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One of our favorite Twitter accounts, @petermolydeux, is a constant source of entertainment, but now he's taken it to the next level. Rather than leave it up to us to imagine his insane gaming ideas, he's gone ahead and created a video proposal for CasCore, a game that marries the casual gameplay of Wii Sports' bowling with the hardcore survival-horror genre.

Give your imagination a break already and check out the prototype video above. How else will you see a child's dreams crammed into a bowling ball?

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bowlingcascorecasualcasual-hardcorehardcorepeter-molydeuxsurvival-horrorwii-sportsMon, 14 Nov 2011 14:30:00 EST<![CDATA['Nintendo Selects' a slightly different set of games for Europe]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/05/nintendo-selects-a-slightly-different-set-of-games-for-europe/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/05/nintendo-selects-a-slightly-different-set-of-games-for-europe/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/05/nintendo-selects-a-slightly-different-set-of-games-for-europe/#comments Nintendo's new Mario Kart Wii pack is coming to Europe on May 20, at a "reduced trade price" around £129/€150.

The budget "Nintendo Selects" line will launch in Europe the same day, featuring a slightly different lineup from the American version: Wii Sports, Animal Crossing: City Folk (under the overlong European title Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City), Mario Strikers Charged, and WarioWare Smooth Moves. Mario Super Sluggers isn't part of the series because it was never released in Europe!

Joystiq'Nintendo Selects' a slightly different set of games for Europe originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 05 May 2011 09:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>animal-crossing-city-folkeuropemario-kart-wiimario-strikers-chargednintendonintendo-selectsprice-cutWarioWare-Smooth-Moveswiiwii-sportsThu, 05 May 2011 09:35:00 EST<![CDATA[Wii drops to $150 on May 15, bundled with Mario Kart and wheel]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/04/wii-drops-to-150-on-may-15-bundled-with-mario-kart-and-wheel/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/04/wii-drops-to-150-on-may-15-bundled-with-mario-kart-and-wheel/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/04/wii-drops-to-150-on-may-15-bundled-with-mario-kart-and-wheel/#comments Nintendo has officially announced an impending price drop for the Wii. As of May 15 (confirming our earlier report), the Wii will be sold at a suggested retail price of $149.99, and will come bundled with Mario Kart Wii and the Wii Wheel accessory. The new price applies to both black and white system models.

Now that Mario and his comical transportation have been crammed into the box, Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort are out. On May 15, the original sports collection will join the "Nintendo Selects" line of budget-priced software, alongside The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Animal Crossing: City Folk and Mario Super Sluggers. Expect to pay $19.99 for each of those (and accept the obligatory punishment of polluted box art).

Gallery: Wii Mario Kart hardware bundles

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JoystiqWii drops to $150 on May 15, bundled with Mario Kart and wheel originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 04 May 2011 09:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Mario-Kart-Wiimario-super-sluggersnintendonintendo-selectsprice-dropthe-legend-of-zelda-twilight-princesswiiwii-sportsWed, 04 May 2011 09:15:00 EST<![CDATA[Rumor: 'Wii Select' budget line launching this month]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/03/rumor-wii-select-budget-line-launching-this-month/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/03/rumor-wii-select-budget-line-launching-this-month/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/03/rumor-wii-select-budget-line-launching-this-month/#comments After only four and a half years, it looks like Nintendo is finally ready to introduce a line of budget titles in North America. Kotaku reports that the "Wii Select" line will launch alongside the newly discounted Wii, which is rumored to drop to $150 two weeks from now. The first titles reported to be part of the $20 lineup include The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Mario Super Sluggers and Wii Sports.

Yes, Wii Sports is supposedly being removed from its position as the longstanding pack-in for Wii console bundles. Taking the bundle's place will be a Mario Kart Wii bundle, which will be sold at the rumored $150 price point.

JoystiqRumor: 'Wii Select' budget line launching this month originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 03 May 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>budgetmario-super-sluggersnintendoprice-dropsuper-smash-bros-brawlthe-legend-of-zelda-twilight-princessTwilight-Princesswiiwii-selectwii-sportsTue, 03 May 2011 11:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver reaches 8.4m sold; other Nintendo million-sellers revealed from last fiscal year]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/07/pokemon-heartgold-soulsilver-reaches-8-million-sold/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/07/pokemon-heartgold-soulsilver-reaches-8-million-sold/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/07/pokemon-heartgold-soulsilver-reaches-8-million-sold/#commentsAs an addition to its overall earnings report, Nintendo has released a list of first-party million-sellers from its last fiscal year (ending March 31). Many of these games, including Wii Sports and Wii Fit, have been out for years, but still managed to sell more than a million units over the last four quarters!

On DS, Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver have sold an astonishing 8.4 million copies -- 3.78 million in Japan, where the game's been out since September, and 4.62 million outside of Japan in just a few short weeks of availability before the close of the fiscal year. Nintendo's Japan-only Tomodachi Collection sold 3.2 million copies, and Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box moved a respectable 2.43 million copies outside of Japan. Even Style Savvy, which has a somewhat low profile in North America and Europe, sold 1.21 million copies in those territories. As for two perennial bestsellers, Mario Kart DS and New Super Mario Bros. each sold over three million copies outside of Japan in the last fiscal year.

