KDDi has announced that it will be releasing a “Smart Box” to sit under customer’s televisions. The box, reminiscent of Nintendo’s Wii, will run Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. KDDi say that the box will be trialled initially by a select group of customers, then rolled out on a wider basis later. Details of the box are few and far between right now, but it’s expected to provide TV and movie content, and possibly apps considering the use of Android. The company also announced that it would be launching some cloud services to enable customers to share content with one another across Android devices. The use of the Wii design is interesting: even the remote riffs off the Wiimote quite blatantly, so perhaps KDDi are hoping to leverage the familiarity of the console with its own service when it does launch. The test customers will be receiving the box starting from this summer, but other details are scarce. It’s unlikely we’ll see the box launch outside of Japan, but then again manufacturers are hoping to skip additional set top boxes and build functionality right into televisions. Smart TVs were a big staple at this year’s CES, with Samsung and LG making waves about content and apps available on their platforms. Google is also hoping to try and gain more ground in the space, launching new Google TV boxes with partners this year. The original Google TV suffered from high prices and sluggish performance with the use of Intel’s Atom chip. The new models are expected to be ARM-based for lower power consumption and hopefully improved performance.
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Pikmin 2 reportedly finally coming to the US – SlashGear
The sequel to the iconic creature-wrangling game Pikmin will be making its way to US store shelves…seven years after it was originally released in Japan, according to media reports. Pikmin 2, originally released for the Gamecube, was remade for the Wii a few years ago but it still left American gamers in the dust. Now, Nintendo is finally opening up the door to allow the title to have the fan base it always should have had. The Ill Effects of Wii Play Station Games and What to Do About It
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Pikmin 2 was heralded for its continuation and expansion of the addicting gameplay that made the original so unique and refreshing. The Japanese version received critical praise and strong sales, prompting Nintendo to translate it into English and launch it in Europe and Australia. But for reasons that are still unclear, it never came to American shores. When Nintendo updated the controls and re-released Pikmin and Pikmin 2 for the Wii, many expected it might finally be the time for North America to get the latter game. But alas, only the Wii version of Pikmin was released here even though other regions also got Pikmin 2. Apparently someone at Nintendo woke up and now, seven years after it launched on Gamecube and three years after it was re-released on Wii, Pikmin 2 will finally be hitting the US on the Wii. Reports suggest it will be available in June, meaning it could potentially be an E3 announcement.
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Will The Nintendo Wii Change Physical Therapy?
Many patients begin a painful physical therapy process following shoulder surgery. Following the invasive process of implanting bone anchors or the cutting and replacement of tendons the arm is further inhibited by weeks of immobilization caused by wearing a sling. Once the sling is removed, typically after two to six weeks, the arm is stiff, weak, and painful to move. The physical therapy process starts with passive stretching to try to regain the range of motion the shoulder joint is capable of. Lack of movement has caused a buildup of scar tissue and a lack of sinovial fluid to grease the joint. Initial range of motion exercises are painful and take a great deal of effort. Range of motion returns slowly. Passive, or assisted, movement returns much quicker than active, or patient directed, motion. After about four weeks the patient begins strengthening exercises. These are also tedious, painful and take a lot of time. The mental focus needed to perform these exercises leave the patient mentally and physically exhausted. The slow pace of recovery often takes its toll on the emotional health of the patient. Around week six or seven, many patients report to onset of mild depression. While sounding extreme, the pattern has repeated itself among members of sports medicine community web forums. The Nintendo Wii Features More Than Just Wireless Controls
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The majority of patients find out that real recovery, the gain of strength and flexibility, occur when the shoulder is used on a day to day basis to do real tasks. A return to exercise is difficult but the activity builds active range of motion very effectively. The big question is, how can a patient build active range of motion and strength without the pain of physical torture? I mean therapy. The answer may lie with modern video game systems, specifically the Nintendo Wii. The Wii uses motion sensitive controllers to control the characters in the game. Instead of sitting on the couch exercising the thumbs, as is the case with other systems, users of the Nintendo Wii are up and active. Simulating the movements needed to swing a tennis racquet or box with an opponent. The game gives the patient something other than the pain to focus on which in turn removes the mental anguish from physical therapy. The Wii is starting to find a home in hospitals around the country. Herrin hospital in southern Illinois has started to use the video game system and reports that patients refocus their energies into beating the opponent instead of focusing on the pain. This pushes them further into rehab than they would normally. The patients often do much better. Having spent time competing with friends to see who is the better boxer, I can say that my shoulders were heavily fatigued following play. Whether prolonged use will turn into stronger shoulders or not, I’m not sure. Play definitely got the blood flowing and the muscles working. For liability purposes Nintendo does not market the Wii has a physical therapy device, although clearly the potential is there. It’s only a matter of time before we see systems that use this technology geared primarily for physical therapy. I would not recommend that patients fresh from the sling start swinging virtual racquets and don virtual boxing gloves right away. It’s clear that the potential is there for a faster recovery. Definitely talk to your doctor before starting any physical therapy and perhaps the Nintendo Wii is in your future.
