According to an inside ninja at Nintendo HQ, in 2007 Nintendo President Satoru Iwata was offered the “opportunity” to acquire the rights to the device that now powers Microsoft’s Project Natal. He turned the offer down for a a few interesting reasons. Although impressed with Israeli company 3dv’s prototype, he wasn’t convinced that it was right for the Nintendo market. …

If I had a beer right now, I’d be drowning my sorrows in it. According to the NPD, who’ve collated all their data, Wii Play is the best selling game in the last 15 years. Of course it’s gained this accolade through a technicality, with it being a collection of godawful mini-games bundled with a Wiimote – but it’s a …

We’ve seen all 3 console manufacturers sales figures, but let’s take a closer look at their year-on-year revenues, based on console and software sales figures. slightly alarming is that despite good sales on each platform, all 3 console makers saw a significant drop in revenue in 2009. Both Microsoft and Nintendo seem to have suffered a loss in revenue – …

In a statement sure to make Xbox fanboys climax, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has made claims that Sony’s PlayStation console is "poison" that leads children on a capitalistic path to condemnation. On "Alo Presidente," a weekly radio-TV show, the Venezuelan head of state appealed to local toy manufacturers to produce "educational" toys and dolls with indigenous peoples’ features, as opposed …

For the love of all things covered in delicious milk chocolate, this exists. Peripheral and accessory makers CTA Digital have announced and released the a Sniper Rifle Gun for Wii – which includes a removable stock and barrel, magazine tube, sniper scope, and stand. All of which are completely devoid of any functionality. The scope even, is purely for cosmetic …

I have a house full of crappy plastic peripherals, something I pretty much blame Nintendo for. As demonstrated by games like Tony Hawk Ride and the perpetual onslaught of rhythm games, peripheral based gaming is hot business right now. Ea it seems, is keen to jump on the bandwagon, as they signed deals with multiple accessory providers – Sakar, Sunflex …

Nintendo’s president, Satoru Iwata, has been discussing the DS’s successor with a Japanese newspaper and had the following to say "[It will have] highly detailed graphics, and it will be necessary to have a sensor with the ability to read the movements of people playing,” Firstly I would be a little worried about the next DS forcing us to wave …

Official NPD stats are out on the 14th of January but Nintendo are the first of the big players to break rank and release some figures of their own. While the figures are not exact they have estimated sales of 3 million Wii units in the US alone for the month of December and that lifetime sales of New Super …