Archive for October, 2006

Wal-Mart Wii Buyers Guide

Wal-Mart Wii Buyers Guide

from Biffsputnik: My local Wal-Mart has a Wii Buyers Guide on display (sorry about blurry phone cam pic), a free guide for Wal-Mart customers packing in 30+ pages of Wii education, game profiles, an interview with Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime, and a few pages on “must-have games for the Nintendo DS, Nintendo GameCube [...]

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Scans of everything Wii from Nintendo Power

Scans of everything Wii from Nintendo Power

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IGN previews Wii’s interface menu system

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Impessions, Screens, Videos, and More 10/28

Impessions, Screens, Videos, and More 10/28

Wii-K Oct. 27th Wii Box Art Update Super Monkey Ball: BB Blog IGN Matt on Wii Play Testing Nintendo’s Earnings Densha de Go! Info IGN Weekly: Episode 30 More Banana Blitz Minigames Red Steel Multiplayer Video  Need For Speed: Carbon Screens Trauma Center: Second Opinion Videos Splinter Cell Composer Interview IGN Bozon’s Top 10 Wii [...]

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Wii pumps iron with Men’s Health

From Infendo Today, we see yet another example that the Wii has infiltrated a non-traditional avenue: Men’s Health Magazine. In the monthly “Ask the Girl Next Door” section with Nicole Beland, a reader asks the buxom beauty, “How can I get my girlfriend into playing video games?” Says Nicole: “Calling her over to watch you [...]

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Red Steel Multiplayer Trailer

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Impressions, News, Screens, and Videos 10/24

Impressions, News, Screens, and Videos 10/24

Top 10 Voice Mail Alert Game Sounds for Phones IGN’s Top 10 Voted Upcoming Games This Week Creating the Rayman Universe Lik-Sang No More Elebits Toys with Game Preorder Matt Tests Out Twilight Princess Next Week 14 Ubi Soft Wii Games by March of 2007 Ubi Soft First/Second Quater Earnings IGN Wii Launch Guide Marvel: [...]

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Wii display for Best Buy

Wii display for Best Buy

This photo was originally leaked here: http://gonintendo.com/?p=6989 Joystiq says: A Best Buy employee who wishes to remain anonymous sent in the above pre-launch Wii setup for the retailer including a 22-page memo documenting which stores will participate in the promotion. The letter, written by VMSM (third-party Nintendo marketer?) and addressed to “Best Buy Retail Management,” [...]

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Impressions, Screens, and Videos 10/22

Impressions, Screens, and Videos 10/22

26 Wii Game boxes IGN’s Wii-kly podcast: I listened to the whole 40 minutes or so, some highlights include: – Matt and some development team are working together to create a Virtual Console title (little details were mentioned) – Matt talks about how awkward it was playing Red Steel on their tiny 5″ capture device [...]

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Wii kiosk set up at Nintendo World Store in NYC

Wii kiosk set up at Nintendo World Store in NYC

The kiosks are NOT playable yet, but if you want to get a first hand look at the system or the games on a 16:9 screen rather than YouTube, stop on by. – Demo kiosks start operation on November 1st – 12 Wii kiosks throughout the store – Multiplayer wall has been replaced with three [...]

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NOA confirms that component cables will be available to purchase.

NOA confirms that component cables will be available to purchase.

480p a Go For Wii Launch NOA confirms that component cables will be available to purchase. From IGN: October 19, 2006 – Nintendo last month revealed that its new Wii home console would ship with composite cables for standard resolution televisions. However, the company did not specify whether or not high-definition TV owners would be [...]

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Madden 2007 – A Nintendo Wii First Look

eHvZ_FrDWiw Through mini-games and easy to learn tutorials, Madden ’07 for the Wii brings a new level of immersion to sports games. Share

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Impressions, Videos, and Screens Oct. 19th

Impressions, Videos, and Screens Oct. 19th

Wii Boxart Update Nintendo’s Wins and Losses GT Pro Series Impressions Top 10 Games IGN THQ Launch Lineup Redjade Opens How Will Wii Kiosks Be Displayed? Rayman Game Development Interview  Red Steel Screens Red Steel Videos  Pokemon Battle Revolution Screens Elebits Trailer More Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Videos Rayman Raving Rabbids Videos GT Pro Series Videos [...]

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Back of Wii retail box

Back of Wii retail box

From GoNintendo: The wonderful team at Wiixors was nice enough to let me know of some pics they grabbed from a local EB Games. They snagged some pics of the Wii retail box, and it has some interesting info! Click the thumbs below to check them out. Thanks once again to the Wiixors team! Share

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Impressions, Screens, and Videos 10/13/06

Wii Box Art Update Banana Blitz Single-Player Hands-On Red Steel Impressions Rayman Raving Rabbids Impressions The First Wii Commercial and MORE Japan Wii Accessories Japan’s Wii Tour in November Japan’s TGS Picks New Wiimote Tools Next-Gen Sale Predictions New E3 Dates and Location Wiimote as “TV REMOTE” DBZ: BT 2 Videos Avatar: the Last Airbender [...]

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