Posted: March 4th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Mario Kart Wii, No More Heroes, Wii Remote | No Comments »
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“Like this, but on wheels New board, new surfaces to fall down, same unkempt Olympian. Ubisoft has just announced a new Shaun White game that’s all about … skateboarding? Shaun White Skateboarding is being released on unspecified platforms…” |
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“Grasshopper Manufacture studio head Suda 51 is “very interested” in working on games for both Microsoft’s Project Natal and the PlayStation Motion Controller , he told GameSpot UK . However, his interest doesn’t lie in adapting No More Heroes …” |
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“The Rock Band Network has gone live on Xbox 360 with a catalog of 105 songs. With over 4,000 registered authors and peer reviewers participating in the program, we’re guessing a lot more tracks are in the pipe; and Harmonix and MTV Games have…” |
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“According to Gamasutra , a recently released report from the NPD Group claims online gaming increased by 10 percent in 2009. Furthermore, the number of games purchased via digital distribution increased by 20 percent in the same period, marking a…” |
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“Users of digital media and websites today are experiencing far more sophisticated forms of content and services than we could have anticipated a few years ago. Technology developments from the iPhone to the Nintendo Wii make sci-fi scenarios like…” |
Posted: March 4th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: MadWorld, No More Heroes, Red Steel, Red Steel 2, Wii Menu, Wii Remote, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, WiiWare | No Comments »
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| “Video Games | Red Steel 2 | Preview XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here” |
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“Rising Star Games has said that No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle was going to see release in Europe at the end of April. It turns out that they weren’t kidding, as we currently have an April 30th release date set. Euro Wii owners better…” |
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“Check out the second week’s worth of data here” |
| “eForCity.com offers discounted prices on several gaming accessories, as listed below. With free shipping , each is at the lowest total price we could find. Deals expire March 7. The deals: 2-Piece Reusable Screen Protector for Nintendo DSi…” |
| “Rating: 5 Posted By: Logician1313 Views: 324 Replies: 4 Madworld (Wii Game) $9.99 w/ Free Shipping at Newegg $9.99 with free shipping for this action game for Wii. Third person action game rated M for mature. 5/5 eggs with 9…” |
| “Rating: 12 Posted By: JustTheFastest Views: 3112 Replies: 12 New Special Edition Wii – Sports Resort Edition $199.00 In-Stock at WalMart B&M Includes the Wii System, Nunchuck, Wii Remote, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and a Motion+ adapter…” |
| “Rating: -2 Posted By: Butcherboy Views: 1331 Replies: 3 http://www.1saleaday.com/ Online Coupons” |
| “Rating: 2 Posted By: blake31 Views: 1686 Replies: 1 2nd lowest price ever at Amazon , according to camelcamelcamel. (the lowest price being $16.00) Linkazon Online Coupons” |
Posted: February 28th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: No More Heroes, Red Steel, Red Steel 2, Resident Evil, Super Mario Galaxy | No Comments »
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“Welcome to the February 2010 edition of K Monthly, a look back at some of the best original coverage, including reviews, features, weekly columns and more, from Kotaku. Don’t miss our reporting from this year’s DICE summit, where video game…” |
Posted: February 25th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: No More Heroes, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Galaxy, Virtual Console, Wii Fit, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, WiiWare | No Comments »
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“Super Mario Galaxy 2 returns Mario to a the Wii-defining universe of Super Mario Galaxy now armed with new power-up, new friends and… a drill? Just as Super Mario 64 redefined the classic platforming franchise for the Nintendo 64 generation, Super…” |
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“Sometimes, one gamer’s flaw is another’s feature. Even the highest-rated games aren’t always perfect – but what determines the flaws we’ll tolerate versus the ones we can’t forgive? It all depends on why you play games. Some of our best-loved…” |
| “Make and share micro-games. Nintendo’s got two new WarioWare games to release on 30th April, one for DS and one for Wii. What’s more, they’ll work…” |
| “A first for the action-adventure series. Ubisoft has revealed co-op support for the Wii version of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. This will…” |
| “Dunaway also questions Ubi PS3/360 shift. Nintendo’s US marketing boss Cammie Dunaway has said that we won’t see a successor to Wii for a while. “I…” |
| “Hello my Friends Long time no blog. I was in vacation and made a personal commitment to avoid using computers (yeah… if you don’t count a Wii or a PS3 or a tv as computers…) and start to clean the ever growing stack of books to…” |
