New Super Mario becomes fastest selling Wii title in Japan

Mario’s 2D Wii adventure becomes fastest selling Wii title to reach 3 million in Japan, ever.

Wii Fit sales almost as awesome as Grand Theft Auto sales, Wii Play holds steady lead

As far as video game sales for this decade go, Nintendo holds two of the top three positions.

Wii price drop fueled by fall software lineup, Kaigler says

You can forget that the Xbox 360 and PS3 both received price cuts in the last few weeks.  According to an interview with Nintendo of [...]

University of Houston offering Wii Performance (PEB 4197)

Looking for Physical Education credit at the University of Houston? They’re now offering a class that centers around what the Wii has to offer. Now, [...]

Wii Fit Calorie Meter is oh so convenient if you use the metric system

When you think about it, Wii Fit is missing one fairly obvious tool. A calorie counter. Specifically, a calorie counter that tells you how many [...]

Over half of all video game hardware sales in March were Nintendo products

According to NPD data, the Wii and DS accounted for more than half of all video game hardware sales last month. Over 600,000 Wiis were [...]

Shigeru Miyamoto nominated for the TIME 100

Of the 203 finalists duking it out for a spot on TIME’s 2009 list of the 100 most influential people, one name will stand out [...]

Turn your head and cough: Japanese Wii Fit owners to get Wii Fit Check-Up channel

Nintendo is partnering with Hitatchi, NEC, Panasonic and some unknown health insurance company to bring a new channel to Wii Fit owners in Japan. The [...]

Walmart targets Wii Fit at the ladies

Oooh, those sneaky Walmart managers. It’s bad enough that the media makes so many women self-conscious about their appearances. Now they’ve got Wii Fit to [...]

Wii Sports, Fit continue to hospitalize players

A new report from FOX News (ah, there it is) says that doctors at Broomfield Hospital in Essex have noticed a 100% increase in patients [...]

Wii Fit Challenge complete! How’d it go?

It hasn’t been easy (not saying that it has been particularly difficult either), but the Wii Fit Challenge has come to a close. Last week [...]

Korea and Taiwan to get Fit in December

It’s not very often that you see a fat Asian. Sure, some of us including me put on a little bit around this time of [...]

Eleven Weeks in, and a Wii bit fitter

The challenge is just about over, and for the sake of having consistency, I’ve decided to call the end of Week 12 Wednesday night. That [...]

Wii Music not striking a chord with potential buyers (yet)

Speaking of video games and music, the numbers are in for Wii Music’s first two weeks on store shelves, and they’re not all that high. [...]

Fitness continues into week 10

Sorry for the late update this week, the three of us have become increasingly busy as the semester begins the final stretch into… well… finals. [...]

The Wii Fit race tightens in week 9

The election may be on the front of every one’s minds this week, but the other race is just starting to get interesting. Baby Kanga [...]

Week 8 sees more losses, which is a good thing

After a pretty unsteady start, things have become a little more consistent. Pwnie Boy has lengthened his lead a little, Joey is sitting rock solid [...]

Challenge stretches into week 7

I stepped on my balance board yesterday for the routine BMI check, and was pleasantly surprised (and a little alarmed) to see the number 22.97 [...]

Wii Fit Challenge: Half way home

 
The Challenge officially has a 50% completion rate! Which means half of has gone by the wayside, or, depending on how you look at it, [...]

Go on vacation and play more video games

In case you’ve got some downtime while taking a business trip to New York, Boston, Maryland, or Phoenix, or simply want to waste the money [...]