Disappointment With Wii Music 02/23/2009
When Satoru Iwata unveiled the Wii Music, Nintendo was hoping that curiosity of people would persuade them to go and buy it. But, the Wii Music turned out to be a great disappointment for Nintendo. Mr. Iwata was greatly upset and commented on the reactions of the consumers as how Wii Music appeals only to a narrow audience. Mr. Iwata said in Tokyo that Wii music is software that evokes two most extremely different reactions from the consumers. There are people who highly appreciate it and those who do not appreciate it at all. Wii Music had been unfortunate to be the case of the latter. Date Confirmed For DS Launch By Nintendo 02/23/2009
Nintendo confirmed that the DSI gaming hand-held will hit the US stores on April 4. It will have the retail price of $170. The rumor that cropped up last month finally was officially confirmed by Nintendo. The new colors of the DSi will be blue and black and as the trend goes for Nintendo, new colors will soon follow. Plans were announced for bringing America’s #1 educational bestseller Brain Quest to the Nintendo DS handheld system. This plan was announced by The Casual Entertainment label of Electronics Arts Inc. EA would release this game in partnership with the New York based Workman Publishing Company. There would be two Brain Quest games released by EA which would be centered on the series based on the curriculum. This series has already sold more than 28 million copies, one for students of third and fourth grade and another for students of fifth and sixth grade. The new releases last week could not prove any better nor energize the Japanese charts. Namco Bandai’s Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 on PSP still holds the first position even though its sales were only 45,000 units. Metroid Prime Content To Be Released 02/07/2009
The New Play Control Version of the Metroid Prime will be released on February 19th followed by a later release for Metroid Prime 2. There is a possibility that more Metroid Prime content could be on the way. This would complete the Metroid Prime trilogy on the Wii in Japan. Gamasuta’s weekly column, “Sailing The World” provides an important update of sales patterns worldwide. These sales are of the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan and Europe. Too Famous 01/31/2009
Okay, let’s get this straight. Everyone loves Nintendo. Not only that, but I have always loved Nintendo, and, even though I personally consider the Wii a disaster of a system (the rest of America seems to disagree with me), I WILL always love Nintendo. But you know what I don’t love? Nintendo pretending that the Wii and some of its biggest games aren’t as popular as they are. Snow Board Now 01/31/2009
If your Wii Fit doesn’t lie useless with other fitness equipment purchased with the best of determination, it's time you take it out. A snowboarding game is the perfect fit for Nintendo's unusual and wildly successful controller, and Road Trip makes the most of it. With the board aligned lengthways, shifting your weight to manage your character while hurtling down snow-covered mountains at pulse-raising speed is a lot of fun. A mixture of mid-air tricks can be performed with a combination of feet movements and button presses via the Wii Remote controller in your hand. It's initially tricky but feels reasonably authentic and enjoyable - far superior and more challenging to the alternative of playing without the balance board. Ice It 01/27/2009
Shaun White Snowboarding on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 has a fuzzy and quite boring version of the popular winter sport. Featuring sprawling mountains that looked pretty but provided little in the way of content, the game spent more time forcing you to hunt for coins hidden across the generous environments than letting you take part in real snowboarding competitions. Core Gaming 01/27/2009
Describing regular gamers and the games and their choice of play, the Pew survey results clash with the AP story's ‘core gamer’ angle. The AP story cited several examples of core gamers, all younger and middle-aged men. However, according to the Pew data, while young people are far more likely to game than senior citizens, those seniors are more likely to play more owing to the fact that they have more free time. Moreover, recent sales data shows consumers are spending more on casual gaming titles, such as Wii Fit and Cooking Mama. |
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