You’ve probably heard someone, somewhere, claim smartphones are encroaching on handheld gaming’s turf. It’s what you’re seeing anywhere you go, after all: in planes, trains and automobiles, or maybe at family get-togethers, …
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Why the Wii U Isn’t the Dinosaur Some Are Making It Out to Be
Hey look, it’s the Wii U. It rhymes with “Wii 2,” and that probably means a whole bunch of people are going to buy one, then shelf it, just like the Wii, right?
I have no idea how well the Wii U’s going to sell, but …
‘Xenoblade Chronicles’: Up Through the Belly of the Beast
My biggest complaint about Xenoblade Chronicles for the Nintendo Wii around the 15-hour mark is its menu system. It should have been trigger-based. The way it works now, you tap a face button, then cursor around with the d-pad. …
‘Xenoblade Chronicles’: Winning Friends, Shooting Hoops and Ducking Robots
There’s a long-awaited Wii roleplaying game out this Friday that you’ll want to start thinking about now, assuming you didn’t import the English-translation version when it hit Europe and Australia last fall. It’s called …
Best Buy’s Daily Deals Site Selling Pre-Owned Nintendo Wii for $70
Best Buy-owned CowBoom.com is discounting video game consoles today, with one of the better deals being Nintendo’s Wii for $70 (plus $5 for shipping). For comparison, popular used game reseller GameStop sells used Wiis starting …
Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime Talks Zelda, the Future of Handhelds and Wii’s Big Holiday Push
How Nintendo is looking to finish the holiday season strong before the Wii U premieres next year.
Hulu Plus on Wii, 3DS by Year’s End, and…Stop-Motion 3D Video?
Add Hulu Plus to the Wii and 3DS’ stable of long-expected features: Nintendo says the subscription-based video service will come to both its console and 3D handheld by the end of this year.
That means Wii and 3DS owners willing to fork over $7.99 a month (and endure “limited advertising”) will have access to shows like Modern Family, …
Techland and Kotaku on the Nintendo Difference: Past, Present and Future
Last week, the fine folks at TechHeads asked yours truly and Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo to talk about the current status of Nintendo and gaming topics. You can see Stephen and me jaw it up below, but there were other points I didn’t have a chance to make that I wanted to add to the discussion:
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Nintendo’s Wii U: Gimmicky, Practical, Fascinating
There are two sides to Nintendo’s Wii U, as I discovered after spending nearly an hour with the upcoming home gaming system at E3 last week. On one hand, it’s another platform for gimmicky, silly fun, just like the original Wii. On the other, it’s a practical hardware upgrade that wants to be more capable than its console …
Sega Says ‘Wii U’ Out Between May and August 2012
Worried you may have to wait until holiday 2012 for Nintendo’s newfangled console-tablet contraption? Don’t fret: Sega says the Wii U should be out around this time (or a few months later) next year.
In fact Sega’s using verbs like “is”—not “might,” “should,” or “could”—when talking Wii U release timetables.
“The Wii U is …
Now Nintendo Admits It Was Hacked, Says No Customer Data Stolen
As this week’s E3 games conference and debut of Nintendo’s Wii successor looms, Nintendo’s admitting that Sony’s not the only victim of hacktivist ne’er-do-wells—yep, Nintendo was hacked, too.
Nintendo acknowledged a security breach in a statement yesterday, explaining that its U.S. servers came under cyber-fire a few weeks ago, but …
$150 at Last: Nintendo Wii Officially Cheapest Game Console on Planet
Say what you will about its tired low-res graphics, often imprecise motion controls, and Himalayan mountain range of shovel-ware software, the Wii’s already won the most important lap in the current console wars: it’s in over 86 million households worldwide—tens of millions more than either Microsoft or Sony. And as of yesterday, May …