NPD Sales: Wii Strong As Ever
NPD recently released sales figures for the month of February, revealing that Nintendo are once again dominating the hardware market, with the Wii beating out both the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
Sales for the Wii throughout February eclipsed more than 335,000 units, second only to Nintendo’s DS handheld, which sold through a massive 485,000 units.
In […]
Rumor: Sailor Moon For Wii?
Latest rumors are pointing towards a Wii incarnation of popular 90s anime series, Sailor Moon.
Power.tv are reporting that import store YesAsia have listed a Sailor Moon game for Nintendo Wii on their product website. According to the site, the game is due out at Christmas time and will be published by Namco.
As it stands we […]
Heatseeker Developer Talks Wii
The developers behind Heatseeker, IR Gurus, recently sat down for a chat with Gamespot on working on Nintendo Wii, in addition to the company’s plans for future next-gen projects.
Executive producer Ben Palmer had the following to say:
“We’re pleased to be getting something out of the Wii because there doesn’t seem to be a huge amount […]
Pandemic Studios Working With Wii
After months of speculation, we can confirm that Pandemic Studios (the folk responsible for Destroy All Humans etc) are now developing for Nintendo Wii.
While not exactly an out-rigth confirmation ala press release, the company are now known to be developing their debut Wii title, as reported in an article by Business Week. The report details […]
Guilty conscience perhaps? Or simply being honest?
In a rather predictable move following yesterday’s razor-sharp words on Nintendo Wii, Chris Hecker has decided to speak out and set the record straight.
Following his GDC outburst, Hecker has since stated “I don’t know who has read the internet yesterday. In a [unintelligible] panel I said a bunch of things. I was trying to be […]
Nintendo Reveal Q2 Wii Releases
Nintendo have issued their Q2 Nintendo Wii line-up at the Game Developers Conference this week, marking a fresh arrival of both first and third party titles for the popular new machine.
Wii:
April 9 Super Paper Mario
TBA April Prince of Persia: Rival Swords
TBA April Bust-A-Move Bash
TBA April Bioncle Heroes
TBA April Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
May 29 Mario […]
Developer Slams The Wii
The taste of sour grapes is well and truely prominent this week, with comments from Chris Hecker, founder of Definition 6 having a right old pop at Nintendo’s Wii console.
Speaking at this weeks GDC, Hecker stated “At the end I asked the audience, will Nintendo save us? Will they deliver a balanced machine that’s fast […]
Rumor: No Third Party Online Games This Year?
I think we’re only too well aware that Nintendo have had some reservations about going online in the past, but it appeared the company were finally getting their skates on following the launch of the Wii.
However, if we’re to believe what SNK’s Ben Herman says on the matter, then it would appear that no […]
Scarface Developer Praises Wii Graphics
With news that gangster romp Scarface: The World Is Yours is coming to Wii, developers Radical Entertainment recently spoke about the consoles graphical capabilities.
Speaking to website CVG, producer Geoff Thomas stated “The Wii has a lot of horsepower under the hood and we’re making full use of it.”
“We’ve overhauled our graphics engine to get the […]
More Support For Nintendo Wii
D2C Games have confirmed they are developing for Nintendo’s latest hardware, the Wii.
“D2C Games(TM) is working with independent comic book and screen writers, game development studios as well as its own internal studio, Bigdog Games(TM), to create and publish casual social sports games and episodic entertainment content. D2C’s lineup emphasizes social networking and user-generated content.”Â
“D2C […]