Tag archive: Nintendo Wii

Just so you know it's not all doom and cold, metal gloom when it comes to stories about our future robotic overlords, here's a nice story that combines the internet's love of robots with the internet's love of, well.. cats. Oh, and there's some interesting elements for gaming fans in this one, too. Software engineer Taylor Veltrop recently posted a video showing the culmination of a year's work making a… Read More

Nintendo has overcome some early troubles with its handheld gaming console to sell over four million Nintendo 3DS units in the US and beat the nine-month mark set by the Nintendo Wii. The company announced the sales milestone this week, and paired it with an announcement that multiple 3DS titles — including Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 — broke sales records for their respective franchises. The two games are the first 3DS… Read More

Announced by Nintendo in an official statement earlier today, the gaming company has plans to release two high profile first party titles as well as a new hardware accessory for the 3DS handheld gaming system. On the 3DS, Nintendo scheduled the launch of Kid Icarus: Uprising for March 23 as well as the Circle Pad Pro, an accessory that provides a second control pad for the right side of the device as well as shoulder buttons similar to a… Read More

When the year first began, things weren’t looking all that great for the gaming industry. The monthly sales figures read like a Penn State coach’s popularity poll, and the financial results were alarming. That doesn’t mean that there weren’t plenty of great games and peripherals to be had, but people just didn’t seem to be buying them. That has changed, in a big way. After a few ridiculously crowded months with major title dropping on top of… Read More

While the Nintendo Wii might not be leading in many sales categories, it does hold the distinction of being one of the most popular devices for streaming Netflix content. Now we'll find out if the same can be said of Hulu Plus content, too. In an announcement made today by Nintendo, the company revealed plans to bring subscription-based streaming service Hulu Plus to both the Wii and handheld Nintendo 3DS system by the end of the year. The… Read More

As reported by the NPD group, video game sales over July dropped over 25 percent year over year and have fallen to the lowest levels since 2006. Total sales in July 2011 amounted to $707 million while sales just a year ago in July 2010 topped $960 million. The number of game systems sold was the source of the steepest decline at 29 percent, but last year's bump in sales is attributed to the release of a new Xbox 360 model. Software sales… Read More

The gaming Internet exploded with discussion last week after Nintendo made the surprising move of slashing $80 off the price of its 3DS portable gaming device less than six months after its initial release. Company president Satoru Iwata addressed concerns over the decision at an investor's briefing that was held in Tokyo, Japan at the tail end of last week. Iwata told the gathered investors that the decision to cut the 3DS price was… Read More

According to the latest report from the NPD Group, total software, hardware and accessory sales within the video game industry fell by 10 percent comparing June 2011 to June 2010. Sales of software and hardware amounted to $1.03 billion compared to the $1.15 billion generated last year. Console software sales were the main culprit dropping by 12 percent while hardware slipped by 9 percent. However, the slide from last year isn't as poor as… Read More

(This article comes courtesy of N-Sider, a site for well-adjusted Nintendo fans. N-Sider has served the Nintendo community for more than a decade.) I've been a bit worried about Kid Icarus: Uprising ever since creator Masahiro Sakurai (father of Kirby and Super Smash Bros.) talked about how he had “solved” the problem of turning by having the player make swipes across the touch screen, which is otherwise used to aim. But now… Read More

(This article comes courtesy of N-Sider, a site for well-adjusted Nintendo fans. N-Sider has served the Nintendo community for more than a decade.) The games themselves may not be up my alley—I've never been much of an FPS fan—but I found myself listening quite intently and even apparently contributing an idea at a special Ubisoft developer roundtable held in conjunction with Nintendo, where they presented some of their ideas for using the… Read More

In some ways, I feel bad for High Voltage Software. With no notable Wii first-person games outside of the Metroid Prime series, the entire weight of the FPS genre rests on its shoulders. With The Conduit, the developer teamed with Sega and pulled off some impressive visuals on the Wii. Two years and a Roman fighting game later and the team has reunited for Conduit 2. The only problem is that this game takes its sequel status a little too… Read More

A rumor popped up last month that Nintendo would be slashing the price of its Wii gaming console down to $150 on May 15. Today that information has been officially confirmed in a company press release. On May 15, both the black and the white versions of the popular home gaming console will debut at the new, lower price. Wii Sports, which has shipped with the Wii as a packed-in game since its 2006 release, will no longer be bundled up in the box.… Read More

Redbox, the vending machine-based movie rental service, has been testing video game rentals for more than a year now — since August 2009 — in a number of its locations. The tests were apparently a success, as the company is now moving forward with a rollout plan that will bring video games to more than 21,000 of its free-standing rental machines starting in June. The company announced the news in a press release, which reveals that… Read More

Rumors surrounding the new Wii, also dubbed Project Cafe, are growing steadily the closer we get to E3 in June. Mid-April we heard that the new home system would be unveiled at E3, and the console would blow past the Wii's 480p to running games at HD resolution (1080p). Now, thanks to IGN and their trusted yet unnamed sources, we have a better picture of Nintendo's latest anticipated console entry. IGN's Scott Lowe has… Read More

Atari has announced it will be relaunching the addictive classic shooter Centipede for the 3DS and Wii. There is no definitive date yet, but it is slated to launch this fall. The Valencia, California based game development company Wayforward Technologies will be in charge of the re-imagining. Wayforward Technologies’ noteworthy game development includes Contra 4 and A Boy and His Blob. Centipede: Infestation has been given a backstory centered… Read More