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AP's weekly Video Game Video looks at how the Nintendo Wii is getting more precise. The Wii MotionPlus add-on coming June 8 juices those motion ... video.aol.com

By Brian Warmoth Shigeru Miyamoto said he wants to see a Zelda unveiling at E3 in 2010, and new comments from another Nintendo decision-maker indicate that those plans are still in motion. What's more interesting, though, is that in addition to adding MotionPlus support, producer Eiji Aonuma expects to...

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By hattrick “Our hope was that Red Steel 2 would have launched in this holiday season. That’s a title that we had always looked at to be a key part of the strategy to drive the installed base of Wii MotionPlus. Having said that, even without the benefit of that launch, we’ve sold over four million at this poi...

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By Richard Mitchell Best of all, the charger has no actual contacts, so you just have to pop the remote into the cradle to start charging, no connection required. It's even licensed by Nintendo. The only problem: Thus far it has only been announced for Japan. Until Sanyo decides to offer it elsewhere, savvy impor...

By The News Team “The reality is that we started Wii development in 2008, but before that we were a PC, PS3, and 360 title. It’s burned in my brain - Graham Hopper [Disney Interactive boss] pulled me into my office one day and said ‘What does it take to deliver on the goals we have for this product? And I said, wel...

Wii Sports Resort had a lot riding on its shoulders, not only was it the follow-up to the best selling game of all time Wii Sports, but it was the first of Nintendo’s titles to showcase the highly anticipated Wii MotionPlus accessory. Having seen the incredible precision introduced in firs...

Posted in Nintendo, Wii Tagged: bundles, gamestation, wii bundles, wii sports resort Boxart images from UK gaming emporium GameStation confirm Wii consoles will be bundled in Europe with Wii MotionPlus and a copy of the fantastic Wii Sports Resort. Source Posted in Nintendo, Wii Tagge...

By TonyMiller Nintendo News: Limited-Edition Wii Sports Resort Bundle Features Two Wii MotionPlus Accessories REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Wii Sports Resort™ is all about getting multiple people involved in friendly sporting competitions. Starting Oct. 12, consumers will have even more ince...

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Nintendo has announced a new bundle for Wii Sports Resort. A new limited edition Wii Sports Resort bundle will include two Wii MotionPlus accessories. Wii Sports Resort is currently available for $49.99 with one Wii MotionPlus accessory. In this new bundle, available starting October 12t...

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By Andrew Clark Just as Wii Sports served as an introduction to the Wii, Wii Sports Resort serves as an introduction to Wii MotionPlus. Nintendo constructed a game full of several sport-themed mini games, all aimed at teaching and showing off what Nintendo’s newest peripheral can do. Wii MotionPlus is a p...

By Tracey John NEW YORK — “Any number of factors” could contribute to the slowing sales of Wii, said a Nintendo executive on Thursday. The company is hoping that the launch of the Wii MotionPlus controller will energize the market. Review: Wii Sports Resort, Master of the MinigameVirtual Consolation Pr...

By Chris Kohler Wii Sports, packed in with Wii, is the best-selling videogame of all time. Wii Sports Resort is its sequel, packaged with and requiring the use of Wii MotionPlus, a small adapter that plugs into the Wii controller and adds the ability to detect linear motion, not just rotation. 50, Nintendo

By Ross Miller Even from the earliest days of leaked hardware shots and blurry demo videos of its UI, smartphone fans seemed to agree that the company had finally achieved what has been missing in the world of Android. Sure, EA and Sega already have MotionPlus offerings on the market, but everyone knows t...

By Andrew Yoon Nintendo converted Times Square into a tropical island getaway for a day to celebrate this coming Sunday's launch of Wii Sports Resort, the first sequel to Nintendo's flagship Wii title. We had a chance to chat with Bill Trinen, product marketing manager for Nintendo of America, while ov...

By RawmeatCowboy Full review here (thanks Thom!) A portion of an ArsTechnica review… The Good * Many of the games show off what the MotionPlus can do * Strong sense of play and exploration of the island shows the new controls * Fun when played with others, many events allow one controller to be [...]

