Nintendo plans an Oct. 2 news conference in Japan to unveil unspe...
Nintendo plans an Oct. 2 news conference in Japan to unveil unspecified new products, a week before the Tokyo Game Show, according to published reports. The company didn’t respond to a request for comment by our deadline. Nintendo typically…
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doesn’t exhibit at the Tokyo Game Show, but company executives and game developers often speak there. For weeks rumor has held that Nintendo plans to debut a new DS, possibly with two widescreen touch displays. Separately, Nintendo of America said it teamed with online handbag rental service From Bags to Riches to feature DS systems and games in some rentals through the end of 2008. From Bags to Riches subscribers will have the chance to borrow a DS and games for free with a 30-day rental of featured handbags by Prada, Tory Burch, Gucci, Juicy Couture and other designers, NOA said. Other terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. “Almost half the Nintendo DS systems sold in the United States last year belong to women,” said Cammie Dunaway, NOA executive vice president of sales and marketing. NOA also said it teamed with Six Flags in a deal allowing it to promote its coming Wii game Wario Land: Shake It! at 10 theme parks. The game, shipping Sept. 22, plays like a classic side-scroller, but has motion-controlled elements, NOA said. Players will shake the Wii Remote controller to help the character Wario “shake down enemies” for coins or tilt it to help him decide where to toss them, the company said. The promotion will include the title being featured at game stations in Wii Experience areas at the 10 Six Flags parks. On Sept. 27, Nintendo will host a game competition at Six Flags Magic Mountain near Los Angeles and Six Flags St. Louis. One player at each park with the best overall time will win a Wii system, the game, a DS, a gift certificate for Six Flags merchandise and other items, the companies said … The latest games added to Nintendo’s Wii Shop Channel for download to the console were new WiiWare titles Strong Bad Episode 2: Strong Badia the Free from Telltale Games at 1,000 Wii Points, $10, Potpourri from Abstraction Games at 800 Wii Points, $8, and legacy console game Mega Man 2 for the original Nintendo Entertainment System at 500 Wii Points, $5 … Sales of Nintendo game Wii Fit helped Toys “R” Us post a 6.4 percent rise in its U.S. Toys unit for Q2 ended Aug. 2, the retailer said in a 10-Q filing to the SEC. Sales in that segment grew to $1.1 billion, driven by a 5.1 percent jump in comparable store sales and a spike in online sales, it said. Driving the comparable store sales growth were gains in its entertainment and juvenile categories, helped by the Wii Fit launch, it said.