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Cammie Dunaway to Leave Nintendo

Nintendo of America’s executive president of sales and marketing, Cammie Dunaway, has announced that she will be leaving her position, effective October 1st.  Since joining the company in November of 2007, she’s been a famous (or infamous, depending on who you talk to) face in the company.  Dunaway is accepting a position outside of the video game…

3DS Graphics Could Be Even Better With 3D Turned Off

On the heels of our last story about the revealed powerful 3DS specs, 1Up plucked this interesting tidbit from an early July IGN article on the 3DS which explains the obvious: rather than using the powerful handheld’s powers for 3D, that processing power could be allocated to create even better 2D graphics. Thanks, Captain Obvious.…

IGN Reveals 3DS’ Impressive Specs

Released under the condition of anonymity, a videogame developer working on the Nintendo 3DS revealed to IGN the specs for the forthcoming handheld device, and my goodness, they’re impressive! Hit the jump for the disclosure on the hardware!

Orchestral Nintendo Music – Live!

It’s a great time to be a fan of gaming music. On September 23rd, at 6 PM GMT (you can convert to your time zone here), WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln will be performing Nintendo music in full symphonic force, and the whole performance is going to be streamed live from the Symphonic Legends website. The first…

The Nintendo Bedspread

Remember that NES table we showed you recently? Here’s a little something else in that vein (and coincidentally, from the same source). For a boy’s birthday this year, his sister and mother collaborated to provide him with this amazing bed set. Being largely gray, as one would imagine, the pillow cases are modeled after NES…

The Nintendo Coffee Table!

Coffee tables. Most people have them, but I mean, don’t you ever feel like they have no pizazz? No snap? No crackle? No pop? Well, Flickr user mattcyborgelt certainly understands that sentiment. Pictured is his coffee table – a beautiful replica of an NES. But it’s not just awesome. It’s also practical. There is storage…

Rumor: 3DS Release Date November 20th?

When playing the waiting game it’s always nice to see a light in the dark – no matter how dim. An account on Twitter, “nochisan,” which has since been deleted entirely, posted an update that seemed to contain knowledge as to the Japanese release date of the Nintendo 3DS.  The post in question reads as…

DSi and DSi XL Price Drops Coming September 12th

Coming September 12th, Nintendo will slash the prices of the DSi and DSi XL in North America by $20 a piece making them cost $149.99 and $169.99, respectively. This price drop comes following a price drop in June for the UK and Japanese markets. The DS Lite model still remains at $129.99. This also comes…

ONM Interviews Eiji Aonuma, Talks Skyward Sword and More

Note: Readers may have noticed my mistake yesterday of referencing a female figure in the trailer, where I meant to reference the one in the concept art – I sincerely apologize for the mistake, and it has been fixed. Posted earlier today on the website of none other than Official Nintendo Magazine, is a new interview…

Wii Sells 30 Millionth Unit

That’s right, the Nintendo Wii has now sold it’s 30 millionth copy, and what’s more, in only 45 months! There was a time when Sony could tout the Playstation 2 as the fastest selling console of all time, but it seems the Wii has outdone that console  – and by a margin of 15 months. Though…

Aonuma: More Skyward Details

In our excitement and eagerness to share with you some of the details from the recent Nintendo Power interview with producer Eiji Aonuma in our previous article, we managed to overlook some sizable tidbits! You certainly let us know, and for that we thank you! First of all, accept our humblest apologies. Second of all, hit the jump…

Wii Successor Being Kept Under Wraps

As many of you know, many rumors involving the successor of the Wii have been surfacing over the past year. Some were even expecting it to be revealed during this year’s E3. Although this didn’t happen, the possibility of the Wii’s successor currently being in development certainly was not ruled out. In a recent interview…

Aonuma: Recent Rumors Confirmed

Last week we posted about a list of facts that were rumored to appear in the September issue of Nintendo Power regarding The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. We can now, after having seen it with our own eyes, confirm those to be true – and more! Chief amongst that list is voice acting and the…

3DS: September 29th Reveal

No, that’s the not the release date, you silly Zelda fan, you – that’s the date on which Nintendo will reveal the Japanese release date for the 3DS. And not just the release date, but the price as well! According to Bloomberg, Nintendo PR manager Yasuhiro Minagawa revealed in a phone interview with them that…

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