Nintendo's marquee 2009 Wii titles, Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit Plus and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, sold more than 10 million units each in North America and Europe alone; and worldwide, those titles sold 16.14 million, 12.65 million, and 14.7 million copies, respectively, through the fiscal year. But if you think those are big numbers, think again. Thanks to Wii Sports being bundled with the Wii system outside of Japan, the game now totals 63.46 million units sold. Heck, even Link's Crossbow Training (bundled with the Wii Zapper) broke a million sold in the last fiscal year.

Head past the break for the complete list of million-sellers from Nintendo's fiscal year ending March 31, 2010.

Source [PDF] - Supplementary information about earnings release [Nintendo]

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JoystiqPokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver reaches 8.4m sold; other Nintendo million-sellers revealed from last fiscal year originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 07 May 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>DSLinks-Crossbow-Trainingmillion-sellersnew-super-mario-bros-wiiNintendopokemonpokemon-heart-goldpokemon-heartgoldprofessor-layton-and-the-diabolical-boxsalessoftwarestyle-savvytomodachi-collectionWiiwii-fit-pluswii-sportswii-sports-resortFri, 07 May 2010 13:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Free Wii Sports Resort with Wii hardware at Target next week]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/09/free-wii-sports-resort-with-wii-hardware-at-target-next-week/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/09/free-wii-sports-resort-with-wii-hardware-at-target-next-week/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/09/free-wii-sports-resort-with-wii-hardware-at-target-next-week/#commentsTarget is stepping up to match Walmart's $199 Wii bundle, which contains both Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort. While it won't come in a single box like Walmart's bundle, Target is offering a free copy of Wii Sports Resort with MotionPlus (normally with every Wii system purchased starting April 11. The retailer is also offering select Wii games including Super Monkey Ball: Step and Roll and the inexplicable Just Dance for $30 each.

Though it's hardly competing with the pre-order deal Amazon has, Target also has a bonus offer for Splinter Cell: Conviction on Xbox 360, in the form of a one-month Xbox Live card with purchase.

JoystiqFree Wii Sports Resort with Wii hardware at Target next week originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bundledealMicrosoftNintendosalesalessplinter-cell-convictiontargetWiiWii-Sportswii-sports-resortXbox-360xbox-liveFri, 09 Apr 2010 17:29:00 EST<![CDATA[Walmart-exclusive Wii bundle includes Wii Sports Resort]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/05/walmart-exclusive-wii-bundle-includes-wii-sports-resort/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/05/walmart-exclusive-wii-bundle-includes-wii-sports-resort/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/05/walmart-exclusive-wii-bundle-includes-wii-sports-resort/#comments Walmart just announced an exclusive Wii bundle, containing both Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort, as well as the necessary MotionPlus attachment. It'll be available in stores today, and on Walmart.com this Sunday. There's no reason not to pick this one up instead of the normal Wii package: this new bundle sells for the same $199 price!

According to Walmart, it'll only be available "while supplies last," which, given the history of the Wii platform, could be a surprisingly short time.

Update: We were additionally informed by a Walmart representative that the bundle contains "[one] normal Wii console you would purchase -- comes with all the same components -- for $199, except that you're getting Wii Sports Resort (with the packaged Wii MotionPlus)." Still quite a deal!

JoystiqWalmart-exclusive Wii bundle includes Wii Sports Resort originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bundlemotionplusNintendospecial-value-editionwalmartWiiwii-sportswii-sports-resortFri, 05 Mar 2010 17:21:00 EST<![CDATA[Seniors can be tricked into exercising with video games, study might suggest]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/26/seniors-can-be-tricked-into-exercising-with-video-games/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/26/seniors-can-be-tricked-into-exercising-with-video-games/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/26/seniors-can-be-tricked-into-exercising-with-video-games/#comments It doesn't take a research grant to figure out that exercise -- heck, just walking around the block once a day -- can have a dramatic effect on a person's well-being. The problem is that so-called "older adults," who are particularly prone to a mild but no less debilitating depression known as subsyndromal depression (SSD), are really just too bummed out to do much of anything. Here's where the grant money comes in: Dilip V. Jeste, MD, and his team of researches at UCSD gathered up 19 seniors diagnosed with SSD and had each of them play Wii Sports for 35 minutes, three times a week.

"The study suggests encouraging results from the use of the exergames," Dr. Jeste reports. "More than one-third of the participants had a 50-percent or greater reduction of depressive symptoms." Additionally, most participants claimed that learning to to play those darned vidja games was actually pretty easy -- even enjoyable. Uh-oh. Red flag!

You see, had Dr. Jeste continued his study, he might have found that his guinea pigs would soon discover that Wii Sports can easily be played with the slightest flicks of the wrist and, ah yes, it is nice to just sit back on the couch again, but, oh boy, this game is really getting boring, so let me just get on the dag blasted google and see what -- here we go -- "the best videogame right now," okay, the yahoo's answer says: World of Warcraft. Warcraft, eh? That certainly sounds better than bowling. Couldn't hurt to give it a quick gander ... click.

