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| Americans, time to warm up for Nintendo's Wii Fit
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| Despite just being released in December, Wii Fit already has sold 1.76 million copies in Japan and is the best-selling game of the year ending March 31.
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April 16, 2008 |
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| Average Wii Player is Age 29, Nintendo Says
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| New demographic data reveals Wii owners as core gamers, not focused on Wii sports, and buying lots of games.
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December 16, 2007 |
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| BBC to launch iPlayer for Wii
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| The BBC is set to launch a version of its popular streaming iPlayer catch-up service for Nintendo Wii owners in the UK today.
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April 9, 2008 |
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| Cigarette ash proves a drag for Nintendo's Wii
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| Everyone knows smoking's bad for you, but, until now, we didn't know if it is also detrimental to the health of games consoles. Well, it is - Nintendo's claiming that a build-up of tobacco is partly to blame for a recent spate of complaints about the quality of gameplay during the Wii video game Super Smash Bros Brawl (SSBB).
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February 4, 2008 |
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| showcases the latest computer software and hardware, games and multimedia products here. Join the buyers club, check out news-related features and reviews, or visit the cafe for a gamer's paradise.
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| GameStop to offer rainchecks for Wii consoles
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| While it might not be as good as actually getting a Wii for Christmas, Nintendo and GameStop have joined forces to help consumers get their hand on one...eventually.
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December 17, 2007 |
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| Hands On with the Nintendo Wii Zapper
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| Though we've had the Japanese Wii Zapper in the office for quite a while, we've been waiting to receive the U.S. one in the hopes that it would be...well...better, somehow.
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December 11, 2007 |
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| Microsoft, Sony Try to Catch Up With Nintendo in 'Casual' Games
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| Legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto knows when his grand vision of video games for the masses has arrived.
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July 16, 2007 |
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| New gadgets take swing at Wii
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| Nintendo Corp.'s Wii game console is a breakout hit in large part because users control the play by waving around a motion-sensing wireless controller.
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January 10, 2008 |
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| Nintendo Announces WiiWare
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| Well, N'Gai called it. This morning, Nintendo official announced WiiWare, which allows developers to create downloadable titles especially for the Wii.
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June 27, 2007 |
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| Nintendo Channel Stealth-Launches, Sends Your Info to Nintendo
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| The Nintendo Channel, an online service for Wii that informs consumers about upcoming titles, launched Wednesday in the United States and is now available in the Wii Shop channel.
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May 7, 2008 |
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| Nintendo Channel Expands
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| Nintendo Wiis began pulsating blue on Wednesday, alerting gamers to the availability of the Nintendo Channel, which supports DS downloads, game trailers, and user ratings among other things.
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May 8, 2008 |
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| Nintendo confirms Wii DVD support coming
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| Any gamers hoping to cosy-up on the sofa this Christmas and watch films with their Wii are set to be disappointed.
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November 9, 2007 |
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| Nintendo creates online catwalk for Wii Miis
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| Nintendo has launched a Wii channel for fanboys - and girls - that lets them post their Mii avatars online and have other users praise or pillory them.
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November 13, 2007 |
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| Nintendo kills Wii ads due to console shortage
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| Nintendo is replacing a series of ads for its Wii console this Christmas, despite the games machine being the subject of the most searched for term on eBay.
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December 10, 2007 |
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| Nintendo Launches WiiWare for Game Downloads
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| Building on the success of its Wii game console, Nintendo has launched WiiWare, a software service for games. Wii owners who have their machines hooked up to an Internet connection will be able to download games from both large developers and small shops.
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May 13, 2008 |
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| Nintendo Launching 'Wii Fit' in Japan for Holidays
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| The device is bundled with a game called Wii Fit, which allows the user to perform a variety of fitness activities, including aerobics, yoga, skiing, and others which require a good sense of balance.
