Nintendo Wii: Wii Ware Launch Titles Confirmed

Six exclusive title will be launching alongside Nintendo’s much cavorted Wii Ware service in the United States tomorrow morning.

The integral launch titles, which include the promising Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, along with their pricing in Wii points are conveniently listed below:

• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King - 1500 Wii points
• Lost Winds - 1000 Wii points Defend Your Castle - 500 Wii points
• Pop - 700 Wii points
• V.I.P. Casino: Blackjack - 700 Wii points
• TV Show King - 1000 Wii points

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Nintendo Wii: EA Skate Game Utilizing Wii Balance Board

EA are looking to utilize the Wii Fit balance board accessory for their upcoming skate game for the Wii.

Although EA are currently remaining ‘mum’ regarding specific details, they have officially confirmed that their forthcoming instalment in their critically acclaimed Skate franchise will fully support the Wii balance board.

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Nintendo Wii: Offical Kid Icarus Wii Artwork?

Exclusive images purporting to be official Kid Icarus concept art from Factor 5 are currently doing the rounds on the Internet

Although Nintendo understandably remains rather hush-hush on the issue, rumours of a resurrection of the legendary Kid Icarus franchise have long been the discussion of gaming publications over the past year.

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Nintendo Wii: EA Considering Wii Fit Rival

EA Sports recently appointed President, Peter Moore, causally let slip that his company are considering producing a game similar in style to the phenomenally popular Wii Fit.

Branding it under the company’s ‘Freestyle’ label, Moore iterated that the title will be suitably different from Wii Fit with an apparent emphasis on fun rather than actual training.

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Nintendo Wii: New White Gamecube Controller Released

A reader of online publication Aussie Nintendo has thankfully managed to obtain the newly released Japanese white GameCube controller.

The controller itself, which is currently only available for purchase in Japan, looks set to become the perfect companion to complement your shiny white Wii console for those frantic bouts of Mario Kart.

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Nintendo Wii: Amazon Wii Fit US Pre-orders Shifting 2.5 Units Every Minute

Wii Fit has undoubtedly been a phenomenal success for Nintendo in Europe, now the infatuation looks set to extend to the United States.

Amazon.com is reporting that pre-orders for the title, due for release May 19th, are continuing to defying expectations with 2.5 copies of the game being reserved every single minute.

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Nintendo Wii: All Signs Pointing To Animal Crossing Appearing At E3?

Videogamesblogger have meticulously dissected and cross examined every essential piece of information that points towards Animal Crossing Wii making its début at this years E3 event.

Although evidently nothing has been officially confirmed by Nintendo, it’s long been rumoured that the next instalment in the life-sim franchise will take the guise as an MMO (massively mutliplayer online game).

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Nintendo Wii: Has The Popularity Of Grand Theft Auto IV Threatened Wii

Forbes takes an insightful look at the popularity of the recent Grand Theft Auto title and determines whether or not it’ll have any repercussions on Wii hardware sales both now, and in the long run.

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Nintendo Wii: Rockstar Says Screw Casual Gaming

Dan Houser, Rockstar’s Vice President personally believes the Wii is something undeniably unique, but at present has zero intentions of his company creating what he calls ‘casual games’.

“F**k all this stuff about casual gaming, the Wii is doing something totally different, which is fantastic. But we’re hopefully going to prove that there’s also a very big audience for people who want entertainment in another form, who think of games as being a narrative device that can challenge movies.”

“We’re not going release a large number of games.”They’re going to have the production values of movies. They’re gonna be about themes that interest us… instead of the weird, special video game-only themes that too many people make — orcs and elves, or monsters, or space.”

- Dan Houser, Rockstar Entertainment Vice President.

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Nintendo Ds: BioWare’s Sonic Chronicles Ds Box Art

Here’s a first look at BioWare’s rather uninspiring box-art for its eagerly awaiting role playing extravaganza; Sonic Chronicles.

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