multiplayerblog.mtv.com - 1/30/2009
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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced in Tokyo this week the the company has sold nearly a third of a million copies of "Wii Fit" in the U.S. just last week -- one of the most extraordinary sales stats I've seen in a long time.
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During a third-quarter address to investors ...
videogames.yahoo.com - 2/4/2009
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provided by: > BURLINGAME, CALIF.-- Nintendo's exercise game
Wii Fit is still flying off retail shelves eight...
months after its U.S. release last May. The all-in-one instructional tool, weight tracker and fitness coach advertises itself as a painless ...
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The Truth About Wii Fit And Weight Loss - Video Game ...
multiplayerblog.mtv.com - 2/5/2009
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Nintendo's president recently indicated that the company's fashion
game "Girls Mode" is going to have a major...
impact outside of Japan, possibly in the U.S and Europe. Time to figure out what it is! *** As regular readers know from stories we ran last ...
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Nintendo Has High Hopes For Something Called ‘Girls Mode’
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North America - Wii Fit sold nearly 300,000 units…last week
GoNintendo —
... Just look at those sales…how ridiculous are they? Wii Fit continues to steamroll the sales charts. I didn’t believe all this ‘evergreen’ talk when Nintendo first started peddling it, but now I am a firm believer. Nintendo has found the ultimate software/platform to create titles that sell, and sell…and sell. Link This entry was posted on Friday, January 30th, 2009 at 2:46 pm and is filed under ...
Evergreen gaming, defined
Infendo - Nintendo blog —
... Surprisingly or unsurprisingly, depending on what you know about Nintendo strategy these days, Wii Fit exploded last week to the tune of 300,000 units sold. ...
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