Nintendo (Page 76)

In a conference call, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime announced a new program addressing the shortage of its Wii console

Following last week's movement in the wake of the Activision Blizzard deal announcement, this week has seen general growth across the board - and particularly in light of a strong set of sales figures from NPD for November.

Console sales in Japan have surged upwards once again with the DS, Wii and PlayStation Portable all seeing significant week on week double digit growth.

US game industry sales hit USD 2.63 billion in November, up 52 per cent, according to sales data released today by the NPD Group

Although Nintendo has not made any official announcement, according to sales data released by Famitsu, the Wii has now passed the total cumulative sales of the GameCube in Japan

Though the year is not yet over, Nintendo is predicting that its DS handheld will be the top-selling videogame system of 2007.

The Nielsen Company, which first started tracking videogame usage in the US this year, has released data for the period April to November 2007

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games has moved into the number one spot on the UK all formats chart according to data released by Chart-Track

Nintendo is considering pulling its television advertising campaign for the Wii console because the company cannot manufacture enough consoles to meet the demand

Nintendo consoles were the only hardware platforms that saw sales rise in Japan last week, according to the latest data from Media Create.

Super Mario Galaxy for the Nintendo Wii has entered the Australian game charts at number one, according to data released by GfK Australia

Wii Fit has entered the Japanese software charts in second position, selling over a quarter of a million units in its first week on sale.

Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo in the US, has hit back at claims that shortages of the Wii console may have been artificially created in order to generate marketing hype.

Following last week's general market decline, the subsequent optimism surrounding strong retail performances in both the US and Japan have seen gaming shares fare rather better across the board.

Sales of the Nintendo DS handheld in Japan rose over 50 per cent in the week ending November 25, with all other platforms also experiencing increases.

Nintendo has officially announced the DSVision service, allowing users to download movies, books, and manga

Nintendo has said that the Virtual Console service for Wii has so far generated JPY 3.5 billion (USD 33 million / EUR 22.3 million) for the company.

Nintendo and telecoms operator NTT announced that they would cooperate to promote the broadband Internet access of the Wii in Japan

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has admitted that the shortage of Wii units at retail is a missed opportunity for the company.

Nintendo of America has set a new sales record by selling more products during the Thanksgiving week than at any other time in the company's history.

Greenpeace has publicly shamed Nintendo and Microsoft for lacking any environmental credentials when it comes to electronic waste.

Nintendo faces a new threat from piracy this Christmas, as the R4 chip for the DS handheld becomes one the most sought after items in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district.

Nintendo has announced that the Wii has become the fastest-selling console to reach 200,000 units in Australia, after 50 weeks of release.

Mario Party DS continued to sell well in Japan last week, with 116,000 units of the Nintendo title flying off shelves to keep it top of the software chart.

An influx of registrations for Nintendo's DS TV service crashed the web site handling the applications, it's reported in Japan.