Nintendo Weekend Warrior – Nintendo bouncing back into the game
After four years of staying on top, it’s the first time for the Wii to experience a sales decline. Satoru Iwata owns up to the issue, but remains optimistic about Nintendo bouncing back into the game. Much of that is apparent as early as now – Nintendo is steadily adding more games into WiiWare and Virtual Console, grabbing more big Wiixclusives, unleashing the Black Wii, and even introduces a new king-sized DSi.
by Glenn M.
After four years of staying on top, it’s the first time for the Wii to experience a sales decline. Satoru Iwata owns up to the issue, but remains optimistic about Nintendo bouncing back into the game. Much of that is apparent as early as now – Nintendo is steadily adding more games into WiiWare and Virtual Console, grabbing more big Wiixclusives, unleashing the Black Wii, and even introduces a new king-sized DSi.
Games
- Virtual Console
- Square Enix bringing Romancing SaGa to Virtual Console. Link
- Konami to relive MSX days on Virtual Console. Link
- Wiixclusives
- Epic Mickey originally intended for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC Link
- Getting The Crystal Bearers? Pick which crystal you want to bear. Link
- Your playtime with the Akatsuki has gone gold. Link
- New Excitebike revving up for WiiWare launch. Link
- Miyamoto loves Star Fox, disappointed in series’ declining sales. Link
Industry and hardware
- Satoru Iwata owns up to Wii decline, now going for a rebound. Link
- Black Nintendo Wii now available on Amazon UK for pre-order. Link
- Pachter: Wii HD in Fall 2010. Link
- DSi LL
- Jumbo size DSi LL also coming to US in 2010, compared with other models. Link
- Nintendo confirms big-screen DSi, calls it “DSi LL” Link
- Nintendo calls jumbo DSi “conjecture” Link
- Japan getting jumbo-sized DSi this year. Link
- Nyko unveils Zoom Case for DSi. Link
Hacks and homebrew
- Wii homebrew game – Wiiero v1.3 Link
- Wii homebrew – SDL MAME Wii v0.3 Link
- Wii homebrew – DOSBox Wii v1.1 Link
- Wii homebrew – Dolphin Unofficial SVN build 4460 Link
- Wii homebrew – Wii Home v1.4 Link
- DS homebrew – Woopsi v0.39 Link
by Glenn M.