JoystiqSeniors can be tricked into exercising with video games, study might suggest originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>exergamingNintendoseniorsstudyWiiwii-sportsFri, 26 Feb 2010 05:01:00 EST<![CDATA[Latest Nintendo software sales report features large numbers]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/29/latest-nintendo-software-sales-report-features-large-numbers/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/29/latest-nintendo-software-sales-report-features-large-numbers/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/29/latest-nintendo-software-sales-report-features-large-numbers/#comments Look, we get just as tired of seeing Nintendo's remarkably high software sales figures every few months as you do -- that's why, this time around, we're going to do things a little differently. We're just going to add up all the life-to-date totals for the company's biggest titles, and just drop them in one big chunk. Ready? Okay, here we go: 247,780,000.

Well, that sure didn't work. Fine, we'll break down each of the games highlighted by Nintendo's recent financial report (warning: .pdf link) and post their FY2010 sales and life-to-date sales after the jump. (Fun fact: All of the Wii games actually have "Wii" in the title. It's like the Nintendo 64 days all over again!)

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JoystiqLatest Nintendo software sales report features large numbers originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>DSNintendopokemonpokemon-heart-goldpokemon-soul-silversalesWiiWii-Sportswii-sports-resortFri, 29 Jan 2010 14:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Nintendo celebrates DS, Wii, software sales milestones in Europe, U.S.]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/05/nintendo-celebrates-ds-wii-software-sales-milestones-in-europe/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/05/nintendo-celebrates-ds-wii-software-sales-milestones-in-europe/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/05/nintendo-celebrates-ds-wii-software-sales-milestones-in-europe/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Across two of Nintendo's biggest markets, the US and Europe, the house that Mario built has managed to get a lot of its hardware and software into customers' hands, reporting huge sales milestones and a very prosperous December. In Europe, the DS is now the best-selling video game console of all time, surpassing the 40 million mark in the region. The Wii now tops 20 million, becoming the fastest-selling console in the region since its release three years ago. There's also some data on Nintendo's games to chew on, including Wii Sports Resort, which sold five million since releasing in July, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which just reached 2.5 million units sold.

As for the States, Nintendo's been raking in equally impressive amounts of cash here. In December, three million Wii consoles were purchased and the DS set "a new all-time calendar-year U.S. sales record for any console or hand-held system." You know, just like the company did last year. Also, New Super Mario Bros. Wii had quite the stellar showing in the U.S., achieving lifetime sales of four million units in the region.

In short: Nintendo is pretty much the same as always.

Source - Nintendo UK press release
Source - Nintendo of America press release

JoystiqNintendo celebrates DS, Wii, software sales milestones in Europe, U.S. originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>DSeuropeNew-Super-Mario-Bros-DSNew-Super-Mario-Bros-WiiNintendoPlatformsalesWiiWii-Sportswii-sports-resortTue, 05 Jan 2010 16:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Nintendo Mall Experience tour heads cross-country next week]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/18/nintendo-mall-experience-tour-heads-cross-country-next-week/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/18/nintendo-mall-experience-tour-heads-cross-country-next-week/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/18/nintendo-mall-experience-tour-heads-cross-country-next-week/#comments Nintendo must've had some luck with its Great Lakes and Wii Sports Resort tours recently, as the company has announced the Nintendo Mall Experience tour. Starting next week through December 20, The Big N will be stopping at shopping centers across the country to get some of its Wii and DS titles in the faces of holiday shoppers.

On the Wii side, Nintendo will show off its top three games for the holiday season: Wii Sports Resort, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Wii Fit Plus. For the handheld crowd, Nintendo will be pushing the new Style Savvy, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Head past the break for the full list of stops on Nintendo's Mall Experience tour.

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JoystiqNintendo Mall Experience tour heads cross-country next week originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>New-Super-Mario-Bros-WiiNintendonintendo-mall-experiencePlatformprofessor-laytonprofessor-layton-and-the-diabolical-boxspirit-tracksstyle-savvythe-legend-of-zeldathe-legend-of-zelda-spirit-trackswii-sportswii-sports-resortWed, 18 Nov 2009 16:45:00 EST<![CDATA[Wii-playing police receive slap on the wrist, strict talking to]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/12/wii-playing-police-receive-slap-on-the-wrist-strict-talking-to/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/12/wii-playing-police-receive-slap-on-the-wrist-strict-talking-to/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/12/wii-playing-police-receive-slap-on-the-wrist-strict-talking-to/#comments Look, if people are going to eschew their work day in favor of having a gaming tournament, we're the first to sympathize. In the case of those in the business of protecting our lives from murderers and financial institutions though, we find it hard to offer much solace. So when eleven officials from several Florida agencies were caught on videotape playing games a couple months back and the story caught on internationally, we were hopeful that those found guilty would maybe, you know, actually receive some form of punishment.

Instead, the Lakeland Ledger reports that the offending officers will suffer such retribution as ... a few hours of retraining? The names of the officers are even being withheld due to their "undercover" status at the time. Lakeland sheriff chief of staff Gary Hester goes as far as to say, "We are learning from our mistakes ... I think we handled [the investigation] properly." He then hurriedly rushed back to a game of Street Fighter IV in progress against a competing police department.

