Nintendo DS: Junichi Masuda Reveals N’s Full Name and Other Information From Pokemon Black & White

Junichi Masuda, one of the developers at Gamefreak who make the Pokemon games, has revealed a lot of information regarding the mysterious N from Pokemon Black and White. These could be considered spoilers if you haven’t had a chance to play either games yet.

N’s real name is Natural Harmonia Gropius, with “N” coming from the term natural number.
With his high IQ, N exceeds humans.
A genius, N excels in math enough to be called a math wizard.
N is quick-witted and has extreme mood swings.
N can see the past and future of people.
According to Masuda, rumors have it that N was born from Pokémon; the parents are unknown.
N loves Pokémon but keeps his distance from humans.
N believes he’s perfect.
Always putting Pokémon first is N’s ideology.
Given how he is, he has been shunned by humans. In effect, he has a very strong connection with Pokémon.

Nintendo Wii: Pachter Says Xbox 360 Sales Nearly Doubled Wii Sales In September

Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter has revealed that Nintendo only managed to shift 190,000 Wii units in September, whilst Microsoft managed to sell nearly double that with 360,000 Xbox 360 units sold. Sony managed to come in second with 260,000 units sold. Nintendo also shifted 225,000 3DS units and 185,000 DS units in September.

Nintendo DS: Get A New Mewtwo For Pokemon Black & White On Nintendo DS

Nintendo has announced that Mewtwo will be available for download for Pokemon Black & White via WiFi in Japan from September 26 through October 31. There isn’t too much information about the new version of Mewtwo except that it has the “Pressure” ability. Let’s hope that Nintendo America and Nintendo Europe announce something soon.

Nintendo 3DS: The Free Release Of Zelda: Four Swords Is the Original Gameboy Advance Version

Nintendo has confirmed to online gaming publication Joystiq that the free version of The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords isn’t the Gamecube version, but is in fact the original version of Zelda: Four Swords which was bundled with A Link To The Past on the Gameboy Advance. The free download will be playable on Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS via the DSiWare store in September. Who’s looking forward to getting their hands on this classic game for free?

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Nintendo: Nintendo Makes $1.3 Billion But Profits Down 46%

Nintendo have announced that their profits during the third quarter dropped to a staggering $1.3 billion compared to the previous year which saw the company’s operating profit at $2.31 billion during the same period.

Despite this the company hasn’t changed its operating profit forecast for this financial year and have announced that they’re sticking with $2.5 billion primarily because they’re launching the highly anticipated Nintendo 3DS on February 26th.

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Nintendo DS: Pokémon Black & White Given Official US Release Date

Nintendo of America have finally decided to reveal the official release date of the eagerly awaited Pokémon Black & White.

According to the press release the next iteration of the popular Pokémon franchise will be released in the United States on March 6th 2011 and will introduce more than 150 new Pokémon and an entire new region for players to explore.