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Meijer: Buy 1 Nintendo Wii or Nintendo DS game, get 1 free

Meijer offers a selection of Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS games for $29.99 each. Plus, add a second game of your choice to your cart for free. (You can mix-and-match; discount is reflected at...

Nintendo Updates Wii, DSi Firmware To Block User Modifications, Flash Carts

Nintendo released firmware updates earlier this week for the DSi and Wii that reportedly block the use of many popular piracy-enabling flash carts and software modification on the systems. The official release notes for DSi Menu Ver. 1.4.1U state only that the update "provides behind-the-scenes improvements to system performance." But forum posters at GBATemp.net report the new firmware breaks ...

Wii, DSi Firmware Updates Squash Homebrew Support

You may have noticed your Wii's disc slot glowing eerily in the night this week, signaling that Nintendo just released firmware updates for both its motion-controlled console and the DSi. The company cites "behind-the-scenes improvements to system performance" as the reason for the patches, but the updates also reportedly remove support for a number of flash cards, mods, and other solutions for ...

Nintendo executive: next-gen console will make you lose your freaking mind

When Nintendo first unveiled the Wii back in 2006, they managed to take the entire video game world by surprise. Instead of huffing and puffing along with the likes of Microsoft and Sony on the graphics treadmill, Nintendo purposely opted to pair meager hardware with a revolutionary new motion-control system… and then let the controls [...]

Spokane brothers finish second at National Wii Championship

SPOKANE, Wash. - Two Spokane brothers are video game superstars after placing second in the Nintendo Wii Sports Championship. 16-year-old Greg Gormly and his 13-year-old brother, Sean, have been playing nearly every day together since the game came out four years ago. The South Hill brothers won a regional competition by a huge margin in Seattle against 90 teen groups earlier this summer ...