Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has revealed that 10 million games have been sold online via its Virtual Console service, but he still believes that boxed retail games will be relevant for the next three years at least.
Nintendo shares sank to a seven month low on the close of the Nikkei, despite the company experiencing runaway success with sales of the Wii and DS consoles.
Despite the fact that 17 million brain training titles have been sold worldwide since the series debuted in 2005, Dr. Ryuta Kawashima hasn't made a single yen from the game
Two popular import retailers have warned consumers that Nintendo Japan is struggling to fulfil day-one pre-orders for the highly anticipated Wii title Super Smash Bros. Brawl, due for release in the region tomorrow (Jan 31).
Any plans by the Department of Health to introduce Wii consoles in schools to help prevent obesity have been branded a "gimmick" by education campaigners.
Following yesterday's news that Nintendo's profits almost doubled on the success of its Wii console, analysts have reacted positively and announced an expectation of continued growth.
Nintendo will be pleased to see that its two hardware platforms sit atop the sales charts in its home territory of Japan, with the news that the Sony PlayStation Portable has dropped down to third place.
Wii Fit claimed the top spot in the Japanese software chart for the second consecutive week, as Nintendo platform games continue to dominate sales well into the new year.
Sega's Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games was the top-selling game in Australia for the week ended January 20 according to sales data released by GfK Australia
Ahead of financial reports from Nintendo and Ubisoft, Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter is anticipating revenue growth for both companies
Games for Sony's PlayStation 3 have surged into the Spanish software sales chart top ten, finally ending a lengthy run at the top for various Nintendo platform games, according to sales data from Media Control GfK International.
Goichi Suda, CEO of Grasshopper Manufacture Inc and the man behind XIII and No More Heroes, has hit back at quotes attributed to him in a recent CVG interview regarding the plight of Nintendo third party titles.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games has returned to the number one position in the UK's All Formats Top 40 chart according to data released by Chart Track