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About James Higginbotham

Likes long walks through the rain forest of South America. Enjoys picnics and Unicorns. Was also voted the sexiest man in High School.
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Kaboom Kaboom Coming To The DS
18 years ago

Kaboom Kaboom Coming To The DS

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Kaboom Kaboom, from Russian Russian studio Vogster Entertainment, will be heading to the DS.  Its going to be an RTS, filled with wise-cracking Robots.  Here are some facts …
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Analysts: Wii To Sale 1.7 Million In December

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“The November sales figure is an all-time record for the month, beating November 2004 by over $450 million. The highest December on record was last year’s $1.7 billion, and we …
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November: Top 3 software Sales Per Platform

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Wii

1 SUPER MARIO GALAXY Nintendo 2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK Activision 3 PLAY W/ REMOTE Nintendo

Handhelds

NDS MARIO PARTY Nintendo NDS LEGEND OF ZELDA: PHANTOM …
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Reggie Speaks Wii- Voice Chat Online VC And Tons More

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Today Reggie held a conference call with a few gaming sites. I was a little up set we were not invited. What about us Reggie? What about us? Umm, anyways, here’s a run down from Gonintendo about what happened. This is a must see, if your a Nintendo Fan.

Nintendo didn’t expect Wii sales to takeoff so fast

6 million Wiis sold in the US alone

No other home system has ever matched sales this quickly

No ability to stockpile systems

This is an unfortunate happening

Nintendo is doing everything possible to stop this drought

Worldwide production has been upped twice since launch

14 million to 16.5 million to 17.5 million

current production run – 1.8 million Wiis a month

production depends on components from various suppliers

work force has been tripled at North Bend, Washington

This drought benefits no one

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Gamasutra’s Best of 2007: Top 5 Trends

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5. Consolidation

Here’s the one that might be the most debated on whether it’s good or not: consolidation. While it’s not an innovation in business, the consolidations of 2007 were …
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Man Hunt 2 Case Going To High Court?

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“We need to see the judgement papers from the VAC case before we even consider giving Manhunt 2 a rating. If we spot anything problematic, we may decide to take …
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Popcorn Arcade reaches magic number 14 with ‘Kawasaki Quad Bikes’ for the Nintendo Wii…

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Stourbridge, England – December 14th, 2007 – Video games publisher and games developer Data Design Interactive are pleased to announce that its Nintendo Wii development team working on DDI’s ‘Arcade …
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UK Bets On The Number 1 Games

By  •  Wii

This is slightly  odd! According to a UK bookie, Paddy Power, betting on Video games is on the rise. In 2003 they only had 60 bets this year they reached …
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Nintendo Shows Off Their Production Lines- Tells Us their Working Hard
18 years ago

Nintendo Shows Off Their Production Lines- Tells Us their Working Hard

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Employees at Nintendo’s distribution center in North Bend, Wash., prepare thousands of boxes of Wii for shipment to retailers across the country. Nintendo has tripled its distribution …
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Nintendo Power Mario Kart Wii Preview

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– Controls very smoothly – Graphics: much greater visual detail than any other Mario Kart. character animations, rushing water, exploding fireballs – Sound is great – 16 brand new courses …
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No More Heroes Video Update – Last One

It’s now 3 months, 13 days, and 51 videos from our first No More Heroes video post.  Sadly, we’ve reached the end of the No More Heroes video updates. I …
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Cockroaches Love The Wii?
18 years ago

Cockroaches Love The Wii?

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I ran across this story and it made me laugh, so I decided I would share it with you. “Apparently”  the Wii, while powering on, …
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Official Japanese Software Sales

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DSL 168,255 Wii 115,057 PSP 91,481 PS3 38,123 PS2 11,987 Xbox360 8,876 GBASP 94 GC 46 GBM 20 DS 12

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NPD: 63 Percent Of US Population Now Plays Video Games

By  •  Wii

The sample included 5,039 members of the NPD Group’s online consumer panel, and the majority of the respondents said that games were a good way to alleviate stress and unwind. …
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