Three new Wii titles on retail site
Three more Wii titles have popped up on various retail sites this week, seemingly confirming more support for Nintendo’s next-gen console.
Foreign website Megastore.se has updated its Wii titles with listings for a Simpsons and Colin McRae 2007 title for the Wii, both of which are due out next year.
Finally, retailers Gamefly [who are renowned for […]
Wii event in London next month
Just days after news comes of a Wii event being held in New York, we can confirm that Nintendo Europe are hosting a similar event across the pond in London next month.
Details are sketchy at the moment, but, typically, instantaneous rumours have cropped up claiming a release date and price will be announced at the […]
Xbox author on Wii marketshare
Dean Takahashi, famed author of Xbox 360 Uncloaked, recently offered his insight into the next-gen console war revealing his predictions on all three consoles marketshare.
Speaking with website GigaOM, Takahashi estimated that “Sony will lose, Microsoft will gain, Nintendo will gain. That means Sony will have about 40%, Microsoft will have 32%. Nintendo will have 28%.”Â
He […]
No Burnout for Wii
Last week Wii Blog reported the possibility of a Burnout title coming to Nintendo’s next-gen console, the Wii, although it appears this is no longer to be the case.
While featured on German website Nfreaks as an in-development title, publishers Electronic Arts yesterday announced development of Burnout 5 only for PS3 and Xbox 360.
According to the […]
No online mode for Red Steel
Ubisoft have confirmed that its upcoming Wii shooter, Red Steel, will not feature online functionality when it is released this November.
Speaking with Nintendo of Europe, senior project coordinator for Ubisoft, Stephanie Langlois, revealed “Online will maybe one day be announced by Nintendo but it won’t be for the launch [of Red Steel]. In terms of […]
Wii playable @ Aussie event
Australian website vooks.net have reported that Nintendo’s next-gen console, the Wii, will be playable at a number of upcoming events in the country.
The first event to be held is the Game1 Electronic Gaming Expo, which takes place at the Melbourne Exhibition Center from November 4th - 5th, followed by another in Sydney from December 2nd […]
Resi Wii details next month?
Yet another magazine is claiming they will have the first details on Resident Evil for Nintendo Wii.
This time the news comes from Japanese gaming magazine, seen here, who announecd they’ll have first news of the Capcom survival horror in their next issue, due out September 1st.
As it stands, there are currently no details on Resident […]
Broken Saints for Wii?
Cubed3 recently uncovered news that Broken Saints could be heading to the Nintendo Wii, as well as the DS.
Speaking to developer Brooke Burgess, the site asked specifically if the series could appear on Nintendo’s next-gen console, to which Brooke replied:-
“I can’t confirm much. The reason is I’m under a series of NDAs, which will […]
Midway predict a tie
The console war is in for its closest race ever, that is, according to the folks at Midway.
The firms marketing director, Al King, has predicted that the next-gen war will result in a tie, citing “because all of them are compelling, and all of them have got a slightly different alliance of publishers and developers […]
Resident Evil Wii confusion
Comments from Capcom’s Jun Takeuchi earlier this week raised alot of question as to whether or not the famed Resident Evil series would be making it to the Wii.
Interviewed by gaming site Pro-G, Takeuchi was reputed to have stated that “he didn’t know if there would be one.” As expected, fans of Capcom’s goretastic […]