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August 2008
- Startup Goes After Nintendo Over Patents
  
  Wall Street Journal | Aug 20, 08 5:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Maryland tech firm claims that Nintendo stole some of its technology for the popular Wii console, the Wall Street Journal reports. Hillcrest Laboratories filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission, alleging that Nintendo infringed on patents for motion-sensing technology. It wants to ban Wii consoles from being imported to the US, and a lawsuit is pending. Nintendo had no comment on the complaint. More »
- Wii Want to ... Train Surgeons
  
  Guardian (UK) | Aug 8, 08 4:34 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Nintendo’s popular Wii console is finding new uses in the hands of surgeons. The Guardian takes a look at an Arizona hospital that's making use of the Wii’s precise, motion-sensitive controller to hone motor skills for more serious applications. In a program for doctors being trained to do minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, those who regularly played on the Wii scored 48% higher on tool control than those who didn't. More »
- Wii Caught Up in Beer Pong Brouhaha
  
  Time | Aug 1, 08 8:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The video game version of frat-boy favorite beer pong is getting watered down, Time reports. An outcry from parents concerned about youthful binge-drinking has forced JV Games to change the name of its new Wii release to Pong Toss —and to swap the virtual beer in the game's cups to virtual water. More »
July 2008
- More Girls Get Into Gaming
  
  San Jose Mercury News | Jul 21, 08 7:53 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After years of male dominance, the video game industry is seeing a growing number of girls pick up the controllers, SiliconValley.com reports. More than half of "casual" PC card and puzzle-type game users are female, but girl-play goes further: More than half of Nintendo Wii players are now women, and 48% of US women either have a Wii system or have asked for one, the company says. More »
- Xbox Price Cut to Clear Way for New Model
  
  Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Jul 14, 08 2:10 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Microsoft is slashing the price of its Xbox 360 video game system to clear shelf space for a new model with a larger hard drive, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The long-rumored price reduction knocks $50 off the $350 price of the 20-gigabyte model. The new pricetag places the Xbox 360 at $50 more than Nintendo’s wildly popular Wii system, and $100 below Sony’s Playstation 3 console. More »
May 2008
- Wii Fit Is Great for Couch Potatoes
  
  USA Today | May 23, 08 12:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Nintendo's Wii Fit is great for fitness beginners who want to shed their couch-potato ways, but more experienced athletes will want to stick with the gym, writes Jinny Gunmundsen in USA Today . The game delivers a fun and inventive way to tone muscles, improve balance, and burn calories, but hard-core athletes will likely find it to be no more than an interesting diversion. More »
- Japan's Arcades Fall Before Mighty Wii
  
  Reuters | May 19, 08 4:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Japan’s arcades are in trouble, Reuters reports. For years, they’ve been immune to the ravages plaguing arcades elsewhere, but the $6.9 billion industry has met its match in the Nintendo Wii. A new generation of game consoles, coupled with an explosion of high-end TVs, has made the arcade experience easy to recreate at home—leading to big store closings at major chains. More »
- Are Wii Fit? Nintendo Helps Make a Dent
  
  New York Times | May 15, 08 1:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Nintendo’s Wii Fit system can turn a couch potato into a workout warrior—or at least make that potato a bit less lumpy, Seth Schiesel writes in the New York Times . The system, launching in North America next week, could be THE next big home fitness trend, pushing that treadmill out to the curb and banishing the Thighmaster forever. More »
April 2008
- News Article: Analyst: Wii Shortage to End Soon
  
  nintendoworldreport.com | Apr 1, 08
  
  Game industry analyst Michael Pachter of Wedbush Morgan believes the shortage of Wii systems in the United States should soon be a thing of the past.Speaking to the Dallas Morning News, Pachter said he believes the Wii shortage was caused by the weak U.S. dollar. By selling excess product in European countries with a strong Euro, Nintendo makes more profit when the money is exchanged to their native Yen.
March 2008
- Wii shortage coming to an end?
  
