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Wii Sports selected for World Video Game Hall of Fame

Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments

The Strong today announced the final selections for the class of 2023 inductees at the World Video Game Hall of Fame, including Wii Sports.

Nintendo’s title is one of four titles that were selected. Barbie Fashion Designer, Computer Space, and The Last of Us will be inducted as well.

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Reggie advocated for Wii Sports as a pack-in, Iwata and Miyamoto were initially against it

Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments

Wii Sports was included as a pack-in with most Wii systems as part of its initial launch. You can thank former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime for that.

It turns out that Reggie made a big push for the pack-in idea, but faced significant pushback. Initially, both Satoru Iwata – Nintendo’s late global CEO – and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto were against it. Both eventually came around, but not without some convincing.

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Wii Sports included in latest Nintendo leak, shows Miis with ears and jetpack mini game

Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments

The latest Nintendo leak isn’t only just about cancelled Game Boy and Game Boy Color games. Among the latest discoveries are a couple of interesting images for Wii Sports spotted by forestillusion and dconn537.

First up is a prototype image that shows Miis with ears, which is actually something we’ve never seen before. You’ve been able to customize features like the eyes, nose, hair, and even mouth shapes, but ears were never a part of the avatar’s design.

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Reggie on the “gutsy call” that was the Wii and Wii Sports

Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments

Wii was one of Nintendo’s better-performing systems having sold over 100 million units worldwide. However, that success wasn’t always guaranteed. Especially before release, questions were raised over Wii’s name and its heavy use of motion controls.

Former Nintendo of America president Reggie-Fils Aime looked back on Wii during his recent lecture at Cornell. The platform, he said, came about due to Nintendo feeling there was “a lack of innovation in games and consoles”. He also called the “interaction between players and the game” led by Wii and Wii Sports (which itself was a huge hit) “a gutsy call that paid off.”

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