USA Today’s Game Hunters took a look at the slew of upcoming 2011 titles including sequels to Modern Warfare, Saints Row and Uncharted among others. Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter is concerned about Nintendo’s high-profile sequel, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Pachter had harsh words for the game and the publisher.

Nothing can stop the Mario-driven money train known as Nintendo.

The company proved that at the end of 2008 when the Wii sold more than 2 million units in the month of November alone.

Before the NPD numbers for December 2008 are released, Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR) analyst Jesse Divnich is predicting the games industry has made $2.7 billion in sales in December 2009 with the Wii and DS accounting for half of that number. Simply put, if it weren’t for Nintendo the video game industry would have taken a brutal beating compliments of the weakening economy.

Divnich believes those sales prove a…

Following recent speculation that Nintendo is currently working on a high definition Wii for release “by 2009,” Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter has expressed his support for the idea, revealing that he is “absolutely convinced” a “Wii HD” is in the works.

Pachter explained in a recent AFP news article article that he believes it is essential for Nintendo to overcome the Wii’s lacking hardware if the company truly wishes to fulfil its promise of a console for everybody, including core gamers — many of whom have been disappointed with the company’s…