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“GameSpot cornered Nintendo’s Cammie Dunaway in a dimly lit back room at yesterday’s Nintendo Media Summit and pried loose some information about the Wii’s eventual successor. It would seem Nintendo is aiming for PlayStation 2 levels of success with…” |
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“Here’s some great news for those of you in Europe interested in playing Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Sin and Punishment: Star Successor. Nintendo announced that Galaxy will be available in Europe on June 11, not long after America’s May 23 date. And Sin…” |
| “From Nintendo’s megaton presser yesterday, some numbers: Virtual Console now has 347 titles, WiiWare has 189, and DSiWare 12 76 Wii titles have sold in excess of 1 million copies 22 of which are first-party 54 of which were made by…” |
Posted: February 16th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: De Blob, No More Heroes | No Comments »
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“Well, that data surely isn’t encouraging for No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle. I’m guessing it’s a combination of the Wii audience and the niche approach of NMH that is really getting it sandbagged at retail. I’m guessing…” |
| “A portion of an IGN interview with Brian Farrell, CEO of THQ… IGN: All right, let’s switch focus a bit. THQ was one of the first and biggest third-party backers of Wii and you guys gambled with original licenses like de Blob and Deadly…” |
Posted: February 12th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: No More Heroes, Wii Remote | No Comments »
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“Sniper Elite TM , the world’s best selling ‘Action/Adventure Sniper Simulator’ is being brought to the Nintendo Wii TM by UK publisher Reef Entertainment. The original Sniper Elite TM was launched in 2005 on PS2, Xbox and PC and quickly set the…” |
| “Cambridge, Mass. – Feb. 12, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a five pack of songs from Otis Redding, known as the “King of Soul,” as well as singles from All Time Low, Alphabeat, Brian Setzer and The Chemical Brothers, will…” |
| “Video Games | HAWP | Rock Band XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here” |
| “[Wii] Tatsunoko vs. Capcom ~50K [Wii] No More Heroes 2 ~25K No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle would have had about 5 days at retail before the NPD numbers closed out. Let’s hope for better a better tally in a month’s time. Link” |
| “Friday 12th February 2010: Leading videogames publisher Rising Star Games today confirms that No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, exclusively for the Nintendo Wii, is on track to be released in Australia and New Zealand at the end of April…” |
| ““We didn’t want to come out with another old-style GRAW game – as far as we were concerned there was no point in doing “just” that. That much was clear from the very beginning on this game. Everybody expects quality, and we’ll still…” |
Posted: February 12th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: No More Heroes, Wii Fit | No Comments »
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| “Hello guys! This seems like a good decent website to post my weight goals and exercise plus meet some new friends. So, for Christmas I recieved Wii Fit, a fantastic exercise game that I would recommed to anyone, from my nana and papa to my 4 year…” |
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“It’s sad to admit it, but we never expect any third-party “core” Wii game to sell well — regardless of its quality or the hype behind it. Lowered expectations mean that when such a title doesn’t absolutely tank, it’s great news! And the sales of No…” |
Posted: February 11th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Dr. Mario Online Rx, Mario Kart 64, Mario Kart DS, MySims, New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo Points, No More Heroes, Punch-Out!!, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario World, Tetris, The Beatles: Rock Band, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Wii Fit, Wii Sports, WiiWare, World of Goo | No Comments »
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“Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime made a pretty bold prediction back in November. Prior to their respective releases, he said that New Super Mario Bros Wii would outsell the 360 version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 by the end of…” |
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“Second verse, same as the first. Tonight’s January NPD numbers aren’t terribly surprising; most systems kept their relative positions. The obvious exception is the constant battle between the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. The PlayStation 3 squeaked…” |
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“Update: New concept art of Mega Man’s weapons and screens for his upcoming adventure have been added to our gallery.Original: Capcom has confirmed a staggered March release for Mega Man’s second, current-gen, 8-bit quest. Nintendo Wii fans will get…” |
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“Sure, last month’s NPD numbers post had all sorts of green arrows plastered all about its form — this month, we knew things would go down. Little known fact: Christmas never occurs in January, and this year is no exception. Without Consumermas…” |
