News
Aug 30, 2007
Wii hits one million UK sales
Aug 30, 2007
ChartTrack figures show that Nintendo Wii is sitting comfortably in one million homes throughout the UK, making it the fastest selling console in our country’s history.
Wii surpassed the 1 million milestone in just 38 weeks, outselling former record-holder PlayStation 2, which took 50 weeks to achieve the same sales, and next generation competitor Xbox 360, [...]
Aug 26, 2007
Smash Weekly: August 26, 2007
Aug 26, 2007
As seen at NintendoSpin
This is a weekly news feature you may find useful, informing you of the latest additions to the Smash Bros Brawl website and the juiciest info on this highly anticipated game. In the absence of our Smash Bros segment on the podcast, you can still check out the latest updates right here!
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Aug 25, 2007
Wii is king of the console hill in July again
Aug 25, 2007
-USA Today
Sony dropped the price on its PlayStation 3 in July - from $599 to $499 for its 60-gigabyte model - and got a bump in sales, but Nintendo’s Wii continued to dominate by posting its largest monthly sales figure of 2007.
Consumers bought 425,000 Wii systems in July, an 11% increase over June, according to [...]
Aug 21, 2007
DVD Playback on Wii
Aug 21, 2007
X-OOM software has release X-OOM Movies On Wii, a PC application that will allow you to convert DVDs to an acceptable format for playback on your Wii. Simply install the software, run a DVD on your PC and save the file using Movies On Wii to the appropriate format. Once done, it can be transferred [...]
Aug 19, 2007
Smash Weekly: August 19, 2007
Aug 19, 2007
This is a weekly news feature you may find useful, informing you of the latest additions to the Smash Bros Brawl website and the juiciest info on this highly anticipated game.
Monday
Pokemon Trainer
The newest challenger in Brawl’s roster is the Pokemon Trainer, a non-descript male character from Nintendo’s monster-catching series. Rather than taking on the likes [...]
Aug 8, 2007
Wii System Update 3.0
Aug 8, 2007
Nintendo released the latest Wii System Update yesterday, upgrading some of the console’s core systems, including the message board and address book.
The most obvious changes appear on the main menu, most notably the addition of a digital clock at the bottom displaying the current time. The news and weather channel icons now display the latest [...]
Aug 4, 2007
Nintendo Wii outsells Sony’s PS3 in Japan in July
Aug 4, 2007
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s Wii game console outsold Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 by the ratio of over 4 to 1 in Japan in July, game magazine publisher Enterbrain said on Friday.
Nintendo sold 396,752 units of the Wii in the five weeks ended July 29, compared with 91,987 units of the PS3.
The PS3, packed [...]
Aug 4, 2007
New Ankh game announced for DS
Aug 4, 2007
Following the success of Ankh and Ankh: Heart of Osiris on PC, XIDER Games and Daedalic Entertainment have launched the next offering in the Ankh Empire – Ankh: Curse of the Scarab King on Nintendo DS.
If you enjoyed the previous Ankh titles then prepare yourself for more laugh-a-minute humor as you join Assil, the courageous [...]
Jul 14, 2007
E3 Conference Recap
Jul 14, 2007
E3 was a little later this year and not quite the big event it used to be. So if you missed Nintendo’s press conference, these were the main points:
Super Mario Galaxy is due on November 12th.
Smash Bros. Brawl is coming out December 3rd.
Mario Kart Wii was announced for a Q1 2008 release. [...]
Jul 9, 2007
Train Your Face
Jul 9, 2007
Nintendo has revealed a camera peripheral for the DS and plans to bundle it with a new Touch Generations title, Face Training.
According to reports across the internet, the camera is designed to plug into the DS’s GBA slot and will include a stand, enabling DS owners to prop their handheld up without the need to [...]

