Nintendo Seizes Lead In US Console War, Xbox 360 Tanks

Big announcements at E3 cannot hide that Microsoft had a rough June with its game console: Nintendo’s Wii surpassed the Xbox 360 as the most sold current game console in the U.S. every other game console, including the PSP and Nintendo DS, sold more units. Has the Xbox 360 lost its appeal?

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Nintendo tops '07 sales numbers in industry's best year ever

2007 saw Nintendo once again slide comfortably into the number one position in the gaming industry, but sales for everyone were up as the gaming industry saw a 43 percent increase in sales over 2006.

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Surgeons 'are better after playing Nintendo Wii'

Trainee surgeons will soon be practicing operations from the comfort of their sofas after a study found they performed better after playing games on the Nintendo Wii.US researchers are designing software that will allow doctors to carry out simulated surgery using the console's novel control system.

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Things are looking good for Wii in 2008

If you thought 2007 was a good year for Wii, let us introduce you to your new best friend: 2008. Hot on the heels of a super-successful December holiday, forward Wii momentum is showing no signs of slowing in the new year. In the first few months, good efforts like No More Heroes, Endless Ocean, Super Smash Brothers Brawl...

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Nintendo makes one little girl's Christmas extra-special

"Everyone likes an uplifting story during the holidays, don't they? Heck, we like to read or hear about them any chance we get. And this story is no different, as one little girl in Australia suffering from arthrogryposis, a degenerative muscle disease, recently got a wonderful gift from Nintendo."

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Crazy Nintendo Support Call: Smack Wiimote to Fix It

Nintendo Help Desk: "Okay - I want you to take the remote, button side down and smack it into the palm of your hand two or three times."Russ: "You've got to be kidding"Nintendo Help Desk: "No sir, do it hard enough that I can hear it across the phone line but not hard enough to damage the remote"The thing is...IT WORKED!

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Nintendo DS 2: the 3D Mock-Up Makes Us Drool Even More

Phil Nolan, a 3D modeler and animator, got inspired by Gizmodo's Nintendo DS 2 mock-up and wish list and sent his cool version of this dreamed-up second-generation Nintendo DS that may not be that away from happening. It looks so yummy inside that I want to take it out for a date.

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