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gamespot.com - 10/30/2008

EA Sports looking to outsweat Wii Fit? - GameSpot Rumor Control

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Source: Muscle-obsessed monthly Men's Fitness , of all places. What we heard: Last week, gamers perusing newsstands were flummoxed to find the Take-Two Interactive chairman Strauss Zelnick plastered on the cover of Men's Fitness . Typically the domain of ultimate fighters, professional athletes, ...

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wiibrew.org - 10/24/2008

Wii System Updates

— wiibrew.org — This blocks new installations of anything fakesigned, that is, Homebrew Channel (both new installs and updates), wads... (legal and illegal), Starfall , cIOS, anything that installs IOSes secretly like AnyRegion Changer or AnyTitle Deleter , xyzzy and ... (more) Wii System Updates

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gizmodo.com - 10/27/2008

Next Gen Wii to Still Use Infrared? [Rumor]

— gizmodo.com — While Nintendo hasn't even announced the next Wii, a DigiTimes source claims that a company named Pixart... Imaging is already set to provide Nintendo with the infrared chips for their next generation Wii device. (Pixart already supports the current ... (more) Next Gen Wii to Still Use Infrared? [Rumor]

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nintendowiifanboy.com - 11/6/2008

Point/Counterpoint: Yea or Nay -- Play on Wii?

— nintendowiifanboy.com — At their October media summit, Nintendo announced plans to release Wii ports of some GameCube games as... the Wii de Asobu (Play on Wii) series. Today, we found solid evidence of a North American release . While GameCube games are, of course, ... (more) Point/Counterpoint: Yea or Nay -- Play on Wii?

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EA Sports To Challenge Wii Fit With "More Western Approach To Fitness" [Electronic Arts]
Kotaku — ... says that the mega-publisher has designs of its own for a "a more Western approach to fitness, something a little more active that gets you moving." EA's take on the fitness genre may see players "strap the remotes to their arms or legs to facilitate more athletic movements, from running to jumping jacks" and offer a wider range of movement. Sounds interesting to us, but we would've thought the "Western approach" would warrant a comfy couch controller, not all that "exertion." EA Sports looking to outsweat Wii Fit? [GameSpot]

Rumor: EA working on fitness title, will use its own peripheral
Joystiq [Nintendo] — ... The latest Men's Fitness magazine had an interesting story about fitness and gaming (something we call "exergaming"). Apparently, EA is working on their own Wii Fit knock-off (remember, we heard about this months ago?), complete ...

EA plans to take on the Wii Fit with their own peripherals?
CrunchGear — ... and it looks like EA wants to change that with a slight variation to the Wii Fit. It won’t make it hardcore, but you won’t be standing on the Wii Fit board looking like a doofus. They actually want folks to be active if they’re going to play the Wii for hours, which I’m all for. Who knows if and when this will make it into consumer’s living rooms, but it’s good to know that EA has acknowledged this huge gap in the market place. EA Sports executive producer Dave McCarthy told Gamespot this tidbit of news the other day. “We [at EA] think we can ...

EA plans a Wii Fit-slaying exercise game?
Engadget — ... The Wii Fit might have some competition brewing, if Men's Fitness magazine is a publication worthy of the public's trust, that is. The details are vague, to say the very least but, here's what we "know": Dave Kushner, executive producer at EA Sports, told ...