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Nintendo opens SD slot for Wii storage solution
Do not adjust your monitors. That is not a tiny hard drive. Nintendo has announced it will open the Wii SD card slot to solve the system’s data storage problem. A Wii system update in Spring 2009 will enable the use of SD cards for storing downloaded Wii games. Eliminating the need for constant data transfers, customers will also be able to play their downloaded games directly from the SD ca...
Nintendo starts initiative to get Wii users online
Friends don’t let friends keep their Wii offline and disconnected. Or so says Nintendo. A short demo video called “What You Can Do With the Wii” will be pre-installed on new Wii consoles to encourage new users to get their systems online. Nintendo also announced a campaign that awards Wii users 500 Wii Points for helping a non-connected Wii user get their Wii console connected. T...
EA’s Zwerling: Lack of online in MySims Wii “more of a Nintendo issue than on our end”
Electronic Arts charmed Nintendo fans last year with MySims, a cute new Sims spin-off franchise focused on building and construction. The problem? No online. The reason? According to EA’s Erik Zwerling, MySims’ lack of online was “more of a Nintendo issue than on our end.” As we’ve been reporting all week, Infendo visited EA Friday for a look at several upcoming Sims ...
Bomberman arrives on WiiWare with online multiplayer
PRESS RELEASE — Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm for HUDSON SOFT, today announced that they are releasing Bomberman Blast, an all-new Bomberman for digital download for WiiWare on the Wii. Retaining the classic features Bomberman fans have come to love such as online multiplayer battles and numerous arenas, Â Bomberman Blast also incorporates new gameplay elements, inc...
WildTangent CEO says next-gen consoles “not going to happen”
Gifted with the clairvoyancy of a dodo bird, Alex St. John is anything but a Nostradamic prophet. But like any dexterous doomsayer, that doesn’t stop him from making grandiose predictions. The outspoken CEO of the WildTangent online gaming network, St. John foresees a grim end to the console gaming era as we know it. And he says it’s coming sooner than you think. “There’s n...
Lost Winds “validates” development process, says Frontier Developments boss
Frontier Developments had something short, but special, on their hands when they launched Lost Winds via Nintendo’s WiiWare service last month. It received mostly critical acclaim, numerous downloads, and is currently the number one WiiWare download in Europe. As Frontier boss David Braben sees it, the game provides evidence that the development process it came out of is constructive. What B...
Mario Kart Wii to popularize turn-based online multiplayer?
12-player worldwide online multiplayer is a blast, but what if you want to play Mario Kart Wii with a friend and can’t find the right time to meet up? Send your friend a Time Trial challenge! In a way, it’s like playing Advance Wars through the mail. One player races on the course of their choice and then sends their result to a friend. That friend takes their turn when they have time ...
Miyamoto to gamers: Go outside! (and online Wii Fit is coming soon)
Nintendo guru Shigeru Miyamoto realizes there are parallels to be drawn between Wii Fit and real, live actual exercise, so he wants to make sure you understand that there’s no substitute for going outside and “moving around.” “Spending too long, staying in and playing any video game is not good,” said Miyamoto. “I always tell my children to get out on a sunny day and I, myself, ...
Majesco: Nintendo “enthusiastically supports” online features in Wii games
In an interview Thursday with MTV Multiplayer, Majesco’s Kevin Ray had nothing short of praise for Nintendo and the company’s oft-criticized online implementation philosophies. “If you see the tools coming out from Nintendo today, they are providing a lot of support for developers to integrate the Internet into their games,” said Ray. “It’s really up to the publ...
Seattle Mariners fans get free access to Nintendo Fan Network
We’ve reported on this DS service a bit in the past when it was pay-to-play, and today Nintendo took the next step by making access to the Nintendo Fan Network free for Seattle Mariners baseball fans. I’m curious to see how it does as a free service (even if the drinks and food you order with it are anything but free). Release follows after the jump.
Final Fantasy IV confirmed for DS on July 22
LOS ANGELES, April 10 /PRNewswire/ — Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix(TM) interactive entertainment products in North America, announced today that it will launch a completely re-envisioned FINAL FANTASY(R) IV for Nintendo DS(TM) on July 22, 2008. A new generation of gamers will now have the opportunity to experience a legend reborn. The team that brought FINAL FANTASY III to ...