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Japanese business daily The Nikkei is reporting that platform holder Nintendo will reveal a new version of its world-conquering Wii Fit game at its E3 press conference tomorrow. Reuters says that it will be entitled Wii Fit Plus, and that its leading USP will be the ability to share game …
Read More »Fatal Frame IV European release cancelled
The European release of Fatal Frame IV has been canned after the publishers ceased worked on the title’s localisation. The Wii-exclusive horror title was originally due for a May release, but Official Nintendo Magazine has reported that this has now been cancelled. The report said: One time envisaged for a …
Read More »Nintendo and Tecmo pull Fatal Frame IV Euro release
Localisation of Wii horror title canned as game remains exclusive to Japan
Read More »The Biggest Loser gets the Wii treatment
No, this isn’t Sega’s Daisy Fuentes Pilates or NewU Fitness First Personal Trainer from Black Bean – today’s Wii Fit rivalling announcement comes from THQ, which has just announced a new Wii game based on TV show The Biggest Loser. A somewhat flabbergasted CasualGaming.biz has the full story – click …
Read More »E3 2009 conference schedule
As you’re more than likely already well aware, next week sees the games industry’s most important event take place in LA – and MCV will be here covering all the major announcements as they happen. E3 2009 coverage has already started on MCV and will be ongoing through to the …
Read More »Ubisoft unveils new Shaun White for Wii
Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage will be released exclusively on Wii this Christmas, Ubisoft has announced. The game is the sequel to last year’s Shaun White Snowboarding, which sold over three million copies worldwide, and will once again required gamers to use the Wii Balance Board in order to compete …
Read More »Metroid Prime Trilogy aims for Wii
Nintendo has confirmed that space adventurer Samus Aran is to take the centre stage in its next Play Control release – Metroid Prime Trilogy. The game will include GameCube pair Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, as well as Wii outing Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. All will include WiiMote …
Read More »Nintendo touts the casual/hardcore mix
â??For every Carnival Games there is a BioShock and for every Wii Fit there is a Resident Evil 5â?
Read More »Nintendo insists casual is not taking over the market
Speaking to CasualGaming.biz as part of its Girl Gaming Month, Nintendo’s UK Wii product manager Rob Lowe has stated that the rise in popularity of casual software has not had any detrimental affect on the importance of hardcore titles in the market. There is clear room for both and any …
Read More »Can free-to-play games come to consoles?
The developer behind the world’s most popular free MMO is in discussion with the main platform holders in a bid to bring the free-to-play model to consoles. RuneScape developer Jagex is aiming to turn console digital distribution services such as WiiWare, XBLA and PSN into platforms that can host free …
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