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Nintendo has named June 12th as the day that it will release its motion-enhancing Wii MotionPlus peripheral in Europe – a full six weeks before the arrival of Wii Sports Resort on July 24th. Wii MotionPlus comes in the form of a dongle that plugs into the bottom of a …
Read More »Nintendo: Punch-Out is Wiis first heavyweight this year
Classic boxing re-make Punch-Out!! will be the biggest Wii launch of 2009 so far, Nintendo has told MCV. Due for release on May 22nd, Punch Out!! is the latest entry in a series that debuted in the 1980s and has not been seen in Europe since 1995’s Super Punch-Out!! on …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Wii Fit holds on
Wii Fit has become Nintendo’s longest serving ELSPA Gfk-ChartTrack All Formats No. 1, with a total of 11 weeks at the top. The fitness title surpasses Nintendo’s previous record-holder, Pokmon Yellow, which enjoyed ten weeks at No. 1 back in 2000. Wii Fit has also managed to hold off competition …
Read More »Nintendo names WiiWare and DSiWare Q2 releases
Wii and DS platform holder Nintendo has released a list of upcoming titles for its existing downloads portal WiiWare and its brand new service for the recently launched DSi handheld, DSiWare. There’s plenty on offer, including a couple of established Nintendo brands such as Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training. Click here …
Read More »Nintendo planning Wii and DS video download service
With both Xbox 360 and PS3 making giant strides in the video on demand market, Nintendo has confirmed that it too is to enter the sector with a rival service for both Wii and DS. Nintendo president Saturo Iwata explained that the Wii will become the hub of the new …
Read More »Sony touts dev headcount equal to ‘Nintendo and Microsoft combined’
Format-holder PR war extends to willy-waving over studio head-count figures
Read More »DSi sells 92,000 in two days
GfK-ChartTrack has confirmed to MCV that DSi sold 92,000 copies at UK retail over its opening weekend. Dismissing premature reports that the console sold in excess of 100,000 units in the two days, the body said that the launch put the UK High Street in prime position” for Easter next …
Read More »Wii manufacturing costs have dropped 45% since launch
A global business analyst at Credit Suisse has claimed that the cost of manufacturing a Wii console has dropped by 45 per cent since the system launched in 2006. Furthermore, Kotaku reports that the analyst believes these drops will pave the way for a Wii price drop later this year …
Read More »Konami’s Silent Hill remake for Wii emerges from the fog
Climax has been confirmed as developing a new Silent Hill game for Konami. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories will hit PS2, PSP and Wii, and is pitched as a ‘reinvention’ of the first game in the series, originally developed in Japan. Series composer Akira Yamaoka has been confirmed as working on …
Read More »JAPAN: PS3 overtakes Wii in March
After 16 months of dominance by the Wii, and even at the times the Xbox 360, in the Japanese hardware charts Sony’s PS3 has finally bettered Nintendo’s Wii in the country’s monthly hardware charts. Reuters reports that March sales of Sony’s machine hit 146,948, way ahead of Wii’s 99,335 units …
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