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Nintendo’s Wii successor to use 3D

Published on: 21st June, 2010

Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s President, said to Japanese daily Nikkei that like the recent 3DS console, the next Wii model might have 3D capabilities too. The company is carefully watching the buying rate of 3D TV sets. The next Wii version would be released at the moment when the adoption rate for 3D TVs would reach [...]

PS3 believed to win the console challenge by 2013

Published on: 18th March, 2010

The PlayStation 3 of Sony is believed to sell more devices than any other competitor during the lifetime of the current product generation, says a report released by Strategy Analytics. Analysts have made predictions regarding overall shipments during the lifetime of the product instead of comparing sales figures immediately after the products are launched.
The current [...]

EA Sports Active 2.0 with motion sensors, available for iPhone

Published on: 14th March, 2010

A new version will be added to EA Sports Active trainer for the Wii console, according to EA sources. EA Sports Active 2.0 will be available for iPhone, iPod touch, Sony PS3 and Wii. The system is based on wireless control, with arm and leg straps that contain motion sensors. A heart rate monitor as [...]

Would Nintendo Wii face shortages through this month?

Published on: 2nd March, 2010

Nintendo Wii is facing supply shortages again, according to Reggie Fils-Aimé, chief of Nintendo of America. After the record December sales of 3.8 million, the game console maker is again low on stock and does not expect to end it before the end of March. There is also very low supply for the Balance Board [...]

New plug-and-play UIM device from Infinitec

Published on: 23rd February, 2010

A new upcoming Infinite USB Memory (IUM) device has been recently showed by Infinitec. This makes content and stream media sharing possible from any other connected device. It seems that all file formats are compatible, no matter their extension or type and users can also stream files from their PCs to Blu-ray players, gaming consoles [...]

WiiRelax trademark from Nintendo

Published on: 24th December, 2009

Nintendo has created a trademark for what is probably going to be named the Vitality Sensor. The name they want to use is WiiRelax and is going to be either the name of the game or of the gadget. This device along, with a special program will read the pulse rate of the user and [...]

Blue and Pink Wii remotes

Published on: 19th December, 2009

Nintendo has recently announced the release of its Wii Remote in blue and pink. The two new color versions of the controller will be sold alongside with the black and white versions, giving users the possibility to have four different colored controllers, one for each player.
The new color versions of the controller will benefit from [...]

Nintendo Wii Motion Plus – contact-free Eneloop battery and charging system

Published on: 20th November, 2009

Sanyo has recently presented the new version of the contact-free Eneloop charging system. It is dedicated to Nintendo Wii Motion Plus video game controllers and is an improvement of a similar device released last year. It involves a second controller and the new peripherals and also includes two battery packs and a USB cable that [...]

Is there a Wii HD Shipping in 2010?

Published on: 11th November, 2009

Rumors of Wii HD shipping in 2010 have been denied by the president of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, who did not say whether the console would be updated in the future or not, but emphatically said such a replacement will not come soon. He did not, however, completely deny the future existence of Wii [...]

Second-Generation, Nintendo Wii HD may be Released in 2011

Published on: 23rd September, 2009

In a recent FT interview, chief Yoichi Wada from the software design company, Square Enix, stated that the next generation of the Nintendo Wii game console is going to be introduced on the market around 2011.
This second generation of the game console is entitled Wii HD will be endowed with specifics which will grant Nintendo [...]