Wii Party Reclaims the Top Spot in Japan

Wii Party (Wii) Nintendo dominates the software charts following slow week for new releases.

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They clinched the last two national championships in senior league Wii bowling. So when it came time for the team's recent tryouts, the aptly-named Strikers had no compassion to spare.

Wii Party Returns to #1 on Japanese Software Charts

The Wii, PSP and Nintendo DS have dominated the charts for another week in Japan. Nintendo's Wii Party returned to the #1 spot according to the Media Create rankings ending July 25, displacing the recently released Fire Emblem remake (via Gamasutra ). Wii Party was announced in May, and launched in Japan earlier this month. The gameplay is similar to that of a boardgame, with Miis serving as ...

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Wii Party Recaptures Top Sales Spot In Japan

Nintendo's Wii Party recaptured the number one video game software sales slot in Japan for the week ended July 25, marking the second time the party game reached the top of the chart. Tracking firm Media Create revealed Thursday that Wii Party, released July 8, sold 99,000 units during the week, bringing the three-week total to 446,000 units in the region. The previous week, Wii Party was in the ...

FAM: Wii inspired Xbox Kinect, mission impossible

Nintendo's Wii gave Microsoft its initial inspiration to give the Xbox motion control capabilities that ultimately became the Kinect system.

News: "Wii the best console for platformers"

Says creator of Wii platformer. The Wii is the best console for platform games because it's got a more casual and nostalgic audience, the creator of Wii-exclusive platformer Flip's Twisted World has said. Flip's Twisted World, due out in September, finds itself on the Wii because the console's motion controls fit the game, developer Frozen North's CEO Julian Spillane told Destructoid. "The ...

Dragon's Lair Trilogy for Wii: one step closer to porting Dragon's Lair to everything

Hey, Mad Dog McCree: Gunslinger Pack , there's a new sheriff in town -- the "town" in this case being the set of "Collections of Three Laserdisc Games on Wii." Digital Leisure and publisher Destineer are partnering to release Dragon's Lair Trilogy on Wii this fall. Despite the name, the "Trilogy" is only two-thirds Dragon's Lair : in addition to Dragon's Lair and Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp , the ...

Ferrari: The Race Experience steers towards Wii and PSN

System 3 has announced yet another Ferrari-licensed racing game, Ferrari: The Race Experience , presumably a follow-up to last year's Ferrari Challenge Deluxe . Like System 3's previous efforts, this will be hitting both Wii and PlayStation 3. However, PS3 owners will only be able to find the game on the virtual shelves of the PlayStation Network. Why? System 3 explains that it's become too ...

FIFA Soccer 11 Wii

Hit the streets with your favourite players and show youve got the skills to hit the big time in FIFA Soccer 11 Wii. Now there are two ways to playtraditional 11 versus 11 matches plus a new street soccer mode. Hit the pitch for a Wii-specific take on customary 11 versus 11 matches with over [...]