... Okay, we made up that last part.

JoystiqWii-playing police receive slap on the wrist, strict talking to originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>floridalakelandlakeland-ledgerNintendopolicepunishmentstreet-fighter-ivthe-ledgerWiiwii-sportsThu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Black Wii system going to Europe as part of Wii Sports Resort bundle]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/20/black-wii-system-going-to-europe-as-part-of-wii-sports-resort-bu/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/20/black-wii-system-going-to-europe-as-part-of-wii-sports-resort-bu/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/20/black-wii-system-going-to-europe-as-part-of-wii-sports-resort-bu/#commentsNintendo UK will release the black Wii system on November 6, as part of a limited edition bundle including matching Wii Remote, Nunchuk, and MotionPlus peripherals, and both Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort. This bundle will be available elsewhere in Europe on November 20.

Along with the black bundle, Nintendo is releasing the black Classic Controller Pro accessory. No price has been announced for any of these items. Nintendo of America has yet to announce any plans to release any of these items -- in fact, it has announced that there are no plans. But, really, it's waiting until every holdout gets impatient and buys a white system.

JoystiqBlack Wii system going to Europe as part of Wii Sports Resort bundle originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>black-wiibundleclassic-controller-proeuropeNintendorelease-dateukWiiwii-sportswii-sports-resortTue, 20 Oct 2009 09:32:00 EST<![CDATA[HSN teaches valuable lesson about Wii accessory safety]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/18/hsn-teaches-valuable-lesson-about-wii-accessory-safety/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/18/hsn-teaches-valuable-lesson-about-wii-accessory-safety/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/18/hsn-teaches-valuable-lesson-about-wii-accessory-safety/#comments We were certain -- absolutely certain -- that the epidemic of fractured television screens which cropped up with the release of the Wii had passed. Everyone's heard the horror stories, seen the blackened eyes and witnessed the ruined electronics, we thought. Everyone now knows the methods of avoiding Wiimote accidents during their exuberant Wii Sports bouts, we thought. The Home Shopping Network recently proved the inaccuracy of this observation.

The hilarity unfolds in the video after the jump. While some might grimace at the fate of the poor television featured in the video, remember that they're charging $330 for a Wii and 15 completely unnecessary controller attachments. Call it an accident, if you'd like -- we call it Karma in action.

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JoystiqHSN teaches valuable lesson about Wii accessory safety originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>accessoriesaccidentfailhsnNintendotennistvWiiwii-sportsSun, 18 Oct 2009 18:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Rumor: No Euro Wii price cut, new bundle to include both Wii Sports games, MotionPlus]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/23/rumor-no-euro-wii-price-cut-new-bundle-to-include-both-wii-spo/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/23/rumor-no-euro-wii-price-cut-new-bundle-to-include-both-wii-spo/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/23/rumor-no-euro-wii-price-cut-new-bundle-to-include-both-wii-spo/#commentsJust like we saw earlier this year with the PlayStation 3 Slim, the rumor mill is churning at breakneck pace -- though this time around a possible Nintendo Wii price cut rather than a slimmer console. Aside from multiple retailer listings and today's alleged internal Best Buy memo, MCV reports that a "retail source" told it the UK won't be receiving the same price cut that North America and Japan are expected to receive. Instead, the current model will be given the bundle treatment.

GamesIndustry.biz spotted the new bundle on ShopTo.net -- it has since been removed, though an image and a shell of the page still exist -- which includes both Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort as well as a MotionPlus attachment, for the same £199.99 ($326.76) the system is priced at now. If it is true, at least UK Wii buyers will be getting a bit more for their pounds. It's not quite the Duck Hunt/Super Mario Bros. with a Zapper combo of yore, but it'll have to do.

Source -- No Wii price cut for UK [GamesIndustry.biz]
Source -- New UK Wii bundle leaked [MCV]

JoystiqRumor: No Euro Wii price cut, new bundle to include both Wii Sports games, MotionPlus originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Police are good at three things: protecting; serving; and bowling. During a recent raid in conjunction with several Florida agencies, officers came across the occupant's Wii console and, instead of ignoring it and going about their day, decided to turn the little white box on and throw down in some bowling with Wii Sports. What they didn't notice is that the occupant had a secret security camera set up that filmed every strike and gutterball, MSNBC shares. Busted!

Head past the break to watch the video.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

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JoystiqPolice raid home, raid occupant's Wii Sports leaderboards originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bowlingfloridamsnbcpolicewii-bowlingwii-sportsTue, 22 Sep 2009 16:15:00 EST<![CDATA[Wii Sports Resort: The lost games]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/04/wii-sports-resort-the-lost-games/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/04/wii-sports-resort-the-lost-games/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/04/wii-sports-resort-the-lost-games/#commentsIn an email interview with Wired, Wii Sports Resort producer Katsuya Eguchi revealed that, beyond the twelve events included in the final game, even more were planned that didn't quite make it in the game.

