The Nintendo Wii has for a while now, been seen as the odd one out in the console war leaving the competition largely between the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. For many months, both analysts as well as gamers have been saying it’s high time for Nintendo to do something about it and even though the Wii broke new ground with it’s motion-sensing tech, it’s all old hat now with the top two consoles pretty much saying “whatever you can do, we can do better” and that they have –  The PS3 has Move and the Xbox has Kinect.

With sales steadily in decline and in a bid to strengthen themselves as firm market leaders, it has been reported by many websites that the Wii manufacturers are planning on slashing the price tag of their console down from $199 to just $150 as well as including a copy of the much loved Mario Kart Wii as of the 15th of next month. [Read more...]

There will be no 3D on Nintendo’s next console.That’s what we now know courtesy of Nintendo’s head honcho, the Wii 2 won’t be bringing 3D to the table. The news comes as speculation has been surrounding the future console with regards to pretty much everything about it. What will it look like? Blu-ray ready? 720 or 1080p?

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Rumours upon rumours, numbering the near hundreds have been doing the rounds a fair bit lately and no wonder either as many gamers the world over including top analysts have been calling out for Nintendo to do something their little console and bring out the Wii 2 already.

It now seems that yet another rumour has reared it’s ugly head in the form a highly possible announcement at this year’s E3 in Los Angeles. It’s become quite plausible now that the Wii 2 could unveiled during the show. [Read more...]

It may be too little too late for Nintendo’s next console according to analysts. This doesn’t bode too well for Ninty as it’s safe to say they did pretty well for their previous motion-sensing console. We’ve heard from him before with regards to Nintendo as well as Microsoft, this time Michael Pachter has said that… [Read more...]

Ok, so the Nintendo Wii WILL NOT literally detonate due to same hardware fault if it just do happens to get marked with a less than $100 price tag. It was said by EA’s head John Riccitiello who stated in an interview with Industry Gamers, that… [Read more...]

Since it’s original launch back in 2006, the Nintendo Wii broke from the mould of console gaming (at the time) with something that had been continually tried and ended up failing. This was motion-sensing gameplay.

What is agreed though, is that the Wii was the first to do this, and do it well with nay sayers having to take a step back as sales continued to reach skyward. [Read more...]

A retired police officer who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease was interviewed by the BBC, in which he stated that…

“I’ve had the Wii for two years and I’ve found it really useful, especially the balance board… You can actually see where your centre of balance is on the TV, so you can see how you’re improving. It also assists with general fitness and suppleness.”

For quite a while now, Nintendo’s motion-controlled console, the Nintendo Wii, has been noted for it’s benefit towards a person’s health due to the individual required to produce movements recognised by the console’s sensor to trigger actions on-screen. [Read more...]