Month: November 2006

The December 4th issue of the New Yorker sums up the road to Wii. We’ve all heard the story, but the article sums up Nintendo’s “not competing for next gen” strategy quite nicely: “The point is that business is not a sporting event. Victory for one company doesn’t mean defeat for everyone else.” While it’s nice to see the mainstream press catching on...

I was listening to the latest Infendo podcast today, and towards the end Scott and Blake started to talk about the Wii Shopping Channel background music (or maybe muzak, depending on what you think of it). With their playful banter fresh in my mind, I fired up the ol’ blog software and got to task with a post about not only the shopping music, but Wii Channels music overall. You might not th...

Jason Kottke, popular “general” blogger has posted his first Wii impressions after playing the system at a friend’s house: “It’s fun. Really fun… I haven’t enjoyed a gaming system this much since a certain plumber and his green-clad brother… Now all I need to do is get my own.” The Wii is certainly getting tons of word-of-mouth buzz, and not ju...

Too. Much. Can’t. Resist. Must. Bash. Sony… Software – This Week | Total Sales 1.) Love and Berry DS Collection (NDS, Sega) – 421,227 | NEW2.) Jump Ultimate Stars (NDS, Nintendo) – 150,303 | NEW3.) J-League Winning Eleven 10 (PS2, Konami) – 103,365 | NEW4.) Common Knowledge Training (NDS, Nintendo) – 81,813 | 611,6425.) Pokémon Diamond (NDS, The Pokémon ...

Tycho over at Penny Arcade discusses again today the idea of “True Movement” in regards to how people play the Wii. According to them, true movement is when you physically act out the swing of a tennis racket in Wii Sports, or set up and go through to motions to net a strike in bowling. As for myself, I’m a bit of a hybrid. Zelda is played couch potato like on the sofa, arms rest...

Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aime told Reuters today that his company expects the Game Boy Advance to be around at least for one more holiday season: “We think that Game Boy Advance certainly has at least one more holiday season left in it. For us, it continues to be a great stepping stone for five-, six-, seven-year-old consumers to have their first great handheld gaming experience and th...

Reuters reports: “Nintendo is on track to meet its target of selling 4 million units of its Wii game console globally by the end of the year, with the potential for exceeding that goal limited only by manufacturing constraints, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime said on Wednesday. ‘All systems are go for reaching the 4-million target we have in our financials by December 31...

Funny, sad, and surprisingly open-minded hardcore gamer all wrapped in one. Indication you like video games too much? 🙂

“Once upon a time, in a small Japanese village, the Nintendo Entertainment System was born. The rest, as they say, is history. Really, really fun history.”

I Suppose this is obvious to some, but the demand for Nintendo’s new console has risen considerably amongst the Japanese from this time last year. According to the Computer Entertainment Software Association and its annual study of Japanese game consumers, 48.9% of game consumers say they are interested in acquiring Wii, compared with 20.9% this time last year. And that little money making m...

In a post-Wii-purchasing haze of confusion, I apparently forgot about the rest of the world. So this week, we ask: Which continent do you live on? Asia Africa Europe North America South America Australia Antarctica    Feel free to post specific countries in comments, too!

Is GoldenEye coming to a Virtual Console near you? Maybe. Maybe not. Reggie’s saying he’d like it to happen, but there are a few small hurdles to overcome first. Small hurdles like this software company in Redmond that makes extreme to the max consoles that go really well with Mountain Dew. “Suffice it to say we would love to see [GoldenEye on Virtual Console], so we’re exp...