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Influential blogger offers favorable Wii buzz

Jason Kottke, popular “general” blogger has posted his first Wii impressions after playing the system at a friend’s house: “It’s fun. Really fun… I haven’t enjoyed a gaming system this much since a certain plumber and his green-clad brother… Now all I need to do is get my own.” The Wii is certainly getting tons of word-of-mouth buzz, and not ju...

Wii-less Japanese software market still dominated by Nintendo

Too. Much. Can’t. Resist. Must. Bash. Sony… Software – This Week | Total Sales 1.) Love and Berry DS Collection (NDS, Sega) – 421,227 | NEW2.) Jump Ultimate Stars (NDS, Nintendo) – 150,303 | NEW3.) J-League Winning Eleven 10 (PS2, Konami) – 103,365 | NEW4.) Common Knowledge Training (NDS, Nintendo) – 81,813 | 611,6425.) Pokémon Diamond (NDS, The Pokémon ...

First Impressions: "True Movement" vs. wrist flickers

Tycho over at Penny Arcade discusses again today the idea of “True Movement” in regards to how people play the Wii. According to them, true movement is when you physically act out the swing of a tennis racket in Wii Sports, or set up and go through to motions to net a strike in bowling. As for myself, I’m a bit of a hybrid. Zelda is played couch potato like on the sofa, arms rest...

Game Boy Advance to last one more year

Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aime told Reuters today that his company expects the Game Boy Advance to be around at least for one more holiday season: “We think that Game Boy Advance certainly has at least one more holiday season left in it. For us, it continues to be a great stepping stone for five-, six-, seven-year-old consumers to have their first great handheld gaming experience and th...

Nintendo says Wii on track to meet targets

Reuters reports: “Nintendo is on track to meet its target of selling 4 million units of its Wii game console globally by the end of the year, with the potential for exceeding that goal limited only by manufacturing constraints, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime said on Wednesday. ‘All systems are go for reaching the 4-million target we have in our financials by December 31...

Indication you like video games too much?

Funny, sad, and surprisingly open-minded hardcore gamer all wrapped in one. Indication you like video games too much? 🙂

The Nintendo family tree t-shirt

“Once upon a time, in a small Japanese village, the Nintendo Entertainment System was born. The rest, as they say, is history. Really, really fun history.”

Wii demand rises in Japan in wake of launch

I Suppose this is obvious to some, but the demand for Nintendo’s new console has risen considerably amongst the Japanese from this time last year. According to the Computer Entertainment Software Association and its annual study of Japanese game consumers, 48.9% of game consumers say they are interested in acquiring Wii, compared with 20.9% this time last year. And that little money making m...

Poll – Where do you live?

In a post-Wii-purchasing haze of confusion, I apparently forgot about the rest of the world. So this week, we ask: Which continent do you live on? Asia Africa Europe North America South America Australia Antarctica    Feel free to post specific countries in comments, too!

Can Nintendo make GoldenEye for VC a reality?

Is GoldenEye coming to a Virtual Console near you? Maybe. Maybe not. Reggie’s saying he’d like it to happen, but there are a few small hurdles to overcome first. Small hurdles like this software company in Redmond that makes extreme to the max consoles that go really well with Mountain Dew. “Suffice it to say we would love to see [GoldenEye on Virtual Console], so we’re exp...

Reggie, the Humble (sort of)

Every time Reggie sings, a Nintendo fanboy gets his wings. So, with that, today something like a thousand people are flying around the globe today clutching their Wii controllers in a fit of joy for this early holiday present: “Are we feeling good about our success? Do we think we can have more success in the future? Absolutely,” he said during a stuffed 40-minute interview with MTV News in a hot...

Nintendo covered its butt on those flying Wiimotes

Remember those flying remotes? Remember how everyone and their dog seems to be having “issues” with flying Wiimotes and broken wrist straps? Well everyone can stop faking it staging reporting their catastrophes because Nintendo saw it coming a mile away. From Nintendo’s customer service site: “Hold the Wii Remote firmly and do not let go. Even while wearing the wrist strap,...