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NEWS: Ubisoft Making a Card Game for Wii U? |
16 Jan |
An unannounced game appears to be in development.
An unannounced game is in development for Wii U, according to the LinkedIn profile of Ubisoft employee Damien Bernard. The game is somehow tied in with cards.
Damien Bernard, a level designer for Ubisoft has updated his LinkedIn profile to include a listing for an unannounced Wii U game. It is not clear if the title is a card game for Wii U or the project is in development for both Wii U and as a card game, but the listing suggests the latter.
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NEWS: Reggie Fils-Aime Responds to Declining Wii Sales |
14 Jan |
The president of Nintendo of America explains why this year’s hardware sales are a good sign of things to come.
Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime sought to spin Wii sales numbers in a good light in a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times.
When asked about the console losing steam, Fils-Aime viewed it not as something negative, but rather a positive progression leading up to the release of Wii U. “The Wii is now approaching 40 million homes here in the United States, so from a penetration standpoint we’re beginning to top out in terms of the total number of systems sold,” he said.”That’s why it makes so much sense to prepare for the launch of the Wii U.”
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NEWS: Wii Balance Board Breaks Record |
13 Jan |
One of the biggest games for the Wii breaks even more records.
The Wii Balance Board has been awarded the Guiness World Record for the best-selling personal weighting device, Nintendo recently confirmed.
Between the launch of the peripheral and its game, Wii Fit in 2008 and November of 2010, a total of 32,114,428 balance boards were sold worldwide. With 9,451,107 units, nearly a third of those were bundled with Wii Fit Plus, the update released in 2009 that adds new activities and features to the original Wii Fit software. Overall, over 19.31 million copies of Wii Fit Plus have been sold.
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NEWS: All 50 WiiWare Demos Reappear at Once |
12 Jan |
Wii owners can now grab any once-expired demo on the service.
Every WiiWare demo on the Wii Shop Channel is available again for download.
The service grew quiet in September, with the last available demo being offered for Microforum’s 3D Pixel Racing. Unannounced, Nintendo has made every single trial accessible to Wii owners who may have missed out. It is not clear how long they will remain available.
The service was originally announced by Satoru Iwata during a Q&A session in 2009, where he explained that the intention was to offer the demos with limited availability, and for new ones to be put up as older ones expired.
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Hands-on with “impressive” Wii U controller |
11 Jan |
Via Ars Technica, who was a bit frustrated by the lack of new information: The new controller is an impressive thing to hold in your hands. It feels solid and comfortable, and nothing about it marks it as a weak link. The screen itself is bright and beautiful, much clearer than the screen on an [...]
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NEWS: Gaijin Games Teases Wii U Development Once Again |
11 Jan |
Looks like our prediction was right after all!
Gaijin Games is indeed in posession of Wii U development kit and the studio is wondering about bringing their upcoming game to the platform. This is coming from a Q&A video on the official blog of Runner2.
In response to a question asked by a fan, the CEO and Runner2’s co-director Alex Neuse says: ‘‘We can’t confirm anything. I will say that while we were playing with our Wii U the other day, we all thought: Oeh, I wonder if we should bring Runner2 to the Wii U.”
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NEWS: Wii Blamed For GameStop’s Lack of Growth Over the Holiday |
11 Jan |
GameStop took in just as much money during this year’s holiday season as they did last year.
Gamestop blamed both Wii software sales and overall hardware sales as the reason for their flat numbers this holiday.
Over last year’s holiday season GameStop brought in $3.02 billion; this equals 2010’s holiday sales. GameStop claimed that hardware sales dropped 19.6 percent, but PS3 and Xbox 360 software sales rose 9.9 percent. No specific percentage was given in regards to the Wii’s software sales, but due to GameStop blaming these sales as one of the reasons they did not earn more this holiday, it can be expected they were not good.
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NEWS: Netflix Now Available to UK Wii Owners |
11 Jan |
The popular video streaming service has made its way to the Wii in the UK
Wii owners in the UK and Ireland can now stream TV shows and movies on their Wii through Netflix.
Netflix, which has been available on the Wii in America for quite some time, is available for a subscription fee of £5.99. To download Netflix onto your Wii, visit the Wii Shop Channel. Under the Wii Channels menu select “Netflix Instant Streaming for Wii”, then download the software for free.
The Netflix service just began in the UK on January 9. Unlike the American version of the service, subscribers will not be able to get DVD’s by mail.
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NEWS: FarSight Studios Now Has a Wii U Dev Kit |
11 Jan |
The game developer is also preparing a 3DS version of The Pinball Arcade.
FarSight Studios revealed that they have a Wii U dev kit through the Facebook page of their game, The Pinball Arcade. They also revealed the status of the 3DS port of The Pinball Arcade.
The full post reads “Quick Nintendo update: We have dev equipment for the Wii-U and fully anticipate being ready for the launch of its eStore. The 3DS version currently needs to be optimized more to support ROM emulation at a smooth enough frame rate to be acceptable (in our opinion). We do not want to limit it to non-ROM emulated tables only. We will turn our tech guys loose on it once we get past the mobile launch.”
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NEWS: No Tiger Woods on Wii This Year |
10 Jan |
The motion-enhanced golf series is just coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this year.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 is only coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on March 30, skipping Nintendo platforms, according to a representative from EA Sports.
The decision was made so the new version could take advantage of new online and social features on the other two platforms. Additionally, EA cited that Kinect and the PlayStation Move are both “significant strides in motion gaming” and that their fans will enjoy the refined realistic golf swing that the two control methods offer.
