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Nintendo knows that pretty soon everyone will be in the malls trying to find that perfect gift. Unless you are like me and skipping gifts this year. But if you find yourself in a mall, then look for Nintendo at the 35 malls below. They’ll be there demoing brand new games from Nintendo for the holidays.

The mall tour starts November 23 and will be at the malls below through December 20.

“Using the Wii console’s popular motion controls, Nintendo Holiday Mall Experience participants can play activities like archery and basketball in Wii Sports Resort™, explore the four-person multiplayer excitement of New Super Mario Bros. ™ Wii, step onto the Wii Balance Board™ accessory to experience new activities and enhanced features in the fitness-themed Wii Fit™ Plus, and more. They can also pick up a Nintendo DSi system to sample hand-held games such as Style Savvy, which lets players manage their own virtual boutique, the puzzle-based Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box™ and the highly anticipated The Legend of Zelda™: Spirit Tracks after its launch on Dec. 7.”

Here are the malls they will be at:
The Nintendo Holiday Mall Experience runs Nov. 23 through Dec. 20 at the following locations:

Chandler Fashion Center in Chandler, Ariz.
Westfield Culver City in Culver City, Calif.
Westfield Parkway in El Cajon, Calif.
Ontario Mills in Ontario, Calif.
Westfield San Francisco Centre in San Francisco
Danbury Fair Mall in Danbury, Conn.
Orange Park Mall in Orange Park, Fla.
Florida Mall in Orlando, Fla.
Tyrone Square in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Lenox Square in Atlanta
River Oaks Center in Calumet City, Ill.
Greenwood Park in Greenwood, Ind.
Arundel Mills in Hanover, Md.
South Shore Plaza in Braintree, Mass.
Burlington Mall in Burlington, Mass.
Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn.
Southdale Center in Edina, Minn.
Deptford Mall in Deptford, N.J.
Queens Center in Elmhurst, N.Y.
Roosevelt Field in Garden City, N.Y.
Galleria of White Plains in White Plains, N.Y.
The Mall at Tuttle Crossing in Dublin, Ohio
Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City
Franklin Mills in Philadelphia
Wolfchase Galleria in Memphis, Tenn.
Grapevine Mills in Grapevine, Texas
Irving Mall in Irving, Texas
Ingram Park Mall in San Antonio
Chesapeake Square in Chesapeake, Va.
Virginia Center Commons in Glen Allen, Va.
Tysons Corner Center in McLean, Va.
Potomac Mills in Prince William, Va.
Northgate Mall in Seattle
Westfield Southcenter in Seattle
Southridge Mall in Greendale, Wisc.

Posted on November 18th, 2009 at 3:42pm by GamingAngel
Filed Under: Games, Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, News, Nintendo, Video game, Wii, new-super-mario-bros, nintendo-dsi

I’m always contemplating and trying to change my style. I love fashion, but what I love, I can’t afford. That’s the problem with fashion. Nintendo just released Style Savvy which puts players in the role of managing their own clothing boutique.

“Style Savvy inspires players to help customers express their style and creativity, all while managing a store, including budget and inventory,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “The game includes more than 10,000 clothing items, shoes and accessories, which invite endless creative possibilities.”

To celebrate the launch of the game, Nintendo held a fashion challenge and runway show at JCPenny in Manhatten. Ten mother-daughter teams hit the runway to show their style. Virginia F and her daughter, Dontaya M of New York, walked away with $500 for JCPenny, gift bag from Sephora, two DSi systems, two copies of Style Savvy and clothing from the event. Not a bad haul.

Top designer Charlotte Ronson contributed items that players will be able to download and add to the game. It will be from her fall 2009 line.

Posted on November 2nd, 2009 at 1:34pm by GamingAngel
Filed Under: Cammie Dunaway, Fashion, J. C. Penney, News, Nintendo, Nintendo of America, Sephora, nintendo-dsi, vice-president

The DSi LL (or XL) isn’t just for the poorly sighted or hugely handed. In his financial results briefing, Satoru Iwata revealed another purpose for the jumbo system: playing with crowds. “Nintendo DSi LL features not only bigger monitor screens,” Iwata said, “but an improved view angle on the screens to make it the first portable system that can be enjoyed with people surrounding the gamer.”

He envisions the DSi XL as allowing for a “new play style where those who are surrounding the game player can also join in one way or the other to the game play.” Tomodachi Collection, one of the best-selling DS games of the quarter in Japan, is named specifically as a game that already benefits from having friends nearby. “Because communications and interactions with other family members and your friends are one of the key elements of the game, the fun aspect is intensified when other people can watch how you play in comparison with when you are playing by yourself.”

As a bonus, your friends can help you hold the system up.

Iwata: DSi XL is a spectator system originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted on October 30th, 2009 at 6:58pm by JC Fletcher
Filed Under: dsi, dsi-xl, earnings, iwata, nintendo-dsi

Early yesterday, Nintendo of Japan announced the DSi XL (DSi LL in Japan), a larger, larger-screened version of the DSi. It’s a big system, and kind of a big mystery, given that the only advance notice we had of the thing was a Nikkei blurb two days prior. While we can’t answer the big questions, like how long this idea has been in the works, and whether a bigger handheld is a good idea as an alternative to the DS’s continual miniaturization, we can round up what we know and can reasonably speculate about the DSi XL — right after the jump.

Continue reading DSi XL FAQ: Sized up

DSi XL FAQ: Sized up originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted on October 30th, 2009 at 10:22am by JC Fletcher
Filed Under: accessories, battery, colors, comparison, compatibility, dsi-ll, dsi-xl, faq, guide, nintendo-dsi, screens, size, software, specs

Nintendo may have announced Japanese plans for the new DSi LL first, but it’s not taking long for news about other regions to come out. Nintendo of Europe confirmed to Videogamer that the giant handheld will be released in that region as the DSi XL, in the already-packed Q1 time frame. “The retail price of the Nintendo DSi XL is expected to be higher than that of the Nintendo DSi,” the statement reads. “Further details will be released soon.”

The Japanese DSi LL will be available in Wine Red, Dark Brown (above), and Natural White, and will come preloaded with Easy Meikyo Kokugo Dictionary, Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters and Brain Age Express: Math. There is no word yet about the color variation or preloaded software selection for the European version.

DSi LL coming to Europe in Q1 2010 as ‘DSi XL’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted on October 29th, 2009 at 11:05am by JC Fletcher
Filed Under: dsi, dsi-ll, dsi-xl, europe, nintendo-dsi