Super Mario Bros., Wii Shop Channel, WiiWare, and more.
Posted: February 10th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: New Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros., Wii Shop Channel, WiiWare | No Comments »Wii news from around the web:
Willow Garage offers free robots to researchers on Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
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“Imagine if every time someone wanted to develop a new piece of software, they first had to design and build a computer to run it. Not only would this greatly add to the time and expense required for software development, but it would also mean that…” |
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““For James Burt, it’s game over.” Faced with paying a $1.5 million ($1.3 million USD) fine to Nintendo — along with additional court costs — the 24-year-old Australian man who illegally uploaded New Super Mario Bros. Wii to the internet now has to…” |
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“Nintendo has responded to Joystiq’s inquiry into the current Wii supply issues, with Nintendo of America’s Senior Director of Corporate Communications Charlie Scibetta telling us, “In the short term, replenishing Wii inventories will be a challenge.”…” |
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“All WiiWare demos were removed from the Wii Shop Channel on January 31. Nintendo of America has confirmed with Joystiq that the WiiWare demo “experiment,” which offered a set of five free downloadable demos through the Wii Shop Channel, officially…” |
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“During this week’s quarterly earning’s report, EA COO John Schappert answered an investor question with a somewhat vague but potentially far-reaching comment regarding the publisher’s future strategy for implementing online functionality into its…” |
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“Though Disney’s gaming division saw improved operating results during the company’s first fiscal quarter of 2010 (which ended January 2) — a loss of $10 million compared to a $45 million loss in Q1 the previous fiscal year — CEO Robert Iger has…” |
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“Marvelous Entertainment, faced with low sales and financial trouble, is turning to a relatively low-cost source of new material to publish: Western WiiWare games. The publisher just started a new label, World Game Parade, to release localized…” |
Level-5 considers opening US office on Joystiq
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“During the same event in which Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino teased new Wii and PS3 games, he also suggested that the company may be setting up operations in the US. According to our own imperfect translation of 4Gamer’s summary of statements, “Mr. Hino,…” |
Win Tatsunoko vs Capcom Wii on Cubed3.com News
| “We’ve teamed up with Zavvi to bring you the chance to bag a copy of Capcom’s highly rated Wii brawler, Tatsunoko vs Capcom.” |
Cubed3’s Most Anticipated 2010 WiiWare Games on Cubed3.com News
| “The staff at Cubed3 clubbed together to discuss some of the most anticipated WiiWare games coming out in 2010.” |
Shy Mario Bros Wii Pirate Fined $1.5m on Cubed3.com News
| “Pirates may have their illegally downloaded copy of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, however their captain has been fined $1.5 Million in damages.” |
Netflix Downplays HD, Supports Wii on Cubed3.com News
| “Netflix has expressed hopes for success in bringing its platform to Wii owners, but stating they aren’t missing much with the lack of HD.” |
Level-5 Working on Wii, PS3 Games on Cubed3.com News
| “Professor Layton and Inazuma Eleven developer Level and #45;5 is developing various new titles on the home console front and #45; for Wii and PS3.” |
Dead Space Extraction Wii for PSN and XBLA? on Cubed3.com News
| “A version of the Wii and #45;exclusive prequel to the whole Dead Space story may be ported to PSN and XBLA if there’s enough demand from users.” |
EA Sports Active Stretches onto Other Formats on Cubed3.com News
| “During EA’s Q3 FY10 financial call the publisher confirmed that the once exclusive Wii exercise game is stretching to other consoles.” |
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