Nintendo Wii News

October 16th, 2007 by Alexander Peters

Wii Party removes video from video game
The latest Wii mini-game collection from Nintendo hopes to redefine what a video-game means in a family situation. To do this, Nintendo are taking the emphasis away from the screen and bringing more party interaction to the fore. Nintendo is rolling out two versions of the new Wii Party mini-game collection, one with an included Wii-mote controller. Perhaps this package will be enough to boost ...
Wii championships begin in Redondo Beach
Nintendo America is staging the first ever Wii Games Summer 2010 National Championship video games competition in Redondo Beach. | PHOTOS
WII CAN DO IT
Athletes use video console as tool for rehabilitation While many athletes may hardly consider the Wii Fit exercise, this university's athletics department, along with Ohio State's, has taken the video game and turned it into a concussion and injury rehabilitation tool through its yoga and balance-testing ...
Wii Party to be bundled with Wii Remote in Europe
Much in the vein of Wii Play , it seems the European version of Wii Party will come with an additional, savory bonus: an extra Wii Remote. According to Siliconera , every copy of the game (which drops in Europe October 8) will come with a new controller -- a slight departure from the game's Japanese release strategy, which offered a controller bundle for 6,800 yen ($81), and a controller-less ...
News: Wii GoldenEye motivated by money - Hollis
Activision won't do original "justice". Martin Hollis, he who made the original GoldenEye for N64, thinks there may be a strong whiff of money up Activision's nostrils when it comes to the new GoldenEye 007 Wii remake. Speaking to Official Nintendo Magazine, Hollis said he'd be surprised if anyone at the publisher was bothered about doing the original game "justice". "I imagine it is a business ...
Namco remakes arcade classics again in Wii's Namco Museum Megamix
The last time Namco Bandai released a Museum collection on Wii with updated versions of its classics ... it didn't really work out . Namco is trying again with Namco Museum Megamix -- sort of. In fact, many of the remixed games in this collection are the same as in the previous collection, judging from the materials released. The Galaga Remix seen in the screenshots is the same "defend Pac-Man ...
Nyko ships Wand+ with Wii MotionPlus built in
Today, Nyko begins shipping the Wand+ Wii remote. We first got our hands on the Wand+ at CES 2010 and really liked the new soft feel rubberized surface that coats the entire remote. It appears identical to the original Wand controller, save for the fact that MotionPlus is now built in to the same form factor.
The Wii's Other Metroid
Nintendo's new Metroid game for the Wii, 'Metroid: Other M' provides some backstory on the series and its heroine. Nintendo - Wii - Metroid Other M - Video game - Games
Harry Potter Watch Out: The Wii Has A Wand+ Now
Nyko Technologies' Wand+ for the Wii looks suspiciously like the Nintendo Wii Remote, but the company behind it says it can do much more. They proclaim that it features Full Motion Technology support, Trans-Port Technology (which supposedly means it can pass sound and vibration signals to other Nintendo Wii related products) and Bluetooth communication. So, basically, [...]
Top Players Compete for Video Game Glory at Wii Games: Summer 2010 National Championship
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nintendo: WHAT: Participants and spectators from across the United States will come together in Los Angeles Sept. 3-5 for the Wii Games: Summer 2010 national championship. As many as 90 winning teams from dozens of qualifying events held throughout the country will join six sweepstakes winners to participate in this first-of-its-kind tournament event. Players of all ages will ...