Wii Production Increase

Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's president has admitted that the company failed to predict demand for Wii, and will increase production of the console.

Iwata's statement after a UK analyst claimed the Wii demand would not be met until 2009. .

Iwata told reporters, "We must do our best to fix this abnormal lack of stock. We have not been able to properly foresee demand."

A Nintendo spokesperson yesterday confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that Wii production is set to increase, stating, "We have put solid production plans in place to ensure a steady flow of product through 2007."

With its comfortable, over-the-ear design and snazzy hi-tech look, Communicator Headset for DS works with both the original Nintendo DS and the new DS Lite. It's fully WiFi-compatible too, whether using Nintendo's device or Datel's own WiFi MAX.

Communicator Headset works with any DS game with voice control. With a microphone positioned near your mouth and an earpiece for crystal-clear sound, you need never shout into the console's built-in mic or struggle to hear your in-game sounds again.

Communicator Headset is also ideal for online DS games which allow voice communication. Nintendo's Metroid Prime: Hunters lets you chat to your online opponents in the virtual lobby before and after the game. It's so much easier and convenient with the Communicator Headset to cut out background noise.

With more and more Nintendo DS games making use of the device's in-built mic, and for those inevitable occasions where listening to the in-game sounds is the only option, Headset Communicator is the ideal choice.

Nintendo announces headphone VoIP set for DS

T3 has a look at Nintendo's DS browser in action!

Opera’s screenshots show the top screen either zooming in on pages, or spreading a site across both screens for a fully-fledged web experience.

Handwriting recognition also makes an appearance, as well as a more mundane on-screen keyboard.

the DS browser launches on 24 July.

Nintendo has squashed rumors of a September launch for Wii

“There’s no change in our plan to release the console in the last quarter of this year. We are planning an announcement in September and it may be causing some confusion.'’ - Yasuhiro Minagawa, spokesperson for Nintendo Co. Ltd.

“Our position remains that the Wii could retail as low as $199 instead of $249, and October is a reasonable timeframe.'’ McNealy, American Technology Research analyst

Via GoNintendo

4colorrebellion.com has images of the PS3 mockup vs the Wii mockup

Nintendo has announced a Pink version of the popular Nintendo DS Lite.

Nintendo is calling the pink Nintendo DS Lite "Noble Pink".

NEC Electronics and MoSys, Inc. have officially announced the inclusion of their respective memory technologies in the Wii console from Nintendo. The companies confirmed that they are supplying Nintendo with 1T-SRAM technology and eDRAM technology, respectively.

The new system LSI chips featuring NEC's 90-nanometer CMOS-compatible embedded DRAM (eDRAM) will be manufactured using "advanced technologies" on NEC Yamagata's 300-millimeter production lines, and are "designed to provide advanced graphics functions" for the forthcoming Wii console.

eDRAM integrates DRAM on the same chip with logic circuits, and according to NEC this technology "is viewed as an optimal solution for three-dimensional (3D) graphics acceleration systems and other applications that need to process high bandwidth data using low power."

Nintendo Hardware Partners Confirm Wii Components

Nintendo Japan has announced the Web Browser for Nintendo DS will go on sale from July 24th reports New Launches.

Opera will be used and the browser will be sold as DS / GBA dual catridge with different version for the DS Lite. Browsing is done using the inbuilt Wi-Fi capabilities of DS.

The latest issue of Nintendo Power confirms that at least six titles will make the North American launch of the Nintendo Wii.

The list includes Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen at the Tower of Mirrors, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Rayman Raving Rabbids, Red Steel, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz, and finally The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

There’s no hint of Mario in Nintendo’s starting line-up writes T3

Japanese game software and console maker Nintendo Co. said on Wednesday it is unlikely to lose much money on the launch of its new "Wii" video game console, in sharp contrast to rival Sony Corp., which expects a hefty loss on the debut of its PlayStation 3.

Interested in making your Nintendo DS or Nintendo DS Lite into a powerful programmable Robot.

DSRobot says its possible.

Features of Nintendo DS Robot

- 20 Digital Input/Output for multipurpose use.
- Customizable with you own Motors and Sensors
- Wireless programming and controling.
- You can use your DSRobot with NinjaDS to make the robot works alone.
- Programmable in C or C++ with devkitpro and a custom library to manage the signals.
- You can use PAlib (very easy NDS library to program you first DSRobot
- Upgradable Software & Hardware.
- DSRobot.com will offer you kits for update your DSRobot.

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According to Cubed3,the Nintendo Wii will be released on November 6th 2006 in the USA.

Nintendo Wii to Launch on November 6th in USA [GadgetReview]

A Nintendo UK spokesperson has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that the Nintendo Wii console will go on sale in Europe at around the same price point as has been announced for the US and Japan.

Nintendo stated yesterday that the Wii will cost YEN 25,000 or less (GBP 120) and USD 250 or less (just under GBP 135) when it hits stores later this year. A spokesperson has now told GI.biz that "UK pricing will be in line with Japan and the US."

Nintendo of America's executive vp of sales and marketing Reggie Fils-Aime says the company is has learned from the mistakes the GameCube made, and that Nintendo is applying the lessons learned from GameCube to their launch of the Wii.

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Nintendo's Wii controller will feature a microphone and will store a user phonebook/address book while it will be used as a VoIP phone and will help gamers communicate while online without the need for a headset reports megagames.com.

All this comes thanks to a few Nintendo patents unveiled by nrevolutiona which demonstrate exactly how the microphone will be implemented.

Nintendo's next-generation console, the Wii, will retail in the US for $250 or less, and no more than 25,000 Yen in Japan reports reghardware. It also expects to have shipped more than 6m of the machines by March 2007, the company said today.

Nintendo made the announcement in Osaka this morning after reporting a 12.5 per cent rise in full-year net profits

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Nintendo and Opera have announced plans to take Wii users to the Internet reports IGN.

- At the Electronics Entertainment Expo 2006, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed that its forthcoming Wii console would be able to access the Web with the Opera browser. Iwata said that the Wii console could, "… power up virtual console games and applications like our Opera Web browser saved to flash ROM… in just a few seconds."