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.

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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.