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Nintendo's Unusual 2009 Wii Strategy: Publishing The Oldies [Wii]
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Sep 14
By Stephen Totilo Nintendo-Published Wii Games In 2008 Endless Ocean (new game) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (new game) Mario Kart Wii (new game) Wii Fit (new game) Mario Super Sluggers (new game) Wario Land: Shake It (new game) Wii Music (new game) Animal Crossing: City Folk (new game)
Gaming Before Chemo, A Child's Escape [Feature]
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Aug 10
By Owen Good We just hear the happiness," Joe's mom, Susan, 47, says as Joe and his 10-year-old brother, Will, tear through Lego Star Wars and Mario Kart on the GameCube. "It's a chance to have peace of mind, and for the little guy, it takes away, maybe, that knowledge of the poison going through him."
How Many Hours People Play Nintendo's Wii Games (Sorry, Donkey Kong) [Nintendo]
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Jul 3
By Stephen Totilo Super Smash Bros. Brawl (March 2008) — 68 hours, 51 minutes Wii Sports (November 2006) — 35 hours, 47 minutes Mario Kart Wii (April 2008) – 31 hours, 40 minutes Super Mario Galaxy (November 2007) — 27 hours, 37 minutes Wii Music (October 2008) — 9 hours, 17 minutes
Wii Sports Resort Is The Third Best Selling Wii Title [Only In Japan]
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Jun 30
By Brian Ashcraft The game launched on June 25, and in its first four days, the title moved 353,827 copies. Sales-wise for the first four days, that puts Wii Sports Resort behind Mario Kart Wii (608,000) and Super Smash Bros. Brawl (816,000). Wii用ソフト歴代3位のスタート! 『Wii Sports Resort』国内販売本数35万本を突破−−エンターブレイン...
Wii Fit Plus
Original at Gaming Target
• Mon, Jun 15
PA When Nintendo introduced Wii Fit in May of 2008, its $90 price tag caused me to put it on the second tier of my wish list. I had just bought Mario Kart Wii and Super Smash Bros. Brawl in the weeks prior to its release and who knew if a balance board ...
Analysis: The US Game Industry - How Bad Is It?
Original at Gamasutra
• Mon, Jun 15
G4 TV CA Then look at the software slate that accompanied that growth of the hardware base: Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2.7 million in March 2008), Grand Theft Auto IV (2.9 million in April 2008), and Mario Kart Wii (1.1 million in April 2008). ... Reindeer games WA today all 31 news articles
Never too old to play
Original at WA today
• Sun, Jun 14
Australia The biggest-selling game in Australia this year was the personal fitness trainer Wii Fit, demonstrating gaming's changing face. It outsold more traditional titles like racing game Mario Kart, fighter Super Smash Bros. Brawl and even violent blockbuster ...
Living up to the hype
Original at WA today
• Sun, Jun 14
Australia Wii Fit stayed at No.1 for 12weeks, becoming the biggest-selling game of 2008. Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart were also popular among the growing legion of Wii owners in 2008, and other high-quality titles included Lost Winds, Zack & Wiki, ...
Analysts Expect Sales Of Videogames To Rebound Later This Year
Original at Wall Street Journal
• Fri, Jun 12
New Zealand Herald Last spring saw the release of the year's best-selling game titles, including Mario Kart, Wii Fit, Super Smash Bros.: Brawl, and Grand Theft Auto IV. The lack of popular games this spring has also crimped hardware sales, especially for the Wii. ...
New Super Mario Bros for Wii impressions
Original at Examiner.com
• Thu, Jun 4
• 5 related articles
When my family comes together for a holiday or birthday celebration, you can always find all of us kids gathered around playing Super Smash Bros Brawl or Mario Kart Wii. So it'll be no surprise when we add this to our gaming repertoire once it's ...
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E3 Media: New TMNT Smash Up Trailer and Details
Original at NintendoDS Advanced
• Fri, May 29
• 1 related articles
Michigan Deca Sports and Wii Sports, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing and Mario Kart Wii, and TMNT Smash-Up and Super Smash Bros. Brawl... I have no serious complaints, if that's the case, so long as the end product turns out well. Maybe it will encourage Nintendo ...
