NINTENDO

Nintendo of America has broken its own sales records in the first week of this holiday shopping season, and analysts fear there may not be enough supply to meet the demand.

Video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd and telecoms operator NTT's regional units said they would cooperate in Japan to promote the broadband Internet access of Nintendo's hot-selling Wii game console.

Game console makers, Microsoft and Nintendo, were under attack from Greenpeace as the environmental activist group said they are taking too long to remove toxic chemicals from their products.

Nintendo may face tough competition this holiday shopping season, but not from any of its competitors.

Sony Corp said Monday that the lighter, slimmer new version of its Playstation Portable game player reached 1 million in sales in Japan in two months, beating the original model’s pace by two weeks.

Sony Corp said sales in Japan of the new version of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) game gear reached 1 million units in the two months since its launch, hitting the 1 million mark at a quicker pace than the original model.

Nintendo is calling on its greatest superhero to help make the its Wii game system even hotter than last year.

Nintendo Co Ltd on Tuesday unveiled two special editions of its DS handheld gaming unit as the video-game maker seeks to keep up fans' enthusiasm for the popular device heading into the holidays.

Two new video games from Sony and Nintendo have players exploring jungle islands for lost treasure or skipping across the galaxy to save a kidnapped princess.

Nintendo Co Ltd said it aims to launch its Wii game console in China and South Korea next year, helping accelerate its break-neck growth and cement its recent lead over Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp.

Sony Corp said Thursday that its net profit for the second quarter soared on turnaround in its electronics operations.

Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd nearly tripled its first-half profit and boosted its annual earnings outlook on Thursday as its popular Wii and DS game machines outsell rival Sony Corp's PlayStation.

A Nintendo computer game that allows players to practice their golf swing or fine-tune their tennis stroke in their living room has won six Bafta awards. The Japanese company's top-selling title Wii Sports swept the board at the British Academy Video Games Awards in central London.

Japan's Nikkei 225 average rose 0.7% to 16,563.51, aided by a higher close on Wall Street for the second straight day, while the broader Topix index advanced 1% to 1,585.86.

Nintendo Co Ltd surpassed 10 trillion yen ($85 billion) in market value on Monday, joining Toyota Motor Corp and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group as one of the bluest of Japanese blue-chip stocks.

Nintendo Co Ltd said on Wednesday it would start selling its Wii Fit home fitness game in Japan in time for the critical year-end shopping season, sending its shares to a record high.

Sony Corp said it would cut the price of its PlayStation 3 game console by 10 percent in Japan and launch a new model, in a bid to ignite demand in the run-up to the critical year-end shopping season.

Nintendo has reworked one of its most beloved franchises in a new Zelda video game designed to appeal to a broader audience.

Shares in Nintendo Co Ltd hit a record high on Wednesday after Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of the maker of the Wii game console with a buy rating, while speculation the firm could raise its earnings forecast again gave it an extra boost.

Halo is in the headlines but these alternatives may be for you.

Microsoft's Halo 3 has dominated video game headlines this week, but if blasting aliens isn't appealing there is more on offer in other games, including role-playing the composer Frederic Chopin.