GameStop CEO anticipates possible slowdown in Wii sales, and has been told to get ready for something big at year’s end.

In an interview with CNBC, GameStop CEO Dan DeMatteo had some opinions to offer about demand for Nintendo’s Wii, and what we can expect from them at the end of the year. When discussing whether or not price cuts would be advisable for each console, he had this to say about Wii:

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Storyline details, gameplay tidbits and an explanation of the game’s delay are revealed in the latest issue of Famitsu.

After years of silence regarding the game’s development, Square Enix has slowly been releasing information on the Wii-exclusive RPG Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers. The game is set to look and play differently from the earlier Crystal Chronicles titles, right down to the game’s... Read more...

The Sega sports game will be the first Wii title to support Nintendo's improved motion controls.

Just a few days after Nintendo announced the release date and final price of Wii MotionPlus, Sega has officially announced the release of Virtua Tennis 2009 alongside a series of MotionPlus-related firsts. It will be the first game to be released – first or third-party – to support the new technology,... Read more...

This new trailer shows off some of the wacky mini-games available in the upcoming Wii title.

Help Wanted is Hudson's latest Wii effort. As a boy or girl, players participate in over 50 mini-games based on real-world jobs in hopes of saving the world from imminent destruction.

Help Wanted will be out next month.

Gamestop goes into detail of the contents available in the limited edition of The Beatles: Rock Band, which includes a Höfner Bass controller and a Ludwig-branded drum kit.

A recent Gamestop e-mail listed what the $250 The Beatles: Rock Band Limited Edition bundle will include and offers future updates if you join a pre-order club.

The limited edition will include a copy of the game, a Höfner Bass controller inspired by one Paul McCartney's instruments, Ludwig-branded... Read more...

Following the reveal of a few songs from each game, Activision is giving fans the opportunity to vote on how the set list for the upcoming Guitar Hero game is announced.

The Guitar Hero franchise has found a solid fanbase on the Wii with Guitar Hero III and Guitar Hero: World Tour being million sellers on the system. The next game in the series, Guitar Hero: Smash Hits, will be a collection of 48 songs from earlier games that didn't feature full band gameplay. It... Read more...

The hotly-anticipated game's story details and more look to be hidden online. Also, a multiplayer gameplay video was released.

The Conduit story is one immersed in conspiracy and secrets. In the game, the All-Seeing Eye (A.S.E.) device has the power to reveal hidden elements. These hidden elements play a crucial role, and some serve to tell players the story surrounding their situation. For example, the A.S.E. can translate alien text into English.

The first sports compilation game shipped two million units, so the sequel is upping the ante with online multiplayer, new sports, and other enhanced features.

What happens when you create a game that ships two million copies? When you work in the game industry, you gear up for a sequel. That's exactly what Hudson is doing with Deca Sports 2, which the game maker's North and South American publishing arm has pegged for a fall 2009 release. However, with so many copies of the first game already out in the wild, Hudson is making sure that there are new features that set the sequel apart.

Nintendo's new peripheral arrives this June with the sequel to Wii Sports to follow.

Today, Nintendo announced the price points and release dates of the highly anticipated Wii MotionPlus and Wii Sports Resort. The peripheral will arrive in North America on June 8th with an MSRP of $19.99. This peripheral will allow games to be implemented with more precise motion controls.

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The much-anticipated pair will debut at separate times during the summer.

Following months of speculation, Nintendo of Europe has finally revealed the launch dates for Wii MotionPlus and Wii Sports Resort across the region.

Wii MotionPlus, the gyroscope-based add-on to the Wii Remote that promises "1:1 control" on the platform for the first time, will launch on June 12—ready just in time for the launch of compatible software such as EA Sports' Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and Grand Slam Tennis.

Activision shores up support for both DSiWare and the Virtual Console.

This week in Nintendo Downloads brings a total of four titles, two for DSiWare, one for the Virtual Console, and one for WiiWare. Activision shows its support of the Nintendo services with the first third party DSiWare title and their first title for the Virtual Console.

Mixed Messages, Activision's... Read more...

New interview with NOA Associate PR Manager discusses Japanese games and region-locking.

SiliconEra recently published an interview with David Young, Associate Public Relations Manager at Nintendo of America, regarding the launch of the Nintendo DSi. Like many of Nintendo's products, Young said that the biggest challenge with the DSi is "getting it into people's hands and letting them... Read more...

The newest Wii entry in the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series gets more web exposure.

The website for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers went live at the end of March, and several new movies have been added since then. The first movie available was the trailer included with the Japanese version of FFCC: Echoes of Time. Aside from showing some great-looking action-based... Read more...

The Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing wants a future with one DSi per person, but also one with a Wii being needed for DS demos.

1UP interviewed Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing, at the midnight launch of the DSi at Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles about the DSi's past and future, and more.

When questioned about the five month difference between the Japanese and North... Read more...

WiiOperaSDK brings Twiiter, a Twitter-like program, to Wii.

Twiiter, the newest section of WiiOperaSDK.com, is a free service based on Twitter that allows users to send each other messages through their Wii consoles.

In order to use Twiiter you start by creating an account that includes a Wii friend code. Then you send a Wii message to twiit@wiioperasdk.com... Read more...

John McEnroe, Roger Federer and Serena Williams will share the cover of the Wii exclusive Tennis game

Recently, EA announced that the cover of Grand Slam Tennis will have different players in each region. North America will see John McEnroe, Roger Federer and Serena Williams as their cover athletes. These athletes were chosen for their accomplishments in Grand Slam Tennis singles tournaments. Williams will also be the first female athlete to grace the cover of an EA Sports Simulation title.

Strong Bad sees more sales of his cool game thanks to an attractive storage solution.

With Wii storage space no longer being a problem for players, they have been downloading more games.

Telltale Games' Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive people has seen massive benefits from the 4.0 update. Thanks to the new storage solution, sales of the game's episodes have more than doubled. Given the game's episodic nature, players can now download all of the parts of the game without worrying about memory constraints.

The Rabbids of the Rayman Raving Rabbids series will star in their own adventure game developed by the team behind Beyond Good & Evil.

Ubisoft announced earlier this week that Rabbids Go Home, an adventure game starring the humorous characters from the Rayman Raving Rabbids series, will be released this holiday season. Developing the game is Ubisoft Montpellier, who are responsible for Beyond Good & Evil and the original Rayman Raving Rabbids.

A strategy RPG based on the supernatural action anime series has been announced for the DS.

Earlier this week, Sega announced the next game in their Bleach series of games, Bleach: The 3rd Phantom.It will be the first in the series to feature strategy RPG gameplay.

The 3rd Phantom will feature a story spun off from the main storyline and will be supervised by Tite Kubo, the creator... Read more...

Harmonix, MTV Games, and PDP unveil the Rock Band Kick Pedal with Double Bass Adaptor for all Rock Band drum kits.

Harmonix, MTV Games, and Performance Designed Products (PDP) announced the release of the Rock Band Kick Pedal with Double Bass Adaptor. Retailing for $24.99, the product comes with a kick pedal for the Rock Band drum kit and an adaptor that allows players to connect two pedals to one kit.

The... Read more...