Nintendo Weekend Warrior – Wii-love ain’t dead

Nintendo Weekend Warrior - Image 1The Wii might be in unfamiliar territory, facing decline for the first time and all, but that doesn’t mean that the console is down for the count. A survey from the gifting service, Lottay, reveals that there is twice more demand for the Wii than both its rival consoles combined. The DS, too, is making its own presence felt, pulling a certain blue hedgehog into its lineup. There’s more where that came from, so let’s get the rundown going.

Nintendo Weekend Warrior - Image 1

The Wii might be in unfamiliar territory, facing decline for the first time and all, but that doesn’t mean that the console is down for the count. A survey from the gifting service, Lottay, reveals that there is twice more demand for the Wii than both its rival consoles combined. The DS, too, is making its own presence felt, pulling a certain blue hedgehog into its lineup. There’s more where that came from, so let’s get the rundown going.


Games

  • SNES Super Mario Kart heads to VC next week, Pilot wings, Super Mario Bros. on holidays. Link
  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
    • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers gets PAL release date. Link
    • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers selling low. Link
  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney series confirmed for WiiWare. Link
  • Nintendo: Metroid Prime series may continue. Link
  • First batch of fame demos now available on WiiWare. Link
  • Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles will show the dark side of Tofu. Link
  • OFLC: New Sonic collection coming to DS. Link
  • Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth demo now available on official site, Facebook. Link

Industry and hardware

  • Lottay survey: there is twice as much demand for the Wii than PS3 and Xbox 360 combined. Link
  • Miyamoto: Not everything needs to be in 3D. Link

Hacks and homebrew

  • Wii homebrew game – Pong2 v0.99 Link
  • Wii homebrew game – SpaceBubble v0.92 Link
  • Wii homebrew game – TetWiis v0.1b Link
  • Wii homebrew – ShowMiiWads v1.2 Link
  • Homebrew – ScummVM v1.0.0 Link
  • Wii homebrew – Sand Traps v2.1 Link
  • DS homebrew – Notepad DS. Link
  • DS homebrew – Tonesynth DS v0.24 Link

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