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Nintendo’s Wii Storage Issues

July 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Nintendo’s WiiWare channel is reported to be doing well (says Nintendo) and their Virtual Console games continue to invoke nostalgic downloads. Now, as Networked based gaming slowly starts to crawl on the console Nintendo has begun to realize they’re going to hit some storage issues. The 512MB of internal flash memory is a bit lacking, […]

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Tags: Nintendo · Wii · WiiWare

Sony Says Competition is Good

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

It seems the console maker who’s trailing in sales typically says how great competition is and how it’s great for the consumer. Sony’s not leading the console race, as of now, and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president David Reeves stated in a recent interview: The winner, he said, is the consumer. “That’s why we are […]

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Tags: Microsoft · Nintendo · playstation 3 · Sony · Wii · Xbox 360

Wii Friends Codes, Not Perfect

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo has gone on record with his thoughts of the Wii friends code system. He’s a father, with a daughter, so he’s letting his own personal judgment get in the way of a good community built game system. In talking about the open access of the Internet he said, “I as […]

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Tags: Editorial · Nintendo · Wii

Nintendo’s Not Talking To You, But Your Grandmother

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Miyamoto said Nintendo used E3 as a platform for spreading the word to a broad audience based on the media present at the event, they’re not speaking to the core audience. So, if you’re a core audience gamer and you were confused on why Nintendo didn’t build their presentation to be all glitz and glamor, […]

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Tags: E3 · Nintendo

As Seen On TV – Casual Game Label (Wii and DS)

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments

A 3D version of Deal or No deal sound desirable to you? Perhaps you’re a game show fan and just can’t get enough Howie, if so, you’re in luck. Koch Media announced their new casual games label As Seen On TV which will bring popular TV brands to the console. At first we were thinking […]

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Tags: Casual Games · DS · Press Release · Wii

Like Wave Race? Wii Sports Resort is Your Chance

July 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Many of us, Wave Race fans have been looking for a Wii wave racing title for a year now with no talk of expanding the franchise. We’ve got a Wii Fit board, we’ve got motion controls, the only thing we’re missing is Wave Race. Apparently a Wave Race style game can be found in Wii […]

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Tags: Nintendo · Wii

Wii Takes US Lead In Console War

July 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Just in case people were actually thinking the Xbox 360 was going to hold out against a viral console, Nintendo is now the best selling console in the United States. Anyone really surprised? This months sales figures for consoles broke down something like this: Nintendo DS: 783,000 Wii: 666,700 PlayStation 3: 405,500 PSP: 337,400 Xbox […]

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Tags: DS · Industry News · Microsoft · Nintendo · playstation 3 · Sony · Wii · Xbox 360

Miyamoto Confirms Pikmin Game

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

It seems Miyamoto let it slide that there will be a Pikmin game arriving in the future, for which systems? Probably the Wii if we had to guess, but it wouldn’t be surpising to see it on both their hit product lines. His exacty words, “We’re making Pikmain.” Nintendo has done well by their little […]

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Tags: DS · Industry News · Nintendo · Wii

War On Video Game Exclusives

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Typically, we have “exclusive” fallout from the console war which forces the hand of the consumer to purchase all consoles to play all the games they love. Many hardcore gamers are into first person shooters like Halo and Gears of War but also like their Grand Theft Auto and Final Fantasy fixes. In years prior, […]

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Tags: Editorial · Exclusives · Microsoft · Nintendo · Sony

Nintendo Wants More Wii and DS Sales

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

At E3 Reggie Fils-Aime let the world know he wasn’t satisfied with the sales progress of the Wii or DS in 2007 and hopes Nintendo can do better this year. Perhaps Nintendo is playing the humble card? No doubt they bragged about their 10 million sales of the Wii and 20 million sales of the […]

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Tags: Casual Games · DS · E3 · GTA · Industry News · Nintendo · Wii