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Nintendo, a former playing card company in Japan, burst onto the video game scene in the 1980s with its first console that found its way into millions of homes in the United States.

Their latest creation, the family-friendly Wii, took the 21st Century video game world by storm in December of 2006, becoming arguably the second biggest hit in the company’s history, behind its original machine. The Wii launched itself past Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox products to become the leader in the industry shortly after its introduction. With its backwards compatibility to play the previous Nintendo creation, the GameCube, the Nintendo Wii is one of the most highly sought after game systems in the world.

The Wii continues to delight players of all ages, as evidenced by videos on YouTube of players across all generations playing on the easy-to-learn console.

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• Miyamoto: 3D Isn’t Everything

  
  Ripten Video Game Blog — Authority: 579
  Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has been quoted by Nintendo Power recently, saying that not everything needs to be 3D in the games industry. The creator of Mario and Zelda, two franchises that have had success in both dimensions, says: “I don’t think everything needs to be 3D, or that just because we’re seeing ...
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• Mario Kart, Pilot Wings, Smash Bros. coming to Virtual Console

  
  Blast: Boston's Online Magazine — Authority: 588
  In today’s slice of awesome news, a report, issued by GameSpot , says Nintendo classics Mario Kart, Pilot Wings, and Smash Bros. are on their way to the Virtual Console, and will be there by year’s end. To clarify, we’re talking about Super Mario Kart, the one from the SNES era, Pilotwings, again, the SNES ...
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• Most important thing for multiplayer in the New Super Mario Bros...

  
  The RoboSheep Bleat — Authority: 570
  Most important thing for multiplayer in the New Super Mario Bros Wii game.
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• DJ Hero: Review

  
  andPOP.com — Authority: 148
  Put Your Hands Up Here Comes My DJ! In an industry that has been said to be over saturated with peripherals for rhythm games do we really need a plastic turntable? People that don’t enjoy the gentle musings of Children of Bodom and Metallica would have to say: Yes! Activision and FreeStyleGame’s DJ Hero is a ...
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• TUTORIAL Making Wii Games in Flash

  
  Learn Free Internet Marketing Learn Free Internet Marketing Strategies using Video, Articles, Social Networking, Social Media, Web 2.0, Blogs, Affiliate Marketing — Authority: 165
  In this episode of the All Things Adobe Chad and Todd podcast, Todd Perkins tells you how to make Wii games in Flash, and also tells you how to play the games you make on your Wii!! Totally sweet! … wii nintendo flash actionscript all things adobe podcast chad todd perkins brothers games tutorial Share [...]
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• Top 20 WiiWare/DSiWare/VC of the week

  
  pure nintendo — Authority: 491
  WiiWare 1 (N) – Pokemon Rumble Demo 2 (N) – World of Goo Demo 3 (N) – FFCC: My Life as a Darklord Demo 4 (N) – Bit.Trip Beat Demo 5 (N) – NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits Demo 6 (N) – Pokemon Rumble 7 (1) – Excitebike: World Rally 8 (2) – Frogger Returns 9 (4) – Carnival King 10 (3) – Reel Fishing ...
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• Japan’s VC/WiiWare/DSiWare releases next week

  
  Nintendo Everything - Our second language is Nintendo++ — Authority: 157
  VC:-Romancing Saga (SNES, Square-Enix, 800pts)-Iron Clad (NEOCD, D4 Enterprise, 900pts)-Space Manbow (MSX, Konami, 800pts)-Road Fighter (MSX, Konami, 800pts)-Penguin Adventure (MSX, Konami, 800pts)-Galaga (ARC, Namco-Bandai, 800pts)-Toy Pop (ARC, Namco-Bandai, 800pts)WiiWare:-Shindori Action! Taikoukenchi -karakuri ...
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• “wii Fit Plus” W/board+red Bag+silicon Case+mat+battery

  
  Nintendo Wii Review — Authority: 152
  Hey, check out these auctions: NEW PINK CARRY BAG POUCH FOR WII FIT BALANCE BOARD US $6.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Nov-21-2009 12:26:20 PST Buy It Now for only: US $7.99 Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list NEW MARIO KART WITH OFFICIAL WII WHEEL+2 PINK WII WHEEL US $59.99 ...
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• Super Mario Kart for VC on Monday, Pilotwings and Super Smash Bros. on VC before year’s end

  
  pure nintendo — Authority: 491
  On Monday, November 23, Super Mario Kart will be available for the Virtual Console. The game will cost 800 points ($8). Also, Nintendo confirmed that both the original Pilot Wings for the SNES and Super Smash Bros. for the N64 will be available before the year’s end. No prices or release dates are announced for ...
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• Nintendo: Miyamoto Says Not Everything Needs To Be In 3D

