The first part of "Iwata Asks -- Nintendo DSi," wherein Nintendo president Satoru Iwata interviews engineers responsible for Nintendo's new dual-screen, dual-camera handheld, is now available at the official Nintendo DSi website. While most included revelations are minor and/or already disseminated among the gaming public (the DSi's fingerprint-resistant matte surface, the ability to swap game cartridges [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Nintendo announced today that the DSi -- the dual-camera-equipped, digital-download-capable successor to the company's half-billion selling Nintendo DS handheld, will arrive in North America on April 5th at a price point of $170.
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The faster the months slip by, the sooner the Nintendo DSi is rumored to arrive in the United States. Now, "multiple independent sources close to Nintendo" tell IGN's Matt Casamassina that the Nintendo DSi will see U.S. release on or about this April 4th at a price point of $180. Featuring larger screens, faster web browsing, [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 20, 2008
The original Broken Sword, Shadow of the Templars as it is known, has been ported to almost as many platforms as Myst. Still, you can never have too many ports of a game. At least that's what Ubisoft think, so they have decided to bring it over to the Nintendo Wii, and even the DS. Developed [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 22, 2008
If you thought the early reception for Nintendo’s DSi was just a flash in the pan … Actually, did anyone think that? After an amazing first week of sales (including 170k units sold in its first two days of availability in Japan), the DSi continues to lead the way in Nintendo’s homeland according to Famitsu’s latest [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 31, 2008
As far as Nintendo's Q2 financials are concerned, all you really need to know as a gamer is that they are rock solid. Sales estimates are up and Nintendo is making money hand-over-fist, the saturation of the Japanese DS market notwithstanding. But there were a couple of other announcements at Nintendo's Q2 earnings presentation today that [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata doesn't pull any punches; in the latest "Iwata Asks," the first question he asks the developers of the new Nintendo Wi-Fi Network Adapter is the same one we've been hearing around the English blogosphere: With all the other wireless routers in existence, why did Nintendo feel they need to create their [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Though a number of quality software titles were shown off at last week's Nintendo Media Summit (stay tuned to GameCyte for daily previews!), the biggest news of the two-day event was revealed within the first ten minutes of the event: the Nintendo DSi hardware. Spirited away by NOA President Reggie Fils-Aime just as quickly as it [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 1, 2008
UPDATE: Nintendo has confirmed the DSi for North American release. However, Reggie says "As far as 2008 is concerned, the Nintendo DSi story is strictly Japan related." We won't see the DSi until "well into 2009," because Nintendo believes there's still a respectable market for the DS Lite, stateside. At the Nintendo Fall Press Conference in [...]
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