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Take-Two Interactive reports Q3 loss

01 Sep 2009 17:05:43 PDT

How about the big hit for the Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) Wii, Carnival Games? What about Borderlands? That's all well and good, but if you look at the company's ... and more »

Original story at BloggingStocks .

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Take-Two 'grossly underestimated' by gamers, retailers - Analyst

27 Aug 2009 10:19:11 PDT

Hits like BioShock and Carnival Games are helping Take-Two Interactive grow beyond perceptions that the company is entirely dependent on Rockstar Games' ... Take-Two Pushes Beyond 'Grand Theft Auto' RelianceWall Street Journal all 4 news articles »

Original story at GameSpot .

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E3 2009: 2K Play

12 Jun 2009 09:58:46 PDT

MI This series' first gem was none other than the runaway casual hit Carnival Games. After a poor reception with the gaming press, Carnival Games went on to sell 1.5 million copies worldwide, making it an acclaimed addition to the Wii casual gamer library ...

Original story at The Ann Arbor News .

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Nintendo Maintain They Develop for Hardcore

27 May 2009 00:09:37 PDT

UK Further pursuing this chain of though, Lowe was later questioned on the importance of each the Causal and Hardcore demographics, to which he stated that there's significance in both: “For every Carnival Games there is a bioshock and for every Wii Fit ...

Original story at Electronic Theatre .

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Nintendo insists casual is not taking over the market

26 May 2009 03:30:15 PDT

“For every Carnival Games there is a BioShock and for every Wii Fit there is a Resident Evil 5. Regarding Nintendo's own output, Lowe added that Nintendo remains focused on its core title selection – and that many of its supposedly 'core' titles still ... INTERVIEW: Nintendo CasualGaming.biz

Original story at MCV .

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INTERVIEW: Nintendo

25 May 2009 00:54:42 PDT

For every Carnival Games there is a Bioshock and for every Wii Fit there is a Resident Evil 5. What's certain is that many casual games are now becoming 'ever-green' selling consistently over weeks and months, where many hardcore titles may still ...

Original story at CasualGaming.biz .

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Carnival Games news and blogs - November 09, 2009

09 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Carnival Games news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Cooper, Gatewood school celebrations: An end, and a beginning -- from West Seattle Blog
• Around Jonathan Street -- from The Herald-Mail
• Toy Story Mania! Preview: Attack of the Carnival Games -- from Kotaku.com
• 2K Play Gets the Party Started with Birthday Party Bash ... - 7thSpace Interactive -- from press release
• 2K Play Gets the Party Started with Birthday Party Bash ... -- from WELT ONLINE
• It's My Birthday: Casual Gaming Hits a New Low -- from Nintendo Life
• Carnival Games Gameplay Movie 1 [Wii] -- from Google Video - -site:youtube.com "Carnival Games" Wii OR "Day at the Races" OR carnival OR "mini golf" OR "Global Star Software" OR Clown OR "fortune teller" OR Cheats OR Funfair OR DS OR Pirate's OR Cups OR Nintendo OR goldfish OR Hoops OR Weaknesses OR Strengths OR Frog OR "Nintendo DS" OR prizes OR Gameplay OR IGN OR GameZone OR Gametrailers OR Metacritic OR Splash OR unhelpful OR upgradeable OR Previews OR multiplayer OR carny OR "Nintendo Power"
• Game Writing is So Bad, It's Not Even Funny -- from Blogcritics.org
• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Sells Just 89K -- from GameDAILY BIZ
• Ringling Bros. game coming to Wii, DS -- from Gamers.com

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NDS Review - 'Carnival Games'

11 Mar 2009 06:07:48 PDT

CA It'd take a real ace of a carny to sell Carnival Games for the Nintendo DS. Fortunately, as a game reviewer, that's not my job. I don't speak the lingo, and I'm not nearly loud enough anyway. What I can tell you is to step away from this short and ...

Original story at WorthPlaying.com .

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GTA: Chinatown Wars Will Be Testbed for M-Rated Games On Wii And DS

18 Dec 2008 17:07:00 PST

The Wii is better known for Carnival Games than it is for Manhunt 2. But things may change after Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. At least a little. Stephen Totilo over at MTV Multiplayer writes that Take-Two sees Chinatown Wars as something of a testbed for mature games on the Wii and the...

Original story at 1up.com .

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Take-Two Takes $15 Million Loss For The Quarter, Half-Billion Sales Increase For Year

17 Dec 2008 15:00:09 PST

Written by Michael McWhertor
The company pointed to two other titles, NBA 2K9 and Carnival Games as leaders for the quarter, laying out its fiscal 2009 game plan. That includes two batches of Grand Theft Auto IV downloadable episodes due by October 31, 2009, one of which has already been announced and dated. The company...

Original story at Kotaku .

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Carnival Games: Mini-Golf - review

13 Dec 2008 08:56:08 PST

A portion of a GamingWithChildren review… Are there better golf games on Wii? Definitely. Better mini-golf? Possibly. But is this a good stocking stuffer for the mini-duffer in your life? Full review here

Original story at Go Nintendo .

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Video Game Watchdog » Carnival Games Mini Golf Review

25 Nov 2008 18:33:12 PST

Carnival Games Mini Golf Review. author Posted by: ds date Date: November 26th, 2008 categories Filed under: Console, Games, News, Wii. Carnival Games Mini Golf (Wii) The lowest score wins, right? Read More. Rating 3.00 out of 5 ...

