Articles Tagged ‘Nintendo’
Lego Friends – and girls – brought to Nintendo handhelds
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / INTERACTIVEWarner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is looking to put the Lego Friends franchise into the hands of more girls by introducing the property to Nintendo DS and 3DS handhelds this fall.
Nintendo characters head for the toy aisle
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / INTERACTIVEClassic Nintendo video game characters like Mario and Princess Peach are taking new form thanks to a licensing deal with Jakks Pacific. The toymaker will manufacture, market and distribute a line of toys and related consumer products for almost all Nintendo properties.
Five things on our radar this month
NEWSFrom Google Fiber striking a major content deal with Disney to Nickelodeon aiming to rebound in the ratings with its more than a dozen new commissions including the re-vamped version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, here’s the latest on some hot topics impacting the kids entertainment biz.
Are two always better than one?
INTERACTIVE / NEWSHow the second-screen experience is set to impact the kids gaming industry.
Wreck-it Ralph video game to launch
INTERACTIVEActivision Publishing and Disney Interactive have partnered to produce and distribute a Wreck-it Ralph video game for Nintendo systems based on the upcoming feature film of the same name from Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Kidscreened
- Why kidsnets are adapting digitally to maintain the attention of today’s younger, more tech savvy multitaskers (Los Angeles Times)
- How focusing on loyalty and changing consumer demands have kept Mattel and Hasbro at the top (Yahoo)
- Nintendo says it won’t block used games on its Wii U unlike rumored restrictions from Sony and Microsoft (TG Daily)
- How opening facebook to kids would boost its mobile ad revenue (Sydney Morning Herald)
Kidscreened
- And so it begins… Disney’s new original mobile character gets his own web series (The Hollywood Reporter)
- As interest in the Wii plummets so too does Nintendo’s profit (CNET)
- Communist leaders in China propose new limits on media and internet freedoms (The New York Times)
- Can Halloween resist the mobile revolution? (Advertising Age)
Kidscreened
- Why the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recent findings about toddlers and TV are so 2001 (The Huffington Post)
- Nintendo ups its streamed content offerings for the 3DS and Wii (Mashable)
- Best Buy puts its best foot forward in the app game (TechCrunch)
- Former Scholastic exec opens boys-oriented publishing house (Publishers Weekly)
Chugging into video games
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / INTERACTIVECBeebies series Driver Dan’s Story Train is moving forward with a new interactive Nintendo DS game.
The top-five things on our radar this month
NEWSFrom rising retail sales to Google dropping billions in the name of hardware, we’re keeping our fingers on the pulse of the fast-paced kids entertainment business.
The definitive kids ent resource.-
Disney to summer with pirates and princesses -
Jack Sorensen tapped to grow Saban’s mobile games division -
DreamWorks’ Turbo app to shell out US$1 million -
Rovio makes move into game publishing -
Target and DC superheroes get exclusive for the summer -
For Grown-Ups Only: 17 Child Un-Friendly Games That You Should Play
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MIPCOM 2012 - View of Cannes from the Nelvana stand