![Fred Willard's Nintendo Shilling Lets Us Down [Clips]](/images/news/47169.jpg)
Nicole Kidman. Liv Tyler. Fred Willard? Nintendo has roped in Spinal Tap actor Fred Willard to promote Personal Trainer: Cooking in this disappointingly disappointing clip.
Be warned, the below clip i...
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Nintendo DS Sales Dropped 82 Percent Last Year [Rumor]
![Nintendo DS Sales Dropped 82 Percent Last Year [Rumor]](/images/news/47334_l.jpg)
Nintendo has a massive year with the DS in 2006 in Japan. 2007? Less massive, but huge. And last year? Not huge, but very, very big.
French site NintendojoFR crunched last year's Media Create sales numbers. Let's have a gander:
Nintendo DS 2007 sales: 7,167,372 units 2008 sales: 3,946,785 units -82 percent... Read more
Nintendo Does Not See Decline In Sight For DS Sales (World Domination) [Potsdam]
![Nintendo Does Not See Decline In Sight For DS Sales (World Domination) [Potsdam]](/images/news/47310_l.jpg)
After selling millions and millions of DS units, you'd think Nintendo president Satoru Iwata would be bracing himself for a decline in sales. Heck, no!
Iwata sees DS sales as something that will continue to grow. His logic:
Some say the market for the DS is saturated, but I disagree. In Japan, a country... Read more
Ubisoft Makes Grey's Anatomy Game Official [Playing Doctor]
![Ubisoft Makes Grey's Anatomy Game Official [Playing Doctor]](/images/news/47223_l.jpg)
Though most likely perturbed by having their fun ruined by the ESRB last month, Ubisoft has gone ahead and made Grey's Anatomy for the Nintendo Wii, DS, and PC official.
The Grey's Anatomy games sounds like a cross between Trauma Surgeon and a an adventure game, with players taking on the roles of their... Read more
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![Last Year, Japanese Game Market Experienced Shrinkage [Japan]](/images/news/46902.jpg)
According to Famitsu's publisher Enterbrain, the Japanese game market is, like a frightened turtle, getting smaller compared to last year. But what was the biggest selling game hardware? Games?
The data...
The data...
![Door to Door Salesman Nabs DS [Uk]](/images/news/46599.jpg)
A thief pretending to be a door-to-door salesman peddling make-up was able to enter a UK resident's home and swipe a Nintendo DS reports the Clacton and Frinton Gazette.
The newspaper advises: "To guard...
The newspaper advises: "To guard...
![GTA DS Bigger Than GTA PSP, Say Rockstar [Ds]](/images/news/46036.jpg)
The GTA games on PSP did a great job of cramming lots of stuff onto a UMD. Yet as big an achievement as that was, Rockstar think they can do better.
And what's more, do better on the DS. Speaking with...
And what's more, do better on the DS. Speaking with...
![Here, Your Lifetime Japanese DS Sales Figures (With Bonus DSi Numbers!) [DSI]](/images/news/45896.jpg)
If you predicted that the DSi would be a failure in Japan – that it would somehow fail to capture Japan's DS-mad buying attention – turns out you were wrong. So wrong.
Sales figures published by Enterbrain...
Sales figures published by Enterbrain...
![Playstation 3 Invades Yankee Stadium [Ces]](/images/news/47418.jpg)
Playstation 3s will be showing up in every suite of the new Yankee Stadium and in a gaming zone for non-rich folk, as part of a new agreement between the stadium and Sony Electronics.
The plan will bring...
The plan will bring...
![Fable II's Knothole Island DLC Hits Next Week [Fable II]](/images/news/47354.jpg)
Fable II's Knothole Island hits Xbox Live worldwide on Jan. 13 for $10 (800MP). And the expansion isn't coming without gifts. Even gamers who don't purchase it will get some freebies next week.
Knothole...
Knothole...
!["How Do I Change The Color Of SoulCalibur Female Underpants?" [Maximum Risky]](/images/news/47340.jpg)
This is serious stuff. Very serious. An interoffice Namco conversation regarding changing panty colors for the Dreamcast version of SoulCalibur. No, really.
According to the individual who supplied these...
According to the individual who supplied these...
![Sony To Bring In-House Racing Studios Together [Sony]](/images/news/47336.jpg)
Sony have two in-house racing developers. Evolution Studios, who do MotorStorm, and SCEE Liverpool, who do WipeOut. Seems a bit silly having two teams doing the one genre, doesn't it? Does to Sony.
In...
In...
![No Men Allowed (For A Long Time Now...) [Purikura]](/images/news/47332.jpg)
Girls only. Japan's Asahi Shimbun has an article about how Japanese arcades are banning men from sticker picture machines. Why'd they do that?
According to the piece, "A growing number of arcade operator...
According to the piece, "A growing number of arcade operator...
![Sony Pictures Dates Ghostbusters Game [Sony]](/images/news/47317.jpg)
The release date for the Ghostbusters game has been announced by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in a Ghostbusters Blu-ray movie release — accidently announced, maybe! Doh.
A Sony Pictures pre...
A Sony Pictures pre...
![The Kinetics of Pinball [Pinball]](/images/news/47291.jpg)
The man behind such pinball greats as Fun House, the Addams Family and The Twilight Zone, Pat Lawlor, recently sat down with Gamasutra to discuss the history and design of pinball games.
The interview...
The interview...
Jan 7 EGM, RIP
If you're following the sale of 1up.com and the mass layoffs that ensued on Tuesday afternoon, you'll likely soon be reading a bunch of blog posts and goodbye letters from the dozens of displaced staff...
![Rock Band Branded Memory Cards Come to the Wii [Ces09]](/images/news/47186.jpg)
SanDisk today unveiled a Rock Band branded 2GB memory card for the Wii.
The SD cards will sell for $13 a pop and are set to hit the U.S. this spring. With songs taking as much as 50 megs each and the...
The SD cards will sell for $13 a pop and are set to hit the U.S. this spring. With songs taking as much as 50 megs each and the...