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2 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Video game walkthrough: Completing the Minor Circuit in Punch Out for the Wii

Punch Out for the Nintendo Wii has been out and each circuit is different. The focus today is going to be on the Minor Circuit.

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Related Topix: The, Video Games, Deep Silver

4 hrs ago | IcNetwork

Laura Kemp on gaming

Laura Kemp agrees to play Skylanders Giants on the Wii with her five-year-old son and discovers it's really rather brilliant Experts say we should avoid using it as a babysitting service and make sure if our young are getting a fix they do so in company.

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Related Topix: Toys for Bob, Activision, Skylanders Giants, Video Games, Opinion

8 hrs ago | 411mania.com

Electronic Arts Still Developing Games for Wii U

Electronic Arts Still Developing Games for Wii U Posted by Jeffrey Harris on 05.22.2013 Just not as many as as for PS4 and Xbox One... Polygon reports that EA's chief financial officer, Blake Jorgensen, said today during the Stifel Nicolaus 2013 Internet, Media and Communications Conference that EA was in fact still developing new games for the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Nintendo, Wii U, Video Games, Microsoft Xbox

Wed May 22, 2013

San Jose Mercury News

Review: 'Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D' a punishing game

Over the past few weeks, I've been working on my pile of shame -- the mountain of games that I have yet to finish.

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Related Topix: Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Monster Games Inc., Nintendo, Video Games, Donkey Kong Country Returns, The, Deep Silver, 3DS, Entertainment

Gay.com

Could Video Games Be a Cure for Anti-LGBT Bullying?

Every day that 11-year-old Caine Smith goes to school, he gets pushed around, punched, and called a fag just because he's a little shy, has long hair, and is being raised by two moms.

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Related Topix: Video Games, The, Deep Silver, Nintendo, Super Mario, Gay/Lesbian

The Florida Times-Union

Crime Watch: Clay County property crimes

Two bicycles, groceries and a glass-top range were stolen from unlocked Clay County homes, according to the Sheriff's Office's latest property crimes report.

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Related Topix: Clay County, FL, Green Cove Springs, FL, Video Games, Orange Park, FL

Mon May 20, 2013

Medical News Today

Using Active Videogaming ('Exergaming') To Improve Children's Health

Main Category: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 20 May 2013 - 1:00 PDT 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 ... (more)

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Related Topix: Video Games, Rare Ltd., Kinect Sports, Microsoft Game Studios, Microsoft Xbox, Health

Business Journal

Snapshot: T-storms today + Twins lose+ Union debate grips Capitol +...

For Monica Nassif, a business starts with an idea. The trick is seeing if it will work, for the third time.

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Related Topix: Nintendo, Super Mario, Video Games

Medical Device/Diagnostic Ind.

The Wii Fit Gaming Console As a Medical Device

The infographic below shows how video games, including the Wii gaming console made by Japanese video game maker Nintendo, are being used to improve people's medical conditions from Parkinson's, to lazy eye to range-of-motion limitations.

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Related Topix: Video Games, The, Deep Silver

Aurora Era-Banner

EA stops developing games for Nintendo Wii U console

EA created versions of Mass Effect 3, Fifa 13 and Need for Speed Most Wanted for Wii U since its launch Online game publisher electronic Arts currently not developing any games for Nintendo's Wii U console, neither any developers are involved in developing future game titles.

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Related Topix: Nintendo, Wii U, Electronic Arts, BioWare, Mass Effect, Criterion Games, Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Sun May 19, 2013

411mania.com

Next Sonic Game to Be Exclusive to Nintendo Wii U and 3DS

Next Sonic Game to Be Exclusive to Nintendo Wii U and 3DS Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 05.17.2013 SEGA and Nintendo make an official announcement... Nintendo and SEGA announced today that they have signed an exclusive deal to bring Sonic the Hedgehog to the Wii U and 3DS.

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Related Topix: Sega, Sonic the Hedgehog, Video Games, Sonic, Nintendo, 3DS, Wii U

Sat May 18, 2013

Joystiq

Deja Review: Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D

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 .

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Related Topix: Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Monster Games Inc., Nintendo, Video Games, Donkey Kong Country Returns, 3DS

Fri May 17, 2013

The Inquirer

EA won't make any more games for the Nintendo Wii U

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.

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Related Topix: Nintendo, Wii U, Video Games, The, Deep Silver

The Inquirer

Nintendo to cash in on user Youtube walkthrough videos

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

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Related Topix: The, Video Games, Deep Silver, 3DS, Nintendo, Wii U

Examiner.com

Bi-weekly News Roundup: New Wolfenstein, EA Star Wars, Pokemon X/Y, and more

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.

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Related Topix: LucasArts, Star Wars, Video Games, Game Freak, Nintendo, Pokemon X, The, Deep Silver, Microsoft Xbox

KREX

Certain Video Games Can Improve Your Child's Health

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

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Related Topix: Video Games

Thu May 16, 2013

EurekAlert!

New study recommends using active videogaming ('exergaming') to improve children's 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.

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Related Topix: Video Games, Rare Ltd., Microsoft Game Studios, Kinect Sports, Microsoft Xbox

Consumer Reports

The best video game console to help you get fit

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.

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Related Topix: Video Games, UFC Personal Trainer, THQ, They, _No Company, Nintendo, Wii U, Kinect, Microsoft Game Studios

Wed May 15, 2013

GiantBomb.com

Super Metroid

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

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Related Topix: Nintendo, Metroid, Team Ninja, Video Games, Mamba Games, Pirates, The, Deep Silver

JD Supra

Patent Watch: Motiva, LLC. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n

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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Related Topix: Video Games, US News, Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, The, Deep Silver