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October 10, 2007 |
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| Nintendo Lays Out '08, Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii Vaguely Dated
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| It appears there is life after Advance Wars: Days of Ruin, shipping next week to the squealing delight of Kotaku associate editors. Proving 2008 isn't all downhill from there, Nintendo of America today released a rough schedule of its software plan for the first half of this year for both the Nintendo DS and Wii, providing release windows for the announced-at-E3 '07 duo Wii Fit (Q2) and Mario Kart Wii (Spring).
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January 17, 2008 |
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| Nintendo Leapfrogs Sony On Stock Charts
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| Nintendo has become the undisputed favorite of investors for a play on game consoles. Continuing a solid run over the past year, it surged past larger rival Sony on Monday in terms of market capitalization, moving into the top 10 among Japanese companies.
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June 24, 2007 |
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| Nintendo launches face training game
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| Nintendo's creative department must be in overdrive as the Japanese console giant is poised to release software aimed at making users look younger.
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July 6, 2007 |
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| Nintendo Patent Hints at Wii Portable
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| With the success of the Wii being primarily due to its motion sensing controls, it would seem pretty logical for Nintendo to try it out on their portable line up as well.
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August 6, 2007 |
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| Nintendo patent profers wacky Wii add-ons
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| A European patent application filed by Nintendo has reveals a raft of ways the console giant could extend the use of the Wii Remote, ranging from the strange to the downright ridiculous.
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February 6, 2008 |
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| Nintendo pushes back on Wii, DS price cuts
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| Nintendo said Friday it is confident in consumer demand for its two consoles, thus making a price cut unnecessary at least during 2008.
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April 25, 2008 |
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| Nintendo readies Wii game-making tool for all
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| Nintendo is to follow Microsoft's lead and offer a downloadable games programming package for its latest games console.
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June 28, 2007 |
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| Nintendo Responds to Smash Bros. Brawl Glitch
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| Nintendo says errors encountered by some Wii owners playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl are linked to dirty DVD drive lenses.
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March 12, 2008 |
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| Nintendo Says It's Not Limiting Wii Supply
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| Nintendo denies rumors that the company is limiting the supply of Wii units worldwide.
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November 27, 2007 |
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| Nintendo says no to Wii price cuts
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| Don’t hold your breath waiting for the price of the Wii or the DS to come down this year, because Nintendo’s President has stated that the console pioneer has no plans to reduce the prices of either machine in 2008.
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April 28, 2008 |
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| Nintendo sounds Wii-free Xmas warning
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| If you're hoping for a Wii from Santa's sack this Christmas, don't get your hopes up, Nintendo has said. The console company today warned that there could be a worldwide shortage of its console this holiday season.
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November 14, 2007 |
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| Nintendo to End Support for Original NES
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| A spokesperson said that the company has decided to end support due to increasingly short supplies of replacement parts.
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November 2, 2007 |
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| Nintendo to let Wii gamers go for their guns
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| With a look that's a little reminiscent of the Austrian Steyr Aug 9mm assault rifle, Nintendo's Wii Zapper is set to help gamers dive into the melee, lock 'n' load, lay down suppressing fire and, it's hoped... survive.
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July 12, 2007 |
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| Nintendo Tests Interactive Fan Network at Baseball Games
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| Ballpark essentials: hot dogs, peanuts, a well-worn glove and ... Nintendo's portable gaming device? The Redmond, Wash.-based company is making a pitch to turn its portable DS Lite into a baseball staple, bringing interactive technology to fans through a pilot program being tested this season at the Mariners' Safeco Field.
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July 9, 2007 |
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| Nintendo Unveils Face Training Game for DS
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| Nintendo DS players in Japan can now exercise their facial muscles to have nicer smiles and livelier expressions.
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August 8, 2007 |
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| Nintendo Unveils Game Lineup for Wii and DS
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| Nintendo plans at least 65 new Wii games and 80 new DS games by June, including Crosswords for DS and Mario Kart Wii.
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January 16, 2008 |
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| Nintendo Unveils New Wii Channel
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| According to Wired News, the Nintendo Channel will be available as a free download starting in mid-May.
