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Barack Obama Backs The Wii [The First Console]
kotaku.com - 1/13/2009
Barack Obama Backs The Wii [The First Console]
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Sure, video games are raising our children and you can't vote with a Wii remote. Now that the voting is over, President-elect Obama finds time to kick back with a little Wii Sports bowling. In an...
NPD: Nintendo Drives '08 Industry Sales Past $21 Billion
gamedaily.com - 1/16/2009
NPD: Nintendo Drives '08 Industry Sales Past $21 Billion
— gamedaily.com — As people flocked to stores buying Wiis, they also bought Wii Play, which became the best selling... title in '08. Five of the top 10 games for the year were from Nintendo. (more) NPD: Nintendo Drives '08 Industry Sales Past $21 Billion

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Nintendo Patent Reveals The Wii Remote Was Originally Made For The Gamecube
siliconera.com - 1/9/2009
Nintendo Patent Reveals The Wii Remote Was Originally Made For The Gamecube
— siliconera.com — On March 10, 2006 Nintendo filed a patent for an "Accelerometer-based controller" in Japan, which is now... registered on the US Patent and Trademark database. I wont bore you with the technical details because we know what it's for, the… (more) Nintendo Patent Reveals The Wii Remote Was Originally ...

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Nintendo Wii - Plug & Play WiiZii mod brings external HDD support to Wii and super fast ISO loading!!!
maxconsole.net - 1/16/2009
Nintendo Wii - Plug & Play WiiZii mod brings external HDD support to Wii and super fast ISO ...
— maxconsole.net — Plug & Play WiiZii mod brings external HDD support to Wii and super fast ISO loading!!! The... incredibly savvy Matrix team has exclusively lifted the lid on their upcoming product - the WiiZii! The Matrix WiiZii is a completely solderless plug and ... (more) Nintendo Wii - Plug & Play WiiZii mod brings external ...

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Gizmodo:  Obama Gets a Wii For Christmas, Totally Going to Blow Off Work to Play [Politics]

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Obama Gets a Wii For Christmas, Totally Going to Blow Off Work to Play [Politics]
Gizmodo — ... but I wish he had an Xbox and played CoD4 multiplayer. Apparently he's way better at Wii Bowling than he is at regular bowling, which shouldn't be too hard seeing how horrible he is at regular bowling. But in any case, the chances are good that he'll never play the Wii again after next week. And unlike most people who stop playing the Wii after a couple of weeks, it'll be because he's the president and will be super busy, not because the Wii kind of sucks. [NY Times via Kotaku] ...

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