Posts Tagged ‘Nintendo Wii’

Nintendo has reported a 23% drop in annual profit in the third quarter of 2009 due to slowing sales of the Nintendo DS and the September Wii price drop cutting into total earnings. Total annual profit in the third quarter was down to $192 million from $249 million one year prior. Nintendo will be launching [...]

As expected, the long-awaited latest entry in Capcom’s fabled Vs. series of crossover fighting games will be available on Wednesday in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Ultimate All-Stars for the Wii. The game takes the most popular and obscure characters from Capcom’s stable and matches them up against the most popular and equally obscure characters from fabled [...]

Capcom has announced the forthcoming launch of the latest Monster Hunter game for the Nintendo Wii in the US with Monster Hunter Tri by including a special bonus in the form of a bundled Classic Controller Pro. Until now, the only way to buy a Classic Controller Pro was to import one from resellers purchasing [...]

Recently, I got into a debate on one of the many anime bulletin boards I frequent about the Netflix Watch Instantly service coming to the Nintendo Wii. The person arguing with me was adamant that the initial rumors were not to be taken as gospel because of the supposed exclusivity agreement in place with Microsoft [...]

Gamestop is offering an additional 30% on Nintendo Wii game trade-ins until January 14th.

Third-party peripheral manufacturer Nyko is set to debut its new Wand+ Nintendo Wii controller during CES today. The controller features the increased 1:1 accuracy of Nintendo’s MotionPlus technology built-in to the controller, eliminating the need for sleeves, dongles and incompatibilities with charging docks. The controller will retail for $39.99 and will ship in March.

The Wii is now at $199.99 at Amazon.com with free shipping and a $25 giftcard before October 3rd. Best Buy is throwing in a free copy of Game Party, so choose in-store pickup for that one to save on shipping. Buy the Nintendo Wii from the following retailers: Best Buy|Amazon

The forthcoming US release of the Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces flight combat game for the Wii has been confirmed to ship without the Japanese launguage voice track as explained by an XSEED rep: “Unfortunately, it looks like The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces will not have the original Japanese voice-overs included, only the new English voices, [...]

D3 Publisher will be releasing the customary video game tie-in for the Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight American live action adaptation. Japanese developer EIGHTING, known for its work on Tatsunoko vs Capcom and Naruto: Clash of the Ninja as well as the cult favorite Bloody Roar series is handling development of the game.

For the hardcore importers, Play-Asia is now shipping the Black Nintendo Wii and related accessories including the Black Wii Remote/Nunchuk and Black Classic Controller Pro. Current cost for the console is set at $329.99 with the Black Wii Remote at $44.90, Nunchuk at $24.90 and new Classic Controller Pro at $29.90. Buy the Black Nintendo [...]