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Carnival Games: Mini-Golf Review [Wii]

25 Nov 2008 09:29:58 PST

Poor controls and a ton of pointless gimmicks make for one frustrating round of Astroturf golf.

Original story at GameSpot .

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GoNintendo » Blog Archive » Carnival Games: Mini Golf - review ...

17 Nov 2008 19:59:21 PST

Carnival Games: Mini Golf - review. A portion of a GameZone review… If the game would have included some more holes, a better motion-sensing control scheme and an overhead camera angle of the holes this would be an easy recommendation ...

Original story at Go Nintendo .

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Wii Warm Up: Setting definitive boundaries - Nintendo Wii Fanboy

08 Nov 2008 07:19:25 PST

Written by Alisha Karabinus
I agree that things like Carnival Games offer enough unique elements to not be considered Shovelware, but their waggle-centric controls and Wii-Sports type of minigame focus can lead it's critics to assume the worst. ...

Original story at Nintendo Wii Fanboy .

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Review: Quirky Fun Makes Dokapon Kingdom the Perfect Wii Party Game

15 Oct 2008 13:43:42 PDT

Written by Earnest Cavalli
The game's one glaring oversight is its lack of online multiplayer functionality. In such a multiplayer-centric title, and with the Wii being online-capable, one would almost expect the game to contain some online modes, but they are sadly absent.

Original story at Wired .

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Activision bringing Big League Sports to Wii

14 Oct 2008 09:45:00 PDT

Written by Justin McElroy
Deca Sports, Wii Sports, Carnival Games and all the other minigame collections on Wii had better watch their backs ... or at least join together, forming some kind of bargain bin Voltron to do battle against Big League Sports. Activision is bringing the new minigame collection to the Wii "thi...

Original story at Joystiq .

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Why has the DS version sold so poorly?

11 Sep 2008 13:11:50 PDT

Written by RawmeatCowboy
Carnival Games didn’t receive any promotion, and was a non-existent franchise when it came out. It too received poor review scores, much worse than Spore Creatures. There was absolutely no buzz leading into the game’s release. ...

Original story at Go Nintendo .

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Carnival Games DS - review

15 Aug 2008 15:04:46 PDT

Written by RawmeatCowboy
At thirty bucks, Carnival Games for the DS can add “overpriced” to the laundry list of negative adjectives used to describe it. It’s short and uninteresting with any slight joy of a playing a good mini-game far outweighed by the ...

Original story at Go Nintendo .

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Carnival Games DS - review

07 Aug 2008 18:12:36 PDT

Written by RawmeatCowboy
Carnival Games feels less like a full game and more like a downloadable Animal Crossing expansion. A bright, friendly aesthetic and the lure of collecting unlockable items holds some appeal, but with no way to share your accomplishments ...

Original story at Go Nintendo .

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CEO Ben Feder On Turning Things Around At Take-Two [Interview]

15 Jul 2008 19:40:00 PDT

Written by Leigh Alexander
Take-Two CEO Ben Feder is not a gamer, unless you're talking Carnival Games. He and Board chairman Strauss Zelnick were brought in as turnaround experts during some very low times at Take-Two. The ">SEC was investigating, the company wasn't profitable, and many people were wondering...

Original story at Kotaku .

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Boom Blox a bust at retail, sells only 60k units

16 Jun 2008 06:28:00 PDT

Written by Christopher Grant
While the myth of third-party Wii software languishing on store shelves has been handily disproven by repeat NPD all-stars like Guitar Hero III (#8 this month), Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games, and even Carnival Games, the ugly truth is that those are the only third-party Wii games to bre...

Original story at Joystiq .

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2K Play Expands Its Carnival Games Franchise With Carnival Games™ For Nintendo DS™ and Carnival Games: Mini-Golf™ Exclusively For Wii™

12 Mar 2008 17:27:57 PDT

Written by Satan
Original Wii Version of Carnival Games Ships More Than One Million Copies 2K Play, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced two new titles as a part of its brand extension strategy for its highly popular Carnival Games series. The new titl...

Original story at TechWhack .

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Today in Joystiq: March 11, 2008

11 Mar 2008 16:59:00 PDT

Written by Ross Miller
Line Rider coming to PC, Wii, DS this summer Wii Fit makes Australia sweat May 8 Error Code 85010: Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection 'Smashed' Carnival Games expands to DS, back to Wii with Carnival Games: Mini-Golf Take-Two posts $38M loss in first fiscal quarter

Original story at Joystiq .

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Mini-Golf Wii and DS Carnival Games Announced [2k Play]

11 Mar 2008 14:40:23 PDT

Written by Brian Crecente
Out this fall, Carnival Games: Mini Golf will make use of the Wii Remote's motion controls to let up to four people play mini-golf. The themed park will include dinosaurs, the Wild West and, wait for it, pirates!!! Step Right Up! 2K Play Expands Its Carnival Games Franchise With Carnival Ga...

Original story at Kotaku .

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Getcher Mini-games: Carnival Games Hands-On

22 May 2007 18:20:35 PDT

Among the games available for play during the Nintendo Media Summit today were Alley Ball (a renamed Skee-Ball, presumably for trademark reasons, that plays nearly identical to Wii Bowling), Nerves of Steel (a shocking, Irritating Stick-like game of concentration and steady Wiimot...

Original story at Kotaku .

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