Tag: wii
Nintendo losing $1.3bn of potential sales thanks to Wii shortages
That’s enough money to fund all of our fantasy lifestyles, and is the amount a New York Times report says Nintendo is losing out on this year thanks to Wii stock shortages.
James Lin, senior analyst at the MDB Capital Group says Nintendo “could easily sell double what they’re selling” – and it’s playing into the hands of the enemy. Sir Howard Stringer, boss of everything at Sony, said “I’m happy that the Wii seems to be running out…
Nintendo to pull Wii ads after stock shortages?
Christmas is in CRISIS! Nintendo’s Wii console is already sold out across the land, with desperate mums forced into prostitution (unconfirmed, but likely) in order to fund the excessive prices being charged by online shops for the few Wiis still available.
And just one look at the mass eBay shame out there will show you how bad it’s getting. Chancers are trying to shift used…
That's not a Wii lightsaber: it's a Light Sword. Really.
And yes, we’re sure. See, if this was a lightsabre, it would have to be an officially licensed Star Wars product with the blessing of Lucasfilm. And, er, it’s not. Instead, it’s a Light Sword that looks just like the lightsab.. the weapons used in a certain series of Sci-Fi movies.
Students hack Sony AIBO, use Wii-motes to control the obsolete toy
Wii hacks? What is this, January 2007?! And the Sony AIBO is involved too? It’s enough to make one’s head hurt, like it’s 8.27am Sunday all over again.
The Wiibot, as some University of Calgary students have dubbed it, is a research project based on human device…
Shiny Video: interview with Charles Martinet, voice of Mario for Nintendo
Never have I been more jealous in this job before – Bulent, one of my colleagues who works on our Nintendo blog, WiiWii, today met with Charles Martinet, who provides the voice for Mario, in town for today’s launch of Super Mario Galaxy.
Take a look at the above video for his amazing impersonations, the hilarious story behind him winning the role of Mario, how…
Shiny Video Review: In2Games "Wii-like" wireless PS2 controllers
In this video, Zara takes a look at some motion sensitive WiFi controllers for the PS2 which aim to give players a more…
A Wii AND 360-hybrid console? With HD PVR and an iPod dock? SE2 Labs' Integrated Theater Console says yes
Check out this behemoth…err…um…what on earth is it?! Some as-yet-untransformed Transformer? Sadly it’s not a character from an edited-out scene, if you look a bit harder, it’s actually an Xbox 360/Wii/HD PVR/home theatre system/iPod dock/Netlinx control box hybrid.
Or the SE2 Labs’ Integrated Theater Console, if you want to get specific. It’s pretty much every piece of kit you…
Games Roundup: today's key Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 stories
From PSPSPS: Trailer for The Club is exclusively …
Nintendo reveals Wii and DS million-sellers
Cor. There’s nothing like some whopping great sales figures to put a smile on the face of a gaming fanboy, so Team Nintendo will be beaming today. Nintendo has just revealed figures for a bunch of Wii and DS games that sold over a million copies.
PS3 sales catching up with Wii in Japan: will the West follow?
It’s not been the best of years for Sony and PS3, but there could be light at the end of the tunnel. Well, kind of. In October, Sony sold 47,183 PS3s, compared to the 110,415 Wiis sold by Nintendo.
