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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 Posted in Fighter, Japan, Nintendo, Wii | 2 Comments »
Despite only being on sale for 11 days, Wii fighter Super Smash Bros. Brawl has sold more than 1 million copies in Japan, according to this. The game is the fastest ... Read more..Saturday, February 9th, 2008 Posted in Nintendo, UK, Wii | No Comments »
Nintendo UK GM David Yarnton has said that the British Wii's attach rate is on the up, but hasn't back up the claim with figures. "We are still very early into ... Read more..Thursday, February 7th, 2008 Posted in Charts, Fighter, Japan, Nintendo, Wii | 6 Comments »
Nearly a million Japanese people can't be wrong. Super Smash Bros. Brawl has sold 820,000 units in its first week on sale in Japan, according to Media Create, for the ... Read more..Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Posted in Charts, Fighter, Japan, Nintendo, Wii | 1 Comment »
According to this, Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Brawl will hit the 800,000 units sold mark in its first week on store shelves in Japan. All these figures are approximate, and ... Read more..Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Posted in Konami, Sports, Wii | No Comments »
Konami is billing the Wii version of PES 2008 as "the future of the football genre" by utilising the Wiimote and Nunchuck to be able to control multiple players on ... Read more..Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in Development, Strategy, Wii | 3 Comments »
In case you were wondering, this is why Firaxis decided to stop developing the Wii version of Civilization Revolution. “CivRev was originally a 360/PS3 project and was in development for over ... Read more..Monday, February 4th, 2008 Posted in Action, Sega, Wii | No Comments »
God. It's like Sega-fan heaven, but even better. According to this, Sega's planted monthly bonus content on the NiGHTS Wii disc, available through the game's "My Dream" section where players ... Read more..Monday, February 4th, 2008 Posted in DS, Nintendo, South Africa, Wii | No Comments »
According to this, DS Lite is about to launch in South Africa, alongside New Super Mario Bros, Nintendogs, Mario Kart DS and Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old is Your ... Read more..Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 Posted in Sports, Wii | 3 Comments »
Just because. We're not sure why anyone wouldn't want this, especially if you remember the Dreamcast game. Variable conditions, four types of bass and 15 stages. It's fishtastic. Sega Bass ... Read more..Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 Posted in Crime, Stuff, Wii | No Comments »
Not so great. Two Kansas City women have been held at gunpoint by two men in their home, who were apparently looking for money and drugs. When they realised they'd ... Read more..Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 Posted in Rhythm action, Wii | No Comments »
Oh, the irony. The standalone Rock Band microphone in the US that alerted people to a possible Wii version of the game a few days before EA CEO John Riticiello ... Read more..Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in Fighter, Japan, Retail, Rumour, Wii | 8 Comments »
Bloody hell fire. According to this, citing "leaked Famitsu figures", Super Smash Bros. Brawl sold over 500,000 units on its first day on sale in Japan this week. The Wii ... Read more..Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in Racing, Wii | No Comments »
Pinch of salt needed, but possible nonetheless. See here. Mario Kart Wii's been doing the rounds a little recently, what with some debunked rumours on track details and such. Only ... Read more..Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in EA, Financials, Rhythm action, Wii | No Comments »
According to this, EA CEO John Riccitiello confirmed the existence of Rock Band for Wii in yesterday's investor conference call, following the release of the company's third quarter financials. The CEO ... Read more..Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Virtual Console, Wii | No Comments »
This lot have painstakingly worked out how much you save if you buy all Virtual Console games through your Wii as opposed to buying the real things second hand on ... Read more..Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Wii | 2 Comments »
A care home in Pontardawe, Wales has taken delivery of a "Nintendo computer games console", presumably a Wii, after evidence from the Alzheimer Society that solving computer-based puzzles can slow ... Read more..Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Wii | 7 Comments »
Look here. Here's what's new, Mii fans: In the Posting Plaza, you can now easily find all the Miis you’ve posted. When viewing a Mii Artisan’s profile, you can now select to ... Read more..Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Rhythm action | No Comments »
No, we don't know what it is. Internet people are suggesting it could be something along the lines of the orchestra conducting Miyamoto did at E3 a few years ago, ... Read more..Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Fighter | No Comments »
It is what it is. Go here for pictures of people queuing up to get their hands on Super Smash Bros. Brawl in Japan. Marvel at the way they're all ... Read more..Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Wii | No Comments »
We don't really have the words, so we're just going to cut and paste this. God help us all. EMMERDALE stars want to take on rival soaps in an online Olympics ... Read more..Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Australia, DS, Nintendo, Trade, Wii | No Comments »
According to this, DS has now sold over 1 million units in Australia, with Wii selling more than 300,000 units. The data, compiled by Gfk, also shows that DS was ... Read more..Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Fighter | No Comments »
Go and see. Knock yourself out. Drown in an orgy of Nintendo spunkery. Brawl is currently destroying the internet, smacking GoNintendo's servers yesterday as the masses flooded to see pictures ... Read more..Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Fighter | No Comments »
Sweet irony. Despite the entire internet having paroxysms about Nintendo's cutie Wii fighter, demand for the game is likely to promote shortages and small delays. We mean "small", but such ... Read more..Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in MMO, Platformer, Wii | No Comments »
According to this and this, Wii versions of both Animal Crossing and Kirby are on track for a 2008 release. Both titles appear to only be slated for Japanese at the ... Read more..Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Fighter | No Comments »
Phew. We almost went a few hours without getting stupidly excited about a Wii fighting game, there. There's some spoilers in this, apparently, a video "leaked" from the now-available Japanese ... Read more..Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Nintendo | No Comments »
That strengthy yen's starting to have real impact, reuters reports, kicking Nintendo's shares down 10 percent today, despite massive earnings in the past 12 months and gleeful prospects for Wii ... Read more..Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Virtual Console | No Comments »
American Wii owners will be able to grab 1080° Snowboarding through Virtual Console at 9am PST, says this press release. The game has been available over the European service for ... Read more..Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Nintendo, Platform holders, Wii | No Comments »
Campaign For Real Education spokesman Nick Seaton has battered a Worcestershire school trial which uses Wii games to encourage pupils that consistently miss sports lessons to be physically active. "I think ... Read more..Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Fighter | No Comments »
Japanese demo pods of Wii's Super Smash Bros. Brawl are now in the public domain, so all hope of everyone shutting up about the frigging game are now officially out ... Read more..
