This scan from the Japanese weekly magazine Nikkei Business has popped up on the official Nintendo forums showing some of the Wii controller prototypes that (thankfully in some cases) didn’t make the final cut.

Following the recent fuss about the quality of the straps on Nintendo’s Wii controller, it seemed inevitable that legal action would be taken against the Kyoto-based company. An aggrieved Texan is first out of the gates. He has filed suit against Nintendo, claiming that the Wii strap is “ineffective for its intended use.”
The suit also […]

Chris Satchell, general manager of Microsoft’s Game Development Group, has questioned whether the Wii, despite being the fastest selling console in history, has got what it takes to hold gamers interest in the long run.
“I’m not sure what its long term potential is. It’s a super-strong for Nintendo’s first-party IP” he says, “It’s going to […]

The BBC is reporting that Nintendo is issuing a recall order on all the Wii consoles which have been shipped worldwide. The company plans to replace the straps on the Wii game controllers after reports that some were breaking, or coming loose, and causing accidents.
It is believed that around 3 million of the game consoles […]

The Wii went on sale at the stroke of midnight on Friday. Nintendo held it’s official launch event at HMV on Oxford Street in London.
Ian Wright, Nell McAndrew, Pat Cash, and Ricky Hatton arrived to test their skills on Wii Sports. Cash and McAndrew played Wii Tennis, with Cash winning two games to none. Then […]

Reuters reports that the introduction of the Wii has led to a massive outbreak of domestic violence worldwide. Nintendo has grown concerned, both about the phenomenon itself, and about the possible legal repercussions for the Kyoto-based company, and has issued new guidelines in an attempt to limit the problem.

Apparently over-enthusiastic gamers are getting a little […]

With the Wii release scheduled only a few months away and the long awaited Zelda: Twilight Princess as a release title, game director Eiji Aonuma has given us some new juicy details to get our interest stirring.

The game will be 70 hours long, and include at least as many dungeons […]

Nintendo have released the official box art design for their latest console the Nintendo Wii. Ok so it’s nothing exciting but hey, it’s a box!

Nintendo have shed some light on some of the features we can expect to see on the Wii’s message board system. Joystiq summed up the main points:
Message Board

Stores user achievement data and shares it will other users of that console
Integrates with games to alert players of important events; e.g. “Concert next Saturday in town” (Animal […]

Sony Style Store have listings for 7 PS3 launch games, each priced at $59.99.
The titles available for pre-order are: Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII, Tony Hawk Project 8, Call of Duty 3, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Sonic the Hedgehog and Full Auto 2: Battlelines, as well as Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom.
Last week Nintendo announced that games […]