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April 27, 2008 |
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| Nintendo updates Wii
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| Nintendo has announced several changes to the Wii games console's Internet Channel, urging gamers to become more web-savvy with their Wii.
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October 12, 2007 |
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| Nintendo Valued at $85 Billion USD
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| Nintendo's diminutive, modestly-powered gaming machines have helped make it the third most valuable company in Japan, behind Toyota Motor Corp and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group - Japan's biggest bank.
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October 15, 2007 |
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| Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection:
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| The groundbreaking (and free!) wireless gaming network.
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| Nintendo Wii Dresses Up for Hallo-Wiin
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| Nintendo Wii's digital download list this week celebrates Halloween in a spooky way.
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October 29, 2007 |
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| Nintendo Wii Firmware Update Supports USB Keyboards
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| Nintendo has updated its Wii console to support USB keyboards for Internet surfing.
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October 11, 2007 |
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,| Nintendo Wii hack opens door to homebrew games
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| Security researchers have hacked into a Nintendo Wii game console to run their own code in a move that makes it far easier to develop homebrew games for the popular gaming device.
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December 31, 2007 |
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| Nintendo Wii like a virus, games boss sniffs
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| The President of videogame developer Epic Games has compared Nintendo's Wii console to a "virus", despite having bought one himself.
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April 22, 2008 |
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| Nintendo Wii Outsells All Other Game Consoles
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| The Financial Times reports that the Wii has surpassed Microsoft's Xbox 360 in global sales. It's the first time in 17 years -- during the dominate 16 bit days of the SNES -- that Nintendo sits at the top spot of the console market.
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September 12, 2007 |
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| Nintendo Wii set to beat MS' 17.7m all-time Xbox 360 sales tally
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| Microsoft has sold 17.7m Xbox 360 games consoles since the machine was introduced in late 2005, 4.3m of them since the beginning of October 2007, the company claimed yesterday.
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January 4, 2008 |
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| Nintendo Wii Shortages Causing Problems of the Season
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| If you are having a hard time finding your Nintendo Wii for the holidays, you are not alone.
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December 21, 2007 |
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| Nintendo Wii Still Leading the Pack
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| Nintendo's Wii sales have done well in out-pacing the Microsoft Xbox 360 and also the Sony PlayStation 3 but now the Sony PlayStation 2 record isn't safe.
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July 17, 2007 |
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| Nintendo Wii to hackers: 'Go Play!'
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| The Nintendo Wii is an astonishing computer, the console for people who don’t play games, nestling next to the TV like a family pet and encouraging those who would normally sneer at a PlayStation to wave their arms around in order to play virtual tennis.
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March 8, 2008 |
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| Nintendo Wii Turns One
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| Nintendo's Wii, only a year old, has already managed to outsell the older Microsoft Xbox 360.
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November 20, 2007 |
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| Nintendo Wiihabilitation
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| A dodgy wrist strap was haunting Nintendo in a big way, p2pnet posted just before Christmas in 2006.
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February 11, 2008 |
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| Nintendo yanks Mario Party 8 - offensive language to blame?
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| Nintendo has pulled its new Wii console game Mario Party 8 from UK shops just days after its release and during a massive TV advertising campaign for the title.
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July 17, 2007 |
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| Nintendo: DVD-Playing Wii Delayed, But Still Coming
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| Remember when Nintendo said that a version of the Wii hardware with DVD video playback was coming in the latter half of 2007? Well, that sure didn't happen.
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November 8, 2007 |
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| Nintendo: Revised Wii "Not out of the Question"
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| Nintendo vice president of marketing George Harrison confirmed on Monday that an upgraded Wii may arrive, though not for a while.
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August 29, 2007 |
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| Nintendo: Wii shortages are hurting our business
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| Just days after it revealed its raincheck plan for its Wii console, Nintendo came clean about recent supply shortages causing the company a lot of trouble.
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December 18, 2007 |
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| Nintendo's Bizarre Wii Patents
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| Companies file patents for a number of reasons. The obvious one is to protect great ideas from being copied before they can be produced and put it up for sale. Another tactic, often just as necessary, is to block people from sullying your product by creating questionable ideas for it and putting them up for sale.
