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Sunday, Nov 15
Wii Returns to Top Spot in October NPD
Nintendo sold nearly 507,000 Wii systems in the month of October, after dropping the console to $199 in late September. Additionally, the Nintendo DS continued to be the most popular handheld platform in North America, breaking 457,000 sold for the month.
Friday, Nov 13
Nintendo's VGA Opportunity
Nintendo could gain a lot of fervor and a lot of support if they revealed the next Legend of Zelda for Wii at the 2009 awards. The fact is, while a lot of today's "fratboy FPS-addicted gamers" want to burn Mario at the stake and think a Metroid is some new DLC weapon for Halo 3, most of them know, l...
Monday, Nov 9
GameStop Selling Wiis for $149.99
Starting today, GameStop is running a sale, selling the Wii for $149.99 when you trade any 2 games from a list of Xbox 360 and PS3 games, or PS2 consoles (for the full list, click here). The sale only applies to the purchasing of a Wii console (which comes with a Wii Remote, Nunchuk, and Wii Sport...
Friday, Nov 6
The Wii Is Sick
With the Wii's holiday lineup featuring such titles as New Super Mario Brothers Wii, Nintendo should see their console sales figures go up, but for how long? Could it be possible that for the most part, everyone who wants a Wii already has one?
Thursday, Nov 5
Infinity Ward Overlooking The Wii
This is reminiscent of other video game powerhouses snubbing the Wii for similar reasons. When asked if Resident Evil 5 would find its way onto the Wii, one of the game's producers, Masachika Kawata, said the Wii couldn't even handle the game's loading screen. Then of course there was Epic G...
Sunday, Nov 1
The Future of Epic Mickey
When you think of a game like Epic Mickey, from the little we know about it, of the choices between the Balance Board, Wii MotionPlus, and the Vitality Sensor, which Nintendo peripheral do you think Epic Mickey would most likely use? Well, it isn't Wii MotionPlus (in the first game anyway)...
Wednesday, Oct 21
Miyamoto Discusses Nintendo's Future
Discusses what Nintendo will be after the Wii. With the Wii, Nintendo has proved a lot of things. One of the most prevalent things that Nintendo has displayed, is that video games can get people involved in more ways than by simply holding a controller while sitting on their couches.
Monday, Oct 19
Opinion: Let's Tap
Nintendo claims they are "innovators." With the Wii, the DS and the Dsi, many believe that Nintendo has lived up to their claims. Even with these innovations on the hardware side, there is little argument that there is a lack of innovation in third-party developed software. With a few except...
Friday, Oct 2
Pet Support In Wii Fit Plus
Since Nintendo has very effectively gone after the non-gamer, you would think their 'blue ocean strategy' would end there. Ah, but the Nintendo executives minds were busy working on their next demographic target that, surprisingly, has been left untapped for longer than even the non-t...
Tuesday, Sep 15
Nintendo Channel Updated with New Features and Better Video
Finally, the channel now offers a way to view all the game play data that has been collecting automatically on your Wii Message Board since day one. A quick calculation of my own totals reveals that my Wii has been played a grand total of 983 hours and 32 minutes (or roughly 1.3 months). This incl...
Friday, Aug 14
Vitality Sensor Coming "not too late" in 2010
Of course, this response isn't surprising for Nintendo at all. "Before Wii Fit launched, everyone doubted how well it could sell," he continues. "As for Wii Vitality Sensor, I think it will face similar doubts as to whether such a product will sell well in the video game market."
Friday, Aug 7
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