February 22nd, 2008
Another week, same number one spot for Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The Wii fighter doesn’t look like it will be knocked off the top spot of Media Create’s Japanese software sales charts any time soon, at least not while folks are snapping up Brawl and Wii Fit so fast that even Tokimeki Memorial cant […]
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February 20th, 2008
Nintendo has just confirmed that highly anticipated title Mario Kart Wii will reach European shores on April 11. The game is bundled with the Wii Wheel, but provides five different control options for players: the Wii Wheel, Wii Remote turned on its side, Wii Remote and Nunchuk combination, Classic Controller and even Nintendo GameCube controller.
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February 20th, 2008
It looks like Wii Fit has a US release date already:
According to the Wall Street Journal, of all places, Nintendo have gotten around to announcing a release date for money-printing balance (remember, balance, not fitness) training game Wii Fit. It’ll be released in the US on May 19, so those looking for new ways to […]
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February 16th, 2008
After a spectacular November and December in the States, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare had a strong January 2008, securing the number one position on the software charts. 2007’s number two seller, Wii Play, keeps its second place spot, beating out both Rock Band and Guitar Hero III with 298K copies sold.
Despite being a […]
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February 12th, 2008
Electronic Arts has finally revealed the first slate of Hasbro games since the two companies announced a partnership last summer granting EA the exclusive worldwide rights to create videogames based on Hasbro’s numerous properties. The first products, arriving this fall, will land on the Wii and DS and be based on Littlest Pet Shop and […]
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February 10th, 2008
Dragon Quest and RPG fans looking forward to the release of Dragon Quest Swords for the Wii are in for a nice surprise, as Square Enix just announced that the game would be hitting shelves a week earlier than expected. No reason was given for the last-minute date change, but it’ll help to get games […]
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February 8th, 2008
Nintendo released Super Smash Bros. Brawl in Japan on January 31st and, over the course of the next four days, japanese gamers gobbled up over 800,000 copies of the Wii fighter. Long-running sales chart topper Wii Fit was finally dethroned this week, amid a stable of new releases that also included Disgaea 3, Assassin’s Creed […]
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January 16th, 2008
Whoa . Now where did that come from? I mean, Smash Bros is a entertaining franchise but joining the ranks of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Soulcalibur, Vagrant Story, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Nintendogs, and Final Fantasy XII? It looks like that delay just got more painful after SSBB […]
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January 15th, 2008
Looks like one prodigal son or developer is back in Nintendo’s camp: The developer of the hit GameCube series Rogue Squadron is back. In a phone conversation with IGN Wii this morning, company president Julian Eggebrecht confirmed that the studio is underway with at least one all-new Wii project — and it’s not a Virtual […]
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January 7th, 2008
Wohoo. Finally, Star Tropics gets the VC treatment this week along with the original 94 version of King of Fighters.
Star Tropics (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points): StarTropics is a action-adventure video game released by Nintendo in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Unlike most of Nintendo’s games, it was never released or intended […]
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