New Square Enix studio means more WiiWare
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, WiiWareFans of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King and the of the idea of quicker, leaner, Square Enix games (the kind that don't get delayed for two years) may be happy to learn this: Square Enix's new California studio is focusing for now on original downloadable games.
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VC Friday: Strong Bad, Cubello, cooking, billiards
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, WiiWare Four new WiiWare titles came down the tubes in Europe and Australia today, and the selection couldn't be more diverse. Art Style: Cubello and Strong Bad Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands you'll already know about, but CueSports and Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam are more mysterious beasts.
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GameStop repeats itself: Wii shortages likely
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News Yes, we posted about this before, but as the giant boulder that is the holiday season ominously thunders towards us, we may as well say it again: GameStop will probably have some major Wii shortages in the near future.Chief financial officer David Carlson admitted in a conference call that the hardware "may be well out of stock by the holiday season," echoing another executive's recent claim that the 'Stop's inventory would be empty by the first week of December.
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Smile You're on EA Sports All-Play
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsIf you've got multiple EA Sports All-Play games, you may have noticed a commonality among the boxarts beyond the normally consistent design scheme: the cover athletes are all grinning. Well, except for this guy. It's not just because they've been paid several thousand dollars to have their photograph taken -- the smiles were a corporate mandate, from the mind of Peter Moore!Moore believed that a smiling athlete on the cover "embodies the experience" of All-Play.
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Super Famicom Classic Controller available at Play Asia update
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Imports, Controller Update: Wow, that was fast. The controller is sold out. Uh, people must have way more money than we do. Send us one, plz?If you're looking for more of an authentic experience when playing those Virtual Console games, then know that Play Asia is now allowing folks to order the Super Famicom Classic Controller.
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NRDC: Wii is greenest console of them all
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News The NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) recently decided to put all of this generation's consoles through their paces and see which console reigns supreme in the eco-friendly department. As we've heard in the past, the Wii has pretty much dominated all of the competition in each field of study.
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Wii games drop in price faster than competition
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, SalesThe research bods at EEDAR have got their abacuses out and calculated that Wii games are more prone to "price protection" than titles on rival machines.What's price protection? Price protection occurs when a publisher of a game that isn't selling offers said game to retailers for a lower price, allowing stores to get rid of their excess stock of the game quickly.
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Wii Warm Up: Expense
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Wii Warm UpSo the Wii is two years old now. Huzzah! But looking back, with everything you might have bought for your system (excluding games), do you feel like it was a bargain? It was the cheapest of this generation's home consoles, after all, and the bargain aspect was played up by a lot of people.
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Surprisingly rare and expensive GameCube games
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Fan stuff, SalesWe love a lot of GameCube games. In fact, when Play on Wii was announced, it felt like a dream come true. See, we imagine many GameCube games being retooled for Wii. Now, we're glad its actually happening for some of those games.But, not all titles are destined to get that touch of Wii magic.
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Beloved toy of our youths coming to WiiWare
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Imports, WiiWareWarning: you are now entering a Wii Fanboy nostalgia zone; if we get wrapped up in jabbering about our wholesome childhoods over the next 200 words, you've been warned. The cause of this trip down memory lane? The announcement that Tomy would be bringing a Pop-Up Pirate game to WiiWare.
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Resellers taking advantage of World Tour shortages
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News It's not so hard to believe, really. People have been doing it for many years now, since the Tickle Me Elmo dolls became so popular, really. Folks did it the last two years with the Wii and now, with the news that Guitar Hero: World Tour's full band kit bundle could be kind of scarce during the holidays, folks are taking advantage yet again.
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Bleach: Some People Fighting
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Imports, ScreensWe think we're going to have to start reading or watching Bleach so we know what's going on in Bleach Versus Crusade and the DS fighting games. Our interest in the DS games has been motivated mostly by love of developer Treasure, and that is certainly driving our desire to play the Wii game as well.
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Tatsunoko vs. Calendar: Store Promotion of Heroes
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Fan stuff, Imports To promote the release of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes, Capcom is offering an exclusive Tatsunoko vs. Capcom 2009 calendar to retailers. The calendar will feature original artwork on each two-month page, as well as a Shinkiro cover that varies by store.
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