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May 1, 2007
 | | 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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April 27, 2007
 | | 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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April 26, 2007
 | | The Wii keyboard? |
Gaming gossips believe Nintendo will launch a Wii keyboard. Gossips point to the above picture as evidence.
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April 25, 2007
 | | 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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June 23, 2006
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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June 7, 2006
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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May 26, 2006
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".
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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.
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