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Nintendo’s Two Reasons For Making A New Wii Now

We’ve been playing the same old Wii since 2006, which makes the calls for Nintendo to create a new Wii – Wii HD! Wii 2? Wii-As-Powerful-As-The-Xbox-360!?! – about… four years old. As recently as last November, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime was telling Kotaku that it wasn’t time to talk about a new Wii yet.


June 8, 2011
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First Hands On With Nintendo’s New Wii U, The Next-Generation Of Motion Control

I played Nintendo’s Wii U earlier this week, the exciting successor to the Wii that not only plays a lot like the Wii—only with a new, unique twist—and a console that plays nicely with the Wii you already have.


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This Is Nintendo’s New Wii U And Its Bold New Controller

Nintendo’s new controller has been revealed, a touchscreen-based device that works with all-new, high-definition hardware. This is our first official look at Wii U.


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Everybody Get In Line For The E3 2011 Nintendo Spectacular

With Nintendo showing off their latest and greatest console during their E3 2011 press conference this morning, this is a ridiculously long line that pretty much everyone wants to be in.


June 6, 2011
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Is The New Nintendo Console Called… Nintendo?

Well, we’re pretty damn sure that Nintendo’s next console isn’t called “Beem”, but what if Nintendo were crazy enough to not give it a name at all and just call it simply “Nintendo”?


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Is Nintendo’s Next Console Called The Beem?

We don’t know the official name for Nintendo’s next console yet, but consider “Beem” to be an unlikely candidate. Internet sleuths have been piecing together web registration details, and they thought, for a moment, that “Beem” is it.


June 1, 2011
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Nintendo’s Next Console May Have Something In Common With The IPhone

We’ve heard that the touch-screen controllers used in Nintendo’s next home console will have a camera. It appears that California-based OmniVision, who among others works with Apple on its iPhones, may be supplying those cameras.


May 27, 2011
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One Year Later, Did Nintendo Keep Its E3 2010 Promises?

E3 is the biggest event the video game business. Every company lays their cards on the table, and every AAA game for the next year is on display. Failure is not an option.


May 26, 2011
In Real Life

This Is Definitely Not Nintendo’s Project Café

Mario does not approve. Sketch comedy group 20 Second Power-Up created this clip as a sort of “bizarre Marvel Comics ‘What If?’ scenario” celebrating the impending unveiling of the next Nintendo console. Here’s hoping they’re way off the mark.


May 24, 2011
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Nintendo’s E3 2011 Showing Will Be Televised

Fans eager for latest news on the next Nintendo console and the games coming out for it can tune into Nintendo’s E3 website starting June 7, where the company will be streaming its 2011 media event live at 9am Pacific (2am AEST).