While Sony and Nintendo have expanded their lead over Xbox, a dark horse console had a very strong showing in third place in November. The Nex Playground has emerged as a breakout hit, and CEO David ...

Does Nintendo's new Wii gaming platform bring a whole new meaning to video game violence or are Wii related accidents a sign that people just aren't used to any kind of physical activity? I have to be ...

Friday, Nintendo took to its online Nintendo Direct platform to announce the latest batch of games for the new Wii U console. Most of the games showcased were standard Nintendo fare — Mario, Luigi, ...

I love the idea of the Wii U: about the size of an Iomega Zip Drive dipped in glossy black — a trifle bigger than the Wii, but still half that of the competition’s comparably desktop-like boxes; a ...

Nintendo's Wii U console is failing to take off. Maybe it's time to start thinking about its successor. Wired's Chris Kohler wants to know: What the hell is wrong with Nintendo? Or, at least, that's ...

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The maker of the new Wii video game consoles said Thursday it is investigating reports of problems with a strap that secures the machines' wandlike remote-controller to the player's wrist. Players ...

G4 got back from Activision’s presser and posted up their impressions of Marvel Ultimate Alliance and Call of Duty 3. There were no real complaints about either of the games, except for the Wii ...

Any piece of consumer electronics is bound to ship with a small number of units affected by hardware problems. From manufacturing defects to units manhandled during shipping, a small percentage of ...

Console launches have always had their glitches. When Microsoft (MSFT) first launched the Xbox 360 they had all kinds of complaints about their boxes crashing after gamers desperately played them ...

The release of Super Smash Bros for Wii U has led to a number of owners claiming that a system error has caused some people to accidentally brick their consoles. A ...

Nintendo’s (OTCPK:NTDOY) sold more than 14 million Wii consoles in the U.S and dominated the monthly U.S. sales charts for months, but leading into Thursday’s Nintendo media day in San Francisco, the ...