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This may appear fancy a raunchy story — the sort of catfight tale ending in on broken nails and torn clothing. We got type of anticipating this scuffles to take place as seven beautiful ladies tussled such beyond Thursday night in at a Manhattan bar & restaurant referred to as Sutton Place. Alas, we did not get to see anything and everything underlyingly lewd, but there got definitely a sufficient amount of sweaty bods to force the male crowd to a frenzy.

Taking portion in a Nintendo publicity stunt referred to as “Wii Box in the City,” such women tested out this gaming intelligence and battling skills in a Wii Sports boxing tourney to win a Wii system. The night was demented all night as crowds of supporters cheered and jeered. It came downward to Mari (in blue) and Regina (in yellow) for the championship. We caught up investing in Mari before the big fight; she informed us nearly her Wii experience: “I’ve played Wii before. It’s want a workout.” Regina on the a greater number of hand had never played the Wii before, additonally both ladies never had any gaming undergo past that.

Soon, it was opportunity for the ultimate fight. The two fought bravely, but in the end Regina won surrounded by a knock out. “Oh my god, you won!” exclaimed May, Regina’s smartest friend, whose excitement was fancy such a of a kid on Christmas morning. Regina gave her lucrative prize during to May who carried on to laud her bestest friend: “She in fact killed it! She’s the bestest friend ever!” Who appreciate so gaming and bar fights might bid friends closer together?

For every Apple and Nintendo fanboy out there, there is another equally zealous person entertaining a hope against hope that if only these two companies could somehow join forces, the world would be free from war, disease and famine. Apple apparently saw it fit to entertain those fantasies, and has a patent from November 2006 with some interesting Wiimote-esque functionality for what we presume to be the Apple TV. In fact, the patented controller seems to be suspiciously similar to the Wii controller in function, with a similar accelerometer and positioning setup, and Apple clearly states the proposed controller’s relation to gaming, in addition to other functions like zooming in on images. Unfortunately for the dreamers out there, Apple patents out-there stuff all the time that never sees the light of day, and we’re sure Nintendo wouldn’t be all friendly about Apple turning the Apple TV into a Wii-killer. But hey, let’s not let facts get in the way of unadulterated magnificence.

[Thanks, Mark]

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It didn’t exactly launch with much fanfare but, as anyone’s who’s already flipped on their Wii today will know, the Nintendo Channel is now live. There you’ll find easy access to a range of videos, recommendations for new games based on the games you’ve played (if you give consent for such nosiness) and, of course, game demos you can download to your DS (there’s eight of those right now). If you somehow haven’t already left for your Wii, you can find a guided tour of the new service courtesy of the fine folks at Joystiq by hitting up the link below.

[Thanks, Dean]

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Someone’s knocking on Nintendo’s door, and he just drove through seven red lights in a hijacked car with a shotgun in tow to get there. Forbes has published a piece on how Grand Theft Auto IV’s success threatens the Nintendo Wii since the console, you know, doesn’t have the game. In fact, that’s all the article seems to be saying: the Wii is doing great, but because it doesn’t have GTA IV, that money-printing success might be at a halt.

While that’s how the article is framed, the direction seems to split off from there, with the author talking about GTA IV’s success juxtaposed with complaints about the Wii’s hardware, online and abundance of shovelware — he even bring up Chris Heck’s duct tape rant. Said the article, “The problem is, it could get tougher and tougher to go the other way. It’s hard to imagine how the sprawling world of Grand Theft Auto IV–which already taxes the multicore processors powering the XBox and Playstation–could be recreated on the Wii.”

We’re not saying Nintendo doesn’t have problems with shovelware or appealing to the more hardcore gamer crowd, but we also think the way the article presents its case makes the GTA IV issue feel a little taped on. If the UK Wii Fit launch is any indication, Nintendo’s money train is still right on track.

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Are you feeling lost, lonely, scared of racing with computers or unknown online drivers? Fear not, Joystiq reader, you have a whole community of gamers who will scare you for entirely different reasons. Please consider this the official post for the Joystiq community to drop their Mario Kart Wii digits. A couple quick ground rules:

All that’s required is the Kart code and not your Wii digits. Please don’t post your Wii code.

This post is only for Kart codes.
This post is only for Kart codes, seriously!
–Love, Joystiq

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Attention out of shape Europeans: you can now whip your body into a pristine temple of hotness thanks to the Wii Fit. Nintendo’s next pile of money has launched all over the UK and EU, so if you’ve been hankering for a good workout — but you’ve been too lazy to actually work out — now is your chance to shine. The exercise board and accompanying software will cost you £69.99 (around $142) in Britain, or €89.99 for the rest of the Union. If you’re waiting for it Stateside, it drops May 19th, and will run you a thrifty $89.99.

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Besides being infuriated with leaving over a billion dollars on the table this past holiday season, Nintendo of America is also “passionately upset about the lack of product relative to demand.” Those words came straight from Mr. Reggie Fils-Aime himself, who noted that North America was the only Wii-serviced territory where supply and demand were still out of sync. Reportedly, some 40-percent of the 1.8 million Wii consoles manufactured each month are making their way over, but even after 17 months on the market, the average Wii sits around on retail shelves for “just an hour before [it is] purchased.” Unfortunately, we’re no closer to being able to clone the consoles in order to meet the insatiable appetite.

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CEO Ray Muzyka and President Greg Zeschuk of Bioware, a company founded on narrative-centric RPGs, can’t seem to decide if the Wii is a game (as opposed to, from what we gather, a toy). In an interview with GameDaily, Zeschuk said, “If gaming is defined by story, then generally Wii may not be,” though he immediately expands on that, “The game [4 to 5 people together are] playing is actually very different than the rest of us. What they’re doing as a company is like a different flavor.”

Providing a counterpoint, Muzyaka noted that the Wii experience is “more toy-like” but also said, “there’s also a narrative between the players outside the game and kind of fulfills the same things games do. Games are ‘toys’ in the sense that they’re fun.” Warren Spector had made a similar designation in an Escapist piece last year, categorizing games like Tetris and Madden akin as “retold” narratives. The above is a rather bare-bones highlight of their discussion, so check out the full interview for more.

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That landfill of crappy Virtual Console titles has just been given a swift kick-punch of revitalization. Not only that, but we’ve got a second helping of Phantasy Star for you to digest.

River City Ransom (NES,1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Save your girlfriend from such heinous foes as “The Generic Dudes” and “The Frat Guys.” This beat-em-up was obviously ahead of its time in poignant social commentary and butt-kicking awesomeness.
Phantasy Star III Generations of Doom (Sega Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points): Having already given us Phantasy Star II, Sega decided to move forward and continue the series, while still forgetting to back up and bring the original Phantasy Star to Virtual Console. It’s pretty much exactly like River City Ransom in that way that it’s nothing like RCR.
Videos of the titles after the break.

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Okay, so maybe millions of Wii-costumed individuals running around wouldn’t be ideal, but the idea at least sparks up a modicum of hilariousness, yeah? The person you see above, dear readers, is WiiMan Superhero. Fully equipped and ever-ready to address any Wii-related issues and / or injuries that you may be enduring. Best of all, this suit does way more than make a boy a man — it acts as a fully functional Wiimote, complete with built-in Bluetooth, accelerometers, and an IR cam. Check out a few more shots in the read link, and be sure to bow as you enter.

source:Rafael]