"We considered fishing and a water slide activity before deciding on the final twelve events," Eguchi said. We're having a hard time imagining a controllable, skill-based water slide game, which may have been one reason it didn't end up in Resort. "As for more unconventional concepts, we created a pretty fun prototype of kendama, a traditional Japanese toy, that just didn't fit the game's theme." So, a toy didn't fit the "resort" theme, but fighting with fake swords was completely appropriate? Working at Nintendo is complicated.

JoystiqWii Sports Resort: The lost games originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nintendo's tropical minigame getaway, Wii Sports Resort, has managed to entice one million gamers in the US, the publisher has announced. Debuting July 26, it didn't take the game long to reach that number (it sold 508,000 in July), and we're sure that we'll be writing another post like this one in a month or so when the game reaches two million in sales. Anyone taking bets?

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You know, we often wonder why we don't have a large, flammable recreation of Wii Sports Resort's Wuhu Island sitting on our desk, but then we remember most of our work is done while being chained to a laptop in some random dungeon in Philadelphia. While we may be starved for sunlight (not to mention just plain starving), seeing things like this piece of papercraft gives us hope. Hope that we can make cheap pieces of art when we're finally so malnourished that we can slip out of our shackles.

Hit up the gallery below for more Nintendo-inspired papercraft, including this awesome Wolf Link.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>papercraftwii-sportswii-sports-resortFri, 21 Aug 2009 18:15:00 EST<![CDATA[Nintendo: No plans for Wii Sports Resort bundle]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/12/nintendo-no-plans-for-wii-sports-resort-bundle/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/12/nintendo-no-plans-for-wii-sports-resort-bundle/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/12/nintendo-no-plans-for-wii-sports-resort-bundle/#commentsHaving released a new (and popular) Wii Sports, it seems fairly obvious that Nintendo would start bundling that with Wii hardware, right? Well, Nintendo rarely does the obvious. In an interview with Toronto Thumbs, Nintendo of Canada's Matt Ryan dismissed the idea of a new bundle in the near future.

"The long-term plan is difficult to say, but I can tell you that there are no plans to make Wii Sports Resort what is packed in with the Wii purchase," Ryan said, adding "What is in the Wii box will remain the same." In case you couldn't pick up the subtext, he reiterated "Wii Sports Resort will not replace Wii Sports."

Why not? Ryan described Resort as "more full-on software that you're used to purchasing at retail at that price point," while the original Wii Sports is "designed to show off what the Wii Remote can do." Although Japanese consumers have had no issues with buying separate copies of Wii Sports.

Normally, we'd just assume that there is a plan for a bundle, but Nintendo doesn't want to talk about it -- except that there haven't been official bundles for Wii Fit or Mario Kart Wii. Like we said, Nintendo avoids the obvious.

Gallery: Wii Sports Resort

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bundlehardwarenintendo-of-canadawii-sportswii-sports-resortWed, 12 Aug 2009 12:40:00 EST<![CDATA[Wii Sports approaches 50 million copies sold]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/31/wii-sports-approaches-50-million-copies-sold/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/31/wii-sports-approaches-50-million-copies-sold/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/31/wii-sports-approaches-50-million-copies-sold/#commentsIn a supplement to Nintendo's earnings statement yesterday, the company released some sales numbers for top-selling games in the last quarter. Four Nintendo products sold over one million copies between April and July, only one of which was a new release anywhere in the world during that time.

Pokemon Platinum on DS, which came out in North America in March, right before the quarter started, moved 1.91 million copies in Q1, for a life-to-date total of 5.66 million worldwide.

It was an even better quarter for the Wii's evergreens. Wii Fit sold an additional 3.6 million copies, bringing its LTD to 21.82. Mario Kart Wii sold 2 million, making its total 17.39 million. And Wii Sports sold an additional 1.91 million copies, bringing its total sales number to a ridiculous 47.62 million, including copies sold in hardware bundles.

And that's why there's a sequel.

Source (PDF)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>DSearnings-reportmario-kart-wiiNintendopokemon-platinumsalesWiiwii-fitwii-sportsFri, 31 Jul 2009 15:45:00 EST<![CDATA[Review: Wii Sports Resort]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/22/review-wii-sports-resort/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/22/review-wii-sports-resort/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/22/review-wii-sports-resort/#comments Upon my initial skydive into Wii Sports Resort, I expected the game wouldn't wow me much. I'd seen it during various stages of its life and played it many times. Now that I had the final product, I expected it would hold little in the way of surprise.