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Famitsu’s most-wanted games – issue 1218
 April 7th, 2012 Posted in 3DS, DS, News, Posted by Valay, Wii, Wii U
Top 30 New Works 01/01. [PSV] Persona 4: The Golden (Atlus, 06/14/12) – 795 votes02/02. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma (Capcom, 05/24/12) – 779 votes03/03. [PS3] Resident Evil 6 (Capcom, 11/22/12) – 772 votes04/04. [Wii] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online (Square Enix, 2012) – 744 votes05/06. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo, 04/19/12) – 615 votes06/05. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 (Capcom, TBA) – 543 votes07/09. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D (Square Enix, 05/31/12) – 426 votes08/07. [3DS] Animal Crossing (Tentative) (Nintendo, TBA) – 408 votes09/12. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2•White 2 (Nintendo, 06/12) – 357 votes10/11. [PS3] Lollipop Chainsaw (Kadokawa Games, 06/14/12) – 313 votes11/13. [PS3] Final Fantasy Versus XIII (Square Enix, TBA) – 289 votes12/10. [3DS] Rune Factory 4 (Marvelous AQL, 07/19/12) – 251 votes13/24. [PS3] Toki to Towa (Namco Bandai, 2012) – 244 votes14/18. [PS3] Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Capcom, 04/26/12) – 215 votes15/17. [PS3] The Last Remnant (Square Enix, TBA) – 210 votes16/19. [Wii] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo, 04/26/12) – 201 votes17/16. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey IV (Atlus, 07/05/12) – 198 votes18/14. [PSP] Conception: Please Give Birth to My Child! (Spike, 04/26/12) – 194 votes19/15. [PS3] The Witch and the Hundred Knights (NIS, 2012) – 184 votes20/26. [PS3] Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (Konami, TBA) – 180 votes21/20. [3DS] Fantasy Life (Level-5, 2012) – 174 votes22/30. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle (SCEJ, 06/07/12) – 170 votes23/22. [PS3] Persona 4 Arena (Atlus, 2012) – 168 votes24/25. [PS3] The Last Guardian (SCEJ, TBA) – 164 votes25/23. [PS3] 2nd Super Robot Wars OG (Namco Bandai, TBA) – 161 votes26/21. [PSP] God Eater 2 (Namco Bandai, 2012) – 140 votes27/—. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion 2 (Nintendo, 2012) – 133 votes28/—. [PSP] Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (Atlus, 05/17/12) – 130 votes29/29. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo, 05/24/12) – 113 votes30/—. [3DS] Culdcept Saga (Nintendo, 06/28/12) – 105 votes PS3 DNS Error – How to Fix the DNS Problem on My Playstation 3
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Top 10 Rookie Titles 01/01. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma (Capcom, 05/24/12) – 663 votes02/04. [PS3] Toki to Towa (Namco Bandai, 2012) – 235 votes03/02. [PS3] Lollipop Chainsaw (Kadokawa Games, 06/14/12) – 220 votes04/03. [3DS] Fantasy Life (Level-5, 2012) – 210 votes05/06. [PS3] The Last Guardian (SCEJ, TBA) – 207 votes06/10. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle (SCEJ, 06/07/12) – 162 votes07/05. [PSP] Conception: Please Give Birth to My Child! (Spike, 04/26/12) – 140 votes08/07. [PS3] The Last Remnant (Square Enix, TBA) – 127 votes09/08. [PS3] The Witch and the Hundred Knights (NIS, 2012) – 125 votes10/09. [3DS] Bravely Default: Flying Fairy (Square Enix, 2012) – 94 votes Top 10 USA Games 01/01. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard, November 2011) [PS3, 360, PC]02/—. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix, January 2012) [PS3, 360]03/—. UFC Undisputed 3 (THQ, February 2012) [PS3, 360]04/—. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (EA, February 2012) [PS3, 360, PC]05/02. Just Dance 3 (Ubisoft, October 2011)[Wii, 360]06/04. NBA 2K12 (Take 2 Interactive, October 2011) [PS3, 360, Wii, PC, PSP, PS2]07/—. Soulcalibur V (Namco Bandai, January 2012) [PS3, 360]08/03. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks, November 2011) [PS3, 360, PC]09/—. Twisted Metal (SCEA, February 2012) [PS3]10/05. Battlefield 3 (EA, October 2011) [PS3, 360, PC]
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Microsoft: No simultaneous digital releases for Xbox 360 games
Microsoft says it doesn’t plan to follow Sony and Nintendo’s lead with digital retail. Sony saw the writing on the retail wall when it was planning the Vita’s release. Nintendo, while it isn’t there quite yet, agrees with Sony’s vision. Digital distribution is the future. Online connectivity isn’t absolute in living rooms across the world—just over 68% of U.S. households use broadband Internet access, still a far cry from ubiquity—but the days of video games chiefly being bought at a store are coming to a close. That’s why both Sony and Nintendo plan to make all games available for purchase online at the same time they go on sale at retail. Vita does it. Wii U will do it. Why then is Microsoft refusing to go day-and-date with its digitally distributed Xbox games? “It comes down to choice,” claims Xbox Live U.K. product manager Pac Bhardwaj in an interview with MCV, “The customer has the choice of going to retail on day on if they really want to buy a particular title, or to wait a couple of months and buy it full price from the Xbox Live marketplace.” Not all Xbox 360 games are made available