Recent news indicates that Playstation and XBox are planning to launch new gaming consoles this year. What does that mean for Ninetendo's Wii, which has done less than stellar in the market? In 2011, Nintendo’s primary gaming console sold an impressive 4.5 million units. Read more about Will the Wii U Help Nintendo?
For those that know and love their Wii console, it may be time to upgrade. Rumors are flying about the Wii U, the unique tablet and console hybrid unit that is likely to hit the market some time in 2012. True to form, there is not a lot of information about from Nintendo itself regarding when it will be providing the new system or what it will hold, but some experts say that it will be easy to find out about it soon enough.
The Wii U is likely to be at the next Consumer Electronics Show in January of 2012. By being there, many of the country's top gamers and reviewers will be on hand to give it a try. That is sure to impress those who are waiting and wondering what steps the company will take to compete with PlayStation and the Kinect in the coming months. Read more about What's the Wii U?
The Wii, now officially five years old, has had a stellar time as one of the most innovative gaming devices available. Other competitors have offered products like the Kinect as direct competition, there is still a trend towards choosing the one that started it all. The question is, which games are tops? If you had to recommend video games for the new Wii player, which would you suggest?
The Top Five
Here's a look at the top five video games for the Wii console, based on popularity and purchases. Which one is the one game you love to play?
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2: This game is one of the easiest, single player games to enjoy for the Wii. It's likely to be a top seller for the company for years to come. Read more about The Top 5 Wii Games of the Year
The world of gaming is growing and continues to be a huge role player in the holiday season. The news is out, though, that the Wii console has been outsold in the month of November. Microsoft's Xbox 360 came in on top in the gaming console sales for the month within the United States market.
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Many Wii games will be popular this holiday season, including a little title called Zelda. The Zelda games have been a part of Nintendo tradition since nearly the beginning and many people can remember those first games. The graphics were basic but the theme was still there. Zelda's newest addition to the Wii gaming console will make a splash this holiday season. The title, called The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess does have some outstanding features.
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Oh, development hell. You've swallowed so many hotly anticipated projects. You've held so many of my friends in your jaws. Is Gordon Freeman still down there? How's he doing? Any chance of spitting him back up from your jowls anytime soon? No? I'll check back later.
It's not always just games that become ensnared in sticky production. The holiday season is a cruel deadline for gaming companies. Whether they're struggling to produce the latest flickery handheld toy or a new installment in a hit game franchise, they've got to get it all done by the time parents compete to gather loot for their pleading offspring. An off release time could lead to financial disaster. A rushed product could do the same. It's a tricky juggling challenge, one that usually results in either a raw, unpolished game from an otherwise impeccable publisher (Left 4 Dead 2) or multiple delayed release dates (Portal 2). Gaming development seems to be a town populated exclusively by rocks and hard places.
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Nintendo has always marched to a different drummer. While they're not without their shortcomings, given all the risks they take, at least they can admit where they fall flat. The lack of variety in Wii titles was always kind of a stinger to those players who wanted more than the standard lineup of characters in their games. Outside of Mario and company, we didn't see a lot of faces on the Wii. But Nintendo's willing to try to overcome their problems, and has announced they are discussing collaborations with third party publishers. Looks like we might see a much wider variety of games on the Wii U. Check out the E3 trailer for the console below.
Don’t you just love it when old, decrepit men—who probably watch porn more than anyone else to begin with, by the way—claim that they know something obscene when they see it, and that films with sex or nudity in them aren’t fit for children, yet they claim that regulating the violence that children are exposed to violates their freedom of speech?
Yeah, it sounds like something those creepy vulture-guys in The Dark Crystal might mandate into law, not our own Supreme Court; but that is exactly what just happened. Yes, folks, kids can’t see nudity—even though most of them likely see it at home, particularly if Mom breastfeeds them or Dad takes a bath with baby—but by golly, it’s their constitutional right to see things blow up, get shot up, and dismembered bodies fly across the screen in a sea of red!
This really feels like a continual grasp on the militarization of this country to me. We all know that the military already puts out violent video games every year as stealthy recruitment devices; perhaps the Supreme Court believes that limiting these to even the youngest six year olds will result in an even smaller generation of those willing to die for unwarranted wars and pursuits for oil?
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