WII News

In our 2010 review of Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Wii, our own JC Fletcher admitted a terrible truth: He had used the Super Guide .

VETERAN GAMES MARKETER Electronic Arts apparently is shutting the door on further game development for the Nintendo Wii U. The Wii U has been a bit of a slow burner.

GAMING FIRM Nintendo is being accused of trying to profit from user generated videos that have been uploaded to Youtube.

There are only four days until Microsoft's Xbox 720 unveiling. Plus E3 starts June 10 with more press conferences and console goodies on the way.

If your kids are couch potatoes, an upcoming study in The Journal of Pediatrics recommends using "excer-gaming" to improve their health.

Levels of physical inactivity and obesity are very high in children, with fewer than 50% of primary school-aged boys and fewer than 28% of girls meeting the minimum levels of physical activity required to maintain health.

Ever since the major video game platforms added motion-controlled gaming, players have been jumping off the couch and moving more than their trigger fingers.

Super Metroid is the third game in the Metroid series and the only Metroid game to be released on the Super Nintendo.

The "Commission is fundamentally a trade forum, not an intellectual property forum" [and] litigation expenses directed at preventing, instead of encouraging manufacture of, articles incorporating patented technology does not satisfy the domestic industry requirement of Section 337.

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Nintendo Wins U.S. Court Ruling Over Video-Game Systems - Nintendo Co. , maker of the Wii video-gaming system, won a U.S. appeals court ruling that makes it harder for patent-licensing companies to seek an import ban on products as a way to demand royalties.

Way back in 2010, I suggested that motion gaming was nothing more than a simple fad, one that would die out due to an overabundance of shovelware and a lack of focus on the publisher's part.

Its offers video game products through gaming consoles such as the Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii.

Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter has released his monthly estimates on console sales, and not surprisingly, given recent months, April didn't look too swell for Nintendo and its Wii U. According to Pachter, which estimates console sales in the U.S. based on retail checks, Nintendo sold just 55,000 Wii U units in April , down 19 percent compared to ... (more)

This year's entry in the long-running wrestling series is the first to be published by 2K, following the demise of previous publisher THQ.

The Nintendo Wii U is off to a slow start , while it has still sold at a decent rate, many have complained of the lack of games and the lacking third party support.

Residents arrived home to 60 Valentine Rd. on Friday to find their home had been broken into, thieves taking a TV off the wall, a Wii console and some Wii games.

Ask 411 Games 05.13.13: Permadeath, Remakes, Boobies, More! Posted by Mathew Sforcina on 05.13.2013 What happened to Duke Nukem 3D: Reloaded? Will Earthbound make it to the Wii? How long will the Playstation 3 be supported by Sony? And what's the appeal of permanent death in games? All this and more covered this week in Ask 411 Games! Hello, and ... (more)

Co, one of the world's largest makers of video game players, won a appeals court decision in a patent case that will allow it to keep importing its popular Wii system into the United States.

Mad Genius Controllers' eponymous product offers two-handed motion tracking accurate, the team claims, to 1/100th of an inch.