as digital downloads on Xbox Live through the Games on Demand program, but those that do typically appear on the service around six months after their retail release. When they do appear, long after they’ve often been discounted at retail, they appear at the full price they initially sold for. PlayStation Vita titles meanwhile are made available simultaneously to physical releases and for $5 less on average. Microsoft doesn’t see any need to change in the near future. “It’s a successful model, so why change something you don’t need to? We don’t do Games on Demand on day one, we focus on boxed retail for day one. That’s where our focus has always been and will remain that way for the foreseeable future,” said Bhardwaj, “It’s a successful part of our business, we’re very pleased with the growth and it continues to do really well. Clearly there’s an audience out there who are happy to purchase product at full ERP six or so months after [release.]” It’s surprising to see Microsoft resisting the shift to simultaneous digital and physical releases considering how forward thinking the company has been with the Xbox and Xbox Live over the past ten years. Then again, Bhardwaj’s words could be construed as referring only to the current Games on Demand service, not a similar service that could accompany a new device. The rumored Xbox Lite console, which is said to lack an optical media drive, would need big releases available digitally at the same time as retail to survive.
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Find A Wii Console In Stock Now It’s Really Not That Difficult
Interested in getting your hands on a wii? It’s going to be tough. The wii has been the top selling item this Christmas and stores everywhere have ran out of it. It no doubt is difficult to find a wii console in stock. However all hope is not lost. The wii can be found online. Many sellers are rushing to get their hands on this console and sell it, because it is selling faster than hot cakes right now You can grab a wii online and it will arrive on your doorstep within a day or two. These are not old, used and abused systems. These are brand new systems, many times with a return policy. It can be scary to buy a gaming system online because of prevalent fraud these days. Make sure to follow these tips so that you have the safest buying experience online: - Make sure the website you are buying off of is well known like eBay. Don’t buy from just anywhere. It is not very difficult to find a wii console in stock on eBay. - To make the payment use a service like PayPal or pay with your credit card. Don’t mail a check or money order because this will take longer and chances of fraud are higher with these. With PayPal your purchase is protected. - Look out for the seller’s rating. Especially on eBay. Sellers should have a few hundred sales under their belt and should have a green (positive) rating. If they have the word powerseller beside their name, that means they sell a lot and are trustworthy. - Make sure to compare prices before you buy. On eBay you can see the auctions that are about to finish or auctions that are already finished. Check against these prices. The prices will usually be lower than the ones you’d find in retail stores. - Make sure that you are getting exactly what you need. Sometimes the consoles come bundled with useless stuff that you have to pay for, but sometimes these bundles are a great deal. Check to see if the controllers and nunchucks are present. Sometimes you’ll find a wii console in stock but it doesn’t have all the extra goodies you want. - Make sure the person you buy it from has a return policy. If something goes wrong, you want to be able to get a refund. - Ask questions before bidding. Get your answer before bidding so you don’t win an auction you didn’t want to win. Use these special tips to make sure you buy a Nintendo Wii system you or your family is looking for
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History & Marketing of the Nintendo Wii Gaming Console System
The Wii video game console released by Nintendo. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily was to go against Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a bigger range of people. As of December 31, 2008 the Wii sales overshot both the play station 3 and Xbox 360. A great feature of the console is WiiConnect24, which enables it to receive messages and updates over the Internet. Nintendo's DS Outplays Sony's PSP
