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Could Nintendo's Mario be swapping his world of magic mushrooms and ravenous dinosaurs for the staid confines of the classroom? The man behind the massively popular video-game franchise thinks so, saying he's working hard to turn Nintendo Co.'s brand of hand-held consoles into educational aids and teaching tools.
It is the apocalypse!... again.
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime is skeptical of Sony's hope to make the Move an appealing proposition for Wii owners. In an Industry Gamers interview , he addresses users who might be tempted to get the Move based on it looking like a hi-def Wii. "So I'm a consumer and I'm having a great experience with my Wii," Fils-Aime said. "And we know that's the case - we look at the ...
The NOA President gives his thoughts on the competition, third-party support, and the future of Nintendo's hardware.
# ads I'm sorry, but when you send the question "What would you like 93% bigger" to my email in a generic red graphic, one thing comes to mind. And it's not the DSi XL . (Also, 93% bigger would just be gross.) More »
Japanese developer CyberConnect2 released the first details today on Solarobo , a new robot action game and the first Nintendo DS title in the studio's history. It's set to be released in Japan from Namco Bandai Games; no US launch has been announced. Released to commemorate the 15th anniversary of CyberConnect2's founding, Solarobo boasts a gameplay and visual style very close to Tail Concerto ...
During a press event at the Game Developers Conference, Sony finally showed its motion controller to the gaming press. Welcome to the world of the PlayStation Move. We were shown a number of videos and demos, and they all looked uncomfortably similar to what we've already played on the Nintendo Wii. Even the models, with a focus on females and families, made it look like we were in the realm of ...
PayPal, the payment processor owned by eBay, plans to introduce a cheaper way for businesses to handle online transactions that are less than $10, a company executive said.
Nintendo announces deal with Tecmo Koei to bring next installment in Dynasty Warriors spin-off exclusively to its latest console.
MotionPlus Gladiators, vampire hunters and mini-golf highlight this week's downloads.
Emergent Technologies said its Gamebryo LightSpeed development system will add AiLive's motion control solution LiveMove 2, which will support Sony's upcoming PlayStation Move motion controller. Developers using both Gamebryo Lightspeed and AiLive can use the tools to also create games for the Nintendo Wii Remote and the more accurate Wii MotionPlus, which AiLive co-designed. LiveMove 2 is ...
The long-awaited Castlevania: Rondo of Blood is finally available on the U.S. Virtual Console. If you haven't already broken down and picked up Dracula X Chronicles for the PlayStation Portable, you can get it along with two new WiiWare games and four DSiWare titles. The version we're getting is apparently the untranslated Japanese original, because the opening cutscene features Japanese ...
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Gaming
VARIETY reports that Nintendo plans to drop the price of the Wii next week, leading up to the holiday season.
Motion controlling system expected to hit market by fall
At first touch, the PlayStation Move feels awfully familiar. Unveiled at last week's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Sony's forthcoming wand-shaped motion controller and the smaller sub-controller handle similarly to Nintendo's Wii Remote and... Nintendo - Sony - Wii Remote - Game Developers Conference - PlayStation
