Red Steel 2, Wii Sports Resort, The Conduit, and more.

Posted: January 28th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Wii news from around the web:

What’s in a name? on The Guardian World News
The name ‘iPad’ has certain connotations for women, as Kira Cochrane explainsIt’s interesting to imagine what the conversation was like at Apple HQ when they were naming their new product. Did they play any word-association games? Did eager employees…

Nintendo: Wii hits 67m, DS hits 125m Worldwide on digg.com: Stories / Gaming / Popular
Nintendo sold a ton of systems and games to retailers for the three months ending December 2009. Wii and DS shipments were 11.31m and 11.65m respectively. Total Wii software crossed 500m and DS software nears 700m units

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars Review on 1UP RSS feed
Many wondered why Capcom chose Nintendo’s Wii as the exclusive platform to launch Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, the latest fighter in the over-the-top Versus series. Surely, a multiplatform release would reach a broader audience, critics…

Video Footage: A Mature, Nintendo-Published, Wii MotionPlus Game on 1UP RSS feed
Nintendo has released an early, Japan-only demo of their upcoming project with Earth Defense Force developer Sandlot, titled Zangeki no Reginleiv. Due November 11 in Japan, the game has already received a “D” rating, which is the equivalent of…

IGN Updates on GoNintendo
Videos Red Steel 2 Trailer The Aussie Source – January 29th News Worldwide Wii Sales At Nearly 70 Million Ragnarok DS Goes Gold; XSeed Confirms Ship Date Worldwide DS Sales top 125 Million Mega Man Zero Collection US Bound Features Nintendo…

Capcom – nope, still no plans for Street Fighter IV on Wii on GoNintendo
A portion of a GameZone interview with Capcom’s Seth Killian… GZ: How does the online compare, to say Street Fighter IV? Do you see any possibility of seeing a version of SFIV on the Wii using the Tatsunoko Engine? SK: It’s simpler…

Wii Sports Resort the most advertised game of last year, Mario Party 8 among most rented of 2009 on GoNintendo
This information was compiled by the people of Rentrak Corporation… Link

Nintendo Channel Wii shooter data – House of the Dead: Overkill, The Conduit, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles on GoNintendo
Every week, I am constantly impressed with the numbers that House of the Dead: Overkill does. This game must be raking in the cash for SEGA at this point. It may not have burst out of the gate, but it’s definitely showing a very long…

Game Informer blog updates on GoNintendo
Game Informer has gotten into the habit of rounding up what they consider to be the best reader/staffer blogs from each week. They compile the blog posts into a roundup, and I poked my nose through the entries. If you have some spare time, you…

Speculation on Zelda Wii from IGN on GoNintendo
Mark Bozon over at IGN has put together an article looking at the best and brightest of Wii in 2010. Of course, Zelda Wii gets a mention…the title we all hope will be out this year. Quite a few of you have read the article, you think that Mr….

Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom – review on GoNintendo
A portion of a GameDaily review… Aside from online registration issues and the way-too-simplified Wii remote control set-up, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom is easily one of the best beat-em-ups we’ve played. Bring on a sequel. Full review here

Japanese hardware sales – Jan. 18th to 24th on GoNintendo
PSP 52,909 Wii 45,167 PS3 26,966 DSi LL 24,059 DSi 20,373 DS Lite 4,966 Xbox 360 3,343 PS2 2,088 PSP go 1,773 Link

Nintendo first-party lineup reveals new games – 100 Go de Start, XENOBLADE and more on GoNintendo
Monado disappears from the Japanese list, XENOBLADE pops up for Wii. The Last Story is in there as well. Metroid: Other M is due out this Summer in Japan, but it’s still a TBA for Europe and NA. This is an unusually intriguing first-party…



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