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Official excuse to play more Wii, DS this holiday

July 31st, 2009

Hooray games! Nintendo has revealed its full lineup of notable 2009 titles. The upcoming (a hem 2009) ones you care about: Professor Layton, Mario & Luigi, and Zelda sequels highlight the Nintendo DS lineup. Metroid Prime Trilogy, Wii Fit Plus, and New Super Mario Bros. headline Wii’s lineup.But wait, there’s more! Guitar Hero 5, Spyborgs, Madden 10, Dead Space, Silent Hill, and Beatles Rock Band underscore third-party Wii standouts. Should be a good time, at least if you’re like me and only hav

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Wii Sports approaches 50 million copies sold

July 31st, 2009

In a supplement to Nintendo’s earnings statement yesterday, the company released some sales numbers for top-selling games in the last quarter. Four Nintendo products sold over one million copies between April and July, only one of which was a new release anywhere in the world during that time. Pokemon Platinum on DS, which came out in North America in March, right before the quarter started, moved 1.91 million copies in Q1, for a life-to-date total of 5.66 million worldwide. It was an e

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Wii Fit Forum - Wii Fit Plus to arrive October 1st in Japan

July 31st, 2009

News comes to us from Andriasang.com that Wii Fit Plus is to debut in Japan on October 1st for ¥2000 (¥9800 with the Balance Board). That’s about $20, or £13, which is pretty good value for 21 new exercises and proper routines. …

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Heath Bell

July 31st, 2009

July 31st, 2009SarahLeave a commentGo to comments I photographed Padres closing pitcher Heath Bell for a health story for The Wall Street Journal last weekend. Evidently he has a somewhat unorthodoxed method of training. He lost over 25 pounds in the off-season by using the Wii Fit. His favorite workout, you guessed it the Hula-Hoop game. There was just something kind of humorous seeing a 6′4″ bad-ass professional pitcher doing Yoga, aerobics and Hula-Hoop on a video game. Hey, whatever wo

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Cincinnati Reds Lose to San Diego Padres

July 31st, 2009

by Derek Guthrie The game began by Arroyo giving up a lead-off triple to Tony Gwynn Jr. He was then easily driven in by Kevin Kouzmanoff driving and RBI double to center field. Arroyo pitched well after that, but not for long. But, the Reds managed to get runners on first and second in the bottom of the second inning. Jonny Gomes drove in one of those runners with and RBI shot to right field for a single. Next up was rookie catcher Craig Tatum, who was recently called up from the minors a

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Too much Curry, Tim?

July 31st, 2009

WENN bumped into movie giant Tim Curry in Hollywood this week - and he was looking even portlier than usual. The Rocky Horror star appeared to have piled on the pounds as he strode towards an Apple store clutching his laptop. An onlooker tells us Tim needed some repairs carried out to his computer. But we reckon he’d be wiser to spend the money on a Wii Fit…

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Yoga Wii Tentative Release Date

July 31st, 2009

Yoga for Wii has received a tentative release date on Amazon.com of November 24th 2009. The JoWood and Dreamcatcher title looks to expand on other exergame titles’ offerings.

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Get Your DS & Wii Accessories Here – Today Is Go Live Day!

July 31st, 2009

Eagle-eyed readers will have noticed that my TTB contributions have been a little lacking as of late. I’ve not given up, far from it, but my time has been eaten up by a little side project which regulars will no doubt be aware of. After many trials and tribulations (what does that even mean?) my long-rumoured side project has finally gone live! The name of the game is ConsoleBUZZ, and the main line of business is supplying gamers in the UK with Nintendo DS and Wii accessories – stuff lik

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World Championship Athletics released on August 4th

July 31st, 2009

World Championship Athletics is now available for purchase on Amazon.com , and will be released in just a few days on August 4th. Check out the product blurb below: The battle for Gold Medals and personal bests ignites excitement and healthy competition in World Championship Athletics. Athletes from all over the world run, throw, jump and swim for victory

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Wii Fit + Balance board - £52.99 delivered + Quidco + Reward Points @ GAME

July 31st, 2009

Found by dancrawley, Game.Co.UK Deals Seems a very good price - best I can see I paid £70 for mine I think, and they were as rare as hens teeth at the time! Use the £5 off code - 3368YAW - to get this price - don’t forget Quidco (1.5% for hardware) and Reward Points written by HotUKDeals \ tags: 3G, free, Free iPhone 3G News, iphone, News, UK

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