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Skyward Sword Will Show Wii Edge in Motion Tracking

Both Microsoft and Sony launched motion tracking controller in 2010, in the form of the Kinect and the PlayStation Move, but Nintendo says that competition is welcome and that the company will show the strength of its own solution with the release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Speaking in a wide ranging i...

10 March 2011
13:41 GMT

Wii Remote Plus Confirmed by Nintendo

At the press conference which also confirmed that launch date and price for the 3DS handheld in Japan Nintendo has also officially confirmed the existence of a new model of the Wiimote, called the Wii Remote Plus, which combines both the original device and the Motion Plus add on in a good looking new package.Nintend...

30 September 2010
03:05 GMT

Nintendo Announces Mii-Powered Wii Party

Nintendo has officially announced that its next big attempt at creating a million selling blockbuster is called Wii Party, a title using the player made Mii avatars and delivering a wide array of mini games, which can be enjoyed both solo and in multiplayer. It seems that the launch date for Wii Party is set for this...

10 May 2010
16:21 GMT

Red Steel 2 Coming in Late March

Ubisoft has finally confirmed the release date for the much delayed Red Steel 2 for the Nintendo Wii. The videogame is set to arrive in North America on March 23 and three days later (publishers seem to love this three-day period) in Europe. There are two editions of Red Steel 2 players can pick up. The 50-dollar one...

29 January 2010
02:52 GMT

Next Zelda Will Use Motion Plus for Sword Fighting

Zelda is one of the biggest franchises Nintendo has under its belt and it makes sense for it to use the best technology the company has to offer. So, a lot of people already believed that the next Zelda videogame for the Nintendo Wii would make use of the Motion Plus add-on for the Wiimote to offer a better gameplay ...

4 November 2009
16:41 GMT

Epic Mickey Does Not Support Motion Plus, Likes the Vitality Sensor

Epic Mickey seems to be shaping up as one of the big Nintendo Wii releases of 2010 and a media blitz following the official unveiling of the videogame is in full swing. The Disney universe-based title, which is being created by Warren Spector and his Junction Point team, aims to both reinvent classic characters from ...

30 October 2009
17:51 GMT

The Next Wii Is Going to Lose the Extra Weight

Shigeru Miyamoto offered an interview with Popular Mechanics and the future of the Wii was put under the microscope. The main thing that was discussed was whether or not the motion controls would be making a comeback. It seems like their popularity hasn't slipped Nintendo's watchful eye, and they're a ...

22 October 2009
06:04 GMT

Nintendo Wii Officially Gets 199-Dollar Price Tag

Nintendo has officially confirmed that it will be dropping 50 dollars from the price tag of the Wii home gaming console beginning with September 27 on the North American market. On October 1, a similar price reduction will take place in Japan, bringing the console down to the yen equivalent of 220 dollars. Apparently...

24 September 2009
04:49 GMT

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 Is Bundled with the Wii Motion Plus

Electronic Arts is announcing that it plans to sell Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 for the Nintendo Wii bundled with a Motion Plus accessory in North America. The publisher is saying that this special offer will only apply for the initial stages of the videogames' release. The price of the bundle has not been announced...

24 April 2009
03:25 GMT

The Classic Controller Pro Coming in Summer 2009 for the Nintendo Wii

Nintendo seems to be continuing its practice of releasing game controllers suited for limited series of games. It has now unveiled on its Japanese website a new Classic Controller set to arrive sometime during this summer. It is dubbed the Pro and features a new design bearing some resemblance to the way the classic ...

2 March 2009
03:43 GMT

The Conduit Will Support Wii Speak and Motion Plus

High Voltage Software is putting out a few new details regarding its shooter for the Nintendo Wii called The Conduit, which is supposed to be the first hardcore focused action game for the platform.Talking to the MTV Multiplayer blog, Eric Nofsinger, the Chief Operations Officer of High Voltage, said that they aim to...

9 October 2008
09:01 GMT

Motion Plus Initially Too Costly for the Wii

One of the few announcements which Nintendo made this year to have a clear impact on gamers was the unveiling, just before E3, of the Wii Motion Plus, a new piece of hardware that a player  can attach to a Wiimote in order to get a better gameplay experience, mediated by new components which allow for the Motion...

7 October 2008
15:11 GMT

Tony Hawk Is Returning to the Nintendo DS

Activision Blizzard sends word that the development of a new Tony Hawk videogame for the Nintendo DS platform is now official and that it will be called Tony Hawk's Motion. The title is an indication that the game will have motion control capabilities created by way of an add-on which will use the GBA port of th...

1 September 2008
05:42 GMT


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