New Wii Wheel Brings Motion Controls to Nintendo’s Racing Franchise
REDMOND, Wash., April 28, 2008 – Since the invention of the automobile, kids have pantomimed driving with pretend steering wheels. Since the dawn of the video game age, people of all ages playing racing games have twisted and turned their controllers to steer their vehicles, even though it had no effect on the action on the screen. Now, Mario Kart® Wii makes these fantasies a reality and brings a new level of immersion and interaction to video games.
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If you are planning on picking up a copy of Mario Kart Wii and you have a little extra cash. You may want to check out your …
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North America:
1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) 2. Wii Play (Nintendo) 3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision) 4. Wii Zapper …
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01./01. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) – 202,000 / 795,000 02./02. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) – 124,000 / 1,714,000 03./00. [NDS] We’re Fossil Diggers (Nintendo) – 35,000 …
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Alright, it’s been almost 3 weeks since our last poll, so let’s have a new poll on the DS for a change : ) Our latest poll asks: What new …
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WHAT: Nintendo celebrates the highly anticipated release of Mario Kart® Wii and the companion Wii Wheel™ accessory with a fun-packed launch party at the Nintendo World store in Rockefeller Plaza. Participants can compete in the Mario Kart Wii Challenge for a chance to compete against racing enthusiast and actor Jason Priestley. Excitement will run high as drivers of all ages gather for a sneak peek at the game, plus an opportunity to wrap their fingers around the Wii Wheel, a wireless steering wheel accessory for the Wii Remote™ controller that makes it easy for anyone to pick up and play. Fans can enjoy Nintendo-themed giveaways and special premiums such as personalized Mario Kart driver’s licenses.
Mario Kart Wii makes its official debut in U.S. stores on Sunday April 27, and will be packaged with the Wii Wheel accessory. For the first time ever in the Mario Kart series, players can control their vehicles with a simple turn of the Wii Wheel. The game also introduces a host of new courses, vehicles and eye-popping battle arenas, plus the ability to compete online with drivers from around the world using Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection.
Do we really need a Mario Kart Walkthrough? Not sure, but here is one anyways. The Walkthrough covers pretty much everything, from what each item does, to …
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This is a pretty interesting article from the NY times. I pasted to whole article here, because I want some responses from this.
Nintendo sits atop the home video-game market. Its Wii, though less technologically advanced than Microsoft’s Xbox 360 or Sony’s PlayStation 3, continues to outsell those machines and is now in more than 20 million homes.
So why are retailers having so much trouble selling Wii games?
Take Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It was one the most hotly anticipated video games of the year; it sold more than 1.4 million copies during the first week of its release, in early March, and broke records for Nintendo of America.
“We certainly have a built-in fan base for Smash,” said Denise Kaigler, Nintendo of America’s vice president for corporate affairs. “I’m hoping that we can continue to generate success and awareness of the game.”
High Voltage’s The Conduit:
-Built from the Ground up for Wii
-FPS with Scifi Government Conspiracy Theme
-The Plan for Video Footage is suppose to be this week
-They are working on Other projects. Bozon wants to download and/or buy them
-The other projects are not big epics like Conduit, but they are still very happy with the other two projects they were shown. (WiiWare wasn’t strongly implied)
-30 frames right now shooting for a lock 60, all sorts of control schemes.
-Ign has largest Nintendo Fanbase out there, the Dev was immediately contacted from publishers and developers right after the reveal.
-Bozon wants to work towards industry glory and not just a PR puppet at IGN.
Line Rider Wii:
to see what it’ll be like. Check XBLA may be similar review style. [/i]
Q: Fatal Frame 4 News?
A: No, but they are excited because of Fatal Frame + Suda. Likely no news until E3.
Q: DQ9 no news in forever, whats up with that ?
A: Square hinted to Bozon info will come soon. Square likes to deal with one title at a time
Q:What can Nintendo do to get big western dev houses to jump on the Wii ?
A: Matt wants Nintendo to step up and Publish more games, like back in the day. Wants Nintendo to go out and find the developers to develop. Bozon states how he thinks the Wii is the place for the small guys to put forth big efforts to try and become the big guys. Matt also wants Nintendo to reach out for synergy marketing with other big publishing houses.
Q: World Ends with You or Mario Kart Wii?
A: If World Ends With You is your type of game, get it before its gone. Mario Kart you can get now or a year from now. If you own a Wii, you gotta get Mario Kart Wii at some time, but World Ends With You won’t be around forever.
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These are all taken from the Denver stop of the Mario Kart Driving School. It makes sense that Kotaku was there, because they are based out of Denver.
Mario Kart …
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1. Grand Theft Auto IV 2. Mario Kart Wii 3. Dark Secto 4. Iron Man 5. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
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1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo EAD, …
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UK
01 (01) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 02 (02) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (Sony Computer Ent.) 03 (03) [WII] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega) 04 …
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