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Report Confirms Touch-Screen Controller for Wii 2

A report by Nikkei has confirmed the speculation that the Wii's successor will feature a touch-screen device as its controller.

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Nintendo cuts Wii price, offers cheaper game set

Nintendo is dropping the price of its Wii game system by $50 to $150 and introducing a new line of cheaper Wii games....

Nintendo says successor to Wii coming in 2012

The successor to Nintendo's hit Wii console will arrive next year. In disclosing its plans Monday, Nintendo Co. didn't say what the new system will do. The Japanese company plans to show a playable model of the new console at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which runs June 7-9 in Los Angeles.

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It's official: Nintendo has sold a whole lotta Wiis

It seems Americans are playing a whole lot of "Wii Bowling." Nintendo has announced that they've sold 30 million Wiis in the United States alone.

Nice! You Can Now Stream Netflix Movies Thru the Wii

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 10:31am — senh

I just received a nice surprise in my email today. It's an email from Netflix telling me that it's now possible for me to stream movies through my Nintendo Wii console. They're sending me a CD this Friday that would allow me to do that.

Nintendo Sold Over 1.5 Million Wiis, DSs Last Week

That 1.5 million breaks down to more than 550,000 Wii consoles and more than 1 million Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi portables, according to Nintendo's internal estimates.

Microsoft discusses Wii-esque Project Natal branding

While we may be nervous about Microsoft's Project Natal branding strategy -- remember, that's just a codename -- the suits in Redmond share no such concern. That's because the Natal project is following Nintendo's lead in more ways than just easy-to-play, motion-based technology.