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Rate The Wiire Podcast 157

Original at Revolution Report external link    Thu, Jan 21

This episode will be released in 2010, or when it's "perfect" Ian, Mike, Scott and Andrew bring you another fine edition of The Wiire Podcast! This week, we talk about a New Super Mario Bros. Wii tournament (that's for Japan only), Nintendo's abysmal Greenpeace ratings, an 86-year-old wh...

Rate Super Mario Bros Wii. Fastest Wii Title To Hit Three Million In Japan

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Jan 19

By Brian Ashcraft In its first seven weeks on sale, the game moved 3,002,753 units, making it the fastest title to hit the 3 million mark in Japan, surpassing mega-hit 3-million-selling Wii titles like Wii Sports and Wii Fit. 『New スーパーマリオブラザーズ Wii』が最速で300万本突破 - ファミ通.com [Famitsu]

Rate News: Mario Defeats Modern Warfare 2!

Original at N external link    Fri, Jan 15

1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) - 2,820,000 2. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) - 2,410,000 3. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) 1,790,000 6. Wii Play (Wii) - 1,010,000 7. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 936,100 9. Left 4 Dead 2 (Xbox 360) - 728,500 1. Wii - 3,810,000 2. Nintendo DS - 3,310,000 4. Xbox 360 - 1,310,000

January of 2010

 

Rate Nintendo Wii Buyer's Guide

Original at Examiner.com external link    Thu, Jan 7

Get a Nintendo Wii for the holidays, but have no idea where to start? You’ve got your standard connectors, one Wii Remote, one Wii Nunchuck, and Wii Sports. What exclusives, or Wii-enhanced titles, now? Accessorize One thing Nintendo’s...

Rate Seal Shield Announces World’s First Dishwasher Safe Wii Accessories

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Wed, Jan 6

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Seal Shield LLC today announced their new family of washable, antimicrobial, Wii game controller accessories. The company launched 4 different bundles for varied games including Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Wii Resort and Wii racing games. The kits have...

Rate Wii-Sports Resort Wins Family Game of the Year 2009

Original at Wired external link    Wed, Jan 6

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By Paul Govan The Family Gamer Awards are very different to the ESRB and PEGI ratings. Rather than trying to keep people away from the wrong games, they look to connect people with the games they will enjoy. The awards suggest the best games to suite each of their six age-groups (toddlers, juniors, studen...

Rate News: DS Is Europe's Best Selling Console

Original at N external link    Tue, Jan 5

The Wii front is also looking mightily healthy, with Nintendo announcing over 20 million units have been sold in the region since its launch back in late 2006. On the software side, Wii Sports: Resort now resides in around 5 million homes, New Super Mario Bros. has sold around 2.5 million unit...

December of 2009

 

Rate Final Fantasy XIII Versus The Competition, By The Numbers

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Dec 23    9 related articles

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By Michael McWhertor 11. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) 12. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii Dodoon to 2 Yome! (Wii) 14. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (DS) 16. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 20. Sengoku Musou 3 (Wii) 21. Tales of Graces (Wii) 24. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 28. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)

Rate Opinion: Best Buy holds new Wii game sale

Original at Punch Jump external link    Wed, Dec 23

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The company ranked four Wii titles in the top 10 software sales in Nov., including New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit Plus, ... Wii Sports Resort' triumphs in Wii chartDigital Spy 2009 In Review: The Year Of Nintendo?Kotaku Australia

Rate Top 10 science stories of 2009 -- #10: Wii-hab boosts Parkinson's treatments

Original at Examiner.com external link    Mon, Dec 21

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For four weeks, patients played the tennis, bowling, and boxing games in the Wii Sports package three times a week for an hour. At the beginning and end of ...

Rate cheapbuilder: Wii Sports Resort Video Review by GameSpot...

Original at Megatokyo News external link    Sat, Dec 19

cheapbuilder: Wii Sports Resort Video Review by GameSpot http://bit.ly/7GDw5s

Rate NPD's top 10 of 2009 (so far) topped by Modern Warfare 2

Original at GameSpot external link    Tue, Dec 15

Xbox 360 edition of Activision's megahit leads US list, followed by Wii Fit, Wii Sports Resort, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Play, Halo 3: ODST, Pokemon Platinum, PS3 MW2, Madden, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii. With only two weeks left in the year, the NPD Group has released its list of the top 10 best-s...

