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Nintendo debuts Wii U
Nintendo, for the majority of this console generation, has been content to play its own game. Now it’s ready to take the fight to Microsoft and Sony. The company on Tuesday unveiled its next generation home video game machine — dubbed Wii U — that will be flush with the high-definition graphics gamers have come [...]
Sony chose Android, should Nintendo take iOS?
For now, the dust has settled following Sony’s back-to-back announcements, starting with the NGP and now this past weekend’s Sony Ericsson Xperia Play unveiling. Regardless of how one might feel about the position Sony is attempting to secure in the portable gaming market, there are more ramifications that may not be present on the surface. [...]
Nintendo 3DS in-depth preview: it works!
So, we got shuffled past a 3DS at a rapid pace on our way out of the Nintendo keynote, but we’ve just had an opportunity to play some titles and really get a feel for the thing… and we’re pretty impressed. Before we were only shown a technical demo, but at Nintendo’s booth there are [...]
Easy Piano for Nintendo DS shipping now for little Tchaikovskys
Mention piano lessons to kids and watch them cringe. Mention playing really awesome games on the Nintendo DS and watch them get all excited. Now, mention piano lessons on the Nintendo DS and watch them squirm in confusion, a definite improved reaction that’s all thanks to Easy Piano, which is now shipping to retail. It’s [...]
E-books for the Nintendo DS
Electronic reading, whether it be via slate, phone or dedicated e-reader, has been a huge development as of late. It comes as little surprise, then, that Nintendo has announced its 100 Classic Books cartridge for release in the US on June 14. Containing 100 public-domain books packaged in a relatively attractive library format, the collection [...]