LOVEFiLM, an Amazon company, launches on Nintendo's Wii home console today with a launch on Nintendo's new HD home console Wii U to follow shortly, transforming the movie viewing experience for up to eight million UK Wii users who will now be able to select and instantly stream movies and TV shows with a wave of their Wii Remote.
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One driver for 2013, he contends, will be the debut of the Nintendo Wii U console.
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One reason some people waited in long lines to be the first to get the new Nintendo Wii U console has nothing to do with the games.
Nintendo's Wii console alone surpassed 20 million units last year.
Tech pundits weren't surprised when Nintendo 's Wii videogame console became an instant hit with kids last year.
With the Wii console Nintendo is hoping to win fans among people who rarely or never play games.
Many new devices, such as Nintendo's Wii game console, lack an off switch.
Other companies have also prospered by providing easy-to-use products: think of the Nintendo Wii video-games console or the Flip video camera.
It s a simple idea but one with major repercussions: Nintendo s Wii U game console features a touch-sensitive controller rather like a tablet computer.
Readers with children or teenagers will recognize them from the Nintendo DS or the Wii console and the hours their children spend on these things.
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The first thing we noticed about Nintendo's next console when we last got our hands on it was the length -- the Wii U is Nintendo's longest console yet.
Virtual Console for Wii U: A spring system update will add Virtual Console software to the Nintendo eShop for Wii U. The service will launch right after the spring update and will include a selection of NES and Super NES games, with Game Boy Advance games to be added in the future.
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Nintendo also said its Wii home console sold more than 7 million units in the U.S. in 2010 and has sold more than 34 million units to date.
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Yesterday Nintendo revealed its new Wii U console was selling more slowly than it had anticipated, and today company President Satoru Iwata explained the issues to investors in more detail.
When Microsoft announced SmartGlass a second screen experience to augment Xbox 360 games and entertainment it delivered a subtle jab to Nintendo and their imminent Wii U console.
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Lots of people have complained about the "silly" name of Nintendo 's Nintendo new videogame console, the Wii.
It's sold by Nintendo as an accessory for the Wii console and used in skiing, fitness and other video games.
In the past few months a similar boxing game has made its way into millions of living rooms, following the introduction of the Wii, Nintendo's latest games console.
Previously, the service was only accessible via the Wii emulator on Nintendo's new console, but will now arrive on the eShop at some unspecified time in Q2 and feature GameBoy Advance titles for the first time.
Brad Pelo is suddenly in charge of a major Nintendo initiative for the Japanese company's next big console, the Wii U, despite not being an employee at Nintendo.
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Nintendo said it would launch its Wii U games console on 18 November in the US, 30 November in Europe, and 8 December in Japan.
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Both Microsoft and Sony are attempting to lure casual and family gamers to their game systems, something Nintendo has had great success at with its Wii console.
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Wii U is the revolutionary new console from Nintendo that launched on Nov. 18.
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In a relatively short time, the Wii elevated Nintendo from worst to first in the game console market.
In April, Nintendo reported its first annual loss as sales of its Wii console and other gadgets started to slow.
Nintendo's Satoru Iwata just announced via Nintendo Direct that Virtual Console will be available on the Wii U this spring.
After only selling 3.06 million units of the Wii U console through December 2012, Nintendo is cutting its sales projections for FY 2013 by 17 percent.
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Nintendo s Wii has been the undisputed leader of the current console generation, moving more than 95 million units, but its success was based in part on the appeal of Wii s motion-sensitive controllers to first-time videogame players.
As for the Wii, Nintendo did announce that it would launch the console in China in 2008 (and iQue even obtained the CCC in December 2007), but that never happened after it failed to get the other authorities' approval.
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GRAPEVINE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GameStop (NYSE: GME), the world's largest multichannel retailer of video games, announced today that it is now taking pre-orders on Nintendo's revolutionary new video game console, the Wii U. Top Wii U games, like Call of Duty: Black Ops II, ZombiU, New Super Mario Bros.
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