Archive for September, 2006

Nintendo Wii Takes Design To New Levels

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 Wii will not be region free

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

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 [...]

USAToday Confirms price, posts picture

To add to the pre-event crazyness, USA Today has also confirmed that the Wii is coming on Nov 19th, for $250. I’m quite suprised that this news broke before the US event, but info as saught after as this has a way of getting out there. Also shown on this article is the US packaging [...]

[Note: This is a re-blog of an article posted by a long time staff member, Jakanden, over at his personal blog. It's a good read, and may be a little different then what you would find at a general Nintendo Fan site. You can look for similar posts coming from the staff as the new [...]

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 [...]

Nintendo Europe press event

In retaliation to Nintendo America’s recently announced press event, Nintendo Europe has decided to hold its own event in London which is set to take place the following day September 15th.
As expected this press event is invite only, but is set to reveal what’s thought to be some unexpected surprises - something Nintendo knows how [...]

Wii will support the Wavebird

After this year E3 event in Los Angeles many gamers were debating whether or not the Wii would allow for Wavebird support, this was due primarily to the RF controller recievers that need to be plugged into the Gamecube docking station.
It now turns out that those ever lucky guys at Ign recently tinkered around with [...]






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