Rate IGN AU: Console Showdown 2009 - Part 1

Original at IGN external link    Thu, Dec 10

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And then there's Wii Sports Resort, one of the biggest Wii exclusives of the year, which didn't even make it into consideration, thanks to our 6.5 review ... and more »

Rate Used (Refurbished) Nintendo Wii appears at GameYeeeah's website priced...

Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung) external link    Wed, Dec 2

Review it at http://www.gameyeeeah.com/used-nintendo-wii-refurbished-p-1895.html Anyway, check out the features of Nintendo Wii again: - Includes Wii Sports, an exciting sports game that will get you off the couch and onto the tennis court, baseball field, golf course, bowling all...

November of 2009

 

Rate Wii Fit Plus an exercise in fun (guest review)

Original at San Jose Mercury News external link    Thu, Nov 19

The rest of the games I've seen before in some iteration on Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and the original Wii Fit, such as bicycling, Segway riding, ... and more »

Rate Konami Kicks Bayonetta Off Top Of Japan's Game Charts

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Nov 12

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By Michael McWhertor 12. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) 14. Infamous (PS3) 15. Bayonetta (Xbox 360) 16. 3D Dot Game Heroes (PS3) 18. Dragon Quest IX (DS) 21. Gran Turismo (PSP) 22. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Xbox 360) 23. Rune Factory 2 (DS) 27. Stein's Gate (Xbox 360) 29. Love Plus (DS) 30. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)

Rate Nintendo Wii Review: Go Play City Sports - Blogcritics.org

Original at blogcritics.org external link    Mon, Nov 9

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Nintendo Wii Review: Go Play City Sports Lately we've been playing Wii Sports Resort quite a bit and it's a lot of fun. The controls are well thought out, the games are pretty straightforward to ... Wii Fit Plus rises to top of UK ChartCVG Online Wii Fit Plus muscles out chart opponentsVirgin.net

October of 2009

 

Rate Black Nintendo Wii bundle listed on Amazon UK for £164.99

Original at Engadget external link    Tue, Oct 27

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By Ross Miller That black Nintendo Wii bundle Nintendo is gifting to Europe on November 6th has found itself home amongst the Amazon UK listings. Recommended price is £179.99 but the online retailer is knocking off eight percent to make it an event £164.99 -- that's about $269 to the US gamers who still don'...

Rate Frankenreview: Dead Space Extraction

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Oct 5

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By Mike Fahey When a major Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 title makes the trip to the Nintendo Wii, you generally expect a watered-down version of the original game. Not so with Dead Space Extraction, which presents an entirely new chapter in the sci-fi survival horror experience, complimenting the origi...

Rate Dead Space Extraction Review: Frighteningly Good [Reviews]

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Oct 1

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By Stephen Totilo The game presents a model, like tennis in Wii Sports, of how to get a whole lot more out of a simplified user set-up. I can imagine some gamers — and some potential gamers — who wouldn't have the skills to have a fun time in the original Dead Space. They'd have ample skill to get through Extraction...

Year 2009

 

Rate Review: NHL 2K10 Brings Hockey Realism to The Wii

Original at Wired external link    Sun, Sep 27

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By Brad Moon Aidan and Jon had been happily playing for an hour or so before I wandered down to the playroom to take one of them on. Not wanting to get thoroughly thrashed, I flipped open the instruction booklet first and had to do a double-take. 2K supports such a wide range of controller options (Wii Remot...

Rate Beachside Frisbee Fun Comes to the Living Room

Original at Wired external link    Wed, Sep 2

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By Paul Govan Although Wii-Sports Resort Frisbee appears to be something of a novelty, graduating from the beach to the fairway is a revelation. Frisbee Golf not only provides a whole new sport, but can be played on two full eighteen hole courses.

Rate The Ten Most Avidly-Played Wii Games In America (As Of August 1) [Wii]

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Aug 6    2 related articles

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By Stephen Totilo Where's all this from? (AKA an explanation of the above chart for stat junkies only): In a move somewhat surprising for the generally secretive company, Nintendo makes all of this data public. Any Wii owner can download the Nintendo Channel to their Wii and begin browsing for games. Any gam...

Rate Frankenreview: Wii Sports Resort [Round Up]

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Jul 30

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By Mike Fahey With a dozen sports and a total of two dozen ways to play them, Wii Sports Resort packs in the play with mostly fun games. You'd think that Wii Sports and Wii Play would have exhausted the minigame catalog for the Wii, but these mostly new games are a worthwhile addition to anyone's Wii. Even wit...

