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Face Training game in Nintendo for facial wellness
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
In the Face Training game Nintendo had announced earlier to release a camera for the DS and DS Lite. Three years had been passed since the announcement and in between two new versions of the DS had been released. Now, finally September 24th is the date when the Face Training will be released. Its a European release date.
So, now, apart from DSi and DSi XL, gamers can enjoy this game on DS Lite also.
In fact Face Training is not a game. It is similar to the Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training series. Here, instead of training the brain daily, there is a daily session with Face Training to improve the facial wellness.
Gamers are suggested to use it every morning. There will be avatar Miles to demonstrate the exercises on the left screen and gamers can see their face through the video feed on the right screen.
However, Nintendo did not mention that this exercise will make anyone younger.
It says, “Target the Ocular Muscle with an eye exercise that can help to ease tension around the eyes.”
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Nintendo 3DS succeeding Nintendo DS
Saturday, June 19th, 2010
Over the past 5 years it has been seen that the stock of Nintendo (NTDOY) is on a steady growth and this is not because of the success of Wii. In fact this success of Nintendo was due to the DS handheld video game system released in late 2004.
The fortune of Nintendo also grew after the release of Nintendo DS’ first hardware revision named Nintendo DS Lite.
More than 130 million units across the world has been sold of the various incarnations of the console and it became the best selling video game platform in the history of gaming industry.
But all these only seems to be just a begining. Nintendo unveiled the Nintendo 3DS, the next handheld gaming device.
It was revealed at the E3 event that the Nintendo 3DS will be succeeding the Nintendo DS and it will be a clamshell-shaped handheld device with 2 LCD screens.
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Europe drops DS price
Sunday, June 13th, 2010
After Japan, now it is Europe to cut price. The price of both model DS’s falls, but not that of the XL.
Nintendo Europe confirmed that Nintendo DS Lite’s and the DSi’s prices will be dropping from June 18 in Europe.
Well, there has been no set amount yet for the drop in the prices because it will be left up to the retailers. They will be deciding the reduced price for the consoles.
It is not clear why this move comes from Nintendo. Is it that it is to clear stock for a new handheld that is coming soon?
Also in Australia there was a price fall of Nintendo DSi and the DS Lite was ignored after the DSi came to the market.
Well, don’t expect any more drop.
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DS line again leads hardware sales in Japan
Monday, May 31st, 2010
The sales of three-models of Nintendo DS led the hardware sales charts of Japan for the week ended May 23 reveals Media Create latest sales charts. The chart says that week-on-week the overall hardware sales were stagnant.
Including the DSi LL, DSi and DS Lite, the total DS sales were 26,145. The previous week it was 28,564 unit.
During the most recent week the segregation of the sales are as given below:
DSi LL - 14,108
DSi - 9,356
DS Lite - 2,681
The PSP-3000 of Sony led individual platform rankings. It was sold 23,313 units, which was down from the previous 24,475 units.
Initially in this month the PSP sales was double with the release of Konami and Hideo Kojim’s Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. The total PSP line sold more than 61,000 units.
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How to Train Your Dragon now in Nintendo
Friday, May 28th, 2010
The How to Train Your Dragon for the Nintendo Wii is in fact a continuation of the original Dreamworks film’s storyline. In it the Astrid and Hiccup is seen competing with fellow Vikings. All of them fights for the coveted title of Berk;s premiere dragon trainer. Moreover, just like the DS version of Nintendo, this also manages some of the really true high points. Well, at the same time it also suffers from few missteps.
The portable version is however a turn-based RPG-lite. The Wii is a straight-up fighting game. In it bulk of the plot is being unfolded at the island of Berk’s dragon arena. Here the critters goes up the ranks to fight each tournament’s top trainer.
When you had won a tourney, then you are being allowed to go to the docks and their you can unlock another dragon for your collection. This will keep the rewards coming to you and it will help the players to be motivated.
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DS on the way of becoming best seller of all time
Friday, May 14th, 2010
This time Nintendo is expecting a dent in profits and this is for the first time if we count the last six years of this gaming giant. The sales Wii maker and also of Nintendo DS took a plunge and it has been dropped by 23 percent.
