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A Bauhas-University student hacked the Wii Remote to create a virtual spray can.
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Activision is packaging their answer to 'Rock Band'; 'Guitar Hero: World Tour", in a bundle package that will cost you anywhere from $179-189.99; about 20 dollars more than Rock Band's bundle. Below is the of possible packages from the company:
- GH: World Tour Game ($59.99 on PS3/360 - $49.99 on Wii/PS2),
- GH: World Tour - Guitar Kit ($99.00 for Guitar Kit Alone)
- GH: World Tour - Full Band Kit (Guitar, Mic, and Drum Kit - $189.99 360, PS3 & Wii, $179.99 PS2)
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If you are a fan of the Xbox 360 like myself, or the Playstation 3, it's usually the quality of the graphics that separate these systems from the Nintendo Wii. Well, Madworld Developer Takanori Ishikawa has something in store to settle the score. And it is worth your attention; so much so, that I am about to go get me this game.
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Everyone knows that 'Guitar Hero' started it all; but took a hit when 'Rock Band' debuted and allowed a full band to play in cooperative mode. Well, if you want something that seems the most realistic, then Activision and 'GH' has fought back with some of the most realistic fake drums around! Plus, the whole crew can too join to rock and record their own songs for the 'World Tour' edition of this growing cult classic. You decide how you want to rock out. Check it out below:
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The world's numero uno system; The Wii along with the Playstation3 are the hottest systems in Japan, Well, Micorsoft is trying to go down with a fight and revive the slumped sales if the Xbox 360 in the Asian Country.
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Gaming gossips believe Nintendo will launch a Wii keyboard. Gossips point to the above picture as evidence.
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Acording to IDC's Billy Pidgeon, 2009 will be the year Nintendo meets the demand for The Nintendo Wii console. The analyst believes that as Nintendo continues to struggle to meet demand for the console, consumers will loose interest.
"I'd like to see Wii hardware shipping in larger quantities or mass market consumers may cool on it. Having said that, I don't believe supply will meet demand for the Wii until 2009," Pidgeon told Home Media Magazine.
The analyst also believes that rival next-generation consoles from Sony and Microsoft are lacking strong software support, which could lead to a loss of market share during the second quarter of 2007.
"Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 need better system selling games as soon as possible," said Pidgeon.
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In a chat with GamesIndustry.biz, Electronic Arts' boss Gerhard Florin says he is holding off judging the next generation consoles for 2 years. As Florin see it, in the first 2 yrs - all the consoles will do well, and though critics are suggesting the Playstation 3's price is hampering sales, EA's executive VP of international publishing doesn't believe the price tag will hold back sales in the first twelve months.
"Look at the price in two years' time, and then you can say whether it's too high," said Florin.
"Whether it's too high or not the consumer has to decide, but I don't think for the first year the price will be a problem which holds anything back," he added.
It's not just Sony's latest home console that EA is withholding judgement on. Florin believes that both Microsoft's and Nintendo's recent launches also have a niche to find and sales to exploit.
"I wouldn't make any judgments within the next two years," commented Florin.
"The first two years will clearly be an open race, everybody will do very well. I believe all three [consoles] are worth supporting in different ways."
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Nintendo has squashed rumors of a September launch for Wii
“There’s no change in our plan to release the console in the last quarter of this year. We are planning an announcement in September and it may be causing some confusion.'’ - Yasuhiro Minagawa, spokesperson for Nintendo Co. Ltd.
“Our position remains that the Wii could retail as low as $199 instead of $249, and October is a reasonable timeframe.'’ McNealy, American Technology Research analyst
Via GoNintendo
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| NEC Electronics and MoSys, Inc. have officially announced the inclusion of their respective memory technologies in the Wii console from Nintendo. The companies confirmed that they are supplying Nintendo with 1T-SRAM technology and eDRAM technology, respectively.
The new system LSI chips featuring NEC's 90-nanometer CMOS-compatible embedded DRAM (eDRAM) will be manufactured using "advanced technologies" on NEC Yamagata's 300-millimeter production lines, and are "designed to provide advanced graphics functions" for the forthcoming Wii console.
eDRAM integrates DRAM on the same chip with logic circuits, and according to NEC this technology "is viewed as an optimal solution for three-dimensional (3D) graphics acceleration systems and other applications that need to process high bandwidth data using low power."
Nintendo Hardware Partners Confirm Wii Components
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The latest issue of Nintendo Power confirms that at least six titles will make the North American launch of the Nintendo Wii.
The list includes Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen at the Tower of Mirrors, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Rayman Raving Rabbids, Red Steel, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz, and finally The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
There’s no hint of Mario in Nintendo’s starting line-up writes T3
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Japanese game software and console maker Nintendo Co. said on Wednesday it is unlikely to lose much money on the launch of its new "Wii" video game console, in sharp contrast to rival Sony Corp., which expects a hefty loss on the debut of its PlayStation 3.
Nintendo expects limited losses from Wii launch
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A Nintendo UK spokesperson has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that the Nintendo Wii console will go on sale in Europe at around the same price point as has been announced for the US and Japan.
Nintendo stated yesterday that the Wii will cost YEN 25,000 or less (GBP 120) and USD 250 or less (just under GBP 135) when it hits stores later this year. A spokesperson has now told GI.biz that "UK pricing will be in line with Japan and the US."
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Nintendo's Wii controller will feature a microphone and will store a user phonebook/address book while it will be used as a VoIP phone and will help gamers communicate while online without the need for a headset reports megagames.com.
All this comes thanks to a few Nintendo patents unveiled by nrevolutiona which demonstrate exactly how the microphone will be implemented.
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Nintendo's next-generation console, the Wii, will retail in the US for $250 or less, and no more than 25,000 Yen in Japan reports reghardware. It also expects to have shipped more than 6m of the machines by March 2007, the company said today.
Nintendo made the announcement in Osaka this morning after reporting a 12.5 per cent rise in full-year net profits
Image Engadget
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Nintendo and Opera have announced plans to take Wii users to the Internet reports IGN.
- At the Electronics Entertainment Expo 2006, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed that its forthcoming Wii console would be able to access the Web with the Opera browser. Iwata said that the Wii console could, "… power up virtual console games and applications like our Opera Web browser saved to flash ROM… in just a few seconds."
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In an extensive interview with The Street.com, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata talked about Wii . Here are some hightlights
Wii's price
Iwata told The Street, "Sorry, but give us more time before making the announcement. Of course, it's going to be an affordable price point."
Wii's price vs PS3's price,
"If we put the PS3 as the standard price point, any price point is going to be affordable."
Wii for everyone
"The fact of the matter is it's not the case. By taking advantage of the unique controller and very unique play style of Wii, we will not only invite the newcomers but also excite the existing gamers. Now that's the kind of message we really wanted to deliver."
Read More Hightlights at CVG
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Now the E3 dust has started to settle, reports suggest that Ninento's WII was the star of the show.
A revolutionary new controller eclipsed disappointment over the choice of name -- Wii (pronounced 'We') -- and grabbed the attention of most E3 attendees. The controller, which is shaped more like a TV remote control, has built in some motion sensitive elements, allowing the movement of the controller to be translated on screen.
Unsurprisingly, there was much excitement over this development, with the new controller attracting interest all round. Nintendo displayed a couple of uses for the motion sensor, including the swinging motion for tennis games.
Read More at ElectricNews
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