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Nov 1, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - Wii Sports Surpasses 50M Units, New Super Mario Bros. Nears 20M Wii Sports has sold over 50 million units worldwide and New Super Mario Bros. for Nintendo DS is approaching 20 million -- 19.94 million, to be exact -- according to new software sales data released by the publisher.

Other Wii and DS titles that have sold in excess of ten million are Wii Play (24.43 million), Wii Fit (22.5 million), Mario Kart Wii (18.36 million), and Mario Kart DS (18.09 million). The figures include bundles and system pack-ins.
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Oct 22, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - Black Wii Limited Edition bundle dated and priced for South Africa 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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Oct 5, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - Wii bowling strikes it big USA Today writes: "Everything is big in Texas. Even the Wii bowling matches.

Last week, the TexanPlus HMO conducted a Wii Bowling Championship with more than 550 contestants, enough to qualify for a Guinness record."
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Oct 2, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - New Wii Bundle Arrives at Retail 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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Sep 24, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - New Wii Bundle Confirmed for UK 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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Aug 3, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - Nintendo Achieves Four Million-Sellers In Fiscal Q3 Gamasutra writes:

"Four Nintendo-published titles achieved more than a million units of worldwide sales in its latest fiscal quarter alone, according to the company's third quarter briefing."
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Aug 2, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - Newt Gingrich Needs Tips on Wii Sports Kotaku wrote.... Newt Gingrich, putative presidential candidate (and in his party, who isn't?) is getting his ass handed to him by a 7-year-old in Wii bowling and has asked for your help,

Via Twitter, the former Speaker of the House says he's up in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, visiting family and rolling the Wiimote. "Seven year old is proving tough competition," he tweets.
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Aug 1, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - Wii Sports approaches 50 million copies sold Joystiq Writes....In a supplement to Nintendo's earnings statement yesterday, the company released some sales numbers for top-selling games in the last quarter. Four Nintendo products sold over one million copies between April and July, only one of which was a new release anywhere in the world during that time.
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Jul 24, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - 411mania's Release List for the Week of July 20, 2009  411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Little King's Story, Katamari Damacy Tribute, Shatter, and Wii Sports Resort.
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Jul 10, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - Nintendo challenges South African families to get (inter)active El33tonline writes:

"Nintendo of South Africa is challenging local families to compete in a series of game events at Pick 'n Pay Hypermarkets throughout the country, for a chance to win one of two big prizes, namely a family trip for four to Euro Disney, or R100 000 cash."
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Jun 6, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - Nintendo, Activision, Red Octane, Bethesda, Blizzard & Microsoft honoured by the Guinness World Records 2010 Gamers Edition On the heels of February's launch of the annual Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer's Edition, representatives were on hand at the E3 Expo this week to honour gaming publishers with brand new records.

Guinness World Record recipients included Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of the Mario franchise and more recently Wii Sports, who received the record for the Best Selling Video Game with sales of 45.7 million to date.
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May 9, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - What is Nintendo not telling us about Wii Sports Resort? But why the secrecy about the other five games? And why did the title get delayed from earlier in the spring until July? There's so many unanswered questions about the title that don't seem to be that big of deals, until you consider that Nintendo may indeed be hiding a few secrets. Below is a look at some questions and potential surprises.
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Apr 24, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - Only in India: Mumbai Wii Tennis Tournament Split-screen.com: "Measuring the popularity of Wii Sports is akin to measuring the popularity of the Wii: For every console sold, that's one satisfied family of wannabe tennis players. I don't know why I haven't heard of it more abroad, in Japan even where the console originates from, but this may very well be the first ever tournament held for a Wii title…ever."
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Apr 24, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - Top 5 Best Selling Nintendo Wii Games in Japan The five best-selling Nintendo Wii games in Japan so far, according to Famitsu.
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Apr 17, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - Wii Hardware Supply Meets UK Demand Electronic Theatre has received word that Wii hardware supply in the UK has now reached a level-footing with demand, allowing retailers to freely order their required quantities without limitation.
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Apr 15, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - Is Wii MotionPlus Support Coming to Wii Sports? After GameDaily sent an inquiry to Nintendo about whether the company would deliver patches that would make older games compatible with the new accessory, the company responded that "The Wii MotionPlus accessory is only for games that are designed to make use of its abilities.

The device that plans to add more precise control to the Nintendo Wii is set to arrive on June 8 for $19.99. Tracking slight wrist movements and a wider range of body turns, the device, which plugs into the bottom of the Wii Remote, translates those motions into movements on-screen.
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Mar 25, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - What 'Wii Sports' Boxing Once Looked Like At his GDC keynote today, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata walked through designer Shigeru Miyamoto's design process. Miyamoto doesn't write design documents. He shares his ideas with a small group of developers who then make a prototype. Iwata said the developers may spend as many as two years making prototypes. He showed this example: the prototype for "Wii Sports" boxing. Good prototypes get greenlit for production. Iwata siad he tries to avoid asking Miyamoto how things are going, so as to keep the development team from cutting corners.
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Mar 19, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - New Study Suggests Videogames Could Form Part of Daily Recommended Activity ELSPA has welcomed the findings of a new study that indicates videogaming could form part of recommended daily physical activity. The study, conducted by Nottingham Trent University, the Department of Health and Nottingham University Hospital, set out to investigate the levels of energy expended when playing videogames. Representatives from GameCity, a street-level programme of activity that celebrates videogames and interactive entertainment, were also involved in supporting the clinical trials.
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Feb 8, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - Kate Winslet enjoys playing Wii Sports with her son Kate Winslet is just one of the many celebrities who have shown interest in the Wii besides the likes of Queen Elizabeth II and Miley Cyrus. Winslet says she was playing Wii Sports Tennis with her son when her husband told her that she received a few Oscar nominations. She also loves to watch her son play Wii Sports Boxing.
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Jan 17, 2009
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Wii - Wii Sports - December 2008 NPD: Top 20 Software Rankings Top 20 Games of December 2008:
01. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 1460k
02. [360] Call of Duty: World at War* (Activision Blizzard) - 1330k
03. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 999k
04. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 878k
05. [WII] Guitar Hero World Tour* (Activision Blizzard) - 859k
06. [360] Gears of War 2* (Microsoft) - 745k
07. [360] Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts) - 629k
08. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) - 540k
09. [PS3] Call of Duty: World at War (Activision Blizzard) - 533k
10. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk* (Nintendo) - 497k
11. [WII] Wii Music (Nintendo) - ~480k
12. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
13. [NDS] Personal Trainer: Cooking (Nintendo)
14. [360] Fallout 3* (Bethesda Softworks)
15. [NDS] Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney Interactive Studios)
16. [WII] Link's Crossbow Training (Nintendo)
17. [PS2] Guitar Hero World Tour* (Activision Blizzard)
18. [360] Madden NFL 09* (Electronic Arts)
19. [WII] Call of Duty: World at War (Activision Blizzard)
20. [WII] Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip (Ubisoft)
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Wii Sports

Genre: Sports
Release date: Nov 19, 2006
Published by: Nintendo
Developed by: Nintendo
Multiplayer Modes:
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