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Gaming fantasies, vol. 2
Original at Examiner.com
• Thu, May 21
Now the Wii has a WiFi system that is just begging for a large-scale MMO. Sure, Super Smash Bros. and Mario Kart are great to play online, but PSO would offer a type of online gaming that just doesn't exist on the Wii yet. Nintendo has always been very ...
Video games take a hit
Original at CNNMoney.com
• Tue, May 19
This time last year, big hits like "Grand Theft Auto IV," "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" and "Mario Kart Wii" had just been released. This year's highly anticipated releases are clustered around the fall. Those include the sequels "Assassin's Creed 2" and ...
Nintendo DSi Bucks Video-Game Sales Slip
Original at InformationWeek
• Fri, May 15
• 1 related articles
CD Freaks.com NY In addition, Nintendo released two huge new titles, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart. "April would have been a great month to release a big new game because there weren't a lot of high-profile new releases," NPD analyst Anita Frazier said in a ...
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NPD Numbers Show a Couple of Rises, a Lot of Drops, and Some Old ...
Original at NintendoDS Advanced
• Fri, May 15
• 6 related articles
Michigan It is important to remember that last April, Wii hardware sales were fueled by two huge new titles: Super Smash Bros Brawl and Mario Kart," Frazier said. "Taking that into account, Wii unit sales are still very strong and only followed the DS this ...
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Video Games: No Fun in April
Original at Seeking Alpha
• Fri, May 15
NY NPD said the big drop in Wii consoles in part reflects the introduction last April of two strong selling titles: Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart. Among the handhelds, Sony sold 116000 PSPs, down from 168000 in March, while Nintendo sold 1.04 ...
Nintendo is behind 56 per cent of US game sales
Original at Tech.co.uk
• Fri, May 15
• 1 related articles
UK It is important to remember that last April, Wii hardware sales were fueled by two huge new titles: Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart. Taking that into account, Wii unit sales are still very strong," said NPD analyst Anita Frazier in a statement. ...
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Wii Sports Passes SMB For #1 Best-Seller?
Original at Escapist Magazine
• Fri, May 8
NC Other whopping Nintendo sales numbers: Wii Play a hair shy of 23 million, Wii Fit at 18.2, Mario Kart Wii with 15.4 million, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl rounds out the top 5 with 8.43 million copies sold. On the DS front, Nintendogs leads the pack, ...
Hardcore Nintendo: why the Wii isn't just for casual gamers anymore
Original at PC World Magazine
• Tue, Apr 28
Despite starting out strong in 2008 with third-party darlings No More Heroes and Boom Blox, as well as self-published smash hits Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the company sputtered with less-than-warmly received fare like Wii ...
Nintendo, Capcom Win Big at Japan's Famitsu Awards
Original at I4U
• Sat, Apr 25
• 1 related articles
videogame tastes, Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G took home the Game of the Year prize, with publisher Capcom being named Company of the Year. Nintendo also fared well, with Wii Music, Mario Kart, and Super Smash Bros Brawl all winning awards.
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Famitsu Awards Name Kojima 'Person of the Year'
Original at Gamasutra
• Fri, Apr 24
• 1 related articles
CA Capcom won Company of the Year, as its massively popular (in Japan) Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G won both Game of the Year and Best Seller awards. Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Pokemon Platinum and Animal Crossing: City Folk also ...
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Wii Surpasses 8 Million Sold in Japan
Original at GameDAILY BIZ
• Wed, Apr 22
Wii Sports (which is not bundled with the Wii in Japan), has sold 3.48 million copies. The list is filled out by Wii Fit at 3.3 million, Wii Play at 2.67 million, Mario Kart Wii at 2.21 million and Super Smash Bros. Brawl with 1.78 million. Nintendo Wii hits 8 million in Japan, Sony says it only “owns clo...
Nintendo unleashes campaign to lure consumers online
Original at MCV
• Wed, Apr 22
UK According to New Media Age, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros and Pro Evolution Soccer are among the games highlighted by the Wii campaign as ideal for playing against friends online. The Get It Online campaign has taken over the main Nintendo website via a ...
