Nintendo systems accounted for 58.4%

Friday, April 17th, 2009

The Wii home console of Nintendo and also the Nintendo DS portable video game system comfortably led the U.S. sales last month. Giving a closer look to the data received from the independent NPD Group Pokémon Platinum Version for Nintendo DS has been the No. 2 video game in March. Nearly 805,000 units of this game has been sold. NPD Group tracks video game sales in the United States.

The Nintendo Wii tallied sales of about 601,000 last month where as Nintendo DS sold over half a million, even in advance of the April 5 launch of the new Nintendo DSi system. Both the game extended their lead as the best-selling video game systems of the present generation.

Cammie Dunaway, vice president (Sales & Marketing) of Nintendo of America said, “Nintendo systems accounted for 58.4% of the video game hardware sold in March, more than all other systems combined.” He also added that consumers continue to be attracted to the great value of Nintendo systems.

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Health control timer in Nintendo DSi

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

May the Nintendo DSi have launched today, but here is something unique that the owners of Nintendo DS Lite may take advantage of: a Health Control Game Timer that flicks the off switch for gamers when they have been playing for too long.

This new feature of Health Control Game Timer by the owners of Nintendo in Nintendo DS is ideal if gamers end up playing Ace Attorney for hours on end. Slot the game in to the Nintendo DS Lite GBA slot and set the timer for 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes or even to 120 minutes and carry on gaming as normal.

As gamers get closer to the time limit, an LED light will start glowing in the gadget, and the Nintendo DS Lite will start vibrating and also beeping. If gamers manage to play through all that and hit the time limit then this gaming gadget will simply switch off, without saving the current game.

Unfortunately, since the Nintendo DSi does not have a GBA slot, gamers will still be able to go overboard on it.

This feature of Nintendo DS Lite is certainly ideal if gamers don’t know when to stop - and of course know how to import goods from Japan. Gamers could now simply take it out before playing if they have some real addiction.

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