Archive for the 'Nintendo Wii' Category

Resident Evil For Wii

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

Capcom, a developer and a publisher for various videogames on different videogame systems, has released new details on Umbrella Chronicles which is an upcoming Resident Evil game for the Wii. They have also confired that a Resident Evil 4 version will also be released for Nintendo’s console.
The Resident Evil 4 Wii […]

Online plans for Mario Strikers Wii

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

New information has been released some new info about the online plans for Mario Strikers Wii. They are saying now that two players on a single Wii will be able to join an ONLINE match against two other players using another Wii.
The potential for this is quite amazing for play against rivals and inter-office […]

Brothers In Arms coming to Wii, DS

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Ubisoft and developer Gearbox software announced that Brothers In Arms will do a tour of duty on both the Wii and the DS platforms. The DS version is scheduled to arrive in summer with the Wii version following in fall.
Gearbox seems to be carrying on the tradition of other developers […]

Water Intoxication Update

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

A news update has been released about the Wii contest that happened last January. In the event, some people participated on a contest called “Hold your Wee for a Wii.” Unfortunately, one woman died of water intoxication.
The update says that there will be no criminal charges that will be filed against […]

NiGHTS Update

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

According to people from SEGA, the game titled NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams will “deliver a gameplay experience never before seen.”
Scott Steinberg of SEGA America said “The game takes full advantage of the unique Wii Remote controller enabling gamers to guide NiGHTS through spectacularly designed dream worlds intertwined with a story about […]

Horse Racing For Wii

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

A new horse racing game has been announced by KOEI and it will be called G1 Jockey Wii.
The game’s target is to provide Wii gamers the most realistic horse racing game that they ever played. Both the nunchuk and the Wiimote will be used to control the jockey and the horse. […]

Mario and Sonic together in game

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

Over at the Sega website they have up and image of both Mario and Sonic together with the title “Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games”. So it seems the characters that once symbolized the console wars of yesteryear are finally teaming up! The site shows the game going to both the DS […]

Boogie For Wii

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

EA has announced that they have a new game which will be released for the Wii exclusively. It will be a music/rhythm-based type of game called “Boogie”.
Alain Tascan who is the Vice President of EA said, “We’re creating something new and different for gamers of all ages to enjoy; the complete party package where gamers […]

DS Shortages

Monday, March 19th, 2007

Reggie Fils-Aime of Nintendo America has recently announced his admission about the shortages of Nintendo’s portable system, the DS, in North America.
“Based on worldwide production numbers, the Americas ran out of stock of Nintendo DS essentially on the 25th of December. And we were not back in stock until sometime the second week in January. […]

Upcoming Racing Games For Wii and DS

Saturday, March 17th, 2007

A news has been released about a company called System 3. It says that System 3 has secured the rights on publishing Ferrari games for the Nintendo Wii and DS.
There is no information that has been released yet for these upcoming games. However, the game will feature Ferrari racing physics, tracks, and cars.
It will take […]

Wii Sales in February

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Nintendo has released a new press release today about the sales of their Wii system for the month of February.
“We’re gratified that the explosive appeal of Wii, in terms of both new players and new ways to play, has created unprecedented demand, substantially beyond supply. But we also understand that there are hundreds of thousands […]

Multi-Player News For The Wii

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

Nintendo and GameSpy have announced that they have formed a partnership to provide online gaming for the Wii videogame system.
Gamespy has developed features for the online gaming experience such as friend rosters, matchmaking capabilities, and a data which provides rankings of the gamers who are playing online.
“This partnership will expand our wireless community of players […]

High School Musical

Monday, March 12th, 2007

A dancing game called High School Musical will be released for both the Wii and the DS.
For the Wii version, the songs will be based on the two movies of High School Musical and gamers can sing as a solo performance or a duet with somebody.
The DS version is very different from the Wii version. […]

Metro3D’s Upcoming Wii Games For Europe

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

VGGen has released a news that Metro3D will port 13 last-generation games to the Nintendo Wii. The titles are:
-Action Girlz Racing
-Hamster Heroes
-Monster Trucks
-Anubis II
-NinjaBread Man
-Myth Makers: Trixie in Toyland
-Mini Desktop Racing
-Billy the Wizard
-London Taxi: Rushour
-Myth Makers Orbs of Doom
-Myth Makers Super Kart GP
-Earache Extreme Metal Racing
-Rock N Roll Adventrues
All of the games that were listed […]

Wii Sales Update

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

The Nintendo Wii took 68% of all the videogame systems that was sold in Japan according to a market research group called NDP.
In the month of January in North America, it sold approximately 436,000 units while its competitor, the Xbox 360 and Sony’s Playstation 3, only sold 294,000 and 244,000 units respectively.
Yoshiyuki Kinoshita of ML.com […]

Warp Zone

Monday, February 26th, 2007

The Virtual Console in UK Nintendo Wii systems contains a warp zone which contains data such as biographies on Nintendo characters. The first character that is available to be viewed is none other than Nintendo’s pink ballon-shaped morphing character known as Kirby.
There are unconfirmed reports that this secret hotspot, found in the front page of […]

Opinion of God Of War 2’s Creator About The Wii

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Corey Barlog, the creator of the upcoming Playstation 2 and Xbox 360 game, God of War 2, released his opinion about the Wii after his development team gave him Nintendo’s newest console as a gift.
He said that it was “pretty damn sweet.” He also said that “the wow factor wore off fairly quick.”
Barlog played two […]

New Systems For Virtual Console

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

Nintendo has added support for two classic systems on the Virtual Console of the Wii. The systems are MSX and Neo Geo.
So far, the news that was released shows that only Wii systems in Japan will have this capability and it will start in Spring of 2007.
Two MSX games titled Eggy and Aleste will be […]

Four New Virtual Console Games

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

Nintendo has released four new classic games for the Wii’s Virtual Console. They are Donkey Kong Country, Legend of Kage, New Adventure Island, and Streets of Rage. Each game is based on a different console system.
The first game, Donkey Kong Country which is sometimes abbreviated as DKC, is a platform game where the player controls […]

Virtual Console Games For Europe

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

An announcement has been released by Nintendo and they said that classic games that were previously exclusive to NTSC format may be released in Europe as Virtual Console games for the Wii.
According to a conversation with Eurogamer, Nintendo said “There is always the potential for games that haven’t seen the light of day in Europe […]