Archive for the 'Nintendo Wii News' Category

Nintendo aims to launch Wii in South Korea next year (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

Friday, October 26th, 2007

TOKYO, Oct 26 - Nintendo Co Ltd aims to launch its Wii console in South Korea next year, company president Satoru Iwata said on Friday.

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Nintendo’s profit soars on success of Wii, DS games (USA Today)

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Nintendo Co. said Thursday profits more than doubled in the six months to Sept. 30 on the roaring success of its hit Wii and Nintendo DS game consoles.

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FATAL FURY, WORLD HEROES and ART OF FIGHTING Now Available on Wii Shop Channel!

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Three New Classic Games Announced.

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Nintendo rules out Wii price cut (The State)

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Fresh off bumper earnings, Nintendo Co. ruled out a price cut for its smash-hit Wii video game console Friday and announced the company will being selling the Wii in China next year. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata also unveiled a gift-giving feature that will allow users to send each other games over the Internet, boosting the Wii’s network offerings. Profits at Nintendo have surged on the …

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Nintendo Rules Out Wii Price Cut (Time Magazine)

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Fresh off bumper earnings, Nintendo Co. ruled out a price cut for its smash-hit Wii video game console Friday and announced the company will being selling the Wii in China next year

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Nintendo raises full-year forecast, Wii boosts H1 (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Japan’s Nintendo Co Ltd nearly tripled its first-half profit and boosted its annual earnings outlook on Thursday as its popular Wii and DS game machines outsell rival Sony Corp’s PlayStation.

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No Wii price cut, says Iwata ( News ) (EuroGamer)

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has once again ruled out a price cut for the dementedly popular Nintendo Wii. “We’re still focusing on how to meet booming demand,” Iwata said today in comments reported by the Associated Press . “We’re absolutely not considering a price cut,” he added.

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Samba Wii confirmed again ( News ) (EuroGamer)

Friday, October 26th, 2007

It’s been confirmed once already , but that hasn’t stopped SEGA dancing a jig in our direction to “jazzle” us with news that Samba de Amigo is on its way to Wii.

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Nintendo to launch Wii in China, S.Korea next year (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Friday, October 26th, 2007

TOKYO, Oct 26 - Nintendo Co Ltd aims to launch its hot-selling Wii videogame console in China and South Korea next year, company president Satoru Iwata said, in a move that could help accelerate its break-neck growth in recent years.

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TGS ‘07: We Love Golf! Hands-On [Wii] (GameSpot)

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Another golf game hits the Wii, this time from Capcom, and we take a swing with it at its first public showing.

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Yoshi’s Story, Super Thunder Blade and World Class Baseball Now Available on Wii Shop Channel!

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Three New Classics on Wii Shop Channel

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TGS ‘07: Samurai Warriors: Katana Updated Hands-On [Wii] (GameSpot)

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

We swing for the fences (or at least the heads of our enemies) in our look at this weapons-based action game for the Wii.

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Bomberman Land-s on Wii, PSP, Touch! 2 on the DS (GameSpot)

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Hudson’s bread-and-butter bombers now marching to Sony’s portable alongside Wii version and DS sequel in January.

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TGS ‘07: Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles Hands-On [Wii] (GameSpot)

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Zombies to the left of me, dogs to my right, here we are, stuck in the middle with Capcom as it gets ready to launch its Resident Evil shooter for the Wii.

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TGS ‘07: Deca Sporta Hands-On [Wii] (GameSpot)

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

We try out a trio of minigames from Hudson’s upcoming sports collection for the Wii.

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