Nintendo suffers a recession but the new 3DS won’t save them

Posted by | October 1, 2010

Nintendo-logo-21-300x225 In the midst of fanfare of a release of the successor to the DS handheld, Nintendo is also suffering under the weight of a recession. They’ve had a good strong past three years, but now it looks like the tide is turning. Kit Dotson over at SiliconANGLE sheds some light to the subject,

For the past three years, Nintendo has been an unstoppable juggernaut of financial resolve in the face of falling revenues across their sector—but now it looks like their multi-year streak has come to an end. Even as of last year, the videogame giant saw their profits slipping, and this year they’ve slashed their fiscal year outlook

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Man Marries Nintendo DS Character. Why Yes, It Was In Japan

Posted by | November 25, 2009

Last Sunday, a man by the handle of Sal9000 was married to Nene Anegasaki of the Nintendo DS game, Love Plus. The ceremony was lovely by any standards, including an audience, a priest, and both the bride and groom. It was also webcast over the asian version of 4Chan, which is why we have the video below, courtesy of Boing Boing.

Okay, so it’s maybe a little pathetic, but it’s not without precedent. The Greek playwright Ovid recounts a story where the sculptor Pygmalion falls in love with a statue. The desire for romance is strong in humanity, but we are sorely limited by time and space such that finding the right person to share that romance is like finding a needle in a haystack when the haystack can sue for assault when …

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