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The Nintendo Wii Turns Five Today

10:30AM November 20, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Do you remember where you were five years ago? If you’re a gamer there’s a good chance you were standing in line waiting for the Nintendo Wii, and an even better chance you didn’t get one. More »

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How Do You Get People To Buy A Gadget That Nobody’s Used Yet?

12:30PM November 15, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

The iPhone and the iPad are card-carrying members. Modern Warfare 3 is, like, the President. I’m talking, of course, about the Million-Plus Preorder Club. Now the Amazon Kindle Fire has joined the ranks. Before anyone even touched a Kindle Fire. More »

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Wii Gets A Redesign, Easier To Sit In Corner Forgotten

7:45AM August 18, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

This Christmas, the Nintendo Wii is a getting a slight, wait for it, Wii-design. I mean redesign! More »

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This Wii Cycling Peripheral Costs More Than The Console

10:00AM June 30, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Nearly two years ago Bigben Interactive teased us with the Cyberbike, a full-sized stationary bicycle that acts as a game controller for your Nintendo Wii. Now that the Wii has dropped in price to $US150 and a new console is on the way, the Cyberbike finally hits North America for $US199.99. More »

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Level Up Is An Almost-Perfect Gaming Storage Tower

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10:30AM June 17, 2011 | Nick Broughall

The problem with gaming is that it can take up a lot of space when you factor in the games, the console itself, cables, controllers and peripherals like Rock Band guitars. The Zig-Zag from Level Up offers a pretty neat storage solution for your Xbox or Wii. More »

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The Wii U Might Be Too Little, Too Late

9:00PM June 9, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

In 2005, Nintendo showed off the controller for its then-upcoming home console at the Tokyo Game Show. The console was still codenamed the Revolution, and the motion controller was nothing short of just that. The debut blew people’s minds. You could feel it in the room. More »

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Nintendo Wii U: FAQ

5:30AM June 9, 2011 | Casey Chan

Nintendo’s next console, the Wii U, has got us excited. It combines the best parts of the Wii with the graphical power of the other consoles and throws in the most insanest, ridiculously awesome controller we’ve ever played for good measure. But I’m sure you guys have questions. Here’s what we know about the Wii U so far. More »

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Wii U Discs Will Be 25GB In Size

10:16AM June 8, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

In a wide-ranging interview with Kotaku regarding the new Wii U console, one of Nintendo’s chief game designers, Katsuya Eguchi, confirmed that the system’s proprietary disc format will hold 25GB of data. More »

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Wii U’s IBM-Made Processor Has Watson’s Supercomputer DNA In It

7:08AM June 8, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Here’s some dirt on the Wii U’s processor from the makers themselves: IBM. It’s a multi-core beast, but more importantly, it shares some of the same technology as Watson, the Jeopardy-killing supercomputer. I’m in love already. [Engadget via Kotaku]

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Is The New Nintendo Console Called… Nintendo?

2:15AM June 6, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Well, we’re pretty damn sure that Nintendo’s next console isn’t called “Beem,” but what if Nintendo were crazy enough to not give it a name at all and just call it simply “Nintendo”? More »