Wii Sports, The Conduit, WiiWare, and more.

Posted: June 30th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Wii news from around the web:

THQ confirms poor Deadly Creatures sales, but admits that the game has helped them to create new Wii titles…which will be announced soon on GoNintendo
““The lines are blurry. One of the things that THQ has tried to do is innovate — sometimes successfully, sometimes not. We wanted to see ‘is there an audience out there that will play something completely different on the…”
 

RUMOR – rumored version of Brutal Legend for Wii is now rumored to be cancelled on GoNintendo
“Remember a long time ago when we posted a huge list of rumored games? All of the games on that list turned out to be 100% spot-on…with the exception of Brutal Legend. When our friends at 1up presented Tim Schaffer with the discussion of a…”
 

GameStop – best sellers on GoNintendo
“The Conduit (Wii) $49.99 Tiger PGA Wii MotionPlus $59.99 The Conduit is still on the list, as is Tiger Woods. Good news for both games, although we pretty much expected Tiger Woods on Wii to do extremely well. Can’t wait to see the…”
 

Wii Sports Resort first week sales break 350,000 across Japan on Geek.com
“The follow-up to Wii Sports was always going to be popular, but you don’t know until the game goes on sale, especially in its home territory, just how popular. Wii Sports Resort was released on June 25th across Japan and has already stacked up…”
 

SEGA: Not Game Over For Mature Wii Games [Madworld] on Kotaku
“SEGA’s record with mature Wii titles has been so-so at best. MadWorld was not a hit. House of the Dead: Overkill wasn’t a monster seller, but did well due to a lower price point. But that doesn’t mean SEGA has given up on mature Wii titles. “You…”
 

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Review on 1UP RSS feed
“Warning: This review contains plot spoilers from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince book, movie, and game. Please think twice before reading if you do not want the ending revealed to you. As a huge Potter fan, you’d think I’d be predisposed…”
 

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Wii Review on 1UP RSS feed
“Warning: This review contains plot spoilers from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince book, movie, and game. Please think twice before reading if you do not want the ending revealed to you. As a huge Potter fan, you’d think I’d be predisposed…”
 

Marvelous shows plans leading into Q3, may be porting Wii game to 360/PS3 on GoNintendo
“Marvelous’ planned releases in Japan until Q3 2010… Wii 6 Wiiware 2 DS 10 PSP 9 PS3 2 360 2 Marvelous’ planned releases in North America until Q3 2010… Wii 4 (170k to be shipped) DS 1 (8k) PSP 1 (20k) PS3 1 (20k) 360 1…”
 

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