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The Wii is Nintendo’s fifth console, it able to play all official Game Cube games. Nintendo first spoke of the console at E3 2004 and later unveiled the system at E3 2005. The console was first known as Revolution until April 27, 2006, the Nintendo Style Guide refers to the console as simply Wii, not Nintendo Wii, and making it the first home console Nintendo has marketed outside of Japan without the company name in its trademark. While Wiis is a commonly used as the name of the console, Nintendo has stated that the official way of saying it would be Wii systems or Wii consoles. Since its launch, sales of the console have been higher than Xbox 360 and ps3. According to the NPD Group, the Wii sold more units in the United States than the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 combined in the first half of 2007. The sales are even larger in the Japanese market, Japan currently the highest sales. In Australia, the Wii blew away the record sells of Xbox 360 to make it the fastest selling games console in Australian history. Nintendo hopes to target a bigger range with console than that of others in the seventh generation. At a press talks for the upcoming Nintendo DS game Dragon Quest IX Satoru Iwata stated We’re not thinking about going into a battle with Sony, but about how many people we can get to play games. The thing we’re thinking about most is not portable systems, consoles but rather how we can attract new people to play games. This was shown in Nintendo’s series of television ads in North America, as well as Internet ads. The ad wording is Wii would like to play and Experience a new way to play. These ads ran starting November 15, 2006 and cost over $200 million. The marketing has proved to be successful. People as old as 103 have been reported to be playing the Wii. The real beauty of the Wii is how simple it is to play. All the games are easy to use and allow people of all ages to play. This was another marketing tactic that really worked out well. Trying to make people that don’t game into gamers. To build a stronger market long term so that when they have more games or another system people will still have memories and link that to their next system purchase. The Wii also has games for the more hardcore gamers. Nintendo understands that people are not concerned about graphics or power but rather gameplay. People just want to play games that are fun. That is why people play games. Getting to technical only takes away from the true point of gaming which is entrainment. The original Nintendo for example had simple games and such has a huge following. Nintendo on eBay can go up to 100 dollars easily. Showing the demand and proving that it is never about graphics but rather about the entrainment value. I own a ps3 and never play it because the games are not enjoyable to me. I can player older games and have a lot more fun. If that is a case then clearly Nintendo has the right idea of what consumers’ demands and interests lay.
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Cheats For Wii Games
It seems strange to some people that anyone would want to cheat at a game. With some computer games, however, the occasional cheat goes a long to the enjoyment of the game. Sometimes, not being able to complete a stage of a game means that you have to continuously repeat that level. This can become quite tiresome as you are keen to get on and see the rest of the game. The Nintendo Wii console is a huge step in the world of gaming consoles. It allows all ages to enjoy the same equipment as there is an ever increasing range of games available. Cheats for Wii games do have a legitimate place in the world of gaming. They are not just for people who wish to increase their scores by cheating and not telling If you have two children of different abilities playing the same game, then it may be useful to allow one of them a little lea way by adding a cheat code. They can, however, be a bone of contention amongst friends as the games can sometimes become quite competitive and if one of the players has access to the cheats and not the others then there is an element of the unfair. Some of the cheats are just walk throughs. This means that you are able to access places in the games which you would not otherwise be able to reach without having first resolved a puzzle or found a key. Some are even less than this and are really only hints. These can prove invaluable if you have found yourself unable to get passed a sticky point in the game and are becoming frustrated. Cheats for Wii games and just the same as those for other computer games and will vary in the level of cheat. Obviously there are very few people who would want to cheat to the degree of finishing the game without having worked through at least some of the levels. However, there will always be someone who wants to claim success when no congratulations are deserved On the internet you will find many websites where you can get codes for cheats for Wii games. Some of these include forums where keen gamers can meet up in the virtual world and discuss the merits and downfalls of various games. Here you can keep up to date with the latest games and products and chat to fellow gamers. Cheats for all games systems are available on sites such as these and you will find that spending time on a forum will give you access to a new world of cheats and hints. If you become involved with the other gamers on a forum, you are more likely to get hold of some cheats that are not so readily available on other websites. These are the more subtle cheats that enable you access to different parts of games etc but will still retain the competitive element and give the satisfaction of playing with gamesmanship. Whatever level of cheats for Wii games you choose, you will find that they often open a whole new world of playing enjoyment. You should, however, make sure that you use them to benefit the game play and not just to benefit your ego.
