Gaikai closed beta coming to Europe first

IGN recently got its hands on Gaikai and snagged a video (that we've dropped after the break) of the service running through Windows 7 on a new MacBook. It appears to be working just as smoothly as when we last saw it, though now in the hands of an outside party. Our concern comes with the choice o...

Blur trailer is powered up

Blur looks like an awesome combination of the slick street racing of Fast and Furious with the unpredictability of Mario Kart-style power ups -- all bathed in gratuitous neon light.While really exciting, it's still only our second-favorite Blur-related video of the day.The sound of Bri...

Nintendo: No plans for Wii Sports Resort bundle

Normally, we'd just assume that there is a plan for a bundle, but Nintendo doesn't want to talk about it -- except that there haven't been official bundles for Wii Fit or Mario Kart Wii. Like we said, Nintendo avoids the obvious. originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:4...

Wii Sports approaches 50 million copies sold

In a supplement to Nintendo's earnings statement yesterday, the company released some sales numbers for top-selling games in the last quarter. Four Nintendo products sold over one million copies between April and July, only one of which was a new release anywhere in the world during tha...

Nintendo's Q1 fiscal results show sales slump

Nintendo released its latest financial earnings report for the period ending June 30 (Q2 to us, but fiscal Q1 to those business types at the house Mario built) and it could've been better. Don't be fooled: Nintendo still managed to make profits across the board, however compared to the sam...

Wii Fit is UK's best seller for 2009 so far

Nintendo is king of the UK retail gaming jungle, according to ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack data. The House of Mario holds the top four spots for titles sold on the isles during the first half of 2009. Wii Fit Wii Play Mario Kart Wii Professor Layton And The Curious Village Killzone 2

Wii Sports Resort sells over 350k copies in four days

Within the first four days of its release, Wii Sports Resort moved 353,827 copies, making it the third-fastest selling Wii title ever -- Mario Kart Wii sold 608,000 copies in a similar time period, while Super Smash Bros. Brawl moved 816,000 copies. Whether the frisbee-throwing, sword-d...

Bizarre: Racing games not meeting sales expectations

Perhaps Ward and Bizarre just have greater expectations for their upcoming racer, Blur, which we called "a hyper-realistic Mario Kart." That puts Blur in good company, as Mario Kart Wii -- what Ward calls "the exception rather than the rule" -- has sold in excess of 15.4 million units by las...

This Week on the Nintendo Channel: Summer of DS

Nintendo is planning a full-on assault of DS advertising this summer, evidence by this week's Nintendo Channel updates. In following around one family, the TV spots will show they they keep them from taking a detour into Boredsville during their vacation through use of the DS and DSi. Of co...

Hands-on: Blur

After being behind the development wheel of realistic racing titles like PGR (well, realistic at least in look), Bizarre Creations has decided to do away with its half-and-half arcade style and create a different kind of racing experience. That experience is Blur, published by (new par...

VC/WiiWare Tuesday: Super Mario Kart and ... streaming game music

Virtual Console: Game Sound Station (1 player, 1,000 Wii Points) peakvox escape virus (1 player, 500 Wii Points)VC/WiiWare Tuesday: Super Mario Kart and ... streaming game music originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

January NPD: Industry up 13% over Jan. '08, handhelds down 80% from Dec.

Fun Fact: Three of this month's top games have something in common other than their publishers: they all have "Mario" in the title and they're all a bit ... dated. Mario Kart DS hit in 2005, New Super Mario Bros. in 2006 and Mario Kart Wii in April of last year. That's-a some lasting power!

Nintendo Fanboy Weekly: Sep 18 - Sep 24

Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii First up, we're giving away a copy of Mega Man 9 on WiiWare. Hit up the original contest post by clicking on the image above or hitting this link. Now that we have that out of the way, let's get to the good stuff: links!

Today in Joystiq: May 15, 2008

Metareview (US Edition) -- Mario Kart Wii (Wii)

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Wii Fanboy Weekly: Mar. 6 - Mar. 12

Today in Joystiq: June 6, 2007

Rumor: E3 to bring Smash Bros, Mario Galaxy release dates, Mario Kart Wii to be unveiled