About James Higginbotham

Nintendo Co., Ltd., has announced record revenues and profits for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008. Nintendo posted sales of more than 1.67 trillion yen, an increase of 73 percent over the prior year. Nintendo also reported FY08 operating profits of more than 487 billion yen, a year-over-year increase of 115.6 percent.

The company also increased projected shipments of the popular Wii™ home video game console for the current fiscal year. During the 12 months ending March 31, 2008, Nintendo shipped 18.61 million Wii console to its distributors and retail customers globally, bringing the worldwide total to 24.45 million since its debut in November 2006. For the fiscal year that began April 1, 2008, Nintendo forecasts global Wii console shipments increasing to 25 million.

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Agetec’s Game That Breaks All The Rules, Breaks All The Rules of Retail

SUNNYVALE, CA – April 23, 2008 – Agetec, Inc today announced that LOL, its hilarious multiplayer title …
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FINAL FANTASY IV SET FOR NINTENDO DS

FINAL FANTASY IV
THE STORY THAT SET A NEW RPG STANDARD
RETURNS ON NINTENDO DS

London (24th April 2008) – Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces that FINAL FANTASY® IV will be released across PAL territories in Summer 2008 exclusively on the Nintendo DS™ system.

FINAL FANTASY IV, one of the highest rated adventure games of all time, makes an impressive return on Nintendo DS. With improved 3D graphics, fully-voiced dramatic cut-scenes, an inspiring remixed score and additional content never before seen, there has never been a better time to immerse yourself in this masterpiece of interactive storytelling.

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GBA (all versions): 81.06m NA: 41.64m Japan: 16.88m Other: 22.53m

Gamecube: 21.74m NA: 12.94m Japan: 4.04m Other: 4.77m

Current hardware LTD: NDS: 70.60m NA: 22.39m Japan: 22.38m Other: 25.82m

Wii: …
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01./01. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) – 202,000 / 795,000 02./02. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) – 124,000 / 1,714,000 03./00. [NDS] We’re Fossil Diggers (Nintendo) – 35,000 …
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More of Reggie’s talks with Wired:

Fils-Aime said that in the U.S., WiiWare releases would likely follow the Virtual Console model, meaning a staggered release schedule of a few games …
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– Being called the ‘Nintendo Channel’ – Due out next month, alongside WiiWare (not confirmed whether it will be same day or not) – if you play a WiiWare title …
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