But as I started unlocking games and playing more, I found myself losing track of time. Many of us know that a great game can just suck you in and you can easily lose hours mining it for all of its glorious, fun riches. Wii Sports Resort was no different for me.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>motionplusNintendoWiiwii-motionpluswii-sportswii-sports-resortWed, 22 Jul 2009 13:00:00 EST<![CDATA[This Week on the Nintendo Channel: Wii Sports Resort challenges]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/20/this-week-on-the-nintendo-channel-wii-sports-resort-challenges/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/20/this-week-on-the-nintendo-channel-wii-sports-resort-challenges/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/20/this-week-on-the-nintendo-channel-wii-sports-resort-challenges/#commentsNintendo is doing the obvious thing on the Nintendo Channel this week: advertising its games! One game, to be exact -- Wii Sports Resort has taken over the channel in a series of vignettes featuring professionals participating in their respective field in-game. The video above shows a Hollywood stuntman dueling Nintendo's guinea pig in the new sword-fighting minigame, and another features some world class canoeists throwing down in their sport.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>nintendo-channelwii-sportswii-sports-resortMon, 20 Jul 2009 13:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Pediatric journal boasts about benefits of exergaming]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/19/pediatric-journal-boasts-benefits-of-exergaming/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/19/pediatric-journal-boasts-benefits-of-exergaming/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/19/pediatric-journal-boasts-benefits-of-exergaming/#comments
Kids-focused health journal Pediatrics recently published a study that would shock those who decry the health benefits of exergames. The study, which was performed by researchers from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, measured young people's energy expenditure while at rest, while playing Dance Dance Revolution at two different skill levels, while walking and running on a treadmill and while boxing and bowling on Wii Sports. That sounds like more physical exertion than we go through in a year.

Some of the comparisons between these activities yielded somewhat unsurprising results -- playing the video games burned three times the calories the kids spent at rest, of course. However, the researchers also found that playing these games was a comparable activity to "moderate to intense walking," despite the fact that Wii Sports requires little lower-body movement. It seems that for the first time in recent memory, we've got science on our side. Hooray!

[Via Kotaku]

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ddrexerciseexergaminghealthpediatricssciencestudywii-sportsSun, 19 Jul 2009 17:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Nintendo turns Game Crazy stores into Wii Sports Resorts]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/16/nintendo-turns-game-crazy-stores-into-wii-sports-resorts/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/16/nintendo-turns-game-crazy-stores-into-wii-sports-resorts/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/16/nintendo-turns-game-crazy-stores-into-wii-sports-resorts/#commentsIf you're looking to try out Wii Sports Resort just a bit early, check out your local Game Crazy next weekend. The retailer will host a sneak preview event for the MotionPlus minigame collection on Saturday, July 25, just one day before the North American launch of the game. From 10am to 8pm that day, Game Crazy visitors will get to try out Resort, and also enter to win one of two $1,500 gift cards "toward a real-life resort vacation."

The following day, Game Crazy will offer an extra 20 percent on games traded in toward the purchase of Resort, which suggests that they do expect people to buy some and not just play it in the store all day Saturday.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>demogame-crazygamecrazywii-sportswii-sports-resortThu, 16 Jul 2009 11:45:00 EST<![CDATA[Wii Sports Resort's E3 2008 demo completed in three months]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/07/wii-sports-resorts-e3-2008-demo-completed-in-three-months/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/07/wii-sports-resorts-e3-2008-demo-completed-in-three-months/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/07/wii-sports-resorts-e3-2008-demo-completed-in-three-months/#comments When we first saw Wii Sports Resort last year, all Nintendo had available were three of the game's events: swordplay, power cruising, and Disc Dog. It turns out that those three (quite polished) events are pretty much all that existed at the time. In the latest Iwata Asks interview, the Wii Sports Resort team reveals that they didn't have anything but the idea of maybe doing another sequel until three months before E3 2008. Above, you can see what had been done: a MotionPlus test involving a virtual toy.

As usual, the Iwata Asks interview is full of surprisingly forthright discussion about the inner workings of Nintendo, including the team (and Shigeru Miyamoto) expressing its elation about a MotionPlus delay that allowed for more work on Resort, everyone's relative confusion at Miyamoto's "Wuhu Island" franchise idea, and, best of all, Miyamoto's deceptive methods of team motivation.

At one point, Miyamoto announced in an interview that golf would be in Wii Sports Resort, and that the MotionPlus would allow backswing to control the strength of the swing, instead of just speed -- and the team had to rush to actually put golf in the game afterward. Later, he describes how he faked a directive from Satoru Iwata to add an extra game mode. And apparently a programmer couldn't demonstrate the archery feature for Miyamoto because he was too nervous to aim the bow properly.

Shigeru Miyamoto sounds like kind of a jerk, actually.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>miyamotomotionplusNintendoWiiwii-sportswii-sports-resortTue, 07 Jul 2009 20:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Wii Sports Resort sells over 350k copies in four days]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/30/wii-sports-resort-sells-over-350k-copies-in-four-days/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/30/wii-sports-resort-sells-over-350k-copies-in-four-days/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/30/wii-sports-resort-sells-over-350k-copies-in-four-days/#comments Well of course it did. The original Wii Sports currently resides in like, four out of every five households on the planet -- why wouldn't the Japanese gaming populace spring to consumer action when the MotionPlus-bundled follow-up landed on store shelves?

Within the first four days of its release, Wii Sports Resort moved 353,827 copies, making it the third-fastest selling Wii title ever -- Mario Kart Wii sold 608,000 copies in a similar time period, while Super Smash Bros. Brawl moved 816,000 copies. Whether the frisbee-throwing, sword-dueling, jetski-riding simulator can come close to the 45 million mark set by its bundled forefather remains to be seen.

