What Does The āiā Mean In DSi and iPod? 02/23/2009
Many times you must be wondering about the meaning of names of the everyday gadgets. Like for example, have you ever thought what the ‘i’ stands for in iPod and DSi. It was guessed that the ‘i’ in DSi stood for ‘interactive’. This is because Nintendo is keen to impress the gamers with its latest hand-held console that it is more than a simple toy for gaming. In a recent Iawata Asks interview, it was revealed that Masahiro Sakurai who is associated with the Smash Bros. series has formed a new studio called Project Sora. This development studio will work for Nintendo as a second party subsidiary owning a 72% stake. It has been operating out of Tokyo since January 2009. Recently in a press release about January’s US sales figure, Nintendo has ignored the month-on-month declines but puts emphasis on its huge year-to-year growth. The company boasted of its massive increase in its hardware business as compared to last January. It said that this growth in figure gives the industry a good look. Dragon Quest IX Delayed In Japan 02/14/2009
There’s a bad news for the gamers who were eagerly waiting for Dragon Quest IX as it has been delayed in Japan. After much delay the game was supposed to release the next month but it seems the game will be postponed even further for release. The RPG for the Nintendo handheld has been postponed to July Nintendo Is Back In Stock On Amazon 02/07/2009
Since last Christmas, the Wii was out of stock. Even Amazon had no choice except to wait to fill in the stocks at its site. However, Amazon is back with Wii stocks as the have listed the Nintendo Wii again for $249.99. Corrie Game Planned For Nintendo DS 02/07/2009
Nintendo will get a new game released on its DS platform by video game publisher, Mindscape later this year. The title of the game will be Coronation Street. The product has been described as ‘an adventure and task-based concept set within the theme of the famous fictional street.’ A Three Way Battle 01/31/2009
Nintendo booked strong sales for both the Wii and DS in the year-end holiday shopping season, proving itself relatively resilient to a global economic slowdown that has slammed rival electronics firms. But Nintendo's outlook is tempered by a rising yen, which makes its consoles less competitive and cuts into the value of overseas earnings. Nintendo gets more than three-quarters of its sales outside Japan. The company, locked in a three-way battle with Microsoft Corp's XBox and Sony Corp's PlayStation in the video game market, lowered its forecast for the year to end-March to 530 billion yen from a previous 630 billion yen estimate. Challenging Wii 01/31/2009
Though it's an Elebits game in every superficial respect, Elebits. The Adventures of Kai and Zero" shares not anything in common with the Nintendo Wii game that birthed the franchise. That game was an original action/puzzle game that had you using the Wiimote to knock over furniture and play virtual hide and seek, while "Zero" translates some of the same concepts into a far more customary, two-dimensional adventure game in the "Legend of Zelda" vein. Do it Like Nokia 01/27/2009
Beside the other things, there are lots of Nokia’s higher-end mobiles with ultra-sensitive Nintendo MEMS gyroscopes likely to feature in at least some Nokia handsets, according to sources. At present the likes of the N95 and N96 use accelerometers to work out which way they’re facing and how fast they’re moving - this works fine for apps like Nokia Step Counter, but the tech isn’t massively advanced. Neopets 01/27/2009
Years ago, Sony made some Neopets-themed adventure games for the PS2 and PSP. While the games were decent, it was generally accepted that the adventure genre was a logical place to take the enormously popular Web site goods, since they're pretty simple and straightforward. When Capcom got a hold of the license freshly, they decided to do somthing different with it. |
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