Nintendo Wii

Muscle March: WiiWare Lets Geeks Play Macho Bodybuilders Tracking Protein Powder Thieves

techland.com | Posted 12.03.2009 | Technology


Move over Mario. Your flabby gut's got nothin' on Muscle March. Today Namco Bandai announced that its Nintendo WiiWare title, a 'quirky Japanese ac...

Nintendo Wii: Virtual Exercise May Be A Real Workout, Study Shows

tech.yahoo.com | Posted 11.16.2009 | Technology


Some of the Nintendo Wii sports games and activities included in the Wii fit series, both of which require video- game enthusiasts to get up off the c...

Nintendo Wii For P.E: School Offers Gaming Instead Of Gym Class

Mail Online | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology


Children are being handed Nintendo Wiis to play on at school if they can't be bothered to turn up for traditional PE. Youngsters who deliberately l...

Wii: Netflix Streaming Arriving 'Very Shortly' On Nintendo Wii, Sources Say

businessinsider.com | Posted 10.29.2009 | Technology


Netflix's (NFLX) movie streaming service will arrive on the Nintendo Wii sooner than later, but the timing is uncertain, and how the companies choose ...

Police Play Wii Bowling During Drug Raid (VIDEO)

Posted 11.22.2009 | Technology


New security camera video shows police officers in Florida bowling on a Nintendo Wii for hours during a drug raid at a suspect's home. Tampa Bay Onli...

Wii Think You Are Fat

Una LaMarche | Posted 08.21.2009 | Living


Una LaMarche

Wii Fit seemed like the perfect momentary obsession workout regimen for someone with absolutely no willpower or motivation who needs to be distracted in order to exercise.

Is Chrome OS a "Disruptive Innovation?"

Scott Anthony | Posted 08.13.2009 | Media


Scott Anthony

Pundits quickly termed Google's Chrome OS "classic disruptive innovation" that promised to up-end historic market leader Microsoft. Do the pundits have it right?

Gold Wii Given To Queen Elizabeth By Software Company THQ

CBS News | Posted 07.03.2009 | World


If Queen Elizabeth decides to play some video games, she could do it in style -- with a gold-plated Wii! ...

Manhattan's Latest Parental Punishment

Vicky Ward | Posted 05.28.2009 | Style


Vicky Ward

I had often wondered, since we gave our twin six-year-old sons a Nintendo Wii at Christmas, why it is not just the children but my husband who looks utterly wiped out on a Sunday morning?

Brand New Nintendo DSi Launches in Los Angeles

Jenna Busch | Posted 05.08.2009 | Entertainment


Jenna Busch

The DS games are totally addictive. And hey, if you think you look silly playing video games, you can tell your friends you bought it for the Sudoku.

Constitution: 1, Nanny State: 0

Justin Callaway | Posted 04.11.2009 | Entertainment


Justin Callaway

Forget all of the violent video game psycho-babble and nanny state talk, let's just teach the kids how to become scalpel-wielding, precision self-defenders.

Timberlake, Pitt, Travolta Spoofed In Upcoming Wii Game

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 02.23.2009 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — Justin Timberlake and David Beckham don't have any real-life beef with each other, but cartoony characters resembling the famous c...

To Kindle or Not to Kindle

One For The Table | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living


One For The Table

If you travel a lot (and are tired of carrying several books with you) or have trouble reading small print, this is the device for you. For everyday reading, the jury is still out. At least for me.

Doctors Fear "Wii Knee" Epidemic This Christmas

Daily Telegraph | Kate Devlin Medical Correspondent | Posted 01.19.2009 | Style


The games, which encourage players to mimic the actions of sports, can cause painful sprains and fractures, they added. Although the games have bee...

Video Game Sales Nearly $3 Billion In November

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — Americans may be cutting back on holiday shopping, but they are still buying video games _ to the tune of nearly $3 billion in Novemb...

Nintendo's Wii Fit Expected To Rock Market

New York Post | Brian Garrity | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business


Nintendo's plan to bulk up the appeal of its Wii video-game system among consumers who normally would dismiss it as kid's stuff is poised to get a maj...

Nintendo's Wii Fit Expected To Rock Market

New York Post | Brian Garrity | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business


Nintendo's plan to bulk up the appeal of its Wii video-game system among consumers who normally would dismiss it as kid's stuff is poised to get a maj...

5 Technologies That Could Take Off In 2008

BBC | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


A number of technologies have exploded throughout 2007 from Facebook and the iPhone to the Nintendo Wii. But what will be making the headlines over t...

Amazon.com Has Best Season Ever

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday its 2007 holiday season was its strongest to date, with Nintendo Wii game systems and the "Harry Potter and the Order o...

Frustrated Wii Hunters Hit The Web

Silicon Valley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Maybe Sony's PS3 will really launch a comeback next year, but in the meantime video game shoppers desperately want a Wii. Latest evidence: A handy cha...

Father Punishes Pot-Smoking Son By Selling Video Game, Pockets $9K

AFP Via Raw Story | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


After catching his 15-year-old smoking pot, a father sold the hard-to-get "Guitar Hero III" video game he bought his son for 90 dollars for Christmas ...

Wii Flies Off Shelves

Seeking Alpha | Steven Towns | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Nintendo achieved its best week for Wii sales in the U.S. last week since the console's debut-week sales a year ago, with 350,000 units sold, compared...

Guitar Hero Sales Surge As Halo 3 Cools

Wall Street Journal | Dan Gallagher | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Videogame sales jumped 39% in October but came in below several optimistic expectations as sales of the blockbuster Halo 3 slowed considerably followi...

Nintendo: Wii Won't Cut Prices

24/7 Wall Street | Douglas A. McIntyre | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Nintendo says there will be no price cuts on its wildly popular Wii game console. And, why should there be. The firm barely has enough manufacturing c...

Nintendo Wii Fit Shapes Up For Japan

Ars Technica | Ben Kuchera | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The Wii Fit board was shown off to a combination of amazement and groans of despair at this year's E3. Gamers thought two things at once: that Nintend...