Backstage: Wii Reconnects with Super Smash Bros. Brawl
March 15, 2008
No game company on the planet has been more successful at building marquee-quality franchise titles than Nintendo. And, on a related note, no game company has been more successful at finding a way to integrate most of its franchises into a single, “everybody needs to buy this” sort of game. Nintendo achieved the first feat with Super Smash Bros., a simple “knock your enemies off the screen” fighting game developed by trusted…
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AP - Nintendo's Wii has dominated video-game hardware sales since its debut in November 2006, and it shows no sign of slowing down. In March, U.S. stores sold more Wii consoles than Xbox 360s and PlayStation 3s combined.
GAMES REVIEW: Wii suffers glut of weak games (AP)
AP - Nintendo's Wii has dominated video-game hardware sales since its debut in November 2006, and it shows no sign of slowing down. In March, U.S. stores sold more Wii consoles than Xbox 360s and PlayStation 3s combined.
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having G.I. Joe fight Luke Skywalker, or throwing Superman into
battle against the Bionic Man?
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We test the Nintendo Wii Fit
I was going to take my son with me to do this story but then I thought: “Nah,
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GAME REVIEWS: `Smash Bros.'
(AP)
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cent on the back of strong sales of its Wii console, but forecast lower than
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(AP)
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl has it all
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Doctors use Wii games for rehab therapy (AP)
AP - Some call it "Wiihabilitation." Nintendo's Wii video game system, whose popularity already extends beyond the teen gaming set, is fast becoming a craze in rehab therapy for patients recovering from strokes, broken bones, surgery and even combat injuries.
Doctors use Wii games for rehab therapy (AP)
AP - Some call it "Wiihabilitation." Nintendo's Wii video game system, whose popularity already extends beyond the teen gaming set, is fast becoming a craze in rehab therapy for patients recovering from strokes, broken bones, surgery and even combat injuries.
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Nintendo sees 9 pct growth this year...
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