MySims Racing Preview: It’s What Mario Kart Wii Should Be [Preview]
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Apr 13
By AJ Glasser What Is It? MySims Racing is a go kart game for the Wii and DS that supports four player versus (on single or multiple cards for DS). Players can use the Wiimote –Nunchuck control setup, sideways Wiimote, GameCube controller or Wii Wheel to play the game.
Entertainment Calendar: 4/12/2009
Original at Traverse City Record Eagle
• Sat, Apr 11
MI TADL BATL multi-game open play, 3-5:30 pm, all ages welcome, Guitar Hero, DDR, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Melee, Mario Kart, Madden, Custom Robo and Wii Sports; Traverse Area District Library, 610 Woodmere Ave., TC; 932-8500. ...
Video game market surviving downturn
Original at New Brunswick Business Journal
• Mon, Mar 23
Canada Nintendo Co. dominated the month, with five of the top 10 titles, including "Wii Fit,-Wii Play,-Wii Mario Kart,-Mario Kart DS" and "New Super Mario Bros." Console makers also enjoyed a strong month, reaping $532.7 million, up 11 percent from a year ago ...
Video game market surviving downturn
Original at New Brunswick Business Journal
• Mon, Mar 23
Canada Nintendo Co. dominated the month, with five of the top 10 titles, including "Wii Fit,-Wii Play,-Wii Mario Kart,-Mario Kart DS" and "New Super Mario Bros." Console makers also enjoyed a strong month, reaping $532.7 million, up 11 percent from a year ago ...
February's Top-Selling Games, Accessories By Platform
Original at Kotaku.com
• Mon, Mar 23
NY NEW SUPER MARIO BROS NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 16. CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR PS3 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD 2. WII WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA 3. WII MARIO KART W/WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA 9. WII SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL NINTENDO OF AMERICA 2. ...
February's Top-Selling Games, Accessories By Platform
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Mar 23
By Luke Plunkett 1. NDS MARIO KART DS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 2. NDS NEW SUPER MARIO BROS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 5. NDS SUPER MARIO 64 DS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 6. NDS FIRE EMBLEM: SHADOW DRAGON NINTENDO OF AMERICA 7. NDS MARIO PARTY NINTENDO OF AMERICA 8. NDS KIRBY SUPER STAR ULTRA NINTENDO OF AMERICA
Video game revenue jumps 9% in February
Original at Los Angeles Times
• Thu, Mar 19
Nintendo Co. dominated the month, with five of the top 10 titles including Wii Fit, Wii Play, Wii Mario Kart, Mario Kart DS and New Super Mario Bros. Activision Blizzard Inc., based in Santa Monica, took seventh place with its combat adventure game ...
Video game revenue jumps 9% in February
Original at Los Angeles Times
• Thu, Mar 19
Nintendo Co. dominated the month, with five of the top 10 titles including Wii Fit, Wii Play, Wii Mario Kart, Mario Kart DS and New Super Mario Bros. Activision Blizzard Inc., based in Santa Monica, took seventh place with its combat adventure game ...
Japan's Best Selling Games Of 2008 Are... [Only In Japan]
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Dec 30
By Michael McWhertor 01. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP) 02. Pokemon Platinum (DS) 03. Wii Fit (Wii) 04. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 05. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) 06. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) 07. Dragon Quest V (DS) 08. Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (DS) 09. Animal Crossing City Folk (Wii) 10. Wii Sports (Wii)
NERF Racing Wheel For Wii
Original at Gaming Bits
• Mon, Nov 10
The NERF Racing Wheel is slightly larger than Nintendo's Wii Wheel, which comes packed with Mario Kart Wii. At the side of the NERF Racing Wheel is an opening, which allows use of the Wii Remote's pointing function while inside. Having the functionality is mainly useful in the Wii system men...
Nintendo Wii 2008 Gift Guide
Original at Blogcritics
• Sat, Oct 11
By Tall Writer The revolutionary Nintendo Wii console expands its motion filled game catalog along with Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked, LEGO Batman, Wario Land: Shake It!, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit, Active Life Outdoor Challenge and SimCity Creator, which features a special helicopter or airplane tour wh...
