Entries in 'wii' (1053)
New PSP incoming, analyst predicts
Have you recovered from the shock announcement of Nintendo’s 3DS this morning? Good, because one analyst believes that we should be preparing for the announcement of a further two new ...
Reggie: Move feels like ‘Wii-too’
Averting any danger that an hour might pass without one platform holder slating another in the press, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has once again mocked the Sony’s Move ...
Miyamoto: Zelda could use Vitality Sensor
Nintendo guru Shigeru Miyamoto has hinted that the Vitality Sensor could be integrated into the next Zelda game.
Reef: Wii market is safe again
A publishing group now porting older PS2 titles to the Wii insists that a ‘core’ market has opened again for Nintendo’s home console.
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Rising Star puts faith in hardcore
Japanese games specialist Rising Star hopes to draw in the hardcore Wii gaming audience when No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle hits the console.
Hayes: Move/Wii comparisons are unfair
Both use a main wand and an auxiliary joystick-equipped controller and both claim to track precise body movements, but Sega’s North American and European president and COO Mike Hayes has ...
Wii iPlayer usage on the up
The Nintendo Wii enjoyed an increase in iPlayer use in February and now accounts for four per cent of the service’s total usage.
Sony: Yes, we are aiming for Wii audience
Can the PlayStation Move succeed in convincing Wii gamers to give up on Nintendo’s console and invest in a PS3? The answer to that all depends on who you ask.
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Reggie questions Move ‘motivation’
Such are the similarities between PlayStation Move and the Nintendo Wii that some have speculated that Sony’s device might draw some consumer’s away from Nintendo’s product.
Nintendo challenges dual-ownership claims
The industry has for years worked on the presumption that the Wii is a far more likely second purchase for those who already own either an Xbox 360 and PS3, ...
Nintendo: We’re not good at core games
In his most brazen statement on the subject to date, Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has admitted that the platform holder isn’t very good at making hardcore games – ...
Tiger captures Ryder Cup licence
Publisher EA has swooped to secure the Ryder Cup licence for use in the upcoming Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, it has been confirmed.
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Doctor Who Wii game IS real
MCV can confirm that the Doctor Who title for the Wii rumoured to be in the works by The Sun this morning is real.
NPD: Xbox 360 outsells Wii
In a month that saw steeper declines in the US video games market than most people had expected, Xbox 360 has emerged as a surprise victor in the hardware sector.
The tech behind PlayStation Move
We’ve had very few bones to chew on since Sony first announced its Motion Controller at E3 last year, but Sony’s GDC keynote last night finally gave us some meat ...
Nintendo: Motion control our ‘core’
2010 is set to be the year of motion control. By default, that also means it’s the year that the long-standing dominance of Wii will be tested like never before. ...
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The need for Wii 2 is “not there yet”
How will the Wii respond to Sony and Microsoft’s imminent motion control offensive? There are many answers out there. A price cut is one option, though many analysts believe there ...
No Xbox 360 for EA Sports Active 2
Just hours after revealing that a motion controlled version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 will be heading to PS3 but not Xbox 360, EA has now announced that ...
Dev source confirms PS3 'nunchuck'
Studio sources have confirmed to MCV's sister site Develop that Sony's new Motion Controller device will be compatible with an extra Wii Nunchuck-style add-on.
Blizzard thinking of console WoW “all the time”
Acclaimed MMO developer Blizzard has stated that a console version of its popular PC title World of Warcraft is getting serious thought-time at the studio, though the challenges of converting ...
‘PS3 to outsell Wii by 2013’
Sony’s PS3 is not only on the up – it stands to become the largest global console and outsell the Wii in just three years time. That’s the prediction from ...
Liliegren clarifies Wii ‘virus’ statements
Following his seemingly harsh criticism of the Nintendo Wii earlier this week, former DICE boss and current head of Antic Entertainment Fredrik Liliegren has balanced his claim with some praise ...
Wii price cut unlikely this year
Despite some very high-profile calls for all three platform holders to cut the price of their hardware yet further in 2010, Nintendo’s American sales and marketing boss Cammie Dunaway has ...
Nintendo expects 2010 Wii decline
Platform holder Nintendo has confessed that the chances of Wii topping its 2009 sales performance over the next 12 months are slim – though the firm is still hopeful that ...
JAPAN: Wii passes 10m sales
Nintendo’s unstoppable motion-sensing home console Wii has now passed the 10m unit sales barrier in the company’s homeland of Japan, Kotaku reports.
