Link: Now, We All Can Wii
"Nintendo Co. has opened its blockbuster Wii game system to independent video-game developers, the company announced Wednesday.
Nintendo said it will let hobbyists and game studios create and sell downloadable Wii games with a tool called WiiWare. Gamers will be able to purchase the games through the console’s Wii Shop channel [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Wii'
Now, We All Can Wii
June 27th, 2007 · No Comments · Wii
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Putting the We Back in Wii
June 8th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Collaboration, Content, Community, The NY Times Valiantly Attempts To Report on Technology, Wii
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"As of the end of April, Nintendo has sold 2.5 million Wii consoles in the United States, almost double PlayStation 3’s sales of 1.3 million and closing in on Xbox 360’s 5.4 million sales, according to the NPD Group, a market research firm.
What changed? The secretive company is coming [...]
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Classic Namco Games on Wii
April 10th, 2007 · No Comments · Wii
The other day they announced that they’ve releasing the classic version of Galaga for the Nintendo Wii (it’s available through the online Wii Shop for 500 Wii points, or US$5.00).
Today they announced they’re releasing a bundle of old Namco games for the Nintendo DS. Hopefully this means they’ll make the Namco games available for the [...]
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When Will Wii Play Online?
April 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Wii
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"In early March, rumors began circulating on popular video game Web sites that Nintendo was not allowing any third-party video games to include online multiplayer features in 2007, drawing the ire of some fans who want to break out of their living rooms and take their Wii gaming prowess global. [...]
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Wii Is Guest of Honor at New Genre of Parties
February 1st, 2007 · No Comments · Wii
Link: Wii Is Guest of Honor at New Genre of Parties
Kris Smith called it "the equivalent of a man Tupperware party.” In early December, he and a few pals gathered in a basement in suburban Chicago to try out their friend’s brand new Nintendo Wii video game console. At the end of the night, Smith, [...]
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Nintendo’s Wii to provide News
January 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Wii
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Rabid video gamers could get some help keeping in touch with the outside world this weekend as Nintendo Co. launches an online news service through its popular Wii console. The Wii News Channel, scheduled to debut Saturday, will primarily feature top news stories and photographs from The Associated Press.
Consoles [...]
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Discovering the GameCube on Wii
January 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Games, Wii
One interesting and unheralded feature of the Wii is the fact that it plays Nintendo GameCube titles. (It also plays older games that you can buy online from the Nintendo 64, NES and other Nintendo systems through the "virtual console" feature, but I haven’t played around with those yet.)
We are getting a ton of mileage [...]
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Wii Unboxed
January 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Games, Wii
Unwrapped by jeffreymcmanus.
My xmas present finally arrived yesterday.
I have benefited from the obsessive gadgeteers’ unboxing ritual over the years, so I decided to do one of my own. Enjoy!
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Why the Wii Will Win
December 21st, 2006 · 2 Comments · Games, Web/Tech, Wii
wee wii by chrisglass.
People don’t take pictures of their kids playing Playstation or XBox. I’m just saying.
(There are hundreds more photos like this on Flickr’s Wii Motion pool.)
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