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Wii Play: Best Selling Game Of The Decade In North America, Wii Fit Creeps Towards Second
According to NPD numbers, Nintendo’s collection of nine motion-controlled mini-games, Wii Play is the best selling game of the decade in North America, IGN.UK reports. With 11.1 million copies sold since it was released back in 2007, Wii Play has bested other gaming juggernauts, including Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Wii Fit, GTA: Vice...
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Padres Pitcher's Training Includes Wii Fit
San Diego Padres' pitcher Heath Bell's off-season fitness regime includes liberal doses of Wii Fit. Bell originally bought the game to appease his 11-year-old daughter. But when console measured his weight and body mass index it proclaimed his avatar obese. Bell weighed 275 and says: "I wanted to make my character smaller...I didn't do it...
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Analysis: August 2009 Software Sales -- Madden Pushes Near 2M, Batman Soars
You'll notice that Wii Sports Resort isn't in the headline. Of course Nintendo's follow-up to Wii Sports did well in August, based on the numbers released by the NPD Group today. It wasn't the number-one selling game, however, as that spot went to Electronic Arts' Madden NFL 2010. All told, Madden NFL 2010 was August's big winner, selling 1.9...
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Nintendo Sales Down 40%, Blames Weaker Software Lineup
Though Nintendo has continued to outperform the rest of the industry in the midst of a worldwide economic recession, the company isn't racking up the same blockbusters numbers it used to. Nintendo's first fiscal quarter ended this past June and the company reported a lack of blockbuster software sales resulted in a 60% decrease in company...
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Fitness Blogger Calls For Video Game Warning Labels
A fitness blogger (wait, isn’t that an oxymoron?) has called for the inclusion of a warning label on video games. In a review of Wii Fit, Winston Salem Fitness pointed out several inaccuracies and flaws in Wii Fit’s text, including the fact that the BMI scale (Body Mass Index) isn’t necessarily related to one’s health,...
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Hospital Using Wii Fit To Give People Back Their Mobility
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Electronic Arts: If Nintendo Is #1 On Wii, We're Going After #2
EA Sports Active was a big product for both Nintendo and Electronic Arts. Everything about the product was poised for success, especially since Nintendo will not be delivering Wii Fit Plus until later this year, and was seen by many as a litmus test for third-party potential on Wii. Fortunately for both companies, EA Sports Active was a massive...
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E3 2009 Nintendo Press Conference: Wii Fit Sequel Announced
At its E3 2009 press conference, Nintendo revealed a new Wii Fit game. Wii Fit Plus uses the Wii Balance Board and features work-out plans, and mini-games. It will be out in Fall, 2009. Interestingly, Nintendo exec Cammie Dunaway, pointed out that many analysts consider the Wii Balance Board a separate game system. It has sold over 15 million...
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Man Dies While Playing 'Wii Fit', He Was Healthy Otherwise?
Let me be very clear up front: I am not mocking the man that unfortunately died while exercising on Wii Fit. I am mocking mainstream press coverage of the unfortunate event. First, the story. A 25-year old man collapsed while 'jogging' on the Wii Fit Balance Board and was declared dead on arrival by paramedics. The man was reportedly "fit...
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The AIAS Announces The Finalist For The 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) has announced the finalists for the 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards. The awards ceremony takes place at the organization's DICE Summit. The lists have most of the games you'd expect: Metal Gear Solid 4, Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, etc. Leading the way was LittleBigPlanet, which snagged...
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Gaming Update 1.7.09
Watch Larger Version of this Video Check out the gaming news for the first Hump Day of 2009: An end of an era as come to pass as long-running gaming mag EGM closes its doors It took a while but find out how much the Wii Fit has sold! Roy Orbison comes to Rock Band and Arthas reigns supreme as Lich King slaps around the...
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'Wii Fit' Breaks Sales Bank
Wii Fit has sold an unbelievable three-million units in Japan. The figure is all the more remarkable when you consider the game's high cost due to the inclusion of the Balance Board. It took 58 weeks for the Wii Fit to break the three-million barrier. Its sales weren't a sprint by any means, but the numbers show that Nintendo ran a very...
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'Wii Fit' Goes Out on a Limb
A hospital in Leeds, England is using the Wii Fit to rehabilitate amputees and provide physical therapy to patients who are in the transition of incorporating prosthetic limbs into their daily lives. Physiotherapists at Seacroft Hospital say that patients often have difficulty "getting their weight through the prosthetic limb." But...
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'Force Unleashed', Wii Take September Sales
LucasArts's action title, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, made an incredible debut, leading software sales in the month of September 2008 according to the NPD Group. Meanwhile, the Nintendo Wii swapped spots with the DS last month as the top selling console. Hardware (units): Nintendo Wii - 687,000 Nintendo DS - 536,800 Xbox 360 -...
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The Battle Of The Nintendo Media Summit
Although the Nintendo Media Summit is devoted to fun and game-playing with the most adorable of all video game companies, it was not without conflict and drama. Nintendo chose to pit two mortal enemies against one another and let them battle to the death. On one side of the seminar floor was the head chef at the Marriott making meals with the...
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Nintendo's 'Vitality Sensor' Demo from E3 2009
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Gaming Update: 2.13.09
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Gaming Update 01.07.09
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G-Phoria 08: Most Original
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X-Play Gaming Update 07.30.08
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