Editor's Grovelling Introduction: With Wii Sports Resort due out this coming Friday, many of you have made it clear that you felt our review should have spent more time describing the specific way that the Wii MotionPlus is put to use. Our reviewer, Christian Donlan, did what I asked him to...

By Chris Schilling Wii Sports Resort represents a difficult balancing act - it’s a game which has to sell MotionPlus to the masses, convince the core gamer of both its value as a peripheral in its own right and its potential for future titles - especially in the wake of Natal and Sony’s new motion wand - and to he...

The Nintendo Experience store at EB Games Swanston street are putting on a party for the July 22nd launch of the much-anticipated MotionPlus enabled sports compilation

By RawmeatCowboy The addition of the Wii MotionPlus controller provides an incredibly realistic swing mechanic. That alone makes the purchase of Tiger Woods ‘10 for the Wii mandatory for anyone that has enjoyed previous versions but been frustrated by the lack of feel in the controller. You will not be dis...

By hey_suburbia Bozon and Matt would recommend Tiger Woods MotionPlus bundle over Wii Sports Resort, but if you’re not a golf fan you should buy Wii Sports Resort Predictions for The Conduit for the end of the year – 250K – 300K for Bozon, Matt agreed with it – Matt optimistically HOPING for above 500K – Prob...

By Doug Aamoth There are also real-time weather conditions pulled down from the Wii Forecast Channel. So for instance, yesterday (June 18th, 2009) it was raining like hell on the US Open, which was being played on the Bethpage Black Course in the New York area (play actually got suspended in real life).

By RawmeatCowboy This morning we received a tip-off from our colleagues at Eurogamer.de that they had encountered substantial differences in Wii MotionPlus performance on their Wii debug review kit and their retail Wii console. Obviously this set off alarm bells - Kristan Reed had reviewed Grand Slam Te...

By Chris Kohler Mario teams up with his old pal Yoshi once again in Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Wii. Image courtesy Nintendo See also: Q&A: Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto on Mario, Zelda, Project Natal and More Miyamoto Wants New Zelda Exclusive to MotionPlus

Ars reviews the title and concludes that, for once, the Nintendo Wii has the absolute best version of a sports title. By Ben Kuchera | Last updated June 10, 2009 10:09 PM CT The MotionPlus peripheral for the Nintendo Wii may have launched on the second ... IGN

By RawmeatCowboy Full review here A portion of an IGN review… Grand Slam Tennis is an impressive package on Wii, and one of the best tennis games I’ve ever played. This opening year of Wii MotionPlus support – and the fact that it’s the first time out the gate for this series – leaves a few odd experiences to be ha...

By RawmeatCowboy Wii MotionPlus Hardware Videos News EA Throws a Party With Boom Blox Bash Party for Wii WiiWare Drawing 2D Platformer EA Sports active Review A Glamorous Makeover Hits the Nintendo DS with I Love Beauty: Hollywood Makeover Features Screens MySims Racing Majora’s Mask Previews Reviews

Nintendo has told GameDaily that Wii MotionPlus will not work on older games, nor will a patch be released for WMP to work with Wii Fit. “The Wii MotionPlus accessory is only for games that are designed to make use of its abilities,” said Nintendo in a statement. The site originally theorized...

By JungleTramp Unfortunately, there’s no support for MotionPlus or the Wii Balance Board. As well as main events, there will be various mini-games to keep everyone happy. A varied sports collection for the whole family to enjoy, Deca Sports 2 is scheduled for a UK release later this year.

By hey_suburbia Matt thinks the game will be great Only thing they’re still lacking is online multiplayer mode (which is a debatable inclusion) Ton of WiiConnect24 support New physics Coming out in Spring Not doing Wii MotionPlus Tenchu Nintendo Minute C.O.R.E. Summary via Nintendo Everything]

Source Satoru Iwata has revealed to the Wall Street Journal that the Wii MotionPlus attachment will be extremely affordable. Iwata claimed that the manufacturing costs for the external device were “not that much” meaning Nintendo can make the device “very affordable” for avid gamers. S...

By Jason Chen Nintendo's President Iwata, the man who wants US customers to believe that there will be a Wii shortage this Christmas not caused by Nintendo themselves, has just said that they want the Wii MotionPlus to be as cheap as possible because it doesn't cost too much to manufacture. How cheap? Th...