted losses of more than $500 million for its fiscal year -- its first annual loss since the Japanese gaming company began publicly reporting its financial results in 1981. The maker of Mario and Zelda games in January telegraphed that it would post steep declines in sales and a substantial loss for the year ended March 31. Thursday's results were roughly in line with its...

Casual gamers abandon specialised hardware in favour of playing on smartphones and tablets

Nintendo started out making playing cards in 19th century Japan, and has charted a remarkable evolution to become world's biggest producer of computer games consoles. But that might be as far as it goes.

Nintendo reported an operating loss of 37.3 billion yen ($460.9 million USD)

Nintendo pledged to return to profit this year, after posting its first annual operating loss on shrinking sales of its ageing Wii gaming console and weak demand for its new 3DS handheld device.

Günstige Smartphonespiele werden für Nintendo zur Konkurrenz. Auch das Geschäft mit der veralteten Spielekonsole Wii läuft nicht mehr rund. Nach einem Minus im abgelaufenen Geschäftsjahr hofft der japanische Konzern auf den Nachfolger.

Après une chute de 36% de son chiffre d'affaires annuel, le groupe japonais table sur une reprise de la croissance et sur un bénéfice net de près de 200 millions d'euros pour l'exercice fiscal 2012-2013.

Game giant Nintendo reports its first annual net loss of 43.2bn yen ($533m; £329m) as sales of its Wii games console disappoint and a strong yen hits exports

NINTENDO said today it posted its first annual loss in more than three decades, dragged down by price cuts for the 3DS.

TOKYO (AP) -- Nintendo Co. sank into a 43.2 billion yen ($533 million) loss for the fiscal year just ended as weak sales of the Wii home console and the strong yen eroded earnings....

Nintendo muss sich nach dem ersten Verlust der Unternehmensgeschichte neu erfinden. Aber bislang betreibt der japanische Videospielhersteller nur kosmetische Reformen.

TOKYO (Reuters) - In 2006 Nintendo took video gaming out of the kids' room and into the living room, as its hit Wii created a new niche as the console the whole family could share.

Video game for their Nintendo 3DS handheld will launch this August.

Everyone has some object that's just too beautiful to give up, despite a major flaw in its function. What is it for you—an old Polaroid or 35-millimeter camera, a stopped watch, an original Nintendo? Hell, a bit brace? More »

VISITORS are less likely to get lost in the vast Paris museum, thanks to the adapted video console.

You can get another dimension from some of the hottest musical acts on the Nintendo 3DS.

Sony, Microsoft und Nintendo lockern ihre rigide Preispolitik bei Konsolenspielen und setzen vermehrt auf "Freemium": Das Spiel an sich ist umsonst, Extras kosten Geld.

PARIS (AP) -- For the Louvre, the existing audio guide is so 20th century....

Famous for its great works of art, Paris's Louvre museum is bringing a dash of the 21st century to its galleries by introducing Nintendo consoles to guide visitors around its masterpieces.

Le ministère américain de la Justice engage des poursuites contre Apple et de grands éditeurs.Articles en rapportAl-Jazeera bouscule le foot à la télévisionDes Nintendo 3DS pour visiter le LouvreLe CNC engage un plan de relance pour la fiction française

If you were playing video games in the 1980s, you probably remember flinging your Nintendo controller across the room after the original "Ninja Gaiden" sliced and diced you into mouth-frothing aggravation.

LITTLE girl uses handheld games console to photograph vile sex beast abusing her

A new YouTube game of Mad Men remakes the hit series, but in classic game graphics reminiscent of old eight-bit games consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System.

After years of heaping attention on Mario, Link, Donkey Kong, Samus Aran and even that fat blob Kirby, Nintendo is finally turning the spotlight back on Pit, the spunky angelic protagonist who wowed players of the original Nintendo system in 1986 in "Kid Icarus," the beloved platforming adventure that never gained the same acclaim as other Nintendo tales....

[1203.1895] Classic Nintendo Games are (NP-)Hard We prove NP-hardness results for five of Nintendo's largest video game franchises: Mario, Donkey Kong, Legend of Zelda, Metroid, and Pokemon. Our results apply to Super Mario Bros. 1, 3, Lost Levels, and Super Mario World; Donkey Kong Country 1-3; all Legend of Zelda games except Zelda II: The Adventure of Link; all Metroid games; and all Pokemon...

Wii remotes are not all about fun and games. Scientists can use them to assess and diagnose children with an abnormal head position caused by eye diseases. Researchers have now developed a low-cost digital head posture measuring device with Nintendo Wiimotes to help diagnose this condition, medically called ocular torticollis.

