New details emerged today regarding The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for Wii, including more info about in-game items, gameplay aspects and full-on areas of the game world. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will ship for the Nintendo Wii on Nov. 20. The new area of the game world that Nintendo unveiled today is the Lanayru Desert and the Lanayru Mining Facility. In this vast area, surrounded in all directions by sand, Link must search for the Lanayru Mining Facility. As strange a place as this is, Link will … [Read more...]
3DS Users Unite for Streetpass Day
If you're anything like me, you're having a tough time finding other 3DS users without having to resort to stalking college campuses or worse, middle schools to try and find some users. Nintendo has teamed up with Meetup.com to set up a more formal method to get your Mii out there, as well as find others to help populate your Mii Plaza. Head over to http://www.meetup.com/nintendo3ds and see if you can find one in your area. Streetpass day has been chosen to be June 25th, so be sure to check out any Meetups in your … [Read more...]
New $149 Wii Bundle Coming May 15, Plus $19 Wii Games
Having announced that the Wii 2 will hit stores in 2012, Nintendo today unveiled the first of what will likely be several Wii price drops. Starting May 15, Nintendo will change the MSRP on a Wii bundle to $149.99 and begin offering "Nintendo Select" Wii games for $19.99. The new $149.99 Wii bundle will include either a black or white Wii, the Mario Kart Wii game and a matching colored Wii Wheel accessory. This new bundle will replace the current package of a Wii and the Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort games. The Wii … [Read more...]
Nintendo Wii Reaches 35 Million Sales Faster than Any Console in U.S. History
Before Nintendo launched the Wii, the company was concerned enough about public perception of the console's name that it unveiled the name "Wii" before the console itself made its debut at E3. Time for people to process the name and get their jokes out of the way, the thinking went. Now, Nintendo is enjoying what amounts to the last laugh, as the company announced that the Wii has surpassed the 35 million mark in terms of sales, a milestone the Wii reached faster than any other console in U.S. history. The news from … [Read more...]