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Archive for the ‘wii’ Category

July 20th, 2008

Sonic & The Black Knight unveiled

A post over at Neogaf shows that the newest Sonic game is titled “Sonic and the Black Knight” and features Sonic holding a sword. Read that again for me. Sonic + Sword. I have no idea what goes on with Sega these days.

Here’s what we know so far: It is a Wii exclusive Sonic adventure […]

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July 14th, 2008

Sony CEO Stringer dismisses Wii as “expensive niche” games machine

Sony CEO Howard Stringer has reportedly dismissed Nintendo’s Wii as an “expensive niche” games machine. Speaking at the Allen & Co Media Conference last week, Stringer said the Wii doesn’t compete with the PlayStation 3 because it doesn’t have the ability to play Blu-ray movies or have full access to the internet. Hmm, where did […]

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July 10th, 2008

Onechanbara is coming!

Zombies will meet their (sexy) match when D3Publisher brings the popular bikini-clad samurai sisters Aya and Saki to the US in Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers for the Nintendo Wii. Bikini Zombie Slayers will ship to retail stores in early 2009, giving gamers their long-awaited taste of the series famous for its iconic characters and heart-pounding […]

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July 6th, 2008

WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009 Cover

THQ has recently released the cover art for the newest installment in their wrestling series and it features the infamous DX duo of Shawn Michaels and Triple H. This year’s version will feature more tag team specific content and features.
The accolade marks an unprecedented fifth time that fan-favorite Triple H has appeared on a cover […]

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April 21st, 2008

President of Epic Games disses the Nintendo Wii

In an interview with IGN, Mike Capps, President of Epic Games, has publicly stated his disdain for Nintendo’s hit console. You might have read about other Epic executives saying not so good things about the Wii and this time is no different. God, I wish Miyamoto would shut these guys up for a change.

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April 15th, 2008

Nintendo Releasing the Nintendo Wii in Korea

Nintendo has just announced final plans for the Korean launch of the Wii. The worldwide hit will be released on the peninsula on the 26th. It will carry a price of 220,000 won, putting it about thirty dollars less than the US version of the system.
The Koreans won’t get Wii Sports included for free though. […]

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April 10th, 2008

Guitar Hero Wii wont have DLC….

…because the Wii doesnt have a hard drive. Harmonix’s design director Rob Kay speaks out:
Come on Nintendo, we need a hard drive.
That’s what we want. The whole problem is there’s nowhere to store [DLC]…If the platform could do it, we’d jump on it.
Kotaku says: “But the Wii isn’t a completely closed […]

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April 7th, 2008

Hudson Profits to Rise Fourfold due to Nintendo

April 7 (Bloomberg) –Hudson Soft Co., controlled by Konami Corp., plans to boost profit almost fourfold within three years by focusing on video-game titles for Nintendo Co.’s Wii console.
The company targets operating profit of 10 billion yen ($97 million) as early as the year to March 2011, incoming President Michihiro Ishizuka said in an interview […]

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April 2nd, 2008

Uncover Lost Memories With Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon

Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix™ interactive entertainment products in North America, announced today that it will launch FINAL FANTASY® FABLES: Chocobo’s Dungeon® for the North American market on July 8, 2008. Coming exclusively to Wii, the game brings a loveable cast featuring Chocobo and his friends to the next-generation platform for the […]

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March 7th, 2008

Japanese Sales statistics for current consoles

Famitsu has released the all time japanese software and hardware sales statistics for the current crop of consoles namely: PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii and the Xbox 360. Not surprisingly, the Wii’s top 10 contains Nintendo titles:

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