Rumor: Nintendo struggling with Wii MotionPlus development
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Initially, Nintendo’s Wii MotionPlus was scheduled to launch in Spring, but that no longer seems to be the case. Nintendo has even failed to mention it in some of their latest press releases, which does bring up some suspicion regarding the peripheral’s status. According to IGN’s Matt Casamassina, Nintendo has been having a few issues with Wii MotionPlus.
“When I got wind that the DSi announcement which turned out to be pretty accurate…At the same time I heard that Nintendo was internally struggling with Wii MotionPlus and trying to figure out a few hiccups…And that they were going to delay the release of it all the way past June. And also Wii Sports Resort which would be like an eight game title, it would have eight games in it, not ten, and that would also be delayed a little bit…The only thing I got was vague and was like, ‘Oh, they’re having some hiccups in development.'” – Matt Casamassina, Nintendo Voice Chat podcast 39
New trailer for The Conduit, debut trailer for Boom Blox Bash Party
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Little King’s Story screenshots
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Capcom says Wii fans will be happy soon
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“It [Resident Evil 5] was made for the Xbox 360 and PS3. That being said, Nintendo Wii fans will be very happy very soon.” – Capcom’s Associate Product Marketing Manager, Matt Dahlgren
It does look like Mr. Dahlgren is pointing to some Resident Evil content here. When budged, although, he would not confirm if an announcement could be expected at GDC or E3, Dahlgren did iterate that news will be coming “very soon.”
European/Australian Wii Shop Channel update
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Clu Clu Land – NES
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair – SEGA MEGA DRIVE
Muramasa: The Demon Blade commercial
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Square Enix bringing Bubble Bobble Plus! stateside
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We now have a confirmation that this game will indeed launch on the North American WiiWare service.
ESRB rating description:
“Rating: Everyone
Content descriptors: Comic Mischief
Rating summary: This is an arcade-style adventure game in which players guide a character through colorful mazes, blow bubbles, and shoot them at colorful little creatures (e.g., wind-up toys, dragons, etc.). Players can also shoot tiny lightning bolts at larger boss characters to progress to the next level.”
Japanese hardware sales (2/22 – 3/1)
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PS3 36,513
DSi 35,827
PSP 35,588
Wii 17,876
Xbox 360 11,795
DS Lite 11,774
PS2 5,099
Golf game heading to Japanese WiiWare
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– Called Okiraku Pata-Gorufu (Family Golf Putter)
– Choose from 4 characters
– Putt golf ball into different holes, do trick shots
– Wiimote control only
– Swing after shot power is set
– 500 points