New games will be appearing on the Nintendo DSi shop on a weekly basis Nintendo of America have confirmed.
Much like the Wii Shopping Channel, the Nintendo DSi shop will allows consumers to access a large amount of downloadable content for their hand-held, including applications and downloadable games. New content will be available on a weekly basis, with customers in the UK most likely to see new downloads appear on a Friday.
Canadian gaming publication, GameFocus, believe they have inside information direct from Nintendo regarding a possible Wii remake of the critically acclaimed Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Apparently the information was passed onto the gaming publication via a Nintendo source who claims that there will be announcement regarding this monumental decision coming ‘around’ April 5th. It could possibly be an early April fools joke, but with a growing number of titles receiving the ‘Wii treatment’ it’s definitely a possibility.
Gaming publication IGN believes that the Wii MotionPlus motion sensing accessory may be ‘stuck’ inside a Wii Remote jacket, therefore forcing players to use the protective grip-proof sheath.
No word from Nintendo regarding this matter as of yet, but expect plenty of backlash from gamers discontent with the idea that they have to use the Wii Remote jacket if this controversial idea comes to light.
If there’s one thing in particular that Nintendo fans were disappointed in with regards to the Wii, it was Nintendo’s unique decision to forgo High Definition gaming.
Now videos have surfaced on Youtube which depict exactly how the Wii would look running games in 720p by utilizing a Nintendo Wii emulator named Dolphin. The emulator itself is capable of displaying Wii games at 720p rather than the 480p resolution we’re all used to.
Videos (remember to click HD)
With the evolutionary Nintendo DSi soon within our grasps, Nintendo shares its plan on one of its biggest marketing campaigns to date.
DSi will be our biggest handheld hardware launch to date and will easily be our biggest campaign this year. We have already planned out activity throughout the whole year as we plan to drive awareness and communication right through to Christmas.
During the initial launch phase we will be mainly focused on TV aimed at a mass market audience, but we will support this with a large online campaign designed to drive pre-order and awareness in the gaming community. On top of all this activity we will be offering extensive in-store promotion and also running national experiential events to ensure that consumers can get their hands on the hardware before they buy.
DSi senior product manager James Honeywell
With the imminent release of the Nintendo DSi many gamers assumed that the vast majority of new games would work on both the DSi and the DS, well this might not be the case.
Developers have been informed that they can produce games on the DSi cards – which as the name suggests only works with the Nintendo DSi, or alternatively, they can produce games on DSi Enhanced cards which will work perfectly fine on both machines. Hopefully the majority of game developers will choose to work on the latter allowing everyone access to the forthcoming top tier titles available on the hand-held.
Whilst many presumed a new Zelda title would be flaunted at GDC ’09 not many expected it for the Nintendo DS.
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks which was announced by Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata, initially appears very similar to the critically acclaimed Phantom Hourglass.
Although a short video presentation was shown at the event, details regarding the game appear rather scarce. The trailer presentation shows series protagonist Link riding a Western style rail road train equipped with a cannon, whilst the footage switches to the mandatory dungeon esquire adventuring we’re all used to.
The game is presented in a cell shaded graphical effect mirroring Links previous DS adventure, The Phantom Hourglass. As with the aforementioned title the game will utilize both the bottom and top screen for gameplay and dungeon maps respectively. The game is officially due for release sometime later this year and looks set to be another integral adventure story for the Nintendo DS/DSi.
Nintendo are poised to announce a whole slew of new information at tomorrows GDC Keynote in San Francisco.
Whilst speculation and rumours are customarily buzzing around the Web regarding possible announcements from the Kyoto based company, no one actually knows for sure what we can expect to hear.
A new addition to the Mario or Zelda franchises wouldn’t go amiss, and neither would information about the Wii’s successor, Wii HD. However, it’s more likely information of this kind will be left to the annual E3 trade event in June.
Customers who purchase the forthcoming Nintendo DSi in the United States will recieve 1000 Nintendo points upon their first visit to the Nintendo DSi Shop.
The promotion which is also running in Japan was confirmed by Target.com whose listing proclaims that anyone who purchases the hand-held gaming system will automatically qualify for the fairly generous 1000 Nintendo points on offer.
After numerous shortages, can Nintendo finally satisfy demand of their highly sought after Wii console?
Whilst Nintendo have shifted an unfathomable 48 million global consoles last year, the only problem the company has encountered is that their isn’t enough stock to fulfil demand.
Well the situation could be about to change as US retailer Gamestop claims they finally have enough Nintendo Wii’s in supply to keep up with the high demand. Could the same be happening with other gaming retailers? Or is this just an isolated case of one retailer receiving consistent supply’s of units whilst other smaller emporiums go without?
