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Nintendo stories: 30 news summaries

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 Slumping Wii 
 Surprises 
 Nintendo 

Lack of hit games hits sales

Oct 30, 09 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - With hit games few and far between, consumers aren’t exactly fighting in the aisles to get their hands on a Wii anymore. Nintendo slashed its full year sales forecast for Wii hardware 23% yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reports, and offered little hope of a swift turnaround. “... More »

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Nintendo • Nintendo Wii • video game console • sales projections • video games

 Brit Health 
 Service  
 Endorses 
 Wii Fit  

First-ever video game supported by NHS

Oct 26, 09 4:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Turn on the boob tube and get fit. That's the message from the British National Health Service, which is endorsing Nintendo's new Wii Fit Plus video game. It's the first time ever the service has endorsed a video game and it's sure to raise criticism from some health experts, reports... More »

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technology • health • Japan • Nintendo • National Health Service • exercise • Britain • fitness • Wii Fit • Wii Fit Plus

 The New 
 Video Gamer 
 Is a Chick 

Females now constitute 40% of players

Oct 13, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - In 2001, women and girls constituted just 12% of video gamers; now, fully 40% of game players are female, and the gaming industry has taken notice. EA, Sony, Nintendo, and several other companies are rolling out new products catering to girls, from a dancing game to a Hannah Montana adventure... More »

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women • Nintendo • Sony • girls • Electronic Arts • video game developers • video games

 Nintendo Cuts Wii to $200 
 in Price War With Sony 


Console maker slashes price at opening of Tokyo Game Show

Sep 24, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nintendo is slashing the price of its Wii console by 20% worldwide, bringing the US price to $200—a cut announced just as Sony was beginning its presentation at the annual Tokyo Game Show. The prices of Sony's Playstation and Microsoft's Xbox were both dropped to $300 lately as the... More »

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Nintendo • Nintendo Wii • video game console • Xbox • PlayStation • Sony Playstation • video games • Wii • Microsoft Xbox 360

Interview

Tetris Creators Want It in the Olympics

They dream of world connected by 'universal language' of game

Jun 13, 09 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - As it celebrates its 25th anniversary, Tetris is still selling like wildfire, so you’d have to forgive the men behind it a little arrogance. Creator Alexey Pajitnov and Blue Planet CEO Henk Rogers want Tetris to be an Olympic sport, they told CNN, and no, they’re not joking... More »

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Nintendo • video games • Olympics • classics • Tetris

 How Tetris Fell Into Place 


Jun 2, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alexey Pajitnov was supposed to be an artificial intelligence researcher for the Soviet Academy of Sciences, but when he got his first computer 25 years ago, he used it to write games. He tweaked and translated mathematical puzzles he’d always loved, and one stood out right away. “The... More »

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Nintendo • video games • classics • Game Boy • Tetris

GAME REVIEW

 New Punch-Out!! Is Classic Fun 


May 19, 09 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!, on the original Nintendo Entertainment System, was a “perfect combination of addictive gameplay and technological impressiveness,” Chris Kohler writes in Wired. In a new version for Wii, happily, the company has figured out "what made the original so compelling” and recreated it... More »

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boxing • Nintendo • Mike Tyson • Nintendo Wii • gaming • video game reviews • hand-eye coordination • Punch-Out!! • reflexes

OPINION

 Why Game Boy, 
 at 20, Still Rules 


Apr 21, 09 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nintendo's Game Boy portable gaming system has been around for 20 years today, and even has a spiritual successor in the DS. Benj Edwards takes a look at why the franchise is a lasting one on Ars Technica.
  • Tetris: "Every new hardware platform needs a 'killer app,
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Nintendo • video game console • gaming • Atari • consumer electronics • gadget • NEC Corporation • Sega • Game Boy

 iPhone Tilts Gaming Industry 


Apr 13, 09 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The videogame industry, recently geared toward churning out bigger and bigger blockbusters, is shrinking its ambitions down to iPhone size, the Los Angeles Times reports. Thanks to Apple’s App Store, the iPhone and iPod Touch have become surprisingly popular gaming devices—and developers have taken notice. Electronic Arts, for... More »

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iPhone • Nintendo • Apple • iPod Touch • Electronic Arts • video games • App Store • Nintendo DSi

 Wii Muscles Up 
 With 'Sports Resort' 

Nintendo hopes Frisbee, fencing will boost flagging console sales

Apr 9, 09 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Get ready to pull a muscle as Wii expands its offering of audience participation sports to Frisbee (with a dog), fencing and jetskiing, reports Reuters. Sports Resort is scheduled to be released in June, said Nintendo executives. The company hopes the new activities will boost flagging sales of Wii game... More »

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Japan • Nintendo • Nintendo Wii • sales • game consoles • Wii Fit • video games • Wii • electronic games