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Lots Of Hype For ‘Black Ops 2′ But Are We Burnt Out On ‘Call Of Duty’ Yet?
Speaking of Kotaku, the gaming site is overrun this morning with Call of Duty: Black Ops II coverage, but my favorite article of the bunch is this one. In it, Luke Plunkett lists in detail the number of Call of Duty games that have been made since 2003. “The first Call of Duty game was released on PC in October 2003,” writes Plunkett. “The next one will be out in November 2012. In those nine years, we’ve seen the series make the jump from the PC to the – deep breath – Mac, PS2, Xbox, GameCube, PSP, DS, Wii, PS3, Xbox 360 and iPhone. There have even been Call of Duty games released on the N-Gage andBlackBerry.” All told, there have been 9 “core” CoD titles, but the total number of separate games that Luke tallies clocks in at 20 – and that’s not even including all the expansion packs and DLC. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was the best-selling video game of all time. And it’s a reasonably good game. I’m not a Call of Duty buff by any stretch of the imagination, but I do think that the franchise does many things right. Call of Duty promises what it delivers, even if it is getting repetitive. Call of Duty games achieve what they set out to achieve and deliver what they promise. If you don’t ask for more than that, you won’t be let down. They provide a good multiplayer experience, decent shooter mechanics, and attractive graphics on an engine that runs smoothly across all platforms. While each game tinkers around the edges, fans of the series aren’t hit with anything that rocks the boat too hard. This may be a problem for people who want big changes with each release (and who can blame them?) but at the same time this model avoids turning people off to the franchise. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” seems to be the working motto for CoD titles. Personally, though, Team Fortress 2 is my first-person-shooter drug of choice (and the occasional frustrating round of Counter-Strike: Source.) For one thing, there’s not a new TF2 released every year. Valve does update the game regularly, and gives modders a free hand to develop as many maps as they’d like, but the game has remained popular since its 2007 release and has generated (as of Oct. 2011) $2 million in microtransactions alone. (I’ve never purchased anything but the original game myself, and I don’t believe my chances or gaming experiences is dampened by this.)
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SEGA Won’t Be Attending Gamescom
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Posted Wed, 09 May 2012 | 15:30 BST by Thomas Whitehead Sonic’s giving Gamescom a miss Joins Nintendo as major absentee Gamescom is Europe’s equivalent to E3, the biggest consumer and trade show for video games in the region. It’s set to take place in Cologne, Germany from 15-19th August, though it will do so without two of the biggest names in the industry. Nintendo has already confirmed that it won’t be attending this year, instead promising a number of events throughout Europe to demonstrate and show off Wii U and new 3DS titles. The latest big name to confirm that it won’t be attending, as reported by gamesindustry.biz, is the house that Sonic built, SEGA. The famous company has been enduring a fairly rough patch with recent financial losses, but gave the following reason for its Gamescom no show. Sega has made the decision not to attend Gamescom this year. Gamescom 2011 was a very successful show for us and continues to be the most important European event in the calendar. Unfortunately the release timing of our 2012 AAA titles and new projects don’t work with the mid-August scheduling of the show. The decision will not mean that Sega will never attend Gamescom in the future, this was simply a commercial decision made for 2012. It’s disappointing news for SEGA fans planning to attend, as well as for the organisers themselves, though there will undoubtedly still be plenty of developers on the scene. [via gamesindustry.biz] Features man Tom has the easier-than-it-sounds job of rustling the NL staff together and getting them to talk about games. He also loves episodic edutainment games more than you can fathom. Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment…
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