Recently in Nintendo Wii Category
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A job listing at Nintendo of America suggests that Nintendo will offer USB support for the Wii. The job search was for a "Software and Hardware Tester" who can put in place a "test plan for Wii's USB devices."
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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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Nintendo has officially launched WiiWare, their new online site of downloadable games.
The service allows Wii gamers to shop for new, independent games. WiiWare is launching with six games: Square Enix's Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, Frontier Development's LostWinds, XGen Studios' Defend your Castle, Nnooo's Pop, High Voltage Software's V.I.P. Casino: Blackjack, and Gameloft's TV Show King.
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According to sale reports out of Japan, Nintendos's Wii outsells Sony's PS3 4-to-1. Nintendo sold 331,627 consoles over the month, while Sony sold 89,131 units in the same time.
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According to 1-up the Wii Fit has sold a reported 1 million in just 30 days in Japan.
Due the demand in Japan the US launch was delayed, but Nintendo has set May 20th for release here
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 | | Wii Zapper, ships Zelda minigame for $20 |
Nintendo's Wii Zapper will be priced at just $20. Set for a November 19th release date.
Nintendo has also revealed that plastic housing for Wiimote and Nunchuk will ship with Link's Crossbow Training.
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 | | Nintendo Wii Zapper, Mario Kart Wheel Due Soon |
At E3, Nintendo unveiled plans for the Nintendo Wii Zapper and Mario Kart Wheel.
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 | | Wii Gets Hard Drive? |
Gaming gossips claim Nintendo will announce a harddrive version of the Wii game console at E3.
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 | | Mario Party 8 |
Mario Party 8 is a new version of the popular Mario series crafted for the social features of Nintendo Wii. Mario Party 8 gives you and your friends a place to take part in mini-games.
* Dozens of new mini-games, six new party boards and many new game modes
* Extra large mini games like Star Carnival Bowling and Table Menace
* With motion control you'll row your way through a river race, punch a statue to pieces, steer race cars, mopeds and go-karts, handle a balancing pole while walking a tightrope
* Shoot at Boos in a haunted house, drag and drop toppings in a cake-decorating competition, select the correct answers in game-show challenges
* Use the Wii Remote's Buttons - Jump and pummel your way through a football brawl, hop and run across a field of spinning platforms
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 | | Scarface for Wii console this summer |
Radical Entertainment has announced that "Scarface: The World Is Yours" will available for the Nintendo Wii console this summer.
The new version of Scarface, based on the 1983 movie in which Tony Montana (Al Pacino) leads a gang war in Miami, has new graphics and a new control scheme. The latter allows the player to use the Wii motion-sensitive remote to direct the firstperson camera control and to shoot, and to use the Nunchuk controller, which can tilt the action, to control character body movements, as well drive cars and boats.
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 | | Wii Production Increase |
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's president has admitted that the company failed to predict demand for Wii, and will increase production of the console.
Iwata's statement after a UK analyst claimed the Wii demand would not be met until 2009. .
Iwata told reporters, "We must do our best to fix this abnormal lack of stock. We have not been able to properly foresee demand."
A Nintendo spokesperson yesterday confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that Wii production is set to increase, stating, "We have put solid production plans in place to ensure a steady flow of product through 2007."
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 | | The Wii keyboard? |
Gaming gossips believe Nintendo will launch a Wii keyboard. Gossips point to the above picture as evidence.
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 | | Nintendo Wii Shortage Could Hurt |
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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 | | Judge PlayStation 3 in two years' time |
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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| 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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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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In a poll by Japanese magazine Famitsu, readers in Japan have delivered their verdict on PlayStation 3 and Wii's launch plans with 73% saying they believe Wii will "win" the hardware war.
Nearly 70% of readers said they are most looking forward to Wii. 21% voted for PlayStation 3, while the others voted for systems already released. 88.4% of readers believe PlayStation 3 is too expensive, while 10% believe it's "about right".
Read More @ Next Generation
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| Nintendo of America's executive vp of sales and marketing Reggie Fils-Aime says the company is has learned from the mistakes the GameCube made, and that Nintendo is applying the lessons learned from GameCube to their launch of the Wii.
Read More @ GamesIndustry.biz
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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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Thanks in great photo work by gamers at E3, it has been revealed that Nintendo used GameCubes, not Wii consoles at E3.
Nintendo confirmed that they did indeed use GameCube housing, but that the "guts" or internal architecture was certainly from the Wii. "The Wii hardware we exhibited at E3 2006 was made specifically for the E3 show and is not the final mass-production version. Some of this hardware was cased in Nintendo GameCube housing," the company explained.
Read More at GameDaily
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WiiNintendo Breaks Down the Nintendo Wii Game Line up
Nintendo Wii Price
Nintendo, which is trying to regain videogame market share from Microsoft and Sony, will likely sell its new Wii console for much less than its competitors' console prices. Merrill Lynch analyst Justin Post predicted Thursday that the new machine, which will be released this fall, will sell for $200, a move that could prompt software publishers to create more titles for the gaming system. @ Forbes
Wii Controller Shell
Features of the controller include the following:
* a, b, X, Y, L, R, ZR and ZL buttons (the L and R buttons are analog)
* Cross pad
* L and R analog sticks
* Minus (-)/Select button
* Home button
* Plus (+)/Start button
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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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