Arc Rise Fantasia, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Sports, and more.

Posted: May 31st, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Wii news from around the web:

Japanese hardware sales, May 18 – May 24: Tragic cancellation edition on Joystiq
“The news landed in our inbox with a dull, disappointing thwump — last year’s smashingly successful video game industry summit, the Extreme Electronic Entertainment Expo (or E4 as its three attendees affectionately called it), will not be opening its…”
 

Japan – this week’s imports on GoNintendo
“Nintendo DS – Sonshi no Heihou DS Wii – Arc Rise Fantasia Link”
 

Famitsu Sales: 2008 Software – top 500 on GoNintendo
“01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) 2,452,111 02. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon) 2,187,337 03. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) 2,149,131 / 2,967,297 04. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 2,003,315 05. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)…”
 

THQ – Wii is a nightmare for third parties, it’s a Monopoly box in the closet on GoNintendo
“…then the nightmare of all for third parties, frankly, is the Wii. The Wii is a Monopoly box in a closet! I’ve got my Wii Sports and I’m good! I take it out, get the family around, we flail around for a couple hours, and…”
 

Five ways that RE5: Wii Edition could justify its existance on GoNintendo
“Will we end up seeing Resident Evil 5 on Wii? We don’t know for sure, but we’ve learned that Capcom is tossing around the idea. Long before Resident Evil 5 came out, we all thought that it would be a great idea to port the game to the…”
 

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