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Nintendo warns kids against playing 3-D games
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Nintendo has warned to young children through its website not to play its upcoming handheld 3-D video games, the Nintendo 3DS.
It said that children below 6-year-old should not play the game as it may effect the growth of their eyes. The Japanese website also noted that kids can play the game only when the parents turn off the 3-D functionality of Nintendo 3DS. Moreover, a password can also be set by parents to keep kids away from using the 3-D.
Nintendo also says in the statement that other gamers need to take a periodic break from the 3-D games such as after every 30 miutes or every hour.
Same warnings have also been issued by others. TV manufacturers have issued such warnings about young people, drunk people, pregnant women etc. as the viewing of 3-D TV may cause nausea, seizures and dizziness.
The Nintendo 3DS allows gamer to play three dimensional games without wearing glasses, which are necessary for most movie displays and 3-D televisions.
Nintendo 3DS will hit the Japanies stores in February and it is scheduled in the US in March. The device costs $300.
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Nintendo expects good sales during Christmas holidays
Saturday, November 13th, 2010
Christmas is the season of giving, but it is also the season of buying at some point. Nintendo of America’s President is confident that lots of Nintendo hardware will be purchased this Christmas holiday by gamers.
On Tuesday, while speaking at the BMO Capital Markets Annual Digital Entertainment Conference, the president expects a very good amount of sales performance in November and December.
Last year, in the Holiday season over half of hardware sales were made in November and December and it is clear that Nintendo keeps the hope that history will repeat itself.
The Nintendo 3DS is on the verge of launch and gamers are eagerly waiting to see a Wii successor.
This holiday there are also going to be launched Donkey Kong Country Returns, Disney Epic Mickey and Golden Sun: Dark Dawn.
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Nintendo to support non-3D console with new features, games
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
We all know that Nintendo DS has been a great success. It has been sold in million since the original Nintendo DS was launched. Later, the DS Lite, DSi and DSi XL were launched to add more success.
Now, Nintendo 3DS is set to be launched, which is the first portable console that can support 3D without wearing glasses or any other peripherals. Nintendo looks further to give more to the gaming world with its 3DS.
The 3DS will be released in February in Japan and rest of the world will get it by March. With this launch, one thing is sure that the life cycle of DS family does not comes to an end.
Satoru Iwata, the boss of Nintendo, said that they will continue supporting the non 3D-enabled console through new features, new games etc.
Iwata is very confident to the new features and new games even though 3D version of the DS is going to hit the market.
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Nintendo makes loss in 6 fiscal months, first in 7 years
Friday, October 29th, 2010
Nintendo posted a loss for the first time in seven years. The loss is of six fiscal months that ended September 30, 2010. The main reason for the loss is the decline in DS handheld sales.
The DS sales, including the DS Lite, DSi and DSi XL, fell from 11.7 million to 6.69 million globally as compared to the same period last year.
The sales steep decline makes sense as the market is close to saturation and also the 3DS of Nintendo is also launching soon next year. So, gamers are waiting to bid their time for the new 3D handheld.
The Nintendo Wii sales also dropped in the said period to 4.97 million units from 5.75 million units.
The fall in sales of console also resulted in the fall of software sales.
More to this, the Yen has become stronger against the USD in last two years and this has left Nintendo’s net income to drop down up to 34 percent.
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Japan Chart: Nintendo DS line leads
Monday, October 25th, 2010
The total sales of Nintendo DS line in Japan market has led all other platforms this week i.e. DSi LL, DSi and DS Lite, says tracking firm Media Create. The PSP and PS3 of Sony saw a sales boost.
The PSP-3000 sold 37,127 units this week ended October 17. It is about a 4,000 unit increase from the last week. The PlayStation 3 saw an increase of 2,000 unit approximately. It jumped to the second position from number four on the charts.
PSP Go experienced a sales boost. From last week’s 1,373 units, it jumped to 1,715 units this week.
On the other side, the sales of DS hardware of Nintendo remained constant. Only the DSi hardware had seen a notable change. It sold about 1,500 fewer units than the previous week. It came down to the foruth position.
