Nintendo celebrates the highly anticipated release of Mario Kart Wii with a fun-packed launch party at the Nintendo World store in Rockefeller Plaza. Participants can compete in the Mario Kart Wii Challenge for a chance to compete against racing enthusiast and actor Jason Priestley. Fans can enjoy Nintendo-themed giveaways and special premiums such as […]

In a recent interview, Bioware\’s Ray Muzyka (CEO & GM) and Greg Zeschuk (President & GM) were recently asked if narrative or storytelling is really the future of gaming and driving the industry forward, then doesn\’t that conflict with Nintendo\’s approach because most of their games are very casual.\” Zeschuk replied saying \”…those kinds […]

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has recently been talking about the details of the U.S. launch of WiiWare. Reggie says that in the US \”WiiWare releases would likely follow the Virtual Console model.\” Also a Nintendo channel will be launched in the U.S. alongside WiiWare that will allow you to download DS games […]

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has said that \”North America gets about 40 percent of the 1.8 million Wii consoles Nintendo manufactures every month.\” In addition to this Reggie says that on average it only takes one hour for a Wii to get purchased once it gets on store shelves.

Before his untimely suicide in 1935, author Robert E. Howard said the “Hyborian Era” that his stories featuring Conan the Barbarian was set in took place about 12,000 years ago. Ironically, the period following the 2005 announcement of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures has also felt like an eon, thanks to several delays.

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