Rate Review: Wii Sports Resort Is Loads of Fun, to Be Precise

Original at Wired external link    Sun, Jul 26

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By Matt Blum It’s all right to admit it: You’ve had fun playing Wii Sports. The simple repetitive play is way more enjoyable than you’d ever expect it to be, particularly if you’re playing it with kids. The new Wii Sports Resort has a similar feel, only with more sports, better graphics and long-term play...

Rate Wii Sports Resort Review: More Motion in the Ocean [Review]

Original at Kotaku external link    Sun, Jul 26

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By Brian Crecente First there was Wii Sports and then came Wii Play, which sweetened the deal with a free remote. Now we have Wii Sports Resort which comes with a whole new technology and a chance to play Swordplay, Wakeboarding, Archery, Frisbee, Basketball, Power Cruising, Cycling Golf, Table Tennis, Bo...

Rate 33 Months Of Motion Control, The Wii's Hidden Struggle [Opinion]Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Kotaku external link    Sat, Jul 18

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By Stephen Totilo If the lack of games doing great things with motion control was one sign of trouble for the Motion Control Revolution, another was last summer's revelation that Nintendo was building a gadget that would enhance/repair/improve the Remote's motion-sensitivity. Bundled with copies of n...

Rate Kotaku Originals: The Beer Frame [Original]

Original at Kotaku external link    Sat, Jun 27

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By Owen Good When Robot Chicken Meets Video Games Father Knows Best: The Best and Worst Fathers in Video Games Nintendo How Much Of New Mario Vs. DK Is Actually New The Little Things Noticed At Our Nintendo Demos Fifty-Seven Flights Up With New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Rate Wii Sports Resort Preview: Motion Game Of The Year? [Preview]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Jun 23

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By Stephen Totilo Away from the chaos of E3, we've gotten a chance to swing a MotionPlus-appended Wii Remote to control Wii Sports Resort, the showcase game for Nintendo's latest controller add-on. Yes, the chaos of the big show was absent, but present were guys from Nintendo.

Rate Let's Catch Review

Original at IGN external link    Tue, Jun 16

 CA Admit it -- you've played a lot more Wii Sports Bowling than you have Boxing, or Baseball. Let's Catch strikes me as that same concept, applied to the WiiWare distribution model. It's a single, sport-based Wii Remote activity that would make perfect ...

Rate How To: Wii Sports 91 pin Knock-Over TutorialVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Mon, Mar 30

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By rss@youtube.com (sims2fan989) Author: sims2fan989 Keywords: wii sports 91 pin knock-over bowling tennis baseball Added: March 30, 2009

Rate How To: Marcus Fenix Mii CreationVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at it.truveo.com external link    Thu, Mar 5

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Here's a video that shows you how to make Gears of War star Marcus Fenix as a Mii for use in Wii Sports. Not mine. All you need to do is pause the ... it.truveo.com

Rate How to make Fat Albert on the WiiVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Feb 15

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By rss@youtube.com (masterofthewii25) This video shows you how to make fat albert on the wii!! :) Author: masterofthewii25 Keywords: Wii Sports Mii People How to make fat albert on the wii Added: February 15, 2009

Rate Opinion: Feature: Top Wii Racing Titles

Original at N external link    Sun, Jan 18

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takes a look at the best racers you can play on Wii... Classic titles, hours of gameplay! Written by Mark "Tapedeck" Lee Mario Kart Wii (Wii) Excite Truck (Wii) 1080 and 1080: Avalanche (Virtual Console and GameCube Titles) SSX3 (GameCube Title)

Rate The Nintendo Wii Games We're Most Excited For In 2009Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at MTV Games external link    Wed, Jan 7

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1. "Punch-Out!!" The Wii is getting a new "Punch-Out!!" this year. Nintendo hasn't updated this historic boxing series since the Super Nintendo sequel a decade ago. Now, no one expects Mike Tyson to be back for this one, but everyone knows that the Wii should be great for a boxing game. Conside...

Year 2008

 

Rate How To: Boing Boing Offworld's Monster Mii for your Wii

Original at Boing Boing external link    Thu, Dec 4

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By David Pescovitz Do you have a Nintendo Wii? Comic artist James Kochalka teamed up with Boing Boing Offworld to create a free series of Mii Monsters to customize games like Wii Sports and Wii Play. I'd love to see a slew of Kochalka's weirdos on the sidelines of Wii Sports. Seen here is Kzorx. Learn how to adopt th...

Rate Sega: Wii is most expensive board game on Earth

Original at Qj.net external link    Fri, Nov 7

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By Isaac C. It will be interesting to see what Nintendo does with the Wii 2 - how they choose to combat Sony and Microsoft, because they've obviously won through with the input methodology, but where do they go next? The fact that we don't know, but Nintendo probably does, is why it's the biggest compan...

