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New “Wiicessory” Wins Best of CES Award

Today Nyko technologies released a statement saying that their Wireless Nunchuck for the Wii had received a “Best of CES” award from the editors of CNET.
Chris Arbogast, Director of Marketing at Nyko Technologies said the following…
“The nomination for CNET’s ‘Best of CES’ award was an honor in itself, but taking home the award for the [...]

Posted By Jeremy

Forget Jesters, Today’s Queens Go for the Wii

Numerous reports have suggested that the Queen of England is quite fond of the Wii. Important news? Probably not. Pointless gossip? Perhaps.
But that’s what’s hot these days right? VH1 ought to have a field day with this one. I can almost see the cheesily animated Queen playing Wii Tennis on “Best Week [...]

Posted By Crum

This Game Situation Has to Change

Lack of games is a subject I have touched on in the past, but I stopped by the local GameStop on my lunch break today (for the first time in quite a while) and realized that there’s not so much a lack of games, but a lack of games that I have even a remote [...]

Posted By Crum

Nintendo Helped to Keep eBay Wii Prices Down During the Holidays

Today CNET ran an interesting story about How Nintendo contributed to keeping Wii prices on eBay from getting too out of hand.

CNET cites an article at Kotaku.com entitled “Nintendo Torpedoes The Wii Grey Market” which says:
On December 14th, Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aime held a conference call to address the growing problem of Wii shortages, [...]

Posted By Crum

I Say Burn as Many Calories as You Want

There has been a lot of talk about the Wii and how it relates to exercise and “getting active“. A Nintendo Consulting firm funded a study on this subject, which the British Medical Journal conducted.
As Jeremy mentioned before, the Wii is no replacement for traditional exercise, though many thought that it would be a [...]

Posted By Crum

Screenshots Surface for Sega Superstars Tennis

You may have heard that there is a new tennis game coming to the Wii (although it’s also coming to PS3, Xbox 360 and DS). Fans of the Tennis game on Wii Sports will likely be looking forward to Sega Superstars Tennis, which is supposed to come out sometime around March.
Gameworld has posted 7 screenshots [...]

Posted By Crum