There is no other major electronics corporation on planet Earth with a lower environmentally friendly rating from Greenpeace than Japanese gaming legend Nintendo, whose nadir of 1.8 out of 10 contrasts with the Nokia’s zenith of 7.5. Nintendo has a lot of company though. More »

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Is this a picture of Nintendo’s 3DS in test kit form? Initially, the board was thought to be a DS (that is why I ignored it), but now, rumors are rampant that it is actually a 3DS, which Nintendo has sent to the FCC for approval of the Wi-Fi module. More »

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Sony had been selling each PS3 console at massive losses since its launch in 2006. The PS3 Slim cut production costs and simplified the system, allowing Sony to break almost even at $300 per unit. For the first time in the PS3’s life, Sony is going to turn a profit on its investment. Meanwhile, Nintendo’s DS and variants have sold so well worldwide that it should overtake the Playstation 2 as the best selling gaming system in history. More »

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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has revealed some stimulating details about the 3DS handheld. Also, Iwata is singling out Apple’s iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch platform as the “enemy of the future.” More »

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There seem to be no shortage of Xbox 360 mods, yet since Microsoft’s console is enormous and requires ample cooling, it is hardly conducive to portability, and creations based on it tend to be unwieldy and impractical. Enter a transportable Nintendo GameCube. More »

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Kotaku, citing “tipsters” from North American retail stores, says that the black Nintendo Wii is arriving in America on May 9 and in Canada on May 23rd. Allegedly, the black bundle includes Wii Sports Resort and Wii MotionPlus for $199.99. More »

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Modder CRTdrone does not say the reasons for his strange mod of putting the Nintendo Gameboy Advance’s guts into the shell of the original Gameboy handheld. Maybe he did it for nostalgia, or perhaps the enclosure of his Advance was damaged, so he transplanted its internals to the mint condition Gameboy case. More »

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Courtesy of a Japanese blog is this conceptual rendering of Nintendo’s 3DS, which is going to be unveiled at E3. Details about the DS replacement are sparse, but its main attraction is 3D without the glasses. More »

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Probably bound for Nintendo’s 3DS, Sharp announced a new compact touchscreen that uses stereoscopic imagery for 3D but without the need of active shutters. The new technology is ridiculously bright at 500cd/m2 and uses “parallax barrier optimization” for the “best” 3D visuals seen with the naked eye. More »

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Yesterday, the DSi XL was launched to the delight of Pokemon loving lads all across the land. iFixit was glad to tear apart Nintendo’s new handheld and provide photographic evidence of its exploits. More »

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The mother of all online video rental services, Netflix, has begun shipping discs for its Nintendo Wii video streaming subscription. For $8.99 a month, Wii subscribers can partake in all that they can watch online but only in standard definition since Nintendo’s console is not 720p. More »

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Nintendo will be replacing the amazingly popular DS with a new system temporarily called the 3DS, which will allow gamers to enjoy “3D effects without the need for any special glasses.” The 3DS is scheduled for release on or before March 2011 and will be demoed at E3 in June. More »

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In 2009, overall video game sales revenues declined from by $1.1 billion down to $9.9 billion total, but Apple’s share quintupled from 1% to 5%. In the portable gaming breakdown (where it really matters to Apple), Apple’s surge is even more dramatic: from 5% in 2008 to 19% last year. More »

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Disclaimer: no one was seriously or critically wounded in the making of these 100% real Nintendo Wii accident videos. However, various glass objects were fatally destroyed. More »

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Legendary Shigeru Miyamoto says that he is devoting lots of energy into educational efforts for the Nintendo DS. Some Japanese students already use the handheld gaming system for learning (pictured above) in the classroom. When the new school year begins, Nintendo will introduce elementary and junior high schools to the DS as an educational tool, although exactly how this process will be implemented has not been documented to the public. More »

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