  Yahoo! | Mar 31, 08
  
  A year and a half into its American availability, shortages for the Nintendo Wii may, finally, be coming to an end. One reporter thinks he knows why it's taken so long for the Wii to make its way back to the place it hasn't seen much of: actual store shelves. The blame, says Victor Godinez of the Dallas Morning News, falls squarely at the foot of a weak U.S. dollar.
- Wii Still Scarce; Price of PS3, 360 Likely to Fall: GameStop
  
  Kotaku | Mar 20, 08 4:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - GameStop execs say they expect to be short on Wii consoles for the next two quarters and that $50 price drops are likely for the Xbox 360 and PS3. PSP shortfalls are also anticipated, but the PS3 should be well-stocked. The company’s CFO said several hardware prices cut were likely, Kotaku reports. More »
- Smoking May Be Harmful to Your Wii
  
  Boston Herald | Mar 13, 08 12:41 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Here's another reason to stop smoking: It damages your Wii. Some cigarette-wielding users in Japan last month noticed that the much anticipated "Super Smash Brothers Brawl" wasn't working properly, prompting Nintendo to provide free shipping and cleanup of tar-covered disc readers, the Boston Herald reports. Nintendo says the issue affects a "very small percentage" of more than 20 million consoles worldwide. More »
February 2008
- Wii Fit Among Highlights of Gamers' Conference
  
  USA Today | Feb 22, 08 12:53 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Fitness program Wii Fit for the Nintendo Wii system, video games that let players warp Disneyized fairy tales, a parents-oriented video game review site, and initiatives by major publishers to let independent designers and even players develop games—those were the highlights of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week, reports USA Today . More »
- Wii Points to Gaming's Future
  
  Forbes | Feb 11, 08 3:56 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The upset Nintendo has secured against Microsoft and Sony as its simple-but-innovative Wii continues to dominate their processor-heavy rival consoles portends much for the future of gaming, writes Michael Noer for Forbes . Expect much more casual gaming and gamers, Noer writes, as low-time-commitment experiences and Wii-like intuitive controls snag demographics beyond the young male diehard. More »
January 2008
- Video Game Sales Shatter Annual Record
  
  Associated Press | Jan 18, 08 10:23 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - More video games were sold in 2007 than ever before, with a total of $17.94 billion marking a 43% increase over 2006, reports the AP. Much of the growth came from sales of Nintendo's chronically undersupplied Wii and Microsoft's Halo 3, market researcher NPD Group said. Nintendo dominated gaming system sales, moving 6.3 million Wii units and 8.5 million of the most popular system, the portable DS. More »
December 2007
- Guaranteed Wii ... Come January
  
  Los Angeles Times | Dec 14, 07 6:25 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Kids hoping to score a Nintendo Wii this Christmas might have to settle for a skimpy rain check instead, the Los Angeles Times reports. Nintendo has completely sold out of its popular video-game console and won't be shipping any new units until January. Instead, buyers can reserve systems with full-price "Wii Certificates" available Dec. 20-21 at GameStop. More »
- Wii Remains Hottest Seller for Holidays
  
  Reuters | Dec 14, 07 9:59 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Nintendo’s Wii remained the hottest-selling—and hardest to find—game console in the US in November as shoppers snapped up nearly 1 million units, Reuters reports. Shoppers desperate for holiday presents have been standing in line at stores more than 14 hours to get a crack at one, and paying double the $249 retail price on Craigslist and eBay, the Columbus Dispatch notes . Some are offering trades of wedding bands and cars. More »
- By Any Means Necessary: Buying a Wii
  
  Washington Post | Dec 8, 07 12:26 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The holiday-season shortage of Nintendo’s Wii console is fostering some creative shopping strategies, shared on a number of websites devoted to tracking down the device, the Washington Post reports. One advises Wii hopefuls not to ask store employees when the next shipment will arrive—instead, ask when the last one came in: "This is a question they can actually answer and gets the conversation going." More »
- Nintendo's Wii Shortage Is Good Business Strategy
  
  Wall Street Journal | Dec 7, 07 7:00 PM CST

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Startup Goes After Nintendo Over Patents

Wii Want to ... Train Surgeons

Wii Caught Up in Beer Pong Brouhaha

More Girls Get Into Gaming

Xbox Price Cut to Clear Way for New Model

Wii Fit Is Great for Couch Potatoes

Japan's Arcades Fall Before Mighty Wii

Are Wii Fit? Nintendo Helps Make a Dent

News Article: Analyst: Wii Shortage to End Soon

Wii shortage coming to an end?

Wii Still Scarce; Price of PS3, 360 Likely to Fall: GameStop

Smoking May Be Harmful to Your Wii

Wii Fit Among Highlights of Gamers' Conference

Wii Points to Gaming's Future

Video Game Sales Shatter Annual Record

Guaranteed Wii ... Come January

Wii Remains Hottest Seller for Holidays

By Any Means Necessary: Buying a Wii

Nintendo's Wii Shortage Is Good Business Strategy