Come the 22nd of November, gamers will have the fun opportunity of playing through demos of WiiWare titles, completely free! This follows a period of testing the service last year. It costs no Wii Points and allows gamers to test the waters to see if they'll like the title or not before they splash out on it. Also included is a list of some titles which will have demos out on the launch day.

"As we start a new decade, Nintendo has announced that there are now over 40 million Nintendo DS and 20 million Wii consoles being played across Europe. In fact, the Nintendo DS family, including Nintendo DS Lite and the latest addition, Nintendo DSi, has not only sold more than any other videogame console in Europe but it has also seen the fastest growth in European video game console history, reaching this sales figure in less than 5 years."

Alongside the US price drop announcement, Nintendo has announced in a press release that the Wii console will be dropping in price by 5,000 yen in Japan to from 25,000 yen to 20,000 yen.

The Wii has sold 52,620,000 consoles worldwide to date and 8,170,000 in the first quarter.

In a press release today, Nintendo has announced that beginning on Sunday, September 27, the Wii will drop in price from $249.99 to $199.99. The contents of the single SKU will remain the same, with the Wii console, 1 Wii Remote, 1 Nunchuk, and Wii Sports.

Additionally, the publisher has also given a release date (finally) for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which will release on November 15.

At their keynote at the 2009 GameStop Manager's Conference in Las Vegas yesterday, Nintendo announced a release date for two new DSi colors in North America, a new color for the Wii Remote, Wii MotionPlus, and Nunchuk, and a release date for Wii Fit Plus.

The two new DSi colors to hit North America are white and pink, which will become available at retail on September 13th. Like the black and blue colors, these will retail for $169.99.

This holiday season, NoA will be releasing the bla...

"Nintendo is ramping-up its fight against videogames piracy by expanding its European anti-piracy team and appointing its first European anti-piracy counsel. Neil Boyd, a British citizen, arrives at Nintendo from Warner Brothers, where he was Director, EMEA AP Counsel, responsible for developing and implementing the entertainment group's enforcement strategy to combat piracy of Warner Brothers' film, TV and entertainment content on the internet and in respect of hard goods."

"With its Contact-Free Charger, SPEEDLINK offers a charging station that makes charging procedures as easy as possible. To ensure your Wii Remotes are always fully charged, just place them on the charger - the charging station produces an induction field so you don't need to connect them using a cable. The charging process starts as soon as you place the Wii Remote on the Contact-Free Charger - and charging also works even if the Wii console is switched off."

Nintendo of Japan, in a press release today, announced new colors for their current hardware, which will both release in Japan this summer.

The Wii will now see a version in a black color, and will launch on August 1st at the same price of 25,000 yen as a regular white Wii. Additionally, black Wii Remotes, black Nunchuks and the Classic Controller Pro (both black and white) will also go on sale at that time.

The DSi will also see its sixth hardware color, using red. The red DSi will l...

Electronic Theatre reports on the delivery of a brand new gold-plated Wii console to HRH The Queen of England, along with a copy of THQ's BIG Family Games.

In a press release today, Nintendo has announced that they have partnered up with Japanese advertising agency dentsu Incorporated to create a new online video delivery service for the Wii. Unlike the current services available, Nintendo and dentsu's new 'Wii Channel' will focus primarily on original content, offering cartoons and other entertainment programs that were created for this new service.

This will launch early 2009 in Japan, and could see overseas launches later next year.

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WiiWare, Nintendo's new development platform, is now available. Much akin to the Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Store, WiiWare allows developers and teams with smaller budgets to bring their unique ideas for the Wii to fruition. WiiWare has already launched in Japan.

There are six titles available at launch for WiiWare:

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, Square Enix, 1 Player, 1500 Points

LostWinds, Frontier Development, 1-2 Players, 1000 Points

Defend Your C...

So, Nintendo sent out new PR, detailing their new release schedule. Unfortunately, that includes Brawl on Feb. 10

However, there are some very amusing and hidden gems. Assassin's Creed apparently is set to be released February '08, and Advance Wars: Days of Ruin will be releasing on January 21st. There are some delays, including February 4th for Professor Layton (originally Dec. 3). It is shaping up to be a great end of '07/early '08.

Take note that this is a partial list. Most not...

Get into a spin as SEGA’s Sonic the Hedgehog™ 2 charges onto Virtual Console. Originally released in 1992 on the SEGA MEGA DRIVE, join our speedy blue friend on an adventure to locate all the missing Chaos Emeralds before Dr.Eggman (AKA Dr.Robotnik) and thwart his evil plan to create a Death Egg warship. Featuring the first appearance of Sonic’s trusty sidekick Tails, download the ring-tastic Sonic the Hedgeho...

Seems like these days everybody's just running around, grabbing whatever they can for themselves. Some are after gold nuggets, some want rings and some are trying to recover a stolen axe. Doesn't anybody talk anymore? Why don't you grab a few warm cookies, pour yourself a glass of cold milk and fire up the Wii™? We'll play games and tell stories from simpler times.

Three new classic games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the Wii Shop Channel every Monday. Wii owne...