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World Record Mario Hugs

Tanshin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:07:58 +0000

Nintendo Australia has taken a somewhat different approach to marketing today, announcing its plans to celebrate the release of Super Mario Galaxy 2 down under with a hugging competition in Melbourne next week.

The publisher hopes to beat the current world record for the most hugs by a mascot character in 20 minutes by asking as many people as possible to hug Mario during the game’s launch at the Swanston Street EB Games on July 1…

Black Wii Is Now Official

Tanshin — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:11:42 +0000

Nintendo announced today that the Black Wii is being released in the United States. It will include Wii Sports Resort and MotionPlus. They have also announced that the white bundles will also come with Wii Sports Resort and MotionPlus as well. The price remains $199.

REDMOND, Wash., May 3, 2010 – A great value in video games is about to get even better. Starting May 9, Nintendo will add new elements to the baseline Wii™ system package offered at retailers throughout the Americas…

Nintendo World Summit Wrap-Up

Tanshin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:46:58 +0000

DSiXL, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid: Other M, and so much more! Check it all out (including a new trailer of SMG2) in the thread!

Nintendo Media Summit Wednesday

Tanshin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:59:33 +0000

So this Wednesday at 9 AM PST (ignore the old dates in the picture to the right), Nintendo will be holding a media summit in San Fran. And no, none of us will be there (sadly). Details are currently scarce… What are some of the things you would hope to see? Comment in the thread!