CANINE star of The Artist settles into new job as spokesdog for firm in cute new advert

It's sort of amazing that it took this long for some clever person to mash up the Smiths and Super Mario Bros as Super Morrissey Bros but it was certainly worth the wait This Chiptune cover of the Smiths' classic "This Charming Man" is rendered in the style of the...

It's an impressive battle out there in the market between the two portable gaming consoles: Sony PlayStation Vita vs. Nintendo 3DS.

Heute startet Sony den Verkauf seiner neuen mobilen Spielkonsole. Technisch setzt die Vita Maßstäbe, doch der Markt für mobiles Gaming ist schwieriger geworden. Sony tritt nicht nur gegen Dauerkonkurrent Nintendo an, sondern auch gegen Smartphones und Tablets.

Sony bringt mit der Playstation Vita ab heute eine Konsole auf den Markt, die ein beeindruckendes Spieleerlebnis bietet. Spannend ist, ob der PSP-Nachfolger gegen vielseitige Smartphones und Tablet-Computer bestehen kann - und gegen die Konkurrenz von Nintendo, den 3DS.

One of last year's highest-rated and most unique Nintendo DS games can now be played on Apple's iOS devices.

Forget jigsaw puzzles or knitting, a centenarian from East Renfrewshire says the only way to keep her mind active is playing computer games on her beloved Nintendo DS.

Microsoft hat es vor neun Jahren erkannt, Sony immerhin vor fünf: Online-Gaming auf der Konsole kommt bei den Spielern gut an und schwemmt Millionen in die Kassen. Das hat nun auch Nintendo erfasst und bekannt gegeben, an einem eigenen Online-Spielenetzwerk zu arbeiten.

Die Elektronikfirmen NEC und Nintendo leiden unter dem Erfolg von Apple. Die Aktien der Unternehmen gaben nach und drückten den Nikkei ins Minus. Angesichts der US-Konjunkturhoffnungen blieben die Verluste aber gering.

It needs a strong showing from its handheld Wii U console, which it will launch in September. But recent history is not on the company’s side

Nintendo's profits are falling in the face of competition from smartphones and rival consoles. What can it do to save itself?

Company slashes its guidance after posting earnings that were far worse than market expectations

(Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd posted a sharp drop in quarterly profit and forecast a bigger-than-expected full-year loss, its first at an operating level, as it battles a strong yen and its games devices lose ground to gadgets such as Apple's iPhone.

(Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd posted a 61 percent drop in quarterly operating profit on Thursday and forecast a 45 billion yen ($580 million) operating loss for the year to March, far worse than market expectations, hit by weak sales and the strong yen.

Weak global demand for its games and the strong Japanese yen are expected to have an impact on game maker Nintendo's third-quarter results.

Don't be sad, Wii! We're sure you'll become total BFFs with the old Gamecube and N64 systems that you'll be stored next to in the closet! Back in April, Nintendo announced that their new system would be released in 2012, but details were scarce at the time. Today, the world got a glimpse of the Wii U [...]

Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime says his company's next console, the Wii U, will help it win back hardcore gamers.

Nintendo on Tuesday announced that it sold more than four million of its sophisticated 3DS handheld videogame gadgets in the United States by end of 2011.

Shigeru Miyamoto talks about his "retirement" announcement, the anniversaries of Mario and Zelda and the big-picture changes in game development since a little plumber first jumped over a barrel in Donkey Kong.

[[336569]] PARIS (AFP) : Des consoles de poche Nintendo 3DS vont remplacer progressivement les traditionnels audioguides au musée du Louvre à compter du mois de mars, a annoncé jeudi l'établissement public. "Nous sommes le premier musée au monde à le faire", a déclaré Agnès Alfandari, chef du...

Millions of families will still find time to dig out old classics like Monopoly (pictured), Trivial Pursuit and Scrabble ahead of high-tech games consoles such as the Nintendo Wii.

With The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, for the Wii, Nintendo has released an old-school game for old-school players.

Krefeld (ots) - Nach dem großen internationalen Erfolg, den das uDraw GameTablet für Nintendo Wii verzeichnen konnte, wird es in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz ab morgen auch für PlayStation®3 und Xbox 360® zu haben sein. Somit kommen alle Konsolenbesitzer in den Genuss, sich ...

The Wii Fit game is one of Nintendo's biggest sellers with 697,000 sold in the U.S. in November. Courtesy of Nintendo By Yi-Wyn Yen Nintendo seems to have bucked the recession. The Japanese video game manufacturer has doubled November sales of the Wii in the U.S. from a year ago, according to NPD's latest release on gaming sales. The demand for the Wii remains strong since the game console's...