Nintendo Wii News and Views

Sega VC update

PRESS RELEASE
Five Additional SEGA Genesis Classics Will Soon Be Available for Download on the WiiTM Shop Channel
SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (January 8, 2007) - SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA Europe Ltd. today announced five titles from its SEGA Genesisâ„¢ library, Streets of Rage, Bio-Hazard Battle, Gain Ground, Comix Zone and Bonanza Bros. will soon […]

Posted By Mike H

Virtual Console update

PRESS RELEASE
Three New Classic Games Announced For Wii Shop Channel
Dec. 18, 2006 - Later today Nintendo will add three new classic games to the popular Wiiâ„¢ video game system’s Wii Shop Channel. The three new titles will be added at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo will add new games to the channel every Monday. Wii […]

Posted By Mike H

Dragon Ball Z Euro release

PRESS RELEASE 

European Release Of First Next-Generation Dragon Ball Z Game
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 for WiiTM Scheduled for March 2007 European Release
LYON, FRANCE – 12 December 2006 – Atari Europe today announced that Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 for Wii is scheduled for European release in March 2007 with brand new content. Combining […]

Posted By Mike H

UK: Wii sells 50,000 units in 12 hours

PRESS RELEASE
One console sold every second since launch
8th December 2006 – Within just 12 hours of going on sale, the much anticipated launch of the Nintendo Wii console has reached new heights of success with 50,000 units sold. The staggering figure translates to one unit sold throughout the UK every second, since the very first […]

Posted By Mike H

Wii sells 600k in first eight days

NINTENDO PRESS RELEASE 
600,000 First-Week Purchases Attracting Veteran and New Gamers
REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 27, 2006 – Built on a foundation of pure fun, Nintendo’s new Wiiâ„¢ video game system sold through to more than 600,000 consumers in the Americas in just its first eight days of availability. That’s a rate of nearly one per second continuously […]

Posted By Mike H

Conspiracy announce two racers for Wii

Conspiracy races onto the Wii
Conspiracy Entertainment Europe is pleased to announce Baja Mania and Baja Destruction for release on Nintendo Wii.
Utilising the features of Nintendo Wii fully, both games will offer exciting and hard fought combat and driving skills where fortitude will win the day!
Baja racing originates from the Southern California desert on the Baja […]

Posted By Mike H

Virtual Console update

PRESS RELEASE
Two Classic Hudson Titles Now Available On The Wii Virtual Console
Hudson Entertainment announced today that for North America two of its classic TurboGrafx games are now available for download using the Virtual ConsoleTM feature on WiiTM: “Bomberman 93″ and “Bonk’s Adventure”.
The announcement comes after a delay in the release of the games, which were […]

Posted By Mike H

Activision ship Wii games

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov 15, 2006 - Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI) today announced that the company’s key launch games for the PLAYSTATION® 3 and WiiTM have shipped and are now available at retail locations in North America.
The robust launch lineup features some of the world’s most popular game franchises, including Tony Hawk’s Project 8TM, Call of […]

Posted By Mike H

NINTENDODE: Songs for the Big N by sock puppet rockers Uncle Monsterface to release in tandem with Wii

Brooklyn, New York, USA, The Cosmos - In addition to being a bizarre sock puppet rock band, Uncle Monsterface are a bunch of Nintendo fanboys. And they’re gonna prove it. The band that features singing and dancing sock puppets, giant monsters, inflatable lobsters, and songs about Count Chocula has decided to put their love of […]

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ACTIVISION ANNOUNCES WINNER OF THE TIPS & TRICKS CALL OF DUTY “GET INTO THE GAME” SWEEPSTAKES

SANTA MONICA – Oct. 11, 2006 – This fall, Call of Duty®3 will bring players closer than ever to the fury of combat – one gamer will get just a little closer than most: Colin Crowley of Clarksville, Tennessee has been chosen as the Grand Prize winner of the Tips & Tricks Call of Duty® […]

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