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Nintendo DSi Gets Connected with Facebook

The Nintendo DSi, which has sold over 1.7 million units in the US alone, includes photo and voice manipulation features. Today, users will have the ability to upload their stuff directly to Facebook. Nintendo announced that after 5pm Pacific Time today, the Nintendo DSi will offer Facebook Connect photo integration. Users of the DSi system and the DSi Camera application will be able to take pictures with either of the system's two cameras and upload their photos directly to their Facebook profile.

U.S. Video Game Sales Up 13%

U.S. video game sales of hardware and software increased 13 percent in January from the previous year according to the NPD Group. In January, consumers purchased $445.4 million in video game hardware, a 17 percent year -over-year increase, proof that the video game industry is doing well despite the recession.

Surf the Earth with Google and Your Wii

Showing an example of how developers can do some really cool stuff with the Google Earth API, Google Earth iPhone Engineer David Phillip Oster has created a program that allows people to "surf" any region on the Earth's surface using the balance board for the Nintendo Wii. Oster used the Google Earth Browser plug-in and a javascript API, and the board transmits the person's movements to the application using Bluetooth. See it in action:

Nintendo Wii Leader In Hardware Sales For July

U.S. video game sales increased 28 percent in July from a year ago, with continued solid demand for Nintendo's Wii console, research firm NPD said.Sales of video game hardware, software and accessories reached $1.19 billion in July, with software sales increasing 41 percent and hardware sales growing 17 percent.

Wii Music Is Shown At E3

Nintendo is finally jumping into the music with a Rock Band and Guitar Hero competitor called Wii M

Wii Sales Boost Nintendo Profits

Strong holiday sales of Wii and Nintendo DS portable game device allowed Japan's Nintendo to more than double its quarterly operating profit and to raise its outlook ahead of market expectations.

Call Her Queen Wii

Apparently the Queen of England has become a fan of Nintendo's Wii console. The British tabloid The People reported that the 81-year-old became interested in the Wii console after seeing her 25-year-old grandson Prince William play a game.

Wii Sales Strong, Supplies Short

Nintendo holiday sales of the Wii game console are off to a "fantastic start" according to a top executive with the company.

U.S. Video Game Sales Hit $1.1 Billion

Market research firm NPD is reporting that U.S. sales of video game hardware and software increased 73 percent in October. Total sales reached $1.1 billion, compared with $643 million a year earlier. The Nintendo Wii console moved back into the top spot as the best selling console. Nintendo sold 519,000 Wiis, Microsoft sold 366,000 Xbox 360 consoles and Sony sold 121,000 of its PlayStation 3 consoles.

Nintendo Sacks Anonymous Blogger

You can't help, from a reasonable Internet distance, but like her; she's sexy, irreverent, and smart, everything you should like and fear in a gal. But she goofed, at least a little, and unfair or not, Nintendo is the latest corporate entity to can an employee for blogging.