Nintendo Wii News Stories

Ubisoft Announces Seven Wii Launch Titles

Posted August 5th, 2006

In a surprise move, Ubisoft recently announced their intention to release seven Nintendo Wii games at the console’s launch. This move shows Ubisoft’s commitment and confidence in the Wii console. Formerly, only Red Steel and Rayman Raving Rabbids were known to be Ubisoft’s launch titles for the Wii, but five new titles have been added.
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EA extend PGA deal to 2012

Posted August 4th, 2006

Electronic Arts and the Professional Golfers’ Association have extended the deal in which EA make PGA branded golf games for a further six years. This should also mean that we get more Tiger Woods games, provided the sports star is willing. A spokesman for the PGA had this to say:
"The PGA Tour is [...]

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Ultimate Wii Rumour Compilation

Posted August 3rd, 2006

There’s certainly been no console with a more enigmatic lead-up than the Wii, previously known as the Revolution, the N5, GCNext and the GameCube 2. Conjecture surrounding the Wii began as early as 2004.
Now, GameWorld Network have put together a huge list of pretty much every Wii rumour there has ever been, including [...]

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Nintendo Wii To Be Region Free?

Posted July 27th, 2006

Nintendo have done more than a few things right with their DS system. One of them is making all the games "region free", allowing you to buy them from anywhere in the world.
In a recent talk with IGN, Perrin Kaplan, vice president of marketing and corporate communications in America, dropped a hint that the Wii [...]

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Download The First Issue Of Nintendo Power

Posted July 9th, 2006

The first ever issue of Nintendo Power was published just over 18 Years ago, In July 1988.
Now, Racket Boy has scanned this whole first issue and made it into a 33mb downloadable pdf. Nice!
This issue see’s a "20-page spectacular" Super Mario Brothers 2 preview and a Zelda walkthrough interspersed with some light 80’s advertising. [...]

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Pre-order Wii For £149.99

Posted July 5th, 2006

Online Entertainment retailer Shopto.net are offering pre-orders for the Nintendo Wii for £149.99 (about $275) and have the launch date chalked up for October 15th.
The £150.00 price point was expected in the UK, Though Nintendo boss Yoshihiro Mori has already stated that the Wii would cost no more than $250 when launched in the US.
Shopto [...]

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“Sony Could Easily Go From First To Worst”

Posted July 4th, 2006

Analysts from DFC Intelligence have published their prediction that Sony could end up at the bottom of the pile, behind Microsoft and Nintendo, in the next-gen wars.
They claim the high price and lack of quality titles as the main reason the system won’t appeal to as broad an audience. From the report:
“It is our [...]

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Closeup Shots Of Nintendo Wii

Posted July 1st, 2006

German site Gamefront have posted up 20 closeup shots of the Wii at this years E3.
They’ve snapped just about every angle of this console you could want – even the powersupply tucked round the back.
You can check out the full gallery here.

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Tiny Wii Next To The Playstation 3

Posted June 30th, 2006

Some guy who goes by the name of DocCRP has pain stakingly recreated the Nintendo Wii and Sony Playstation 3 out of cardboard and snapped some pics of the two rival consoles side by side.
The PS3 certainly looks like a monster when compared to Nintendos offering though its more the case of how small [...]

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BusinessWeek Talks to Microsoft’s Peter Moore

Posted May 4th, 2006

Microsoft’s Peter Moore talks to Business Week about Xbox 360, Xbox Live!, E3, and the competiton in the next-gen console wars. From the Article:
Blu-ray? "You can over burden the features [of a console] and therefore offer features that the consumer is not particularly interested in. Case in point, look at the PSX in [...]

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