The total sales of the DS line this week were 47,101 units. It is enough to lead the sales of all-platforms.
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Nintendo DS line tops Japanese hardware sales
Saturday, September 11th, 2010
For the week ended September 5, the Nintendo DS line tops the sales chart of Japanese hardware, announced by Media Created on Friday. The reason behind the Nintendo’s top status is the recent sales boost of PSP. It remained on the top of the individual hardware versions chart. With this, the Nintendo DS is above the overall handheld of Sony.
Capcom’s Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Ailu Village was relased last week when the PSP sales rose. The slower sales of the title this week mirror to the hardware’s return to #2.
Nintendo sold 39,936 units. DSi LL alone sold 18,929 units, the DSi and the DS Lite sold 16,968 and 4,039 units respectively.
From last week the sales of all the platforms remained consistent, apart from the PSP. It indicated the steady hardware sales and it left the rankings almost unchanged.
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Golden Sun: Dark Dawn releasing on November 29
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
New titles are coming from the house of Nintendo this holiday season. A new chapter in the Golden Sun history is set to be released in North America.
The developer has announced that the Golden Sun: Dark Dawn will be launched for the Nintendo DS family this November.
The new installment of the series is a 30-year leap from the earlier chapter titled The Lost Age. It showcases some new characters in a different atmosphere.
The new series will enable players to set out on an adventurous mission. There will also be spirits dubbed Djinn possessing special and dynamic abilities. In it gamers can also call for the deities to launch attacks.
If gamers collect over 70 Djinn, the players can make use of the power of these spirits to traverse through mystifying dungeons.
The release date of Golden Sun: Dark Dawn is set for North America on November 29, 2010.
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Nintendo DSi and DSi XL prices slashed from September
Monday, August 30th, 2010
Nintendo is dropping DSi and DSi XL prices from September 12 onwards.
The company announced the price cut recently. According to the new price list, the DSi will be sold for $149.99 and the DSi XL will be priced at $169.99.
Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales and Marketing Cammie Dunaway said, “We know shoppers want to get the maximum value out of every dollar they spend. Our new Nintendo DSi prices make it easier than ever for consumers to access the tremendous variety of games, applications and social tools on the Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL system.”
However, the earlier model of DS Lite will remain to be sold at $129.
This year the sales of Nintendo DS was high. Over 3.4 million handhelds were sold in the U.S. through July said Nintendo.
Nintendo also announced earlier that they will come up with a 3D version of the device and it will be named as Nintendo 3DS. This new Nintendo will feature the technology without the use of glasses.
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Goldeneye 007 and DJ Hero 2 releasing on Wii
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Two new Wii dates was announced recently by Activision for the autumn release of DJ Hero 2 and Goldeneye 007.
Goldeneye 007, the new face of James Bond for an old tale, sees the British sleuth do some of the good damages to the deadly satellite operation. Gamers will see some blasts through the Saint Petersburg in a tank and also some leaps of a huge dam.
This remake of the 64 classic in Wii is set to ignite the four-player split screen memories after its release on November 2, 2010.
The DJ Hero installment will be available from October 19th 2010 onwards across multiple platforms in the US and in Europe it is being released on 22nd of October.
So, scratch your own tunes and break new beats with DJ Hero installment.
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Games slaes down, hardware sales up says survey report
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Seems to be a tough time for the Nintendo. A slaes slump is plaguing the video game industry these days.
According to data, in July the video games sales and consoles were off 1% and this has happened in the fourth month in a row. The sales in United States dropped.
The sales of PlayStation 3 from Sony and that of Xbox 360 of Microsoft increased, but the sales of Nintendo’s Wii games fell reveals market research firm NPD Group Inc.
Analyst with Webush Securities Michael Pachter said, “Wii is responsible for all of the annual decline… Wii owners are buying fewer games per capita than people who own the other two consoles.”
The group also reports that the hardware sales are up. Ther has been a 12% jump in the sales of console in the month of July where as the sales of game fell 8%.
NPD’s game analyst Anita frazier said, “It’s the first time since September 2007, when Microsoft launched Halo 3, that the 360 was the top-selling hardware platform.”
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