MGS 4: The Big Boss Of Japanese Sales [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Jun 19
By Michael McWhertor 11. Wii Sports (Wii) 14. Family Trainer: Athletic World (Wii) 16. Wii Play (Wii) 17. Mario Kart (DS) 19. Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (DS) 22. Link's Crossbow Training (Wii) 24. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) 27. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 29. Battalion Wars 2 (Wii) 30. Pokémon Diamond (DS)
Dragon Ball Z Japanese Sales Are Over 90,000!! [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Jun 12
By Michael McWhertor 16. Wii Sports (Wii) 17. Boura wa Kaseki Holder (DS) 18. Wii Play (Wii) 19. Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (DS) 20. Link's Crossbow Training (Wii) 21. Mario Kart DS (DS) 23. 99 Tears (DS) 25. Battalion Wars 2 (Wii) 27. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) 30. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
Nintendo Responds To April NPD Sales, Seems Pleased
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, May 15
By Michael McWhertor Six of the top 10 games of the month are for Nintendo systems: Mario Kart Wii (No. 2), Wii Play™ (No. 4), Super Smash Bros.® Brawl (No. 5), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (No. 7), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (No. 8) and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (No. 9).
Review: Mario Kart Wii - Cinema Blend
Original at Cinema Blend
• Sun, May 4
Review: Mario Kart Wii - Oh, well, at least the game controls as nicely as you’d expect with the old-timey Gamecube controller, which worked wonders yet again in Super Smash Bros. ... Online play, new courses make 'Mario Kart Wii' a winner Poughkeepsie Journal
Opinion: Mom and the Wii: A Love Story
Original at Wired Blogs
• Tue, Apr 15
By Susan Arendt When people tell me that the Wii is destined to fail because of the disparity between first party and third party games, I am reminded of my mom, who has no idea who makes Super Smash Bros. or Mario Kart, and couldn't possibly care less. In fact, the only Nintendo game besides Wii Sports to spar...
The big link update!Original at Go Nintendo
• Sat, Apr 12
By RawmeatCowboy Mario Kart Wii unboxing Lego Indy to have more than 60 playable characters Pricey Japanese Girl DS Bling Nunchuk camera hack Mario Kart Wii review Mario Kart Wii, Wii Wheel impressions Nintendo 64 Hoshi no Kirby 64 (Nintendo) Guitar Hero: Aerosmith boxart
Giant List Time: Nintendo Unveils Wii, DS Lineups For First Half Of 2008
Original at Wired News
• Fri, Jan 25
By Chris Kohler Wii Fit, Mario Kart, and yes, more Pokemon. Wondering what you're going to be playing on your DS and Wii in the first half of this year? Wonder no longer. For they have just unceremoniously dumped upon us the complete... Wii (major stuff) Nintendo DS (major stuff) Wii Nintendo DS
WII-GAMES LIST: SUPER MARIO GALAXY IS IGN GOTY!!!Original at boardsus.playstation.com
• Tue, Nov 6
By Rowedahelicon Multiplayer History edit] Gameplay The official Mario Kart series was Super Mario Kart, the first in the Mario Kart series, Mario Kart 64, second in the Mario Kart series, Mario Kart: Double Dash for the Nintendo GameCube and Wii and now Mario Kart Wii. edit] Gameplay edit] Gameplay
Nintendo's Reggie On Stage in New York [Liveblogging]
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Nov 6
By Geoff Keighley 11:45 AM - Super Smash Bros Brawl comes on February 10th. The industry's first blockbuster title of 2008! 4 player Wifi multiplayer. Mario Kart will is coming next year too, including optional steering wheel controller. And Wii Fit/Wii Balance Board coming next year to US.
Nintendo's E3 Media Briefing: The RundownOriginal at eWeek
• Wed, Jul 11
By Gearlog Some other Wii details announced today included a December 3 release date for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a Wii version of Mario Kart early next year, to be bundled with a Wii wheel controller, and a November 12 release date for Mario galaxy. Reggie enthusiastically calls the latter "the first...