20 years after Nintendo launched the Game Boy, the immensely popular portable gaming device has now been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame, joining the ranks of an elite list of legendary playthings. An honor well-deserved. Seeking to continue their hardware success, Nintendo has had another busy week, topped off with updates from three of their biggest execs.

After four years of staying on top, it's the first time for the Wii to experience a sales decline. Satoru Iwata owns up to the issue, but remains optimistic about Nintendo bouncing back into the game. Much of that is apparent as early as now - Nintendo is steadily adding more games into WiiWare and Virtual Console, grabbing more big Wiixclusives, unleashing the Black Wii, and even introduces a new king-sized DSi.

by Glenn M.

Looking back to the week, it seems that both publishers and homebrew developers were able to deliver on their respective forms of output. We've got trailers, images, and stats for the the games, while devs got busy and released updates for their respective brew. You might want to check up on all those - you won't regret it. Compiled for your navigating ease - it's all here in the Nintendo Weekend Warrior.

Shigeru Miyamoto himself has said it - they'll be moving along with the progress of technology and he wants to see games with better graphics. Couple that with the rumor that a graphically-superior Nintendo DS is on its way, then perhaps Nintendo has been busying itself with preparing new hardware. For now, they're working on existing hardware, turning white controllers black, and enlisting balance boards in the fight against terrorism.

They might not be doing so hot right now, but that doesn't mean we should forget the success they've had for the most part of the year. Nintendo has been named "World's Best Company" for 2009, coming out on top of all the major corporations worldwide. Now what has the World's Best Company been cooking up all week? Check 'em all out right here.

Bad week for Nintendo. Not only did their Wii price cut fail to send those numbers flying, but they even coughed out a System Update from gaming hell. Early this week, those who updated their Nintendo Wii got a rather unpleasant surprise. The update, which deletes homebrew, also left a lot of bricked Wiis in its wake. Realizing it was their fault, Nintendo is quick to try and remedy the situation by giving free repairs. Catch the whole story and more right here.

After weeks of denying rumors and trying to keep up with the console pricing, Nintendo finally confirms the Wii price cut, though unfortunately the UK isn't getting one. Still, in the words of that counselor from The New Guy, "I'm sorry to tell you that denial is not just a river in Egypt." Different context, I know, but the deny-and-confirm-later-anyway routine is really catching on. Speaking of catching, you can catch up with all the things Nintendo right here.

"Price cut" seems like the console mantra for months now, putting the pressure on major players in the industry to take a bit off their hardware price to stay competitive. Nintendo, so it seems, remains adamant about not lowering the Wii price, despite five months of sales decline, possibly going six. If Nintendo won't, then the retailers may be taking matters into their own hands, with rumors of price cuts surfacing anew.

Pressure's on to get the Wii price cut back into competing form with the now top-selling PS3. Will Iwata-san and the rest of the Nintendo bigwigs give in? Or can they still afford to maintain their curent price point? Find out what Michael Pachter has to say on the subject. Catch that, as well as other bits of news for the Wii and DS right here on the Nintendo Weekend Warrior.

Nintendo's still not giving in to the lures of a price drop, and really, why should they? They have the two bestselling consoles in this generation, both home and handheld. If you think about it, they can afford to keep the Wii at its price point. The good thing though is that this week, they've started making a few concessions. Well one, really. Read on for more on that, little wolf pups and adventures in censorship in the rest of the Nintendo Weekend Warrior.