[Via Kotaku]

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>japanNintendosalesWiiwii-sportswii-sports-resortTue, 30 Jun 2009 14:45:00 EST<![CDATA[Wii Sports Resort: Video clip marathon]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/22/wii-sports-resort-video-clip-marathon/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/22/wii-sports-resort-video-clip-marathon/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/22/wii-sports-resort-video-clip-marathon/#commentsWii Sports Resort has a lot more content than its predecessor. For example, the aerobatics portion doesn't just include the skydiving segment that begins the game -- you can also fly the plane. Similarly, there are multiple aquatic vehicles you can operate -- canoes, wakeboards, and a few different jet-ski-based activities. Each of the twelve base sports contains a few gameplay variations.

After the break, you can see the airplane game and more for yourself, in a series of nine gameplay videos captured by GameVideos. We're glad you'll finally be able to see the surprisingly strenuous canoeing portion in action.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>casualminigamessportswii-sportswii-sports-resortMon, 22 Jun 2009 15:15:00 EST<![CDATA[Exclusive blue Wiimote, Nunchuk and MotionPlus for lucky Wii Sports Resort visitors ]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/15/exclusive-blue-wiimote-nunchuk-and-motionplus-for-lucky-wii-spo/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/15/exclusive-blue-wiimote-nunchuk-and-motionplus-for-lucky-wii-spo/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/15/exclusive-blue-wiimote-nunchuk-and-motionplus-for-lucky-wii-spo/#commentsIt seems that the door is beginning to creak open for alternate-color Wii systems and accessories. First, Nintendo finally announces a Wii in a new color scheme (black), and now, less than two weeks later, the company has announced another color for the Wiimote and Nunchuk -- and the first new color for the MotionPlus. However, this is going to be a little harder to come by.

From June 25 to August 31, Nintendo will give away exclusive light blue Wiimotes, MotionPlus attachments and Nunchuks (and a matching jacket, of course) to five thousand Japanese Club Nintendo members who register copies of Wii Sports Resort. Not that Nintendo needed to offer any kind of incentive to sell Wii Sports Resort.

[Via GoNintendo]

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First, we tried the canoe game, in a two-player race. The goal in this game variant is to cross five checkpoints before the other player. In this game, the Wiimote is a surrogate for the canoe's oar, held vertically with both hands as if it were an actual oar.

Gallery: Wii Sports Resort

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>e3-2009NintendoWiiwii-sportswii-sports-resortsThu, 04 Jun 2009 10:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Life-to-date sales of the biggest Nintendo games]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/08/life-to-date-sales-of-the-biggest-nintendo-games/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/08/life-to-date-sales-of-the-biggest-nintendo-games/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/08/life-to-date-sales-of-the-biggest-nintendo-games/#commentsWe know that Nintendo is doing very well financially as of the end of fiscal 2008. And, of course, we know that hardware sales play a major role in that windfall. But how is Nintendo doing in terms of software sales? Very well, thank you! The company released a list of every million-selling first-party title on the Wii and DS as a supplement (PDF link) to its financial report, with no real surprises other than, perhaps, the monolithic bigness of some of the numbers.

The best-selling Wii title, of course, is Wii Sports, which sold 45.7 million copies across North American and European bundle sales and standalone Japanese sales.The best-selling DS game: Nintendogs, at 22.3 million copies!

We're just happy to see the wonderful Rhythm Heaven on the list, though there is something odd about it: according to the data, Rhythm Heaven sold 140,000 copies outside of Japan -- but the game didn't even come out in the West until April 5, after the end of the fiscal year.

The full list is after the break. Spoiler alert: if you are the type of person who gets angry about Nintendo's success in the expanded market, this will anger you.

[Via Kotaku]

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>brain-ageDSlife-to-dateltdNintendonintendogsrhythm-heavensalesWiiwii-sportsFri, 08 May 2009 16:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Wii games unlikely to be patched with MotionPlus support]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/15/wii-games-unlikely-to-be-patched-with-motionplus-support/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/15/wii-games-unlikely-to-be-patched-with-motionplus-support/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/15/wii-games-unlikely-to-be-patched-with-motionplus-support/#commentsTrying to make sense of the month-and-a-half delay between the release of Nintendo's MotionPlus and the first Nintendo game to use it, Wii Sports Resort, GameDaily proposed a theory. Maybe there would be games to play at launch -- old games! "With a nearly two-month span of time between the accessory release and the game's arrival at retail," GameDaily's Micheal Mullen wrote, "we expect that Nintendo will release patches that will make the new accessory work with your already existing library." The first game to receive such treatment, of course, would be the original Wii Sports.

Nintendo's response to GameDaily suggests that this won't be happening: "The Wii MotionPlus accessory is only for games that are designed to make use of its abilities." Nintendo isn't really much for patching games with updated functionality, unless you consider releasing the game again seven years later on a different disc a kind of "patching."

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Just in case Satoru Iwata's promise of a July release window for Wii Sports Resort wasn't good enough for you, Nintendo sent official word that the upcoming game will launch in the U.S. on July 26. As expected, the beach-themed sequel will come bundled with the MotionPlus peripheral for $50, which will be released by itself on June 8 for $20.