Nearly ten percent the profits fell of the company but it seems to them that the worst will soon be faded out. based in Kyoto, Japan.
Based in Kyoto, Japan, the Nintendo DS was running very closely second behind the PlayStation 2. Nintendo is expected to become the top in sales by this year end.
NPD Group’s Anita Frazier said, “The NDS is approaching the PS2 as the best-selling hardware system of all time”.
On the other hand the competitor Microsoft reported in the begining of this year of reaching the sales figure of more than 40 million Xbox 360s. According to the current figures, the PlayStation 3 of Sony has sold 33.5 million units. More than 71 million is the sales figure of Wii and the Nintendo DS are has sold so far about 129.
Nintendo is also planning of launching a 3DS version by this year end and this will be offering 3D technology, sans 3D glasses.
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Glucose monitoring system with DS
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
A new slogan has come up. It is test, play, win. The slogan is behind Bayer Diabetes Care’s clever new blood glucose monitoring system, Didget, which connects directly to Nintendo DS and DS Lite handhelds.
This further helps kids to manage their disease. It awards the kids with points for consistent testing and these points can be used to unlock in-game items.
Didget is also pproved by the U.S. FDA and it works similar to other portable blood glucose meters. It can also work without a Nintendo DS. However, this new and latest system is designed for encouraging kids in building consistent testing habits and also in meeting blood glucose target ranges.
The new and latest Didget comes with Knock ‘Em Downs: World’s Fair. This includes a full-length adventure and mini arcade games.
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Nintendo Wii in Black releasing on May 9
Friday, April 30th, 2010
Are you all getting bored with your Nintendo Wii or have you not yet got a Nintendo Wii. Well, next month you may get a chance of getting Wii in Black.
Several sources such as GameStop retailer confirmed that the Ninitendo Wii in Black will be available by May 9th in the US and by May 23rd in Canada.
The color has only been changed. The other functionality is the same as White Wiii.
However, the Black Wii bundle will carry a Black Wii Remote, Wii Sports, a copy of Wii Sports Resort and a Wii MotionPlus upgrade.
The bundle will be tagged at $199.
Well, these are only sources information. There has been no official confirmation from Nintendo about the release date.
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Nintendo for adults, soon
Monday, April 12th, 2010
We all know that Nintendo DS handheld reached to record high sales in a very short period of time. It was launched in 2004. In 2006 it became the fastest selling gaming unit in the history of Japan. It crossed 10 million-units, that too easily.
Not only in Japan, but also in the United States Nintendo had a strong sales hold. In 2009 the DS sold there 11.2 million units. This was more than 930,000 each month and it is just more than 3,650 DS sales a day.
In the early 1990s, Nintendo learned that it could market its game system also to the adults by offering puzzle-action games such as Tetris for its Game Boy system.
In 2004 when the company brought to market their DS handheld, it said that it was going after a wider market also.
Reggie Fils-Aime, executive vice president for sales and marketing for Nintendo of America told once, “We’ve been saying from the start that we wanted to position the DS toward an older audience… but the market didn’t believe that’s where we wanted to go.”
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Nintendo has also become lifestyle device
Sunday, April 4th, 2010
Did you hear the latest news about Nintendo? It is the launch of its new version named Nintendo DSi XL. It is tagged at $189.99. This device has the screens, two, of 4.2-inch that are 93% bigger than the normal and regular Nintendo DS Lite priced at $129.99. Though the screen is big but the resolution is the same.
The bottom display of Nintendo DSi XL is touch-sensitive. It will allow to use it with fingers or with the stylus pens (one small, one large).
According to Nintendo, the company had updated the most popular gaming platform of the world as gamers demanded for bigger screens. This means that friends can also see the action in a better way or they can play together.
Nintendo has been sold through out the world over 125 million units.
One more thing to be noticed here is that the DSi XL might be considered a lifestyle device also rather than only a gaming system because the company is broadening the kind of software that gamers can run on it.
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