Codename Revolution — Nintendo Wii

I feel a bit upset over EA’s decision not to release six EA Sports titles this year on the Wii. Sure many may not care about sports games but they are very crucial to the success of the Wii. Gladly the Wii will at least have 2K Sports games later next year while Madden, Blitz and WiiSports will be available at launch. The games that are missing are the following:

NASCAR 07
NBA Live 07
NCAA Football 07
NFL Street 3
NHL 07
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07

I suppose other than EA Canada, the rest of EA just isn’t too happy with Wii’s inferior graphics (which makes me wonder why they just don’t port from Xbox?) and new a control mechanism. I’m sure if the Wii is very successful they’ll begin to support the platform.

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Grand Prix Games, a third-party developer has announced it is working on a title for the Wii and had developed three titles in the past, all related to boxing. Could we see another boxing title from the company for the Wii? Now only if Nintendo woke up and realized that Punch-Out isn’t dead…

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Although the Daily Star reported at 170 GBP price in the UK for the Wii and a late November release of the system, Nintendo denies these claims and responded:

“It’s pure speculation on the part of the newspaper - we have made no announcements regarding Wii price or software.”

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According to the Otona Fami publication, a survey was done of the PS3 and Wii and the following were the results of each category:

73.6% of Japanese gamers are most interested in the Wii (Wii wins)
65.9% of Japanese retailers find Wii most appealing (Wii wins)
69.7% of Japanese game makers are interested in the Wii (Wii wins)
12.5% of Japanese female students are interested in the Wii (neither win)
36.4% of Japanese businesswomen are interested in the Wii (Wii wins)
42.9% of Japanese housewives are interested in the Wii (neither win)
Analysts believe PS3 will reach it’s March 2007 target while Wii may dominate Japan

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Check out the glory of the Nintendo Entertainment System in this 22min documentary from G4TV’s Icons. Ah, only if I could turn back time… then again a Revolution is upon us… enjoy!

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Check out the impressions of COD3 from IGN.

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Ads for the Wii in non-gaming magazine publications have begun. From the report below a German magazine and a Canadian Film Festival program have ads for the Wii. Looks like the Revolution is slowly preparing itself.

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Check out these new Dragon Ball Z screens from Famitsu for the Wii and PS2.

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Here is an old video but one of my favorite clips that looks like something out of an epic film and well, watch the rest. It’s short but I love it. I’ve also noticed that lately the hype for Zelda has gone down and I’m sure the delays have alot to do with that. Check it out below!

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According to Gamefront, July 12th is the day that Nintendo will be holding a special dealers event and I am personally hoping that we get some Wii news. It’s been over a month since the Corporate Management Policy Briefing and I’m sure many are getting impatient already…

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