Nintendo promises that "developers around the world" are working on titles to take advantage of MotionPlus. Purely by coincidence, wrists around the world have begun to cry out in fear.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>motionplusnintendoWiiwii-motion-pluswii-sportswii-sports-resortTue, 14 Apr 2009 08:53:00 EST<![CDATA[Iwata: Wii Sports Resort out in Japan this June, overseas in July]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/09/iwata-wii-sports-resort-out-in-japan-this-june-overseas-in-jul/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/09/iwata-wii-sports-resort-out-in-japan-this-june-overseas-in-jul/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/09/iwata-wii-sports-resort-out-in-japan-this-june-overseas-in-jul/#commentsSatoru Iwata has announced both Japanese and Western release windows for Wii Sports Resort, and thus we can assume for the required MotionPlus peripheral as well. The sequel to the Wii launch title will be out in Japan this June, with an "overseas" release the following month, according to Reuters' account of statements made at a lunch meeting. No pricing was announced. The July release is completely in line with the rumored European date called "rumor and speculation" by NoE.

The Nintendo president named Wii Sports Resort as a measure to combat the Japanese Wii market's current slowdown (a situation he described as "the most unhealthy situation since its launch in Japan.") He denied that Nintendo would cut Wii prices in order to increase sales, saying, "If our products are not much different from competitors', price cuts would generate significant fresh demand. But video games are just not that kind of product."

Gallery: Wii Sports Resort

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In Touch Ruminations, former DS and Wii Fanboy Lead David Hinkle talks about whatever he feels like. He's a jerk like that. This week, he talks about Nintendo of Europe's one-two punch of Punch-Out!! news and what it means to him. The opinions expressed here belong to the author and don't necessarily reflect those of Joystiq, Weblogs Inc. or its affiliates.

I actually had to change this week's column at the last second. I had this whole other column planned, then Nintendo of Europe had to go and drop a big old bomb on us earlier today. So now, I'm going to talk about Punch-Out!! and all of the confirmed info and what I think about it. Sorry.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>boxingpunch-outsuper-punch-outtouch-ruminationswii-sportswii-sports-boxingFri, 20 Mar 2009 16:40:00 EST<![CDATA[Kate Winslet loves to play Wii with the kids]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/28/kate-winslet-loves-to-play-wii-with-the-kids/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/28/kate-winslet-loves-to-play-wii-with-the-kids/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/28/kate-winslet-loves-to-play-wii-with-the-kids/#comments
When she's not busy falling in love with Jack Black or being in another Leonardo DiCaprio movie (when's our chance?) Kate Winslet likes to school chumps her kids in Wii Sports. At least, that's what she recently told the celebrity watchers at E! during the SAG awards.

Despite the presence of the more popular bowling minigame, Kate is a big fan of the tennis and boxing bits, calling the overall package "fantastic." Just keep an eye on your kids and pets, Kate. We don't want to read a sad story about your dog or anything.

[Via What They Play]

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Wii Sports is actually worth a bit of money. We know. We checked. Why? Well, we were thinking about how often we really play it when the idea for this Wii Warm Up came to mind.

So, what about you all? How do you feel toward Wii Sports? Have you gotten rid of your copy? Plan to now? When was the last time you played it?

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>resaletrade-inwii-sportsWed, 14 Jan 2009 08:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Obama family appoints Wii to (TV) cabinet]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/09/obama-family-appoints-wii-to-tv-cabinet/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/09/obama-family-appoints-wii-to-tv-cabinet/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/09/obama-family-appoints-wii-to-tv-cabinet/#commentsFiled under:


This is one of those stories that pretty much can't be passed up, although it's not actually that surprising. Given the sales numbers for the Wii, we basically expect to find one in the home of everyone who can safely afford one -- especially when children are present. Turns out that the Obama family is among the bajillion households to join in on the waggling.

The president-elect used his newly-earned position of power to secure the elusive console for his daughters as a Christmas present, and he has since taken up Wii Sports as well. His bowling performance apparently eclipses his famously awkward real-life bowling during the campaign.

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You can't get much lower than this. A retirement home in Ottawa, Ohio, was recently robbed for its Wii. Two women walked into the retirement home, seeking job applications, but ended up leaving with more than a job. They nabbed the home's Wii console. As one might imagine, the folks at the home enjoy playing Wii Sports, particularly the Bowling and Baseball games.

Thankfully, this story has a happy ending. Several of the home's inhabitants were able to identify the two women, and police were able to track them down and recover the Wii.

See also: Children's home robbed, local businessman replaces stolen Wii

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Super Mario Bros. has been the best-selling game of all time for years now, but that throne may have been usurped by another Nintendo title: Wii Sports. According to VGChartz, Wii Sports has surpassed that coveted 40.24 million mark.

We're keeping this a rumor because, uh, it's VGChartz. They're never too good about sourcing their stuff and, to tell the truth, we've only ever heard one person claim their data was correct (it was in our interview with 2D Boy here). It's not that we don't believe Wii Sports could top the original NES game, we're just skeptical of VGChartz.

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JoystiqWii Sports best-selling game of all time? originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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