Wii is famed for losing weight, however there was news from Minneapolis’ Abbott Northwestern Hospital saying that Nintendo Wii is recovering a 77 years old semipro tennis player who suffered stoke.
The interactive game of Wii Sports make rehab become fun, and it’s suitable for all ages. Happiness is the best cure to all diseases. I won’t be surprised if someone tell me Wii helps in preventing or curing Alzheimer.
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“But the software isn’t selling that well, because people don’t play it any more, so they don’t buy new software any more. That’s the current situation,”[/i] Futatsugi pointed out. “I think that Nintendo understands that. When the DS first was released, it wasn’t that bright, it wasn’t that cool. But after a year or so it started picking up and turned into a pretty awesome machine. So Nintendo is probably aware of that and thinking of something.”
I think Wii Games don’t sell is because they are so bloody expensive! Reduce to price to less than 30 bucks, for sure I’ll buy the games.
Because of Olympic Beijing 2008?
The Japanese news service reports today that Nintendo will begin offering new games for download at the beginning of 2008. Initially, the downloadable titles will focus on puzzle and edutainment genres. Eventually, Nintendo will expand to action games and larger productions.
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You may not owning one Nintendo Wii but you should appreciate it as a gamer, but why?
Nintendo Wii not only introduce us the new gaming console, but one of the major things it did was cutting down the prices of other gaming consoles! Microsoft decides to cut the prices of XBox 360 video game console in Europe.
Earlier this month, Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) was forced to slash its U.S. price after Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) cut the price of its Playstation 3, and added games and controllers to the package that it offers in Europe. A spokesman for Sony told Forbes.com that there were no plans to cut the price of the games console in Europe, despite Microsoft’s latest move
Ain’t wii lovely?
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Due to the tight supply of components such as IC chips and PCBs, Nintendo’s plans to expand production of its Wii games console, originally set for June, have been delayed, according to Taiwan-based component makers.
Nintendo not only earning profit for themselves, but also others:
Other sectors are feeling the Wii effect too - according to Japanese newspaper the Nikkei [Subscription link] Mitsumi Electric, Nintendo’s supplier of power chips and Wi-Fi components, netted a fivefold increase in operating profit recently.
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It’s going to be Tomb Raider 10th years Anniversary. Morgan Gray the senior producer of Eidos Interactive is working on current Tomb Raider Anniversary Wii edition.
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Nintendo plans to release more fun games with less difficulty in the future:
Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto says that the key lies in the word ‘fun’ and that making complex and difficult games is not the way forward. He thinks the Nintendo Wii can please all kinds of gamers, and not just casual ones who’re not bothered about playing for too long at a time.
