Nintendo is packaging a unique code with each WiiSpeak peripheral that will allow users to download the WiiSpeak Channel for use, but also screws anyone who wishes to purchase it secondhand. The code is only good for one use and will be the only way to download the service that works with the peripheral. This is the latest incidence of publishers striking back at used game sales, which is an epidemic crushing profits and putting the entire industry at a near standstill.
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We knew that UK Xbox 360 sales rose by 32 % over the weekend following Microsoft’s move to cut the console’s price last Friday. What is news that in that week, sales of Wii rose by 3%. So far, no negative impact from X360 price cut yet, even though X360 are now cheaper than Wii.
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Sonic continues his storybook adventures with Sonic and the Black Knight, a Wii-exclusive Arthurian sequel to the Arabian Nights-infused Sonic and the Secret Rings. In this installment, Sonic picks up a sword "to aid in his effort to save the day," causing us to wonder aloud (stop staring at us!) if Black Knight could be one of the first third-party games to utilize the Wii MotionPlus.
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After the start of the successful cooperation with kids- and casual game publisher Tivola, JoWooD enlarges its product portfolio with lifestyle games for Nintendo’s Wii console. The first product of the series in development is Yoga Wii. The game will support the Wii Balance Board, as it plays a central role for the exercising (gaming) experience. Release second quarter of 2009.
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The Nintendo confirmed for 12 of May the beginning of the operations, in the United States, of the WiiWare, service of vendas online of simple games for the Wii.
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"Interestingly, a majority of Humongous titles were created using the SCUMM engine, the same employed by LucasArts for nearly all of its classic point and click adventures like Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle... The titles currently announced for the Wii include Freddi Fish in Kelp Seed Mystery, Pajama Sam in Don't Fear the Dark and Spy Fox in Dry Cereal, updated to utilize the Wii Remote for their point-and-click gameplay."
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The Prime Minister (Gordon Brown) has revealed that he regularly plays against his son John on the Nintendo Wii games console. But the four-year-old beats him.;;; He said : "The Wii is very popular. My kids have been playing with it.";;; "I have played a game of tennis on it, but I didn't succeed. It is quite a strenuous game. ;;; "It didn't leave me out of puff but that's probably because I was beaten pretty early on by my son – and he's only four."
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Trainee surgeons will soon be practicing operations from the comfort of their sofas after a study found they performed better after playing games on the Nintendo Wii.
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"Rod Cousens, chief executive at publisher Codemasters, has been talking about Nintendo's first-party software dominance, the sustainability of the 60-year-old audience, and the possible introduction of 'Wii 2.'"
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"The GeekMom and I got the kids a Wii for Christmas. Last night, one of the remotes went funky - you could press the buttons and select options on the screen, but when you went to swing a golf-club, bowl, pitch a baseball or swing a baseball bat, the Wii remote acted like it wasn't there. I'm a GeekDad - I can fix this...I know I can..."
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