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Nintendo: Next Wii Zelda Will Use MotionPlus
LOS ANGELES — In keeping with what is fast becoming an E3 tradition, Nintendo had just one more piece of news for us after its press briefing. In a Q&A session with a room full of journalists,...
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At E3, Gamemaker Battle Erupts Over Camera Controllers
LOS ANGELES — Bloodied by Nintendo’s runaway success, the other major gamemakers are attempting to leapfrog the Wii’s innovative motion-sensitive controller with camera-based hardware that let players...
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Q&A: Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto on Mario, Zelda, Project Natal and More
LOS ANGELES — Shigeru Miyamoto has a lot on his mind. In a one-on-one interview at last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, the head of Nintendo’s game design department and creator of Mario touched...
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Miyamoto Wants New Zelda Exclusive to MotionPlus
LOS ANGELES — If Shigeru Miyamoto has his way, the next Legend of Zelda game for Wii will require the Wii MotionPlus add-on. In a roundtable Q&A session last week at E3, the head of Nintendo’s game...
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Hunting the Melon in Wii Sports Archery
I went out to Nintendo to play some Wii Sports Resort today, and quickly became obsessed with something we didn’t expect to find. One of the best games I’ve seen so far in the upcoming collection of...
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Q&A: Nintendo’s Kaigler on Slowing Wii Sales, Hardcore Games
NEW YORK — “Any number of factors” could contribute to the slowing sales of Wii, said a Nintendo executive on Thursday. The company is hoping that the launch of the Wii MotionPlus controller will...
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Wii Sports Resort Games That Didn’t Make It
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...
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Wii Zelda Uses MotionPlus for Swordplay, Targeting
The next Wii version of The Legend of Zelda will make use of the Wii MotionPlus add-on for greater control in swordplay and more, Shigeru Miyamoto has said. “In this (installment of the series), we’re...
View ArticleNintendo’s Iwata Says Wii Zelda in 2010
Nintendo aims to release the new Legend of Zelda game for Wii in 2010, company president Satoru Iwata said Wednesday. In an interview with the Asahi Shimbun, Iwata said that the recent release of New...
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Nintendo Bundles Wii Sports Resort, MotionPlus With Wii
Nintendo of America will bundle its Wii Sports Resort game and the Wii MotionPlus controller with all new Wii consoles starting this month, the gamemaker said Monday. The console will continue to be...
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