It’s being reported around the ‘Net that the WII is the top selling console now.
anyone that’s been watching the numbers and information floating around would have already known that over ~6 months ago, or pretty much since the WII was released. Just because the ‘numbers’ prove it now, now it’s news?
Well I never thought I would see this in my lifetime, but Sega in a [super secret meeting] has partnered with Platinum Games. A team of programmers mostly from the Capcom Clover studios, the guys that created Devil may Cry, Okami, Viewiful Joe among others. 3 new games are are slated for release on the Wii.
Sega.. making games for the Nintendo.. who would have thunk it.. 
Fitness game.. HA! you get it? huh? did you? Well fine.. ANYWAY…
EA figuring there’s money to be made in the whole play games as a diet craze that’s starting to hit the Wii (Come on people. Moving around burns calories. Burn more then you take in.. you lose weight!!)
But [Eurogamer] is saying that Peter Moore wants to make you sweat, where as that concepts scares the holy jeebus out of me.. I’ll push though the fear to continue writing.
The newly created ‘Freestyle’ sub-division of the EA Sports divisionis working on a new game that will utilize the Wii balance board and focus on more ‘Western’ cardiovascular workouts.
Peter Moore went on record at the EA Sports showcase stating:
“We’re watching very closely what the Wii Fit board does,” he said. “We think we have to have a role to play with that mum - the kids have gone to school, she’s got 45 minutes on her own, the Wii is there, it’s the first console she’s ever liked because she can do things herself. And we’re working on stuff, trying to work out how we can use EA Sports applications there.”
“We also need to make sure we’re delivering something that’s truly exercise. I’ll call [Wii Fit] more eastern fitness, where it senses weight and balance, like Tai-Chi. It’s more about holistic fitness. I don’t think the board is going to take a pounding. We need to look more at western fitness in which I can actually be moving and start to sweat a little bit, and that’s what we’re working on right now.”
“It can’t feel like a workout, The team has to figure out, how do I smile while I’m doing this? You play soccer for 90 minutes; if I say you’re going to run five miles you’re not gonna want to do that. But you run for five miles playing soccer and you’ve had a good time.”
“The difference is you’re distracted. We need to distract people and not make this exercise feel like work, but like they’re having fun. So mini-games, things where you’re actually laughing out loud, that’s the stuff we’re working on. It’s something I’ve always been passionate about, and who better than us to go and play in that market?”
[Games Industry] is reporting that Media Create has charted the Wii version of Mario Kart selling another 174,000 units in the past week pushing it over the 1 million sold mark.
the current top 10 in Japan is as follows:
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Well this goes to show that Nintendo is doing VERY well, with Sony trying to get 3rd place. But with only 1 PS3 title in the top ten.. wow. =/ Of course, the Xbox is no where to be found..LOL
One of the guys in one of my lists made this nice little announcement to the group:
“A mum was buying Donkey Kong racing for Wii, I was talking a guy about the Nintendo Wii how its good for my kid but I dont play it much, he said same about his daughter, the mother buying the game turned around and said:
“Nintendo make the Wii?”
Immediate bursts of laughter from game staff and other customers…
I mean, she is a buying a Nintendo game, has bought a Nintendo console, ummm, don’t you read the box you got the Wii in? Dont you see Nintendo written over the game you just bought?”
Millions of dollars spend in marketing, and people still don’t know who makes what. I guess that really does prove that most people don’t care about the hardware, it’s all about the games.
According to the official [Nintendo web site] a new channel has launched for the the Wii.
Nintendo Channel is an interactive guide to what’s new in the world of Nintendo - now available for easy download from the Wii Shop Channel. Watch trailers, mini-documentaries, product demonstrations, and gameplay videos. Browse the game guide pages to get information about your favorite games on Wii and Nintendo DS. You can even click to order games straight from your Wii, if you have the Internet Channel installed.
Makes me wish I had a Wii. =( Hey! Nintendo!!! want to see more reviews and information on the Wii?! Seen me one! I’m a nice guy!! hehe
News around the wire are saying that BioShock is coming to the PS3 (duh) and looks to be a new Castlevania game heading to the system as well.
