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Wii Comes Out on Top for Holidays
It’s too early to make any declaration about Nintendo winning the next-generation console wars (and what is winning anyway?), but it’s a good sign for them that they came out on top in sales for the holiday period, as well as the months following.
According to stats from the NPD Group, Nintendo sold 1.86 million Wiis [...]
NiGHTS Into Dreams Remake Now Official
The classic Sega Saturn title NiGHTS Into Dreams is finally, finally, getting a sequel. Joystiq reports on news at Famitsu, saying that a NiD sequel will be coming to the Wii this winter. “Takashi Izuka of Sonic Team USA is Producer of NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. He leaves Famitsu, and the rest of the weeping-with-tears-of-joy [...]
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Wii News Channel hands-on
Source Eurogamer
Nintendo’s Wii “News Channel” went live earlier this morning, allowing system owners to browse an Associated Press newsfeed in a variety of ways - several of which are unmistakably “Wii”.
Installing the channel is as simple as visiting the Wii system menu and submitting to an update process, which takes just a few minutes. With [...]
Nintendo’s Wii bowling over US retirees
Source Reuters
Until two weeks ago, Ruth Ebert never had the slightest interest in the video games favoured by her one and only granddaughter.
“I’m 82 years old, so I missed that part of our culture. Soap operas, yes. Video games, no,” chirped Ebert, who recently started playing a tennis game on Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s new Wii [...]
Wing Island
Publisher: Hudson
Developer: Konami
ESRB: E
Category: Simulation
Release Dates
Intl - 03/23/2007
N Amer - 03/20/2007
Official Game Website
The Wii controller features an accelerometer (yes, that’s a real word!) that senses motion, allowing users to control aircraft like real pilots. Forget the analog stick! The Wii controller acts as the yoke of a plane. Tilt it up and planes climbs in [...]
Mistress of crime all set for Wii adventure!
The Adventure Company has announced that its popular PC title Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None is under development for the Nintendo Wii, set to be released in November 2007.
Written by Agatha Christie, the world’s best-known mystery author and Queen of Crime, this classic story is brought to a new generation on the Nintendo Wii. [...]
Wii Will Win
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz
March 19, 2007
February may be the shortest month of the year, but it will be enjoyable for a long time at Nintendo (OTC BB: NTDOY.PK). Video-game research firm NPD Group has the Wii outselling Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft’s (Nasdaq: MSFT) next-generation systems for the month of February.
Feb. Units Sold
Nintendo Wii
335,000
Xbox 360
228,000
Sony [...]
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Japanese charts: Yoshi sells over 300k in first week!
By Matt Martin
Yoshi’s Island DS has sold over 303,000 units in its first week of sales in Japan, placing it at the top of the charts according to data from Media Create.
The only other new entry in the Japanese top ten is Spike’s Kenka Banchou 2: Full Throttle at number four, selling over 42,000 [...]
Sony PlayStation Web Traffic Down; Nintendo Wii Soars
Nielsen/NetRatings suggests price and a focus on average customers is helping Nintendo’s numbers.
By Antone Gonsalves
InformationWeek
Traffic to the PlayStation Web site fell in February, while its rivals the Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo Wii posted double-digit growth, according to a report issued Tuesday. Visits to Playstation.com fell 8% in February to 1 million unique visitors, compared [...]
Sing when you’re Wii-ing!
If the Internet rumour mill is to be believed, Nintendo could soon be launching a microphone attachment for its Wii-mote.
Credit T3 Magazine
News has emerged that two mic-based games are in the works for Wii. The first is called High School Musical, and is a karaoke-style game based on the dire Disney film of the same [...]