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February 5, 2008 |
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| Nintendo's Wii Is the Best Product Ever
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| Nintendo hits a home run while Sony gets caught looking with the execrable PS3.
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June 21, 2007 |
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| Nintendo's Wii Outsells Sony's PlayStation 3 Five-to-One in Japan
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| Sony took another blow with Nintendo Co.'s Wii game console outselling its PlayStation 3 by more than five to one in Japan last month, raising doubts over Sony's nascent earnings recovery.
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June 6, 2007 |
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| Nintendo's Wii Pay & Play Charges For Premium Online Content
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| Nintendo, the current third-place for online console gaming features, just announced Wii Pay & Play. What this means exactly is still fairly vague, but Nintendo says they will collect "fees for some services [that] will allow us to adapt flexibly.
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February 22, 2008 |
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| PS3 Crawls to 1M Sales in Japan
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| Some six months after Nintendo's popular Wii, Sony's PlayStation 3 game console sales hit the one million mark in Japan.
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July 19, 2007 |
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| PS3 won't beat Wii until 2011, forecasts analyst
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| This year will see another gruelling sales showdown between the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 as they battle it for hardcore gamers' cash. However, the PS3 is eventually expected to become the dominant console.
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February 15, 2008 |
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| Sanyo's Eneloop Battery Gets a Boost From Wii
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| Shipments of Sanyo's Eneloop will soon hit 30 million thanks in part to the popularity of Nintendo's Wii games console.
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July 20, 2007 |
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| Seven Months Later, Wii Demand Still Outpaces Supply
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| By 9 a.m., the line outside Manhattan's Nintendo World store was snaking down the block.
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July 2, 2007 |
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| Third-Party Wii Games Are Hurting
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| Wii games from third parties aren't selling, despite the console's popularity, developer says.
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January 19, 2008 |
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| Wii continues video game dominance in December
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| The Wii continued to lead video game console sales in December, but the Xbox 360 wasn't far behind. Also, the PS3 showed significant improvement.
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January 18, 2008 |
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| Wii Fit to hit UK in April
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| Make a note in your diary and start limbering up, because Nintendo has finally revealed that both the Wii Fit and Mario Kart video games will hit the UK in April.
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February 20, 2008 |
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| Wii Fit Update may Arrive Online
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| Nintendo might consider plans to update the Wii Fit channel with nutritional data by way of a download. The additional functionality, not launching with software on May 19, would then be used to further slim fatty gamers.
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April 20, 2008 |
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| Wii Leads Jump in Japan's Game Market
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| Console sales grow 13.4 percent in 2007, led by the cheaper Wii.
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March 27, 2008 |
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| Wii May Be Difficult to Buy This Holiday Season
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| Nintendo promised that some 100 new games for the Wii, known for its motion-sensitive controller which can be swung like a bat or brandished like a sword, will debut by the end of the year.
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July 12, 2007 |
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| Wii propels Nintendo sales to record heights
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| The phenomenal success of Nintendo's Wii games console has helped the Japanese manufacturer to double its profits during the six months to the end of September.
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October 25, 2007 |
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| Wii Officially Hacked?
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| Wii modchips have been around since the start of the year in one form or another, but some folks at the 24th Annual Chaos Communication Congress just demoed a new Wii hack that lets them have full access to the console, including all the hardware.
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December 28, 2007 |
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| Wii regains US next-gen console arena leadership
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| Microsoft's Xbox 360, having enjoyed enhanced demand on the back of Halo 3, last month fell back behind Nintendo's Wii in the US monthly sales charts.
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November 19, 2007 |
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| Wii to see Downloadable DS Content
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| Nintendo Wii owners in the U.S. are soon to see DS games on their Wii.
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January 2, 2008 |
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| WiiWare launches with six confirmed titles
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| Wii DVD slots across North America glowed blue this morning heralding the official launch of six WiiWare titles.
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May 12, 2008 |
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