 Wii Becomes 
 Fastest-Selling 
 Console Ever 

Nintendo boss credits 50M milestone to gaming's move into the mainstream

Mar 26, 09 1:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Nintendo Wii has passed the 50 million milestone to beat out Playstation 2 as the fastest-selling game console, the BBC reports. The massive sales were beyond expectations, Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata said yesterday at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. He credited Wii's success to gaming's solid move... More »

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Nintendo • Nintendo Wii • game consoles • Game Developers Conference • video games • Wii

YouTube Comes to TV— Through PlayStation 3, Wii

Game consoles—though not Xbox—are new distribution platform for clip site

Jan 16, 09 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - YouTube has come to the boob tube—clips from the video website can be watched on a conventional TV using either Sony or Nintendo’s current video-game consoles, PC World reports. Using the web browser built into the PlayStation 3 or Wii consoles, viewers can access a streamlined version of... More »

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Internet • YouTube • Nintendo • Nintendo Wii • Sony • video • PlayStation 3

OPINION

 Are Video Games Art? 

Outselling theater, music, and movies, but still not taken seriously

Dec 28, 08 8:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Video games are going gangbusters financially, but they're still generally relegated to "lowbrow" entertainment by the culturati. Some critics, however, are finally giving video games their due and deeming them art. "The best games are already beautiful, and I can see no reason why the look of video... More »

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art • Nintendo • Nintendo Wii • gaming • Ayn Rand • Shigeru Miyamoto • video games

 Nintendo to Launch
Videos for Wii 

Service will begin in apan in 2009

Dec 26, 08 5:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Nintendo plans to launch video programming for the blockbuster Wii game console, reports AFP. Players could access original programming online to watch on their TV sets. The service will  be aimed initially at the Japanese market and expand to markets worldwide. Rival Sony already uses its popular PlayStation for online... More »

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Nintendo • Sony • online shopping • videos • Sony Playstation • movies • Wii • Dentsu

German Gamer Admits to
Brutal Murder

Knifes UK man to death, was in love with victim's girlfriend

Sep 27, 08 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - A German man has confessed to stabbing to death a Brit he met through an online war game, the Guardian reports. The 20-year-old victim ran a forum for fans of the game. Detectives had initially believed that the slaying stemmed from an online feud but it later emerged that the... More »

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Internet • war games • United Kingdom • murder • Nintendo • online gaming • video games

Wii Want to ... Train Surgeons

Doctors at Arizona seeing benefits
from time spent with Nintendo console

Aug 8, 08 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nintendo’s popular Wii console is finding new uses in the hands of surgeons. The Guardian takes a look at an Arizona hospital that's making use of the Wii’s precise, motion-sensitive controller to hone motor skills for more serious applications. In a program for doctors being trained to do... More »

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surgery • Nintendo • video game console • Wii

Sony Gets Green Thumbs-Up in Electronics Rankings

Nintendo lowest on Greenpeace list of environment-friendly manufacturers

Jun 25, 08 4:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sony and Sony Ericsson are Greenpeace’s model tech citizens, topping a list of eco-friendly electronics companies. The environmental activists look at industry players’ use of hazardous chemicals, responsibility for obsolete products and—new this year—corporate policy toward climate change and other energy issues. Sony Ericsson was the first... More »

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recycling • Greenpeace • Nintendo • Nokia • Sony • Sony Ericsson • hazardous chemicals

PRODUCT REVIEW

Are Wii Fit? Nintendo Helps Make a Dent

Interactive system great for busy parents, and earns trainer's respect

May 15, 08 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nintendo’s Wii Fit system can turn a couch potato into a workout warrior—or at least make that potato a bit less lumpy, Seth Schiesel writes in the New York Times. The system, launching in North America next week, could be THE next big home fitness trend, pushing that... More »

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Nintendo • Nintendo Wii • fitness • Wii Fit

Aging Baby Boomers Spur Brain Fitness Industry

Software sales have more than doubled as Boomers look to avoid Alzheimer's

Mar 16, 08 9:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Aging baby boomers, looking for answers on how to avoid—or at least forestall—dementia and Alzheimer’s, are driving the growth of a new industry that uses computer software to help maintain brain fitness, reports Reuters. Sales in the brain stimulation software industry have more than doubled since 2005... More »

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ADHD • dementia • Nintendo • Cogmed • short-term memory • brain fitness • Alzheimer's Disease

 Smoking May Be
 Harmful to Your Wii 

Nintendo cleans lenses damaged by cigarettes

Mar 13, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Here's another reason to stop smoking: It damages your Wii. Some cigarette-wielding users in Japan last month noticed that the much anticipated "Super Smash Brothers Brawl" wasn't working properly, prompting Nintendo to provide free shipping and cleanup of tar-covered disc readers, the Boston Herald reports. Nintendo says the issue... More »

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smoking • cigarettes • Nintendo • Nintendo Wii • video game console • Super Smash Brothers Brawl • smoke • video games

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