NiGHTS Sequel for Wii is Revealed
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TOKYO/OSAKA (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd reported a 42 percent fall in quarterly operating profit as the yen's strength outweighed robust game sales, and the Japanese video game maker forecast a bigger-than-expected 12 percent profit decline this year, pressuring its shares.
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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has just announced that, beginning in Spring 2009 (at least for Japan), Nintendo Wii owners will be able to download software directly to an SD card.
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Nintendo said on Thursday it sold 714k Wii in the US in April. Nintendo also said it sold more than 1.1mcopies of its "Mario Kart Wii" video game in the U.S. in April. From other sources, apparently MK Wii was #2 in software for the month Nintendo was citing data from market research group NPD, which is set to release detailed monthly video game sales data later on Thursday.
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Peekaboo, a company that specializes in temporary at-home stripper polls, including one endorsed by Carmen Electra, announced that it's developing a strip aerobics game for the Wii. "We are pleased to confirm that we are going to develop a game for the Nintendo Wii that meets mainstream demand for the fun and fitness benefits of pole dancing. We are focused on using Wii-friendly hardware to make aerobic pole dancing instantly accessible just as 'Guitar Hero' did for rock'n'roll."
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The Laurel Center was the first of the Genesis Healthcare facilities in New England to use the Wii as an alternative form of rehabilitation for patients. It was first introduced by a physical therapy assistant in April of 2007, who brought in her personal game. Now, the rehabilitation unit incorporates the Wii into other types of rehabilitation, and all of the Genesis Healthcare homes in the Northeast have a Wii.
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Microtransactions will finally be making their way to the Nintendo Wii, largely by way of the upcoming WiiWare service. The Wii was the last of the three major consoles to not support microtransactions, and now no consumer is safe from the incessant nickel-and-diming for minor content.
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Pachter, Screen Digest & our very own Jesse Divinch ;-) talk about the Wii's long term prospects, whether to bring back the Nintendo Seal of Quality and potentially significant third party Wii titles.
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"The popular Wii Opera SDK has been opened to the general public by popular demand, allowing anyone with knowledge in HTML and JavaScript to take on the task of creating homebrew games and software for the Wii’s Internet Channel. Previous to this release, the Wii Opera SDK was only available by request."
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"Every time they purchase and register a Nintendo product, they get star points. A lot like Japan's Club Nintendo, then, just without most of the cool stuff. Well, Nintendo Europe just made the process a lot more appealing: starting from today, you can trade star points for Wii points, which you can spend on all the Virtual Console games your heart desires. Feels strange saying this, but classy move, Nintendo Europe."
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