gamesindustry.biz - 1/20/2009
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New Play Control! range to sell for
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New Play Control! High Price Tag!
Joystiq [Nintendo] —
... Nintendo is looking to cash in with their line of GameCube-enhanced-for-Wii games, Play on Wii. Of course, in the UK and North America it's called New Play Control!, as we've already reported. So how much will these games fetch? Well, ...
Play Control? New. Prices? Old.
Wii Wii —
... GI.biz is reporting that retailers have the games down for a recommended retail price of £39.99 - exactly what they cost when released for the GameCube several years ago. Now the games aren’t just straightforward ports - Pikmin uses pointer-based cursor movement and a whole new save system, while Mario Power Tennis will benefit from splitscreen multiplayer as well as completely revamped motion controls - but compared to sequels and updates on rival consoles which offer significantly more than their last-gen counterparts, this seems, let’s be honest, like a total ...
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I've got a couple of Nintendo's New Play Control! titles on loan in Mario's Power Tennis and Pikmin. I've already given MPT a go, and it's not too bad. That means that ...
Adapter turns Classic Controller into GameCube controller
nintendo.joystiq.com 3/17/2009 — From the "ridiculous level of customization" department: a new device from EMS that removes one small deficiency in the Wii Classic Controller 's capabilities: the ability to use it on GameCube games. EMS's Classic Linker allows users to plug a ...
Brief Impressions: Metroid Prime Shines on Wii
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Wii Fit tops UK charts —
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Second successive rise in sales as consumers vow to lose the Christmas pounds.
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