| “Videos The Aussie Source – February 12th News Mega Man 10 Gets its Day in the US New Super Mario Bros. Wii Tops January NPD Sales Layoffs At Radical, Neversoft – Luxoflux Closes New Tony Hawk Will Ride Again “All You Need Is Love” DLC…” |
| “Video Games | Fieldrunners | Launch Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here” |
| “PSP 43,163 Wii 36,149 DSi LL 28,080 PS3 25,450 DSi 19,116 DS Lite 5,410 Xbox 360 3,651 PS2 2,047 PSP go 1,738 Link” |
| “DSiWare 1 – Flipnote Studio 2 – Nintendo DSi Browser 3 – Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! 4 – AiRace: Tunnel 5 – Arcade Hoops Basketball 6 – Army Defender 7 – Arcade Bowling 8 – Escapee GO! 9 – Extreme Hangman 10 – Dark…” |
| “Release dates straight from Capcom… WiiWare – March 1st – 1,000 Nintendo Points PSN – March 11 th XBLA – March 31 st Check out more weapon/screenshot details here Commando Bomb After launching the Commando Bomb, press up or down on the…” |
| “Despite inventory shortages of the Wii hardware, Nintendo systems came out on top at the beginning of 2010. Nintendo’s Wii™ home console and the family of hand-held Nintendo DS™ systems finished No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, for the month of…” |
| “United States sales Modern Warfare 2 – Xbox 360 – 6,156,700 million units sold – PS3 – 3,249,000 million units sold New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 4,866,700 million copies sold Here’s where the problem comes in. Some people believe that Reggie…” |
| “- retail video game industry sales in the U.S. (software, hardware, accessories) were $1.17 billion, a 13 percent decrease from January 2009 – hardware made $353.7 million for the month, down 21 percent. – software made $597.9 million for the month,…” |
| “Music and Fitness Fail Whilst core gamers drove their respected categories to record highs, the Music and Fitness genres failed to deliver to last year’s standards. In fact, 90% of the decline in January software sales can directly be attributed to…” |
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“Danger. You are at risk of discussing January’s U.S. video game sales data without the proper analysis at the ready. Grab a marker and consider scribbling the following cheat-sheet notes on your hand. For the raw data, check out the NPD’s U.S January…” |
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“Wii fever swept the United States in January, another 465,000 units of Nintendo’s white wonder snatched up by consumers. Hey, when you’re selling that many copies of New Super Mario Bros. you’re gonna need a Wii to play it on. Nintendo once again…” |
Posted: February 10th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: No More Heroes | No Comments »
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| “Rising Star hoping for a Touchdown. Rising Star Games has announced an end of April release date for Wii game No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle. This…” |
| “Sticking to DS and Wii, in the main. Disney is planning to scale back the number of “high-end” console games it produces, focusing on the casual market instead….” |
Posted: February 8th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Endless Ocean, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, MadWorld, Mario Kart Wii, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, New Super Mario Bros., No More Heroes, Resident Evil, Resident Evil 4, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii Menu, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, WiiWare | No Comments »
Wii news from around the web:
| “As much as some may piss and moan about the lack of HD on the Wii, it’s just not that big of a deal, and won’t be for some time. Netflix agrees. Now, when HD is ubiquitous, and “hardcore” developers like Epic Games can say…” |
| “Although Xbox, PlayStation, and PC carry a lot more first-person shooters, said games exist on Wii – even good ones. But they’re few and far between. So what would recommend for trigger-happy Wii owners looking for a moving target: Metroid…” |
| “I have no idea what I’m talking about, as far as the sports discussion goes. It’s the Wii part of the discussion that makes sense to me. We’ve learned that check swings weren’t going to be a part of MLB 2K10, but there was…” |
| “Direct link and videos for Endless Ocean: Blue World, Tomena Sanner, Sudoku 4Pockets, Might and Magic Clash of Heroes, Hubert the Teddy Bear: Winter Games, Bloons, Oscar in Movieland, Fieldrunners, Zhu Zhu Pets. (thanks NintenDaan!)” |
| “Nintendo Power Awards Wii Game of the Year: New Super Mario Bros Wii DS Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks WiiWare Game of the Year: Castlevania Rebirth Best Music Game: Rhythm Heaven Best Retro Revival: A Boy and his Blob Best…” |
| “Nintendo confirms the settlement of a Federal Court action against an individual in Australia for illegally copying and uploading to the Internet the first game file of Nintendo’s highly-anticipated video game, New Super Mario Bros. Wii for the…” |
| “We actually posted this up as part of a larger article, but I’ve been getting a lot of emails about it. I’ll post this blurb on third parties sales as its own article. In recent video game software market, there is a huge gap between…” |
| “Cubed3 catches up with Shin’en Multimedia to talk about Art of Balance on Nintendo’s WiiWare service.” |
| “Last Friday saw the release of two very big and #45;name Wii titles in the UK, Endless Ocean 2 and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers.” |