Rate Game Review: Active Life Outdoor Challenge - Fitness can be Fun!

Original at Wired News external link    Wed, Oct 15

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By Paul Govan The game is split into a multiplayer adventure mode that takes you through some preset activities, and single player events that focus more on exercise and times then direct competition. As you work your way through the adventure modes you unlock additional activities in the single play...

Rate How To: Star Wars Force Unleashed for Wii: First impression

Original at zia (Blogspot) external link    Fri, Oct 3

By Zia The graphics are great, considering one has been playing Wii Sports and Wii Fit for the last 3 months! The tutorial mode is excellent, showing you all the moves step-by step. The duel mode (2 players) initially allows only 3 characters ...

Rate Wii Review: Mario Super Sluggers

Original at Ripten Video Game external link    Fri, Sep 26

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By Rangebar Merani Mario Super Sluggers is a perfect fit for the Nintendo Wii with fun arcade-style gameplay, colorful and interactive environments, and simple toss-and-swing motion controls, Sluggers has all the makings of a typical Mario sports game.

Rate How To: Why Tutorials Need to Go

Original at Malstrom's Articles external link    Thu, Jul 10

By seanmalstrom Visual Clues (Wii Sports doesn’t use a tutorial. Instead, when a Mii is used the first time or a guest, it uses visual aids to show how to use the controller. When someone drops the bowling ball, it shows a little animation of a stick ...

Rate Nintendo Announces Upcoming Wii and DS Games 'Wario Land: Shake It', 'Kirby Super Star Ultra', more

Original at Gaming Bits external link    Tue, Jun 24

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Beating a couple of E3 announcements, today Nintendo revealed a few upcoming games to the Wii and DS gaming systems. Wario gets a new game on the Wii, while Kirby returns to the Nintendo DS. Here's the details from Nintendo: See screenshots for Mario Super Sluggers here.

Rate Japan Sales: Link Enters the Fray

Original at Wired external link    Fri, May 9

By Jean Snow 01./01. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 173,000 / 1,120,00002./02. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) - 102,000 / 1,909,00003./00. [WII] Link's Crossbow Training (Nintendo) - 93,000 / NEW04./06. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 52,000 / 1,986,00005./04. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS: Seven...

Rate Opinion: Mom and the Wii: A Love Story

Original at Wired external link    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...

Rate First Look Preview: Hands-on with Summer Sports: Paradise Island for Wii

Original at Geek.com external link    Wed, Mar 19

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By James All told, this should be a great party game. Even if this were a final build it would seem to be in good shape; it’s kind of exciting that the game should actually improve. In looking to recreate the Wii Sports experience, I’d say it certainly does. But it so far surpasses that game that you could s...

Year 2007

 

Rate Opinion: Digs Wii, Xbox 360 "Collecting Dust," No PS3

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Oct 29

The Wii's real innovation has less to do with the Wiimote than the ideas and concepts behind it. It has made everyone stop and think about what you 'need' in order to have a succesful platform. Nintendo's focus is very different than MS and Sony, they look at a game console as a way to sell softwa...

Rate Nintendo Wii Review: Mario Strikers Charged

Original at Blogcritics external link    Mon, Aug 6

By Brian Szabelski The fact that the Wii has been getting so many ports has been a sore spot for many Wii owners, even though games like Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Battalion Wars 2, Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros. Brawl are set to come out in the next few months. However, not every port is cause for conce...

Rate Nintendo Wii Review: SSX Blur

Original at Blogcritics external link    Mon, Mar 26

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By Matt Paprocki The trick system is the second victim, this succumbing to the Wii Remote. Flailing the controller in the air is enough to produce results, eliminating the need to focus on what tricks you’re doing to keep things fresh. In its PS2 incarnations, the four shoulder buttons were combined in a man...

Rate Nintendo Wii Review: SSX Blur

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sun, Mar 18

By Brian Szabelski As the premier snowboarding series in video games, EA's SSX franchise is known for massive air, unique characters, and a fun presentation. The newest game in line is SSX Blur for the Nintendo Wii, and while it's not perfect, it's a fun ride.

Rate Wii Review: Tiger Woods 07

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sun, Mar 18

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By Matt Paprocki The obvious draw here is the control scheme. It’s obvious the development team have finely tuned the simplicity while keeping the features intact. The basics are as expected. Hold Wii Remote like a golf club, hold B, perform a backswing, and then swing forward. Assuming all goes well, the bal...

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