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Nintendo Reveals its Upcoming Major Platforms

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Recently, at the GDC, Nintendo finally debuted their best of what’s to come. This includes Wiiware, WiiFit, and Super Smash Bros Brawl. Below is the offcial press release Nintendo just sent us in regards to the upcoming releases. Read on to see what Nintendo thinks about what is supposed to bring the Wii back into the mainstream.

WiiWare: Nintendo’s upcoming WiiWare changes the way both developers create and consumers access video games. Through WiiWare, Nintendo hopes to offer developers a virtual laboratory that serves as a breeding ground for new games, which encourages great ideas that creators always wanted to develop. The combination of low development barriers and unique game experiences found only on Wii should enable developers to try new ideas with lower risk in a quicker, more creative and affordable way.

Meanwhile Wii owners can download a multitude of cool new games from different genres, including some that are unprecedented, which can be purchased from home at a dynamic price range. WiiWare also empowers consumers to determine with their Wii Points which games have the right stuff to become the next big thing.

WiiWare will be a repository for all types of experiences – literally, something for everyone. Early WiiWare games will come from celebrated developers like Square Enix, which is creating FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: My Life as a King, a simulation game for all ages. Also watch for games from up-and-coming developers like Frontier with its fresh, enchanting platform adventure LostWinds and a new episodic game series from Telltale. The first U.S. WiiWare games will be available on May 12.

Wii Fit: Wii Fit demonstrates Nintendo’s commitment to gamers of all kinds. It combines fun and fitness for every member of the family to keep active and play together. Wii Fit launches May 19 in the United States and comes with the weight-and-motion-sensing Wii Balance Board that Nintendo representatives demonstrated could hold great promise for future game development as well. Third-party publishers are already working on new games and applications that will make use of the Wii Balance Board. Additionally, Wii Fit includes access to the Wii Fit Channel, an interactive channel that lets users check in each day to track their fitness progress through weight and BMI. In Japan, Wii Fit has sold more than 1.4 million units since its Dec. 1 launch.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl: This action game launches March 9. With dozens of characters, settings, options and ways to play, it has something for everyone. The game includes characters from all across the Nintendo universe. The previous installment in the franchise went on to become the best-selling game of all time for Nintendo GameCube™.

Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other Wii features, visit Wii.com.

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  1. nostars
    Posted February 21, 2008 at 7:20 am | Permalink
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    Wiiware is going to result in a ton of homebrew quality games that will suck unprecedented amounts of ass, with maybe one or two quality titles in the mix.
    Wii fit looks promising, and could be entertaining, but then again it could just be another gimmick controller.
    SSBB better get here ASAP. *shakes fist at Nintendo*

  2. fierce Scuba
    Posted February 21, 2008 at 8:13 am | Permalink
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    @ Nostars:

    Haha… The Simpsons Episode, The Lemon of Troy:

    Son: Dad, they are getting away!
    Father: Shake harder boy!

  3. Posted February 21, 2008 at 11:21 am | Permalink
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    I still don’t understand the storage limits with WiiWare. I’m not going to shuffle stuff around with an SD card to play games when I run out of space

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