That Nintendo is still in business let alone thriving is newsworthy in its own right. In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s it was somewhat of a Luigi, playing second fiddle to the Sony PlayStation juggernaut and the Microsoft XBOX hoopla. Financials were a mess largely thanks to the last generation GameCube which flopped. But, my, how times have changed. Zelda on Nintendo: A popular franchise No doubt, Wii is a smash hit. And it’s the number one family choice, with stars such as Zelda, and Mario leading the way with ear-to-ear grins. Now you can add Mickey Mouse to that list of iconic heroes. At E3, Epic Mickey, a new game based on the big-eared Disney character was just one of several strong announcements. The biggest news news our of team N is the 3-D portable called the Nintendo 3DS. Remember what I mentioned earlier about 3-D? Well now kids want it too, in their hands, on the go. Using a “parallax barrier” LCD screen, whose pixels are aligned so your left and right eyes see different portions of the image, the system will not require the use of special glasses. Depending on your fashion sense, this could be a great disappointment. No word on price for the 3DS, but Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter said Nintendo “blew people away.” Scorecard: B+. Solid announcements that reinforce the brand with a stable of new video games (Epic Mickey) and updates to classics (Zelda, Kirby, Donkey Kong). Potential to lead 3D handheld market with 3DS, but will consumers buy into it …
Jul 282010
The Wii is dead
@ptuku yeah but move is laggy and the wii’s motion controls work smoother especially with motion plus
You hit it on the head! Nintendo is amazing! Even though Sony hit a home run with the PS3 and Xbox is only just now coming out with built in WiFi, Nintendo has always had the games and looks like it will continue to do so. Yes, the Wii is only 480P but who cares when the minutes are passing like hours entrenched in their latest game. And the DS? Don’t even get me started! Not bad for what was originally a card game company, huh? Keep the great video reviews coming man, just get a new mic, peace.
your are “he man” body, Nintendo Rules
@MrJustinMcdonald you forget something: The PS3 has move, so it will become an optoinal Wii (controllers will costs the same as wii controllers and +$10 in combination with PSeye) with a Cell processor=beastly graphics, Blu-Ray and lot’s of memory space. The Wii has to invent new ways to game again to be next gen.
60 models? They were literally more than 100 of them! and they all had boobies… err, I mean, 3DS’s!
microsoft and sony is busy copying wii while nintendo is releasing the next gen console
I totally agree…nice video
Nintendo has always had it b. Always. Its just that now, that they came out with the original ds and the wii, they grabbed they balls and said ” Fuck the competition” and they started to really what I think is take over the gaming market. Cuz I have a 360 and my boys got their ps3’s but these companies are probably worth half of what nintendo’s worth put together… Now I mean just in the gaming products not tv’s or computers or whatever.
It’s not even funny that Microsoft and Sony weren’t in the same ballpark as Nintendo this year at e3 2010; while Microsoft showed off the next level of Xbox Live (w/ the ESPN stuff) and Sony “bombed” their conference (I mean, Kevin Butler talking about nothing; really?), Nintendo proved that they’re changing gaming while keeping in mind that playing games still come first for a system. Yet, people wonder why Nintendo is making a profit while the other 2 aren’t…
Also, the 3DS is… awesome!