Nintendo and Papa John's are partnering up for a giveaway of 300 Wii systems with Wii Sports Resort. Entries are now being accepted in the Wii Sports Resort Sweepstakes, where you can win a Wii bundle, which includes:

- Wii system
- Wii Sports Resort video game
- Wii Remote controller
- Nunchuk controller
- Wii MotionPlus accessory
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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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Off to a slightly slower start than most thought, Wii Sports Resort is becoming a huge title for Nintendo going into the holiday season and is actually tracking better than WiiFit did in the same time period.
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September showed an increase in sales for most formats, led by the PS3, but analysts warn that this is not a cause for celebration.
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El33tonline writes:

"Yesterday we brought you news that a black Wii bundle would be arriving on South African shores just in time for the holiday period, but now we have the official date and price structure for the Limited Edition bundle, which includes a black Wii, black WiiMote, MotionPlus and Nunchuk, as well as the excellent Wii Sports Resort and the original Wii Sports."
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De Telegraaf writes: "Last weekend the TMF Game Awards was presented at the FirstLook event in Amsterdam. Killzone 2, the Dutch development studio Guerrilla Games, received an award for best PlayStation 3 game Gears of War 2 and went with the prize for best Xbox 360 game off."
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It's another packed new game release week. There is something to select from for every gaming system. Many PlayStation 3 gamers will find their hours going into Uncharted 2. It has already been rated as one of this year's best games. Double Fine Productions is delivering their Brutal Legend game this week for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gamers. Both of the games will be available on the crack of October 13th, midnight, from GameStop's Midnight Launch opening event. Wii gamers, you have plenty to keep yourselves busy too. If you haven't picked up Wii Sports Resort yet, now's a great time to with the Limited Edition Wii Sports Resort Bundle. It includes two Wii MotionPlus controllers, instead of the usual one, saving your $10. A Boy and His Blob returns with a charming new art style. SEGA delivers the second Mario and Sonic competitive outing with Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. Also fitting for an October release is JU-ON: The Grudge, which is subtitled "The Haunted House Simulator." Star Wars fans, you have the first officially licensed Wii peripherals out, which include Lightsabers, a Blaster and the Darth Vader Wii Remote Sensor Bar Holder. See what's coming to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, Nintendo DS and PSP.
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The new Wii console bundle, originally revealed by Electronic Theatre last month, has now arrived at UK retail and is available for consumer purchase. The new bundle has not received a reduction in price as many had anticipated, but rather added in more value through additional hardware and software.
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Toys "R" Us has released it's annual 2009 Holiday Hot Toy List, tipping off parents and other consumers on what they gauge kids will want most this holiday season. There are some video game products that made the list. Nintendo dominates the list with their new Nintendo DSi system, and Wii Sports Resort breaks into the top 15 toy recommendation list. Bakugan: Battle Brawlers makes the list as the only non-Nintendo video game product, which will be available for just about every game system.
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Cuatro Chihuahuas of Spawn Kill brings us news on the latest Wii Sports Resort package.
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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.
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Nintendo have today confirmed that the UK will receive a brand new hardware bundle for the hugely successful Wii console on October 2nd, 2009. As Electronic Theatre have previously suggested, the bundle will not reduce in price, but instead add more value to the existing package.
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Nintendo Co. will sell a new Wii Sports Resort bundle that will include two Wii MotionPlus accessories for under $60 in a new retail listing.
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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.
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In the two months since the release of Wii Sports Resort, the MotionPlus game has sold over three million copies worldwide. Clearly, Nintendo's in-house developers knew what they were doing.

But the Wii Sports Resort formula went through several changes. There were a few games that didn't make the cut, said producer Katsuya Eguchi in an email interview.

"We considered fishing and a water slide activity before deciding on the final twelve events," Eguchi said. "As for more unconventional concepts, we created a pretty fun prototype of kendama, a traditional Japanese toy, that just didn't fit the game's theme."
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Want to setup a Wii Sports Resort event with your friends? Nintendo makes it easier for you starting today with a Wii Sports Resort Facebook application, the Wii Party Time Generator. You can arrange Wii Sports Resort competitions or parties, keep track of scores, challenge or taunt other players, create a photo album of your event, and more using the Facebook application.

Download the Wii Party Time Generator to your Facebook page and find out more details at apps.facebook.com/wiisportsresort.
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iTWire writes "A bit of a no-brainer really, but it is official, Wii Sports Resort has proven popular. The sequel to the largest selling game of all time tops out a sales list dominated by Nintendo."
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According to Nintendo's internal tracking figures, sales of the Wii Sports Resort game have surpassed 1 million copies in the United States since its July 26 launch.
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Nintendo have announced today that Wii Sports Resort, the action-packed game that is the first from Nintendo to make full use of the Wii MotionPlus accessory, has generated strong sales across Europe in its first month since launch, passing the one million mark.
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Brian Ashcraft of Kotaku writes:

"Nintendo has announced that Wii Sports Resort has reached the million seller milestone in its native Japan.

The game launched on June 25 in The Land of The Rising Sun and was met with brisk sales. The second week was a sharp drop off, but as the chart below points out, the title has recently seen an upswing in sales during its eighth week in release."
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