http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/wii-sports/g-20060511114048917043 en http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-174468.aspx The American Council on Exercise has just released a small study suggesting that the Wii Sports games are better than sitting on your butt but not as good as doing the sports themselves. In descending order of caloric burn, Wii's version of boxing burned an average of 7.2 calories a minute, tennis burned 5.3 calories a minute, baseball about 4.5, bowling about 3.9, and golf about 3.1. (That means 30-minute workouts burn 216, 159, 135, 117, and 93 calories, respectively.) That's less than the real-life activity in all cases; real bowling actually burns about twice as much as the Wii version. And only Wii's version of boxing counted as strenuous enough to meet the ACE's guidelines for endurance-building exercise. news Jul 23, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-170928.aspx Nintendo's press conference held few surprises, but a new Animal Crossing, Wii Sports, and the announcement of Wii Music show that Nintendo is more dedicated to the casual market than ever. Ars reports from Nintendo's E3 press conference. news Jul 16, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-170925.aspx Video games -- often regarded as nothing more than mindless entertainment for lethargic kids and teens -- are proving to be an effective, new tool to motivate patients to perform rehabilitation exercises. Rehabilitation therapists from the William Randolph Hearst Burn Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center are using the motion-sensitive Nintendo Wii video game console, along with traditional methods, to help patients recover from life-changing injuries. Patients hold wireless remotes that control actions on screen. Players swing the controller to simulate realistic motions, like swinging a tennis racquet, swatting a baseball for a home run, among countless other motions. For burn patients or any patient with a skin graft, moving and stretching the skin is very painful, but imperative for a successful recovery. news Jul 16, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-165896.aspx It's the first time a games console has made it into a club and that is, the Nintendo Wii. At the GATE complex in Newcastle, the bar Mood was advertising a Wii Sports lounge news Jul 7, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-157335.aspx Ladies, forget Sex and the City. Now there's Wii Sports Boxing¿ and the city. Last night, Nintendo invited women around the Big Apple to participate in a Wii Sports Boxing in the City competition (similar to last year's Wiimbledon). The event was held at a bar and restaurant located in midtown Manhattan, and Nintendo touted it as a chance for females to throw a virtual punch or two while unwinding from a long day at work. Seven women. One free Wii. Fourteen furious fists. news Jun 14, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-150718.aspx Wii Sports has been recognized across the globe as one of the most approachable Wii titles. Furthermore, the game was one of the first titles from Nintendo in what appears to be a continuous supply of the Wii ____ entitled brand. Even though Wii Sports was released more than a year and a half ago, one possible effect from the gameplay may be surprising. In a recent article from Kasidie, a claim is made that Wii Sports produces sexual tension. Unlike many other games, Wii Sports strongly encourages physical activity among players. The games generally require movements modeled after the actual sports you are playing. This provides numerous opportunities for physical intimacy and heightened sexual tension (Here, let me help you perfect your bowling stance. Let's start with those hips¿). news May 29, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-115288.aspx Today showed that Nintendo really does know no bounds, as along with John Stewart making his usual writers strike, Iraq and political references at the show he also was seen playing a game of Wii Sports on the huge screen that adorns the stage at the 80th Annual Academy Awards. news Feb 25, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-110435.aspx When not planning an offensive on the UK games industry (allegedly), British Prime Minister Gordon Brown likes to engage in a bit of Wii Sports action in his living room with his four-year-old son. news Feb 12, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-106005.aspx Famitsu via VGChartz reports from Jan 21st to Jan 27th, 2008, the hardware sales in Japan were as follows: Console : Wii : about 79k DSL : about 75k PS3 : about 29k PS2 : about 11k PSP : about 61k 360 : about 4.2k Top 10 1. Wii Fit (Wii) : about 96k (total about 1.21m) 2. Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (PSP) : about 70k 3. Lucky Star: Ryouou Gakuen Outou-Sai (PS2) : about 61k 4. Mario & Sonic at Beijing Olympics (DS) : about 54k (total about 145k) 5. Wii Sports (Wii) : about 28k (total about 2.69m) 6. Mario Party DS (DS) : about 26k (total about 1.56m) 7. Yggdra Union (PSP) : about 22k 8. Dora Base (DS) : about 22k (total about 141k) 9. Monster Hunter Portable 2 (PSP) : about 15k (total about 1.58m) 10. Wii Play (Wii) : about 14k (total about 2.15m) New releases out of Charts(Top 30): Exit (DS) : about 5.5k Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (PS3) : about 5k The Sims 2 (DS) : about 3.7k TOCA RACE DRIVER3 THE ULTIMATE RACING SIMULATOR (PS2) : about 0.75k news Jan 31, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-105173.aspx Wii Wii Sports - 17,850,000 Wii Play - 9,230,000 Super Mario Galaxy - 5,190,000 Mario Party 8 - 4,350,000 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 4,300,000 Super Paper Mario - 2,160,000 Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree - 2,000,000 Mario Strikers Charged - 1,650,000 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - 1,140,000 Link's Crossbow Training - 1,070,000 Wii Fit - 1,050,000 Nintendo DS Nintendogs - 17,790,000 Pokemon Diamond & Pearl - 14,170,000 New Super Mario Bros. - 13,140,000 Brain Age - 11,710,000 Brain Age 2 - 9,840,000 Mario Kart DS - 9,670,000 Animal Crossing Wild World - 9,200,000 Super Mario 64 DS - 5,780,000 Big Brain Academy - 4,610,000 The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - 3,820,000 Pokemon Ranger - 2,610,000 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness - 1,540,000 news Jan 29, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-103310.aspx Canadian students have given each other a Wii workout to see if the top-selling videogame console can get couch potatoes to work up a sweat. news Jan 23, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-103265.aspx Famitsu reports via VGChartz, that the weekly sales between Jan 14th to Jan 20th in Japan were the following: Console : DSL : about 91k Wii : about 76k PSP : about 65k PS3 : about 32k PS2 : about 13k 360 : about 4.4k Software: 1. Wii Fit (Wii) : about 108k (total about 1.11m) 2. Mario & Sonic at Beijing Olympics (DS): about 91k 3. Mario Party DS (DS): about 38k (total about 1.53m) 4. Wii Sports (Wii): about 31k (total about 2.65m) 5. Wii Play (Wii): about 19k (total about 2.14m) 6. Monster Hunter Portable 2 (PSP): about 18k (total about 1.57m) 7. Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (DS): about 17k (total 714k) 8. Mario & Sonic at Beijing Olympics (Wii): about 17k (total 474k) 9. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii): about 17k (total about 844k) 10. Mario Party 8 (Wii): about 15k (total about 1.15m) 11. Mario Kart DS (DS): about 14k (total about 2.80m) 12. FF4 (DS): about 11k (toal about 559k) 13. School Days L x H (PS2): about 11k 14. DQ4 (DS): about 10k (total about 1.15m) 15. Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village (DS): about 10k (total813k) 16. New Super Mario Bros. (DS): about 10k (total about 5.06m) 17. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS): about 10k (total about 4.56m) 18. Winning Eleven 2008 (PS2): about 9.6k (total about 605k) 20. Rune Factory 2 (DS): about 8.8k (total about 83k) 21. Everybody's Golf Portable 2 (PSP): about 8k (total about 202k) 23. Call of Duty 4 (PS3) : about 7.8k (total about 58k) 24. Star Ocean 1 First Departure (PSP): about 7.7k (total about 183k) 25. Power Pro kun Pocket 10 (DS): about 7.7k (total about 215k) This week Upcomings : 1/24 [Wii] No soft is released [DS] Nothing special [PS3] 1/24 * Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights news Jan 23, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-102699.aspx Software Total: DS: 609,840 Wii: 570,059 PS3: 238,450 360: 203,563 PS2: 134,850 PSP: 24,268 1. Wii Sports (Wii) 119,835 6,379,604 2. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) 96,291 1,322,339 3. More Brain Training (DS) 83,439 3,111,330 4. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) 68,012 1,563,768 5. Brain Training (DS) 65,928 4,900,545 6. Wii Play (Wii) 55,725 2,715,265 7. New Super Mario Bros (DS) 47,174 3,855,957 8. Assassins Creed (PS3) 46,113 1,137,639 9. Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (DS) 40,318 681,888 10. Nintendogs (DS) 39,444 8,685,024 11. Pokemon Diamond / Pearl (DS)38,614 3,267,347 12. Uncharted: Drakes Fortune 38,285 545,022 13. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS2) 34,657 2,157,160 14. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS3) 31,894 928,084 15. