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Nintendo Wii Lacks Web Browser And Two Channels At Launch
2 Comments Published by sickr 1 year, 8 months ago in News.Whilst the Nintendo Wii is set to make its long awaited début in the United States this weekend, news has filtered through that suggests the revolutionary new console is set to lack a few of its proposed components at launch.
Online news publication Gamesindustry.biz states that highly anticipated console won’t come equipt with the proposed ‘News [...]
PlayStation 3 Vs Nintendo Wii: The Game Cases
5 Comments Published by sickr 1 year, 8 months ago in News.
Whilst one console sports a design that’s reminiscent of the style and flair of an Apple product, the other resembles a shiny matt black George Foreman grill, but how do the game cases compare for each competing console?
Well the PlayStation 3 game casing made its début via online gaming publication IGN yesterday, [...]
New Smash Bros footage to debut at Nintendo World 2006
83 Comments Published by sickr 1 year, 8 months ago in News.Nintendo World 2006 is set to play host to exclusive new footage of Masahiro Sakurai latest masterpiece Super Smash Brothers Brawl.
The news was made publicly available via the the official Japanese Super Smash Brothers Web site which states that the forthcoming Nintendo World 2006 event will be the first time eager gamers will be able [...]
The Nintendo Nsider Forums were alight with requests as three posters with some impressive Photoshop skills went about creating custom themed Wii designs using the popular photo manipulation program.
Themes that were requested and designed ranged from the truly wonderful, to the penultimate in bizarre. Nevertheless the idea of themed Wii units could well become a [...]
Influential technology blog Engadget has managed to get its hands on some exclusive photos revealing in-store Wii displays and also packaging for a wide range of Wii related accessories.
The gadget blog also received a Comp USA hardware/software markup sheet which states both the retail and the cost price for the highly anticipated console along with [...]
Nintendo Wii to be one hot item this Christmas
2 Comments Published by sickr 1 year, 9 months ago in News.Currently wondering what’s set to be the number one toy this Christmas? Well look no further as one of the serious contenders for this all important accolade is Nintendo’s forthcoming Wii console.
Whilst the revolutionary machine is up against usual Christmas heavy weights such as Barbie, and the oh so cute Elmo, the Wii is the [...]
Nintendo Wii set to provide one friend code per system
0 Comments Published by sickr 1 year, 9 months ago in News.The Nintendo Ds is a fantastic machine and a system which cannot have enough praised lavished upon it, but if there’s one feature that could have been implemented far better it’s the online friend’s code system.
All that infuriating kerfuffle you’ve more than likely experienced with the Ds is set to be abolished on Nintendo’s forthcoming [...]
Stylish, sophisticated and sexy are just some of the illustrious words that instantaneously came to mind from seeing the intriguing final designs of Wii box-art.
I’m unsure precisely just what it is that has compelled the Nintendo of late to create such radically fashionable and sleek aesthetics for the company’s recent products, but what they have [...]
Nintendo Wii Will Be In Plentiful Supply
0 Comments Published by sickr 1 year, 9 months ago in News.One million units is the figure being branded about by Nintendo America in regards to the number of Wii’s ready to ship for its US debut November 19th.
This news further reiterates what Nintendo, and the rumours - which have consistently surrounded the company, have previously stated in regards to a plentiful supply of units for [...]
Nintendo plans ‘Wii move you’ Internet assault
0 Comments Published by sickr 1 year, 10 months ago in News.According to respected media publication New Media Age Magazine; Nintendo are planning an extensive web based assault to help promote the company’s forthcoming Wii console which is due for release later this year.
Nintendo have apparently allocated a rather significant portion of their £10 million marketing budget in a bid to help raise its brand awareness [...]
Nintendo looking to reach out to third party developers
0 Comments Published by sickr 1 year, 10 months ago in News.After Nintendo’s impressive showing at this years E3 trade show, developers who originally never intended to develop titles for the Wii started clamouring onboard by the dozen to provide titles for what looks to be one of the most sought after products this Christmas, but Nintendo being Nintendo still isn’t satisfied.
In an interview with MTV, [...]
Wii multiplayer madness with Wario this Christmas
1 Comment Published by sickr 1 year, 10 months ago in News.Wario Ware: Smooth Moves possibly one of the most bizarre Wii titles currently in development is currently penciled in for a December 15th release date according to online gaming publication Cube3.
The title which see’s you and a bunch of friends attempt some of the strangest mini games in existence is exactly the kind of title [...]
Nintendo UK’s General Manager David Yarnton went on record yesterday to announce that the Wii won’t be region free as originally thought.
This report stands in glaring contrast to comments made recently by Perrin Kaplan, Nintendo of America’s Vice President of Marketing and Affairs who stated that the Wii will infact be region free, something that [...]
Nintendo Wii to launch in Europe December 8th
1 Comment Published by sickr 1 year, 10 months ago in News.After a substantially large wait Nintendo have finally revealed the pricing and the launch date for its forthcoming Wii console in Europe at today’s press conference.
It was announced that the Wii is to retail for the higher than expected price of £179.99 which will include a copy of the now infamous Wii Sports. The console [...]
Zelda: Twilight Princess - Hyrule set to be enormous
0 Comments Published by sickr 1 year, 10 months ago in News.Zelda: Twilight Princess is currently set to include one of the most expansive playing fields ever created, with numerous reports stating that it will take players 45 minutes to make it across one side of Hyrule to the other.
It was always widely expected that this upcoming addition to the classic Zelda franchise would be far [...]

