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Fate of Nintendo Wii U Likely Hangs on Price Tag

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:12:29 CDT

The upcoming Wii U, part tablet computer, part game machine, could help Nintendo surpass its rivals once again. But not until we know how much it will set us back—investors so far are skeptical of that and other unknowns, and the company's stock has fallen 10% since the Wii...

Nintendo Announces Wii 2

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:36:55 CDT

Nintendo will follow up its popular Wii with a new console system next year, the company announced today. The new system, which IGN notes is codenamed Project Cafe AKA Wii 2, will be showcased at Los Angeles's E3 Expo in June. The announcement comes as Nintendo reported sagging earnings and...

Sorry, USA: No Wii Spanking Game for You

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:05:00 CST

Picture this: You're at a nice dinner party with friends, someone busts out the Wii, and before you know it, you're ... bent over a random guy's knee while he smacks your butt? That's the general idea of a UK video game called We Dare , in which a variety of innocent-looking...

Wii Turns Woman Into Sex Addict

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:08:49 CDT

The Nintendo Wii: You can exercise with it, play Mario Kart with it…get turned on by it? Apparently so, says one woman who turned into a nympho after a fall from the Wii balance board damaged a nerve, causing persistent sexual arousal syndrome. Amanda Flowers, who now requires 10 romps...

How to Save the Porn Industry

Will McCahill — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:30:00 CST

This week’s 50th anniversary of the Playboy Bunny finds the porn industry in a bad way: It’s more popular than ever, yet fewer are actually paying to see skin. The Wrap has some suggestions: Go 3-D: “I think that if they can get the 3-D mixed with the interactive, they've...

Wii Finally Gets Netflix

Kevin Spak — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:55:54 CST

This Spring the Nintendo Wii will finally be able to stream Netflix movies like the Xbox 360 and the PS3, the companies announced today. Wii users, like their PS3 brethren, will have to pop in a special disc, which they can get free from Netflix (Xbox users don’t need a...

New Tech Ditches the Remote Control

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:30:26 CST

Losing your remote control will soon be a thing of the past, thanks to new technology that embraces motion control, making it possible to channel surf with your hands. Hitachi televisions, for example, will allow you to change the channel by twisting your wrist, the New York Times reports. Microsoft’s...

'Naughty' Mickey Hits the Wii

Caroline Miller — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:14:13 CST

Mickey Mouse is going back to his papered-over roots as a mischief-maker as Disney reimagines its core property for a new generation, and perhaps a new revenue stream. The first vehicle is “Epic Mickey,” a video game for the Wii console in which players can choose to play Mickey as...

Slumping Wii Surprises Nintendo

Kevin Spak — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:07:07 CDT

With hit games few and far between, consumers aren’t exactly fighting in the aisles to get their hands on a Wii anymore. Nintendo slashed its full year sales forecast for Wii hardware 23% yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reports, and offered little hope of a swift turnaround. “Right now, the...