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Nintendo says no full DS game downloads coming to Wii, just demos
Well, that didn’t take towering. Just by a day after The New York Times got all our hopes up with word that total DS game downloads were headed for the Wii, comes word that the big N’s Reggie Fils-Aime actually said no such thing, and that only DS game demos would be available, as expected. In…
Nintendo offers official downgrade to Photo Channel 1.0, MP3 addicts rejoice
Generally speaking, the reaction to Photo Channel v1.1 wasn’t precisely positive — particularly when the MP3 faithful banded together to protest against the update’s newfound adoration for AAC. Thankfully, Nintendo has created an official process for downgrading back to v1.0, and yes, users who…
Video of the Nintendo DS 1sev TV tuner in action
We’ve seen a couple pretty press photos of the forthcoming DS 1seg TV tuner, but nothing beats video — and the Japanese promo video unearthed by the crew at Gamebrink delivers the goods in spades. Apart from the usual orientation and aspect ratio settings, the tuner has some neat additional fea…
Nintendo grows further from fun and games, closer to the practical and utilitarian
Nintendo’s as cagey as tech companies come, but the WSJ is reporting on a recent and strange high level, high affect strategy presentation where in top ‘Tendo execs revealed what’s described as a change in its current commerce model: using its foothold in the video game market to sell casual gam…
Nintendo grows further from fun and games, closer to the practical and utilitarian
Nintendo’s as cagey as tech companies come, but the WSJ is reporting on a recent and strange high level, high affect strategy presentation where in top ‘Tendo execs revealed what’s described as a change in its current commerce model: using its foothold in the video game market to sell casual gam…
Nintendo aims for 2008 Wii launch in China, South Korea
Apparently, the Big N has had just about abundant of all that Vii / Wu nonsense, as it has recently announced plans to launch the real deal (that’d be the Wii) in China next year. According to company president Satoru Iwata, Nintendo is planning to bring its hotter-than-hot console to China and Sout…
Nintendo mends wounds, hires new execs to replace old, ditchy ones
No company can stop employee turnover (especially when it bifurcates its US operations and expects everyone to uproot their families just to be closer to press it’d really rather ignore), but at least Nintendo’s got a game plan to start bandage its wounds from executives lost in the rapid-fire d…
