Love 'em or hate 'em, you can't deny that the Wii has the largest install base in this gen. You probably have one in your living room even if you don't touch it. So why not get freebies since it's already there? Club Nintendo will be launching in the US before the end of the year, and they'll be offering freebies for your undying love.

Pokemaniacs in Europe who have been waiting for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time on the Nintendo DS can rest easy now that both games have already been dated for their region. To find out more, be sure to head on over to the full article.

Instead of two new DS colors, it looks like Europe will be getting three. Furthermore, it seems budding chefs everywhere will be getting their hands on a DS cooking guide. At least, that's what a recent Nintendo Europe announcement has said. Learn more after the jump!

A lot of talk has been going on about how "casual gaming"  will be the way video games will be opened up to the masses. Well, the Europe senior marketing director of Nintendo has something to say about that. Specifically, the term "casual gaming." Find out what he had to say in the full article.

Nintendo Europe has recently unveiled a list of their planned game releases for 2008. Super Smash Bros. Brawl's exact launch date was detailed, as was the one for the region's WiiWare service. Details are available in the full article.

And so Nintendo goes off to conquer the world. After the news that they hit it big in North America, and after the consumer-friendly price drops in Australia, they have now released the news that they have also struck gold in Europe. Well if selling a total of 10 million DS units since its May 2005 release and 3.19 million Wiis delivered and sold ain't golden, then we don't know what is.

But seriously, there's no denying the fact that Nintendo's platforms are definitely proving to be worthy competition for the other "more serious" next-gen consoles. Adding to their accomplishments is the fact that half of the European DS owners also have Nintendogs (that would be five million people training virtual dogs). Brain Age, on the other hand, has so far sold two million copies just six months since its release.

As for the Wii, they said in their current fiscal report that:

• During the first nine months of the current fiscal year, consolidated worldwide shipments of 19 software titles for Nintendo platforms reached or surpassed 1 million units. These include three Wii titles, 13 Nintendo DS titles and three Game Boy Advance titles.
• Nearly 1.4 million Wii hardware systems have connected to the Internet worldwide (as of 1/24/07)
• Approximately 1.5 million Virtual Console games have been downloaded and sold to customers worldwide (as of 1/24/07)
• More than 3.5 million unique users have enjoyed game play on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection for Nintendo DS, with far more than 100 million connections (as of 1/24/07)

Yep, good figures indeed. Anyhow, for more good news from Nintendo, check out their Q1 2007 lineup for the DS over at Full Article.

Just click "Full Article" to see which DS titles you can pick up this quarter.

And as it turns out, Nintendo aren't just happy with how well the DS Lite and the Wii did in North America this past Holiday season. As it turns out, it seems that they also have much reason to celebrate since sales from the other side of the globe have turned out to be particularly satisfying last Christmas.

In the UK alone, Chart Track has released independent sales figures which indicate that the Wii and the DS took the number one spot on everyone's Christmas wishlist. The result of this of course, would be 200,000 Wiis being sold over the holiday period, and over 500,000 DS Lites flying off the shelves, being gift-wrapped and sent to a loved one. And let's not forget about all the accompanying accessories and software, shall we? After all, Legend of Zelda: TP sold 500,000 copies in December, while Wii Play sold 320,000 copies during the same period.

According to Laurent Fischer, Marketing Director for Nintendo Europe,

We have enjoyed one of the most successful Christmas holidays ever, with both Nintendo DS and Wii selling at staggering rates. The success of our products this Christmas clearly shows that Nintendo’s drive to make gaming accessible to everyone has attracted people of all ages and abilities to the industry. We are facing such high demand for both platforms that unfortunately we are facing stock shortages, however we are doing everything possible to combat this by attempting to deliver both consoles and games to retailers on a daily basis.

Ho ho ho!!