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Wii Fit lacking stamina in Japan

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2008-07-06 00:27:06 by Thom Dinsdale in That VideoGame Blog
...Wii Fit was more of a lustful one night stand than a long term relationship. Not three months after the games release, its looking like the Japanese are already shunning the software in droves This comes out of a recent survey of 1000 gamers by ITMedia into how many copies of the exer-game were surviving the honeymoon period and being used on...
 
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Q&A: Nintendo's Reggie Talks Wii Shortages

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2007-12-14 12:52:34 by Chris Kohler in Game | Life
...Wii supply constraints, the upcoming "raincheck" program with GameStop , and the quality of third-party Wii software He also pointed out that the "vast majority" of Wii sales are to core gamers. "Theyre the ones willing to wait in line outside of retailers before dawn. So were only seeing a small tip of the iceberg in terms of actually...
 
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QuickJump QuickPeek special edition: The Nintendo Wii 2007 Year In Review

2008-01-01 12:17:18 by abid in Wii News | Wii games reviews | Wii Gaming Blog
 
...Wii console. Yes, we know it's underpowered, has a relatively-unintuitive online play system that still featured cumbersome friend codes, and a big library of games which can charitably be described as a huge pile of shovelware - but if you look at the entire picture, we'll see that for the rocky year of 2007, the Nintendo Wii didn't do so...
 
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The Making Of Wii Fit The Complexity Of Creating Simplicity (GDC 2008)

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2008-02-21 15:41:24 by Tracey John in MTV Multiplayer
...Wii Fit already out in Japan but still months away from release in Europe and the U.S., throngs of GDC attendees lined up to attend a talk by one of its developers yesterday afternoon Takao Sawano , Deputy GM in Entertainment Analysis and Development at Nintendo , talked about his work developing the Wii Balance Board peripheral for Wii Fit...
 
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Miyamoto To MTV: Why Wii Fit Is Not Mario Fit Also Talks The Pleasure Of Goals, Hardcore Gamer Complaints And New Characters

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2008-04-22 12:52:04 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
...Wii Fit . The interview will be used for an upcoming MTV News piece on the game But we cant fit everything on air and I wanted to give Nintendo fans and all Wii owners access to the full conversation before the game comes out on May 19 Miyamoto talked to me about everything Wii Fit the Balance Board, the challenge of making an exercise game...
 
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Nintendo Wii: Revolutionary

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2006-08-21 20:50:51 by Jason Hill in Screen Play
...Wii's radical and innovative controller befits the console's Revolution codename and sales success could turn the games industry on its head The controller, which resembles a TV remote and uses a sensor to track movement, represented a massive gamble for a company which had been relegated to third place in the home console market. But the...
 
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Nintendo Drought Turns Into Nintendo Flood Where The Rising Tide Of January Wii Titles Came From

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2008-01-03 13:55:56 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
...Wii titles coming out this week. And nothing else for other systems When I checked the GameStops online Coming Soon list right before Christmas I saw that the list of the next eight titles for the PS3 and the 360 stretched into February ( Cabelas Monster Bass Fishing and Devil May Cry 4 , respectively). For Wii, that list barely got into...
 
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Wii Fanboy interview: Red Fly Studio (Mushroom Men)

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2008-03-18 11:15:00 by JC Fletcher in Nintendo Wii Fanboy
...Wii developer." They're aiming high on the DS, as well. It may sound a little presumptuous, but their inaugural effort, Mushroom Men , shows significant promise on both the Wii and DS, with a unique, detailed visual style, bizarre challenges and an expansive junk-based inventory At the EIEIO event, I spoke with Chad Barron, external producer...
 
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Majesco Actually Impressed With Wii Online Capabilities, Makes Breakthroughs

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2008-04-24 19:00:41 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
...Wii the next big step in Wii online gaming Maybe not Not if Majesco yes, the Cooking Mama people pull off their plans for a little-discussed Wii game coming May 6 Kart mostly does what Wii games like Smash Bros. already did. Majescos game does things that you usually only hear in reference to projects like Spore or Little Big Planet The game?...
 
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