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Wii News Daily

Archive for April 2008

April 19th, 2008

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles WiiWare Is Official

Square Enix has officially confirmed that Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life As a King will be made available for the WiiWare download service in the US.
Other announcements include its plans to release downloadable content for the game, with prices ranging anywhere from 100 Wii Points to 800. The former will grant you access […]

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April 19th, 2008

Attention New York Wii Fans

Nintendo America will be celebrating the wondefulness that is Mario Kart Wii with a special event in New York City today. The event is being held at the Nintendo World Store New York, so if you’re anywhere near there, go check it out. It sounds like a blast.
The event will feature a sneak preview of […]

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April 16th, 2008

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 Europe BoxArt

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 Europe BoxArt

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 US BoxArt

Notice the difference?
Images: Amazon

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April 15th, 2008

We Are Filled With Sadness By A New Screenshot

I’m actually looking forward to this black-and-white psycho Wii game named Sadness but only got a new screenshot and an info that this game will be powered by Emergent’s Gamebryo game engine. Till then…
Emergent Game Technologies announced today that the highly-anticipated psychological thriller Sadness for Wii™ is being built on the Gamebryo game development platform. […]

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April 15th, 2008

VC Update: Fantasy Zone & Mega Turrican

Fantasy Zone (Sega Master System)

Mega Turrican (Sega Genesis)

Up for grab in this week Virtual Console are Fantasy Zone (Sega Master System, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points) and Mega Turrican (Sega Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points). Both are shooters with Fantasy Zone as one that is cuter.

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April 14th, 2008

Guitar Hero III Wii Replacement Disc For Europe, Now Till August

Guitar Hero III owners in Europe can finally replace their Mono sound GH disc. By getting to this Activision Games Exchange Europe site, Wii players from Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands and the UK can fill up the necessary info and get a pre-paid envelope to mail in their […]

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April 11th, 2008

Nintendo Will Re-Release White GameCube Controller

Nintendo is planning to re-release the white GameCube controller in Japan this month for a grand total of 2,000 Yen (about $20 USD). Some changes to the controller include a longer cord (three meters now). This is great news for Japanese Wii fans who can use the controller for playing some of the GameCube games […]

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April 9th, 2008

No Early Mario Kart Wii for Some Americans

We all know that people find all sorts of amazing ways of bypassing the usual rules set forth by the Powers That Be. This is especially true in the gaming world where we’re faced with such pesky things as “release dates”. We’re impatient people. We like faster and we like better and we want it all now. […]

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April 9th, 2008

Which Wii Product Spur The Largest Marketing Budget In Nintendo Of America’s History?

The Wii Fit (Preorder @ Amazon)
Predicted Marketing Budget: $40 million
Image: Nintendo|Wiilink

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April 8th, 2008

Nintendo Wii Wheel MSRP $10 Rumor

GoNintendo comes to us with the news that the Nintendo Wii Wheel - seen at various retail stores for the price of $15 or so – had a suggested retail value of $10.
BestBuy has the Nintendo Wii Wheel priced for $10 while other stores, such as GameStop, tacked an extra $5 to the price. […]

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