  
  Sickr — Authority: 425
  Whilst the majority of next generation titles have embraced 3D, Shigeru Miyamoto still believes that two dimensions can still provide the player with equally as engaging game worlds. I don’t think everything needs to be 3D, or that just because we’re seeing more 2D games now, that everything’s going to shift ...
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• Cooperative Multiplayer with the Devil You Dont Know [Mutliplayer]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 827
  New Super Mario Bros. Wii released a week ago, and even its lighthearted cartoon environment and four-player cooperative mode still manage to bring out the worst in multiplayer behavior - if you dont know your partner, that is. "Being granted the opportunity to be friends or adversaries, games allow us to act out ...
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• Cooperative Multiplayer with the Devil You Don’t Know [Mutliplayer]

  
  Download Full Version Game Downloads Now — Authority: 165
  New Super Mario Bros. Wii released a week ago, and even its lighthearted cartoon environment and four-player cooperative mode still manage to bring out the worst in multiplayer behavior – if you don’t know your partner, that is. “Being granted the opportunity to be friends or adversaries, games allow us to act ...
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• Lottay survey: there is twice as much demand for Wii than PS3 and Xbox 360 combined

  
  Wii Burger — Authority: 142
  Lottay recently surveyed up to see what folks want for Christmas and they got quite a few interesting results - topping their respondents wishlists...
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• Nintendo’s Denise Kaigler steps down to spend time with family

  
  Gaming Rover - The News You Want — Authority: 164
  Nintendo vice president of corporate affairs Denise Kaigler recently announced via the Nintendo Minute feature on IGN that she would be vacating her position in order to spend more time with her family. In the post, she explained, "its a fact of life that job and family often pull us in opposite directions. As ...
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• Australians to rally for an R18 rating

  
  Wii Burger — Authority: 142
  Australians are tired of getting the short end of the gaming stick. The lack of an R18 rating on the OFLC means that games with mature or adult con...
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• Rapid WoW Leveling and Class Quests

  
  Games & Entertainment Blog — Authority: 128
  The goal of a Leveling Guide is to get your character to Level 80 in the minimum amount of time. To do this, they get your character following a certain chain of quests that is designed to rack up experience rapidly. But you need to take into account the unique class quests for each character [...]
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• The NIMF is No More [Parenting]

  
  Download Full Version Game Downloads Now — Authority: 165
  The National Institute on the Media and the Family – whose annual report cards were more fair and reasonable than such an Orwellian name might imply – will close at the end of 2009 after 14 years of watchdoggery. The closure is apparently tied to the end of funding from a primary NIMF source, Fairview Health ...
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• The Official DLB-Network Gaming Podcast Episode 104

  
  DLB-Network — Authority: 142
  The Official DLB-Network Podcast Episode 104Host: DLB, MikeDemo1, SilverK9, Snake-ooShow Notes:*Playstation 3 firmware Update 3.10*PS3 vs 360 Facebook Feature*October 2009 NPD Number’sBlog: DLB-Network.comForums: DLB-Network.com/forumsDLBTV: YouTube.com/INCentertainment Podcast: DLB.Podomatic.com also on ...
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• 2x Official Nintendo Wii Wheel For Mario Kart/gt Pro

  
  Nintendo Wii Review — Authority: 152
  Hey, check out these auctions: Mario Kart Wii FOUR(4) Official Nintendo Racing Wheels US $35.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Nov-21-2009 9:51:30 PST Buy It Now for only: US $39.59 Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list Wii BUCKSHOT SHOTGUN FOR RESIDENT EVIL GAMES Wii – RED US ...
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• Original Super Mario Kart coming to Virtual Console next week

  
  Pakistan News | News, Videos, Articles, Current Affairs, Politics, Entertainment, Technology | Geo TV | Dawn | The News | Ten Sports | Geo Super | India News — Authority: 460
  Next week’s offering of Nintendo downloads are gonna be great for fans of SNES, because the original Super Mario Kart will be released on Virtual Console for 800 Wii points ($8). Hooray. Also expected sometime around the holidays is Pilotwings and N64’s Super Smash Bros. No date or pricing for those last two ...
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