The amount of energy adults expend playing active video games may equal that of moderate-intensity exercise, according to a new study.
After battling it out against hundreds of hopefuls from across the country, today 19 year old Josh Stevens from Berkshire is crowned Britain's Best Nintendo Gamer. The final of the first ever Nintendo tournament saw the Berkshire teenager outstrip the competition to take home the prestigious title of Britain's Best Nintendo Gamer, together with a trip for five to the home of Nintendo in Japan, worth £10,000.
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Get your Wii Remotes and Nintendo DS stylus' ready and join Britain's Best Nintendo Gamer tournament where, to celebrate the launch of New Super Mario Bros Wii, Nintendo is challenging the nation to fight it out for the prestigious title and the chance to win a trip for five to the home of Nintendo in Japan, worth £10,000.
Ant and Dec today announce a new relationship with Nintendo UK, in what is set to be Nintendo's biggest ever entertainment campaign. Nintendo's ongoing partnership with Ant and Dec will include everything from TV advertising to game development.
Morrisons has slashed the price of Wii Fit to under £50 in the latest round of supermarket price-cutting.
ConnectedConsoles: Wii FIt is one of the biggest selling titles of the year. Even with the price tag it has. A normal deal for Wii Fit is around £100. Not in Morrisons. The UK Supermarket has slashed it's prices of the highly rated Wii game that comes bundled with the Wii's famous 'Balance Board' to just £49.99. Due to this price cut, Wii Fit has gone straight to the top of Morrisons Wii Selling Chart. You can order your bundle here. Morrisons are also selling off one of the Wii's biggest sellers of the year, Mario Kart Wii for just £19.99. However, both deals only last till Sunday.
Gamervision reports: "It's a Nintendo-themed night here at GV. Courtesy of our spies deep within the higher ranks of the Gamestop hierarchy comes word that Wii Fit Plus will be shipping on October 4th. Not only that, but the stand-alone game will retail for $19.99, and the game with balance board will cost $99.99. Not sure what makes them think this year's version of the game is worth $10 more than the original, but I bet it has something to do with the fact that they could charge a hozillion dollars, and people would still buy it."
BeefJack writes: "Patients at high security mental hospitals including Broadmoor and Rampton, are being given access to Wii-Fit to see if it can help improve patients physical health. It has been confirmed that Wii-Fit is already in place at Rampton Hospital and 1 machine has been bought for a trial by Broadmoor, with plans to place them in all communal areas if the trial is successful."
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Koku Gamer writes: 'The Wii and the DS are outright winners in Australia this week as they cover the whole of the Australian All Format Full Priced Games for the week ending 26th July.'
Koku Gamer writes: 'It was another one-two-three for the Wii in Australia this week as Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii topped the all-format chart, with Wii Sports Resort yet to come...'
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The figures, compiled by GfK Chart-Track, show family-oriented and educational games have become the most popular with the UK public. With combined sales volumes of 1.65 million units, Nintendo's Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii titles equate to 72% of the top five 'best sellers' chart. The period also saw total sales of Nintendo's Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training surpass the three million units mark to become the UK's most popular game ever.
Instead of incorporating games into exercise, how about incorporating exercise into games?
A release issued back in May unveiling 'Countdown To A Healty Body - Active Health With Carol Vorderman' stated that Active Health could sync with Wii Fit. Nintendo's let us know that it won't, it was a mistake.
Wii Fit continues to sell strongly a year after its release in western markets. As a result, the game has topped 20 million units in sell-through worldwide. Only 9 other titles have sold over 20m.
Working with Active Plastics Inc, a home-based supplier of plastic products out of Caledonia, the school utilizes several mock WiiFit boards along with one actual Wii Balance Board, a Wii, and a projected video to get the entire class working together to move the character on screen. While only one student on the Balance Board does the actual wireless work, the other boards/mats are designed to create the semblance of a cooperative effort. The children are staying physical and loving it.