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Hot on the heels of the announcement of the blue Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Wii bundle for Europe and the black New Super Mario Bros. Wii console bundle for the US, Nintendo UK has released details of even more Wii console bundles that will be available in time for Christmas.
The distributors of Wii in South Africa - Core Gaming - today announced that a new Wii bundle will be available at retailers this spring. The bundle will include the newly redesigned Wii which is slightly streamlined and built to sit horizontally like the Wii U rather than stand vertically like previous models. Unfortunately the redesigned Wii is no longer backwards compatible with GameCube software.
Nintendo of America has announced that Wii Sports Resort and Wii Party will both receive price cuts across the US later this month.
In the year 2007, six months after the Wii came out, Nintendo released the first Mario Party for the console – Mario Party 8. We all expected another one the following year, and the year after that, based on our past experience of the series. But the Nintendo of this generation is not the same as the Nintendo of years gone by. Instead, they waited an unprecedented three years to bring out a sequel, and they dropped Mario out of it, distancing it from the Mario Party series in the process. I’m not sure it’s better for not starring Mario and the Mushroom Kingdom crew, but it’s definitely better for taking longer to come out. This is the most enjoyable Mario Party I’ve played – there’s less downtime (this being the most important thing), more polished mini-games, and much more variety.
Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Wii Party.
Nintendo’s latest hit Wii game, Wii Party, released around the world at the beginning of October to an incredible reception, but what else would you expect from the publisher that’s brought us excellent multiplayer games like Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and Wii Play? Not to mention New Super Mario Bros. Wii!
To celebrate the launch of Wii Party in South Africa, and to give gamers in the country a chance to win some great prizes in time for the holidays, Nintendo South Africa is giving away no less than three fantastic Nintendo hampers on its brand new Facebook page.
Here’s the skinny on the competition, and what you’ll need to do to win a Nintendo hamper:
Even in the face of a host of debut game releases all jockeying for position and aiming to become No. 1 on Chart Track’s UK Software Sales listing this week, and despite a 63% sales decrease over the week previous, FIFA 11 has managed to comfortably retain the top spot on the chart, importantly ahead of football rival Pro Evolution Soccer 2011.
Wii Party releases today across Europe, the UK and South Africa, and to celebrate, we’ve got two launch trailers for you to watch and get clued into what makes this new title so special!
El33tonline was fortunate enough to attend gamescom 2010 in Cologne, Germany last month. We got to spend some amazing hands-on time with a vast number of awesome games and chat to their developers. Certainly the highlight was meeting some of the industry’s icons.
All in all it was an amazing experience that enabled us to share a wealth of information with you, our readers. We hope to be back next year to continue bringing unique quality content to the South African gaming community.
Here is a round-up of our hottest coverage from the event:
Wii Party will come bundled with a white Wii Remote when it launches across Europe and South Africa on the 8th of October.
The extra Wii Remote will allow gamers to enjoy the many multiplayer games included in Wii Party, such as the 80 different mini-games in the 13 different game modes which up to four players can enjoy. This includes Party Games and Pair Games, which see players competing co-operatively or competitively against each other, as well as House Party games, which will see players interacting like never before.
Check out El33tonline’s previous coverage for more information about Wii Party, including our hands-on impressions straight from the showroom floor at gamescom 2010.
It seems as if Nintendo can do no wrong when it comes to mini-game compilations. Wii Sports Resort is a case in point with sales currently standing at 16.4 million copies, but the list is pretty sizeable when you consider Wii Sports and Wii Play to mention but a few.
So you may be wondering if their next mini-game compilation, Wii Party, will follow in the same footsteps of success. It has already proved to be a success in Japan where it regularly tops the charts and is well on its way to the million mark, with sales now sitting at 736 000 copies in the three weeks since the title’s release in Japan. This would make it the 13th game on the Wii to reach the milestone according to tracking firm Media Create.
Nintendo’s latest ‘casual’ game for the Wii, Wii Party, has once again found its way to the top of Media Create’s Japanese Software Sales chart, selling 99 000 units over the last week, as last week’s chart topper, the latest entry to the Fire Emblem series on the DS, falls to No. 4 with 39 000 units sold.
Nintendo’s Wii Party has debuted at number 1 on the Media Create Japanese Software Chart, selling an impressive 235 000 copies in its opening week. White Knight Chronicles: Awakening of Light and Darkness for the PS3 also makes a good debut, nipping at Wii Party’s heels to earn second place with 176 000 copies.
Nintendo has showed us a little more of what we can expect from Wii Party when it hits shelves this holiday.
During the publisher’s E3 press conference last night, Nintendo of America’s President Reggie Fils-Aime promised that Wii Party would “redefine multiplayer fun.” The game includes 13 different party game modes and over 70 mini-games.
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