VC rumour
GoNintendo are reporting that Super Mario World and Gain Ground are next in line for the Wii’s Virtual Console service.
Both titles are allegedly due for release on US Wii consoles from next week, so keep your fingers crossed; Mazza’s greatest 2D outing could be with us sooner than expected.
Stay tuned for more details.
Reggie speaks Wii
NOA president Reggie Fils-Aime recently stopped by for an exclusive chat with Gamepro - and he wasted no time in revealing his thoughts and feelings over the Wii’s massive worldwide success.
Asked whether or not the Wii met his expectations, Fils Aime replied “I’ll be honest with you — I’m blown away. We knew we would […]
Umbrella Chronicles rumour
An interesting slab of information has cropped up about the Wii-exclusive Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles via NeoGAF.
According to the popular forum, website New Quiter are reporting the following information on Capcom’s upcoming gore-fest:
-The game will NOT be a side story; instead, the new game will be based between the events of Code: Veronica and 4.
-Jill […]
Wii sequel to popular series in works?
The latest issue of NintendoDream are reporting that a “sequel to a famous games series is going to be announced soon.”
Speculation among websites including gamefront.de seem to believe the title will be for Nintendo Wii, although going by the rather dodgy translation, there’s little information to support this.
If it is indeed a sequel to an […]
A sporting chance
Just a quick word on software charts in Japan as of late.
According to popular Japanese magazine Famitsu, Wii Sports has taken the top spot in the multi-format charts for the week 8th - 14th Janurary, followed by Wii Play at no.2
Not only that, but the remainder of the top 10 are filled to the brim […]
Excite Truck PAL box
Punters in Europe will have to wait until this February to get their hands on the fast-paced Excite Truck, but to dumb down the wait, we thought you should take a gander at the PAL boxart for the title.
Click here to see it.
Excite Truck will be released in Europe on February 16th.
Famitsu: Most Wanted update
We’ve somewhat neglected to mention the status of Famitsu magazines ‘Most Wanted’ feature over the past few weeks, so here’s the latest update for you:
Three games are currently in the list: Super Smash Bros Brawl (no. 9), Dragon Quest Swords (no. 16) and Super Mario Galaxy (no. 19)
With the majority of the Wii’s ‘AAA’ titles […]
More Wii sales tidbits
In the rush of excitement surrounding the Wii’s global success this Christmas, we have a few more interesting facts regarding the consoles success.
-In the land down under (otherwise known as Australia), the Wii has sold 50,000 units since its launch on December 7th.
-European sales have reached a staggering 700,000 units - 200,000 of those were […]
Nintendo Celebrates U.S sales
Nintendo Records Best Holiday Selling Season In U.S. Video Game History
Virtually Every New Wii and Nintendo DS System Sold Out Across America
REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 11, 2007 “There has never been anything like it. Independent U.S. sales figures released by the NPD Group today confirmed a red-hot launch for the new Wii system by Nintendo, and […]
New FPS in development?
Rumours are circulating that the Wii will be receiving yet another incarnatino of a popular FPS franchise - although we aren’t quite sure what it will be just yet.
IGN recently reported “…let’s just say we’re hearing rumblings of Wii-specific versions of at least one of the main FPS franchises out there.”
“Oh, and when we say […]