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) 30,592 962,322 news Jan 23, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-99462.aspx January 11 - Nintendo claims eight of the top ten selling games of 2007 in Japan, looking at the latest figures from Enterbrain, publisher of the Famitsu magazine. Only Capcom's PSP title Monster Hunter Portable 2 and Square Enix's Dragon Quest IV manage to break Nintendo's hold on the top ten. The list of Japan's Top 10 software of 2007, with their units sold, is posted at MCV. news Jan 13, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-97497.aspx Tokyo, Jan. 7, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) - The value of the computer game market in Japan grew last year by 9.9 percent to a record 687.7 billion yen, led by the sales success of Nintendo Co Ltd's Nintendo DS and DS Lite, magazine publisher Enterbrain said Monday. The hardware market expanded by 25.0 percent to 327.41 billion yen, while the software market contracted by 1.0 percent to 360.25 billion yen, Enterbrain said in a written statement. In the hardware market, Nintendo sold 7.14 million Nintendo DSs and DS Lites and 3.63 million Wii consoles last year. Sony Corp unit Sony Computer Entertainment Inc sold 3.02 million PlayStation Portables. In the software market, Nintendo sold 1.91 million sets of Wii Sports and Capcom Co Ltd sold 1.49 million sets of Monster Hunter Portable 2. Nintendo sold 1.487 million sets of Hajimeteno Wii, the introductory software package for the Wii console, Enterbrain said. (1 US dollar = 108.95 yen) By Kaori Kaneko news Jan 7, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-95122.aspx The Bitbag editor picks the winners for: ¿ Best 3D Action Game ¿ Best Racing Game ¿ Best RPG ¿ Best Fighter ¿ Best FPS ¿ Best Strategy Game ¿ Best Sports Game ¿ Best War Game ¿ Best Mecha Game ¿ Achievement In Excellence ¿ Best Handheld Game ¿ Best Graphics ¿ Best Sound ¿ Best Online Multiplayer ¿ Developer Of The Year ¿ Game Of The Year news Dec 25, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-94662.aspx When the Guinness Book of Records launches next February, it's going to include a section on gaming for the first time in its history. (If you don't know what the Guinness Book of World Records is, read the full story for an explanation.) Now that games are included we can expect some truly bizarre gaming feats to be attempted. To celebrate the launch of the Guinness World Record Gamers Edition 2008 a Guinness World Record attempt for the longest Guitar Hero marathon relay will be held at HMV, Oxford Street, London on February 6 between 6-8pm. Find out more by visiting the official website via CVG. CVG has a selection of the more quirky records from the book... news Dec 21, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-94136.aspx 1UP - Brian Gray, 12/19/2007: As the last of 2007 creeps away, Japanese gaming mag Weekly Famitsu asked 280 users and 63 stores to sum up the game industry this year, publishing the first part of the questionnaire's results in this week's issue. A summary of the results is as follows. news Dec 19, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-87328.aspx Mario Party DS sold a further 116,000 copies during the week ended November 18 to retain the top spot in Japan. The feat follows unit sales of almost a quarter of a million in its debut week, and is enough to beat the latest Resident Evil title to the Japanese software summit. Wii exclusive The Umbrella Chronicles, the first of five new entries to make the top ten, debuts at No2. It supplants Shin Sangoku Musou 5, which drops one place to No3. Overall 14 DS games, six Wii, four PS3, three PSP, two PS2 and one Xbox 360 title chart. 01. Mario Party DS (DS) - 116,000 / 350,000 02. Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (Wii) - 83,000 / New 03. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (PS3) - 76,000 / 264,000 04. Pro Yakyuu Famista DS (DS) - 49,000 / New 05. Game Center CX (DS) - 46,000 / New 06. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - 40,000 / 365,000 07. Heavenly Sword (PS3) - 15,000 / New 08. Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (DS) - 14,000 / 230,000 09. Wii Sports (Wii) - 13,000 / 2,211,000 10. Soukou Kihei Votoms (PS2) - 12,000 / New news Nov 22, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-78680.aspx UK boss claims Wii Sports will be defining game of this generation. Nintendo has launched a thinly veiled dig at Microsoft and its record breaking launch of blockbuster FPS Halo 3. Speaking at a press conference this morning in London, David Yarnton, general manager of Nintendo UK, said: For all the recent talk of record breaking entertainment launches, it might just be that the defining and most influential video game of this generation is a simple game of tennis that the whole family can gather around and play and enjoy together. Although Yarnton didn't mention Halo 3 or Wii Sports by name, the record breaking entertainment launch is obviously a reference to Halo 3 and the simple game of tennis is clearly Wii Sports. news Oct 30, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/wii-sports/screenshots/g-20060511114048917043 screenshot Nov 21, 2006 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/wii-sports/screenshots/g-20060511114048917043 screenshot Nov 21, 2006 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/wii-sports/screenshots/g-20060511114048917043 screenshot Nov 21, 2006