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[ SNUGSOHO!] I guess it was inevitable what with Sony just blatantly ripping off Nintendo in regards to its motion sensing controller for the Wii that someone at Nintendo would be pretty pissed since it was Nintendo who risked everything by deciding to innovate with the Wii rather than replicate.
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[videolamer.com] Weekly News We Care About Wrap Up - 5.19.06: Xbox 360 hacked to play pirated games, err backups That didnt take too long, but it wont work for everyone and if you get caught Bill Gates will devour your soul. Analysts worry PS3 price will hurt the game industry While somewhat obvious, its good to see analysts voicing thoughts that not
[GameDAILY Blog] So dark, the con of GameCube: Maybe it was the fact that a lot of their games looked pretty stellar on the floor, such as the vibrant Super Mario Galaxy or the slick Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, both of which should make amazing Wii releases whenever they hit shelves.
[Joystiq.com] Was Nintendo ready for Wii backlash? - Joystiq: Nintendo fan-boys can defend Nintendo, and make all the excuses they want.(and I admit that many of the critics of the name are acting like 5 year old's.) But the fact remains,, if you are a company that just released the name of your product, and then your web-server starts to crash repeatedly from all the angry people attempting to log on to your company page trying to voice their outrage at the new name that you just unveiled. Well then, you have got MAJOR P.R problems.
[Blogs.mercurynews.com] A+E Interactive: Nintendo's Wii name: a test for gamers: Please please please Nintendo, for your customers and potential customers sake, do not call the Revolution a Wii in the UK. You have the loyalty of the hard core gamers who will buy your console for the games and experience, you have the impulse buyer who will buy it when they see the controller, you have the mum and dads who will buy it for the price and cute child friendly games;
[Games.net] 36 Hours Later: Nintendo Wii reactions on Games.net: Early in the day, IGN put up a story for readers unable to hit Nintendo's web site that essentially copied and pasted Nintendo's entire Wii introduction into an article. Later in the day, the company scored a nice interview with Nintendo of America's VP of corporate affairs, Perrin Kaplan.
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