Wii Sports Resort hits Aussie shelves tomorrow, but hey, who wants to be caught out paying full retail price? MyMedia complied a list of all the confirmed prices for Wii Sports Resort + Wii MotionPlus at various retailers so you don't have to! Please be aware that all prices include both a copy of the game and 1 Wii MotionPlus peripheral. The game is not sold individually.
Following its launch in Japan on 25th June, data from MediaCreate in Japan showed that 359,690 units of Wii Sports Resort were sold in just 4 days and total sell through estimates topped 500,000 in the 2nd week and 600,000 in the 3rd week on sale.
Nintendo and EB Games will host the Wii Sports Resort launch event tonight at The Nintendo Experience, EB Games Swanston Street, Melbourne from 10:00pm – 1:00am.
This morning, Nintendo has announced a very special launch event for the highly anticipated follow-up to one of the best selling videogames ever; a tropical island party.
Nintendo will transform the electric and concrete jungle of Times Square into a Wii Sports Resort tropical island getaway for the launch of the Wii game. Here are the details from Nintendo on what you'll find:
Tigresa of Spawn Kill writes:
"When we first saw Wii Sports Resort last year, all Nintendo had available were three of the game's events: swordplay, power cruising, and Disc Dog. It turns out that those three (quite polished) events are pretty much all that existed at the time. In the latest Iwata Asks interview, the Wii Sports Resort team reveals that they didn't have anything but the idea of maybe doing another sequel until three months before E3 2008. Above, you can see what had been done: a MotionPlus test involving a virtual toy."
Upending tea tables and kidnapping employees are just some of the actions that Shigeru Miyamoto has been known for during development cycles. Even with that in mind, however, one might be surprised as to how Miyamoto interacts with other members of a team.
Six Flags Inc. is expanding its partnership with Nintendo to prominently feature the new Wii Sports Resort video game.
Nintendeals writes:
Want to read the world's first review of Wii Sports Resort? You had better pick up a copy of Official Nintendo Magazine when it goes on sale on Friday! Everyone who owns a Wii has played Wii Sports so it's no surprise that the sequel is one of the most eagerly anticipated games of the year and you can find out if it's better than the first game.
Nintendo's Wii Motion Plus debut title appears to be off to a great start. Famitsu.com, citing sales data from parent Enterbrain, reported today first week Japanese sales of 353,827 units for Wii Sports Resort. The game was released in Japan June 25.
Kumite is an on rails sword slashing brawler with dozens of Miis to fight at once. When you start kumite your Mii automatically runs until it's surrounded and stopped by a group of Miis. You have to slash and trash the other Miis before they hit you and sap your three hearts.
Wii Sports Resort sales data, much like the original game, will most likely be tracked for a long time to come. But how did the title perform on opening day in Japan?
Miyamoto confirms that online will not make it into Wii Sports Resort.
We already know that Wii MotionPlus will be available across Europe on the 12th of June and that North American gamers are enjoying it as we speak. We also know that Wii Sports Resort will launch across the US on the 26th of July and a few days earlier on the 24th of July in Europe. What we didn't know was when the new peripheral and game would hit shelves in South Africa. Until now, that is.
The newest update to the Nintendo Channel reveals that Wii Sports Resort will not only have Wiiconnect24 but online as well?
El33tonline had hands-on time with Nintendo's Wii MotionPlus at the launch of EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis yesterday, but the good news is that you will also be able to get your hands on this new accessory soon.