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From the Nintendo Press release: “Wii Sports offers five distinct sports experiences (tennis, baseball, golf, bowling, and boxing), each using the Wii Remote to provide a natural, intuitive and realistic feel. Players can use their own Mii caricatures in the game and play them against their friends’ Miis for a more personalized experience. As players improve, their Miis’ skill le...

Back in the day it used to be cool if you imported a game or system from Japan because you’d always get it a few weeks, or sometimes even a few months before your stateside buddies. When I went to Japan last semester I was elated that I’d be able to buy some DS games before their American release. How upset was I to find that I had to wait weeks past the US release date of New Super Ma...

Some new lifestyle shots, images, and information have been posted to Nintendo’s press site. Follow the source link using the below login information: User: mediaPass: dslite OR E32006

Sometimes I just want to grab the Earth in my hands and spin it around really fast. And then I want to look up the weather. In Tokyo. Until today, I would have been unable to accomplish such a feat, but not anymore. Thanks to Wii Weather, the weather conditions of gamers across the globe will be known to you in a matter of seconds thanks to this incredibly addictive looking weather tool on the Wii...

Via Go Nintendo:Pretty sweet.

Infendo reader Joshua Daugherty weighs in with a Wii-related question NOT about price or release dates this morning, which I find refreshing given my experiences last night. “Earlier this year IGN asked the burning question… ‘The DS has been an overwhelming success. Are you looking into using the same fundamentals — like, for instance, its region-free standard — for W...

Instead of redirecting to Nintendo.com, Wii.com now features a teaser page. Though I can’t be sure, I’m guessing this page will be updated as soon as any promising news breaks during the expected press conferences currently being held in Japan and NYC tomorrow. [Update: The site is now live for your browsing goodness, contains videos of Wii interface!]

Wii will launch November 19 for $250 in the US bundling Wii Sports in addition to over 25 titles available at launch. WiiConnect24 will also stream photos, news, and weather, and all games have been confirmed at $50, with virtual console games selling between $5-10. The company plans to sell 6 million units by the end of 2006. Was it all you thought it would be? [Update: The sourced NYT story was ...

This week’s Famitsu magazine reveals a few more Resident Evil Wii details. The game is currently going by the title Biohazard: Umbrella Chronicles (Biohazard is the name the series goes by in the wacky and oh so loveable land of Japan). The game’s story and characters have yet to be revealed, but the title seems to indicate that recent rumors about the game delving into Umbrella’...

Anytime Square Enix reveals games for a Nintendo system it is good news. The latest issue of Shounen Jump in Japan unveiled two new RPG’s for the DS from Square Enix: A new IP called It’s A Wonderful World, and Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings. Hopefully this news tidbit will tide you over until Nintendo hosts its conferences tomorrow. Not likely…

Short post, but here’s a site that is liveblogging the conference. Simply hit refresh every few minutes to see the updates. Come back here to share your thoughts in the comment section. UPDATE1: This is it so far: “10:20 AM: The press are all inside now. There’s a LOT of buzz in the air. If Nintendo don’t announce date and price today, I think the Internet may implode. Stay...

Wii fanboy noticed today that Wii Sports is no longer listed on GameStop in-store preorder lists (but is still on the web site, apparently with the WRONG price of $60), and lacks box art/etc. that titles like Red Steel have had for a while. It’s T-minus roughly 3 hours until the Japanese event begins in earnest — could we find out then that one of the big secrets to hit the Wii scene i...