Despite solid reviews dating back to Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10’s introduction of Wii MotionPlus, EA’s golf series is skipping Nintendo systems for the first time since 2001.
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Derek picks favorite Wii games of 2011 |
9 Jan |
Let’s be honest. 2011 wasn’t exactly the Nintendo Wii’s best year. Sales continued to dip, and it suffered a game drought that made even GameCube’s driest days seem prosperous in hindsight. But even so, there were still some great Wii games released last year. Believe me. I really had to look. Check out my picks [...]
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Wii #2843 – Wicked Monsters Blast! (Europe) |
6 Jan |
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NEWS: Zombii Attack Debuts on WiiWare |
6 Jan |
Defeat the undead with a giant slingshot, anvils, and more in the new download title for Wii.
Zombii Attack, published by Gamers Digital, is now available for download on WiiWare.
In the game, players mush defeat swarms of zombiis by flinging an assortment of projectiles at them with a large slingshot. There are 18 levels to conquer, which feature numerous destructible objects.
Zombii Attack retails for 500 Wii Points ($5).
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NEWS: Japan Wii Virtual Console January 2012 Titles Announced |
6 Jan |
Three new old games arrive this month.
Japanese Wii gamers will gain access to three new Virtual Console titles this month.
On Tuesday, January 10, Sengoku Deshou 2, a Neo-Geo beat-’em-up starts off the new year. Known simply as Sengoku 2 in the US, the SNK game will cost 900 Wii Points and is rated B.
Later in the month, Ganbare Goemon 2 from Konami will grace the download service. The Famicom action title will cost 500 Wii Points and is rated A.
Finally, Real Bout Garou Densetsu, another Neo-Geo fighting game, which is known as Real Bout Fatal Fury in the west, wraps up the month. The SNK title will cost 900 Wii Points and is rated B.
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NEWS: Toki Tori 2 Coming to Wii U? |
5 Jan |
A Twitter tease hints at the possibility of a future Wii U release.
Toki Tori 2 may be coming to Wii U according to a Twitter post by developer Two Tribes Games that seeks to gauge interest in such a port.
The full Twitter post is as follows: ”Just throwing this out there: who would like to see Toki Tori 2 on their Wii U?”
The original Toki Tori was released on WiiWare, so there is a possibility that its sequel will land on Nintendo’s upcoming next gen console. Currently, the game is in pre-alpha state on Steam.
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Think twice before clicking that magnet link button, how piracy may kill Wii |
5 Jan |
It seems like just yesterday when I was passing around copied floppy disks to all my friends at recess of Maniac Mansion. Even back then developers were plagued by rampant piracy that they attempted to curb, and I would get phone calls well into the night asking what the code for the door was that [...]
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NEWS: Icon Games Reveals WiiWare Sales Numbers |
3 Jan |
Family Games proves to be their biggest hit on the service.
Icon Games has released sales numbers of some of their WiiWare game releases.
Their most successful title is Family Games with an estimated 14,439 downloads. Coming in second is Stunt Cars with 12,577 downloads. In third place is Arcade Sports with 11,282 downloads. Finally, Soccer Bashi netted 2,515 downloads since its release. In total, Icon Games totaled 40,810 downloads through the WiiWare service.
In comparison to their PlayStation Portable results, though, the numbers are small. Their highest selling PSP game, Bashi Blocks, has reached 83,595 downloads. The company previous railed against Nintendo’s WiiWare performance thresholds and lack of flexibility and poor critical reception of those games.
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RUMOR: Wii U to Feature an App and E-Book Store? |
3 Jan |
An e-reader could be the first of many app experiments on the Wii U.
The Wii U may yield an expansion of apps according to rumors that have surfaced around the web, one of them stating that an e-reader service for digital books is in the works.
According to an anonymous source of Forget the Box, Nintendo has approached a software company in Los Angeles in order to publish some iOS software on the Wii U so it can be played using the system’s touch screen controller.
The same source also stated that Nintendo may bring an e-reader store where users can download books, magazines, newspapers, comics and even guides which then can be read on the touch screen. The digital issues would have a searchable index, and users would also be able to zoom into the pages. Much like the way different iOS devices share content, the 3DS could share the same [...]
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NEWS: Most-Pirated Wii Games of 2011 Revealed |
3 Jan |
Xenoblade Chronicles and other Nintendo titles make the list.
A report on TorrentFreak has revealed the most-pirated Wii games of 2011. The blog created the list based on estimated downloads over BitTorrent.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 was the most pirated Wii title for the second year in a row. Despite releasing in 2010, Mario managed to land the most illegal downloads, accumulating an estimated 1.28 million downloads. Mario Sports Mix came in a close second at 1.09 million downloads. Right behind, Xenoblade Chronicles came in third, attracting 950,000 downloads, a number likely boosted due to the fact that it originally wasn’t slated for a North American release.
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NEWS: Most Pirated Wii Games of 2011 Revealed |
3 Jan |
Xenoblade Chronicles and other Nintendo titles make the list.
A report on TorrentFreak has revealed the most pirated Wii games of 2011. The blog created the list based on estimated downloads over BitTorrent.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 was the most pirated Wii title for the second year in a row. Despite releasing in 2010, Mario managed to land the most illegal downloads, accumulating an estimated 1.28 million downloads. Mario Sports Mix came in a close second at 1.09 million downloads. Right behind, Xenoblade Chronicles came in third, attracting 950,000 downloads, a number likely boosted due to the fact that it originally wasn’t slated for a North American release.
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