Greek mythology, grid-based strategy, high-speed racing, classic arcade action and a hand-held art course — this week’s additions to the Wii^™ Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi^™ Shop deliver a wildly entertaining mix.

With new WiiWare^™, Nintendo DSiWare^™ and Virtual Console^™ games debuting each week, Nintendo offers downloadable games to please everyone under the sun, and the list keeps on growing. For Nintendo DSi users looking to grow their own game library, here’s a valuable tip-off: Consumers can still receive 1,000 bonus Nintendo DSi Points^™ by purchasing a new Nintendo DSi game system and connecting to (more…)

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Wii Sports Resort^™ is all about getting multiple people involved in friendly sporting competitions. Starting Oct. 12, consumers will have even more incentive to get in on the fun when Nintendo releases a special, limited-edition bundle of the Wii Sports Resort game and not one but two Wii MotionPlus^™ accessories, which bring enhanced precision to games. The bundle will be available at a suggested retail price of $59.99. Typically, Wii Sports Resort comes with a single Wii MotionPlus unit at a suggested retail price of $49.99, and additional Wii MotionPlus units are available at a suggested retail price of $19.99.

“Shoppers are looking for value as we head into the holiday season, and this Wii Sports Resort bundle is a gift that (more…)

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Beginning Sunday, Sept. 27, the world’s most popular home video game system gets even more appealing. On that day, Nintendo’s suggested retail price for its record-setting Wii^™ drops by $50 to $199.99. The new $199.99 Wii price point delivers the full iconic Wii gaming experience, including the motion-sensing Wii Remote^™ controller, Nunchuk^™ controller and Wii Sports^™ software, and furthers Nintendo’s mission to expand the gaming universe by making video games accessible to more and more consumers. Wii ownership also opens an avenue for players to the industry’s most diverse (more…)

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Toppling Cubes, 3-D Characters and Classic Ninja Kicks Lead a Stellar Lineup

Beware of falling objects and soaring imaginations with this week’s new downloadable game offerings from Nintendo. The WiiWare^™ service welcomes the precarious puzzle action of You, Me, and the Cubes^™ and the court-storming antics of Family Tennis. Commodore 64 favorite Last Ninja 2 arrives on the Virtual Console^™, pushing players to heroic heights in a classic martial-arts adventure. Nintendo DSiWare^™ users can let the chips fall where (more…)

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Sqaure Enix CEO expects Nintendo to release a new Wii by 2011, with functionality more like that of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 or Sony’s PlayStation 3, and possibly a different controller.

Yoichi Wada told the Financial times he feels Microsoft’s Project Natal is “fantastic and could become standard,” the exec feels new motion control devices from Sony and Nintendo are unlikely to have a major impact.

Take a look at Project Natal HERE.

“Present game machines already have a lot of functions: they are a network terminal, a Blu-ray or DVD player, and a gaming machine,” said Wada. “Compared to these three pillars, the [new motion] controllers are quite limited, so the impact may be small. They are an extension of the gaming function.”

However, he noted that a strong release slate from the start could help drive the success of new input devices and help them take root more quickly.

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