The e-tailer Amazon has slashed the price of the Nintendo Wii to £139.99 in the UK, down from £179.99. The Amazon bundle includes one wireless controller and the game Wii Sports and seems to be a way to clear stock for the more expensive Wii MotionPlus bundle. That bundle will sell for £179.99 and include [...]
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Power Play Riiflex For The Wii
Wii owners who are looking forward to yet another interesting peripheral this summer can check out the Riiflex from Power Play – this pair of dumbbells actually intend to build your musles while you wave the Wiimote around, weighing in at 2-pounds each for $35. The Riiflex not only works with any game on the [...]
Wii supply finally catches up to demand
According to an interview with Gamasutra, GameStop has said they finally have enough Nintendo Wii supply to keep up with demand. GameStop Senior Vice President of Merchandising Bob McKenzie added: “Three years later, we finally have enough inventory on the shelf, and we’ve got a couple of weeks in supply.” McKenzie also says he is [...]
Nintendo To Enhance Wii Fit
Nintendo’s Wii Fit isn’t exactly the solution you should employ if you want to lose a couple of pounds here and there, but the Japanese gaming giant aims to enhance this best-selling game by working hand in hand with Panasonic Medical Solution, Hitachi and NEC to develop a new add-on that will send your personal [...]
Nintendo Wii and DS dominate game charts in 2008
Nintendo is talking up the numbers just released by the NPD Group that talk about the gaming market in 2008. According to NPD, the Nintendo Wii and DS game systems were the most popular systems, by a long way, during 2008. NPD says the Wii accounted for 55% of all next generation console sales in [...]
YouTube heads to the Wii and Playstation 3
YouTube has enjoyed tremendous success, but like all superstars, things can get lonely at the top. It’s a service that’s been stuck on the computer. The internet to be exact. Sure, it gets tons of hits, lots of people enter it’s doors every day. But it gets lonely. People just watch and post their videos. [...]
jOG forces Wii gamers to move around more
Sure, you’ve flicked your wrist again and again playing Wii Tennis. You’ve swung your arms about while playing baseball. Now, prepare to run…jOG. The jOG for Wii (also compatible with PS2) only allows gamers to use their joysticks if they’re physically jogging at the same time.
The device works by connecting to your controller through a [...]
Kid goes nuts when he gets a Wii for Christmas
No one can really blame a kid for going nuts when he gets a Wii for Christmas, what with the current Wii shortage and all. Still, there’s something a little off about how excited this kid gets. He must have been dreaming about wrapping his little hand around the Wiimote and getting in on the [...]
PS3 can’t compete against Wii, Xbox 360 this holiday season
This is hardly shocking news, but according to the Wall Street Journal, both Nintendo’s Wii and the Xbox 360 clobbered the PS3 in holiday sales. U.S. sales fell nine percent from this month last year. During the same period, sales doubled for the Wii and were up eight percent for the Xbox 360.
That’s what [...]
Wii food delivery channel for Japan
I’m sure you have all gotten nice and slim using the Wii Fit, which is good, because much like a Thanksgiving turkey in September, Nintendo now has a plan to fatten you up. Probably so you’ll be more inclined to buy Wii Fit 2 and work it all off again. Beginning this spring, Nintendo will [...]