newsblaze.com - 2/10/2009
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Michael Torchia's mission is to have Nintendo pull their Wii games off the shelves until they make important changes to their products. People around the World are sustaining serious injuries due to the lack of proper warnings on their products and Torchia is taking a stance to ensure that ...
venturebeat.com - 2/18/2009
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venturebeat.com —
Anxious to outdo the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft is
reportedly in talks to acquire 3DV Systems of Israel.
3DV is one of the companies that is developing a next-generation user interface for games that goes beyond what the Wii motion-sensing controller ...
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Microsoft in talks to buy 3DV Systems?
mmdnewswire.com - 2/5/2009
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New Nintendo Wii Accessory Now Available FunChuks in
6 Colors (MMD Newswire) February 5, 2009 - -
Logic3 is launching 6 colored Nunchuk Mini's, the latest in its popular range of Nintendo Wii accessories. The Nunchuk Mini's are the ideal way to ...
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New Nintendo Wii Accessory Now Available
logic3.com - 2/6/2009
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logic3.com —
Product Information The Logic3 FunChuk is here to
add some fun and colour to your Nintendo Wii
gameplay. Available in 6 different colours, these FunChuks connect to the Wii Remote and you are ready to play. Whilst small in size each Funchuk features Z ...
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Logic 3
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Wii Fit Target Of Class Action Lawsuit [Wii]
Kotaku —
... own livelihood - Torchia is preparing to launch a class action lawsuit against the company. Sure, he's doing this for self-serving reasons. After all, he's got a vested interest in more "traditional" forms of making money off the overweight. But he still has a point! Wii Fit's actual fitness benefits are questionable at best, and if this ever actually makes it to court, comments from creator Shigeru Miyamoto conceding the point probably won't help Nintendo's cause. Lawsuit Against Nintendo for The Ill Effects of Their Wii Play Station [News Blaze, via ...
Wii Fit Targeted By Class Action Lawsuit [Wii]
Kotaku —
... own livelihood - Torchia is preparing to launch a class action lawsuit against the company. Sure, he's doing this for self-serving reasons. After all, he's got a vested interest in more "traditional" forms of making money off the overweight. But he still has a point! Wii Fit's actual fitness benefits are questionable at best, and if this ever actually makes it to court, comments from creator Shigeru Miyamoto conceding the point probably won't help Nintendo's cause. Lawsuit Against Nintendo for The Ill Effects of Their Wii Play Station [News Blaze, via ...
Fitness 'expert' prepares class-action lawsuit against Nintendo
Joystiq —
... Michael Torchia, "fitness expert" and host of the upcoming AM talk radio show "Shape Up, America," has announced plans for a class-action lawsuit against Nintendo, claiming that people are injuring themselves playing Wii games. Torchia says that many players ...
Fitness guru prepares to launch Wii Fit class-action suit, radio show
Engadget —
... Well, this was probably bound to happen. A fitness "expert" named Michael Torchia says he's now preparing a class-action suit against NIntendo which will apparently seek to remove its Wii Fit from the shelves unless they add warnings to ...
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