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Photos: Nintendo Wii swings into action

News Nintendo says its newly named Wii console is about the width of three stacked DVD cases and will play single- or double-layered 120mm optical discs, as well as 80mm Nintendo GameCube discs. Nintendo did not commit to a launch date or price...

10 May 2006, 11:38

Nintendo sells a million Wiis in the UK

News The Nintendo Wii has sold over a million units in the UK, according to data from official sales trackers Chart Track. Nintendo put the console's runaway success down to the fact that it has been selling regardless of seasonality, and due to the new...

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31 August 2007, 9:37

Nintendo angry at Wii scalping

News This Christmas the Nintendo Wii has been in hot demand but short supply -- and the solution to this equation from many retailers is to add an estimated £100 on to the recommended retail price by insisting that gamers buy a selection of games with...

Tags: nintendo, retail, console, wii

19 December 2007, 9:14

News.blog: Sony stole my controller, cries Nintendo

News When both Nintendo and Sony showed off motion-sensitive controllers for their forthcoming Wii (formerly the Revolution) and PlayStation 3 video game controllers at E3 last week, it seemed like that was the natural direction for such equipment to...

22 May 2006, 16:49

Miyamoto: Creativity is the essence of game design

News If one thing was clear on Thursday morning at the Game Developers' Conference in San Francisco, it's that videogame developers love Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto. Nintendo's hit game Brain Training, for example, which tasks Nintendo DS players with...

9 March 2007, 10:24

Wiimote to be lightsaber at last

News Today, LucasArts had an answer: spring 2008, when the publisher of all things Star Wars will release its first game for Nintendo's wildly popular console. Contrary to some rumours, the game in question will not be an all-new title; rather, it will...

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19 September 2007, 11:16

News.blog: Wii Zapper announced

News Well, Nintendo finally announced one, and it's.not quite what we expected. Over a year ago, before the Wii was even released, rumours were rife about the possibility of a gun accessory for the Wiimote.

12 July 2007, 11:12

E3 slogan: 'Everyone's a gamer'

News But in the past year or so, that's changed dramatically, due largely to offbeat, atypical games like Nintendo's Wii Sports and Activision's Guitar Hero series. We see this as a celebration, and I don't mean just the celebration for Nintendo...

16 July 2007, 10:59

Photos: Cracking open the Wii

News Bill Detwiler at CNET.co.uk's sister site TechRepublic got his hands on a Nintendo Wii a while back and took the thing apart piece by piece for readers' enjoyment. Come along as we go inside the Wii and see the hardware that makes Nintendo's...

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28 August 2007, 10:48

Live Wii ads to hit UK cinemas

News Live communications agency" CommentUK, in conjunction with Carlton Screen UK, is running an ad for Nintendo with a difference -- live actors have been placed in the audience as part of the promotion, reports Creative Match.

30 May 2007, 10:02

Canadian gym offers Wii workouts

News Studeo55 in Vancouver has incorporated a Nintendo Wii workout station into circuit training where users can punch, run and jump with the system's movement-sensitive controller. While some other gyms have combined stationary bikes with PlayStations...

25 July 2007, 10:52

BBC iPlayer in Wii streaming joy

News Now they'll also be able to watch BBC TV programmes on demand, streamed over the Internet to their Nintendo console -- if they live in the UK, that is. Gamers can do a huge variety of things with their Wiis -- play virtual tennis, create a Mii to...

Tags: service, bbc, wii, iplayer

10 April 2008, 9:46

High hopes for cheaper hardware at E3

News Nintendo almost certainly won't tinker with its prices. Instead, Nintendo may announce new features for the Wii or unveil a redesign of its popular DS handheld gaming device. The only thing I think Nintendo may announce is a headset and microphone...

9 July 2007, 10:23

Nintendo briefly exceeds Sony's value

News Nintendo briefly zipped past Sony in market capitalisation on Monday to become one of Japan's ten most valuable companies as it elbows the PlayStation maker out of its decade-long dominance of the game industry.

26 June 2007, 10:43

Nintendo sells one million systems in one week

News Nintendo has revealed its sales figures in the US for the 'Black The seven-day period was Nintendo's best ever in the US, with over one million systems sold in the 50 states. Outgoing Nintendo of America senior vice president of marketing and...

Tags: sales, president, america, playstation

29 November 2007, 9:37