Games Industry Wire

January 24th, 2007

EA Introduces Newest DS Games

Electronic Arts is developing its newest DS game looking to capitalize on the handhelds adult and casual gamer market that Nintendo has moved to capitalize on. The new game, entitled Pogo Island, follows other adult-geared games such as Big BRain Academy that looks to take advantage of the DS’ ease of use.
The game features five […]

By Kris -- 0 comments

January 23rd, 2007

Amazon Top 10: Weef of January 22nd, 2007

Here are some current top 10s from Amazon.com:
Top 10 Wii Games

Warioware: Smooth Moves
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Wii Play
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Super Money Ball Banana Blitz
Madden NFL 07
Mario Party 8
Call of Duty 3
Excite Truck

Top 10 DS Games

Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Kirby Squeak Squad
Brain Age
Mario Kart
New Super Mario Bros.
Big Brain Academy
Final Fantasy III
Animal Crossing: Wild […]

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July 7th, 2006

DS helps gaming industry

A few weeks ago I was talking about my unhealthy fetish with Nintendo DSs. I finally got my hands on a DS and played Brain age for the first time. It’s a really neat concept, to improve your brain age by doing simple arithmetic and other types of problems everyday. But that’s not what […]

By Justin -- 1 comment

January 13th, 2006

DS Holds 5 Tops Spots in This Week’s Japanese Sales Charts

MediaCreate tracks the top 10 video game sales every week in Japan and in the US (seperately). On the Japanese charts, the top five spots were all DS games this week; Brain Training 2, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Mario Kart DS, DS Training for Adults: Work Your Brain (Brain Training), Mario and Luigi: Partners […]

By Robyn Tippins -- 0 comments

January 5th, 2006

DS Is A Money Maker For Nintendo

Almost 13M sold in Europe, North America and Japan. The PSP can’t touch those numbers…
With the rootkit debacle, the PSP’s sluggish sales, the doom and gloom rumors about the PS3 and the PR nightmare they created with those goofy PSP graffiti ads, I almost feel sorry for Sony. Of course, then I remember […]

By Robyn Tippins -- 2 comments