Tecmo Bowl is heading to the Wii and even some rumors of Halo 4
Every once in a while, somebody takes two of my favorite things and manages to combine them together in happy unity. Case in point: Electric Arts (EA) new advancements in Nerf and Wiimote technology.
EA plans to release this Nerf/Wiimote combo in tandem with a new game called Nerf N-Strike. This contraption that you see to your left doesn’t yet have an official name, but it is a Nerf shooter as well as a Wiimote for first person shooter games.
EA has been working with well-known toy company Hasbro on many products. These two companies have been developing video game versions of its most popular games, including Yahtzee, Trivial Pursuit, Operation, and Monopoly Here and Now: World Edition.
Now I will finally be able to literally shoot something when I play Wii games, and I don’t have to worry about cracking the TV screen. I wonder if this blaster shoots Nerf disks or suction cup darts, because it would be cool to have the darts stick to your television screen.
I can’t help but wonder what kind of game Nerf N-Strike will be. If this product is targeted to the younger crowd, then “get ready for some family-friendly bloodless action!” I guess we’ll have to wait and see, as no release date or price has been set.
Orginal Post on 12/27/07
Every year I like to think up (and this year post) my predictions for the next year.
1) BioShock will turn into an MMO.
Think about it. Being able to run around killing splicer’s while earning enough money to buy better plasmids? All the while picking up bits and pieces of items to craft them into new weapons, armor and ammo? All in an underwater city that was seemingly built as an MMO in the first place? The ability to explore areas shut off from you the first time around? It would be sweet. Could even do the game like HellGate: London (only done right.. see #9)
2) Blizzard will announce that the next Gen MMO game they are making will be the ‘World of Starcraft’
The only big sci-fi MMO out there is EVE. Of course there’s Star Wars Galaxies and Tabula Rasa, but that’s not saying much. So the world is in need of a good Sci-Fi MMO to take the place of Earth and Beyond. (..!., EA)
Starcraft has just as much or more of a following then the Warcraft series and has just as deep of a story and background. WoW has already has and continues to embrace Diablo like a brother (sockets? come on) and has some cross over story lines between the Diablo and StarCraft games; Blizzard is also readying up Starcraft II to enter the market. So, to me, it makes total sense to have a World of StarCraft.
Now what would REALLY be cool is the ability to merge the three games together so that WoW is the beginning WoD (that’s World of Diablo) is the middle and WoS is the ending and your character can port back and forth between times.
Of course, the announcement could be nothing more then the release of Diablo 3 (wasn’t that HellGate?) But the World of StarCraft would be MUCH cooler.
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Update: 06/28/08
Well Blizzard has annouced Diablo 3 about 3 odd hours ago. This is the major announcement for this year
however there’s still that top-secret project they are working on…
3) Nintendo will continue not to be able to create enough Wii’s for demand and within 6 to 8 month it won’t matter. People will finally give up paying extremely high prices for a system that has very few good games when they can buy an Xbox 360 for cheaper then some of the package deals and get a library of better games.
4) I call 3 ‘hot’ titles for the Wii this year, the rest will suck.
5) Sony will continue to lie to their customers and survive on the fanboys throwing huge amounts of money at the feet of their God. But no one will care because the PS3 has RIDGE RACER!!
6) The Xbox360 will continue to dominate the online play aspect of console gaming. The PC will continue to mock LIVE.
7) The industry will begin to understand that most gamers don’t care that they can show off their photos on their console. We want to play games.
Mobile gamers will finally realize that Cell phones are NOT good gaming platform. PDA users will continue to look around clueless.
9) HellGate: London will be used as a model to teach new game developers how NOT to just concentrate on the game play and worry about the interface aspects of a game also. (GREAT game.. Horrible interface..)
10) Some Jerk somewhere will kill someone over something and blame it on a video game.
11) Rock Band will completely take over and destroy the Guitar Hero market.
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[EDIT - Cleaned up some grammar and did a rewrite in a few places to clear things up] (Never said I was a good writer. :P )
In the gaming and medical world, therapists are prescribing Nintendo Wii time. Amazing what a “simple” innovation in a gaming console can do, right?
The latest case is related to a man who had a stroke, and in order to recover his strength, he is simply playing Nintendo Wii. According to the therapists, the Wii is suppose to help patients build balance, coordination, endurance and upper and lower body strength.
