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Namco Bandai Games Europe announced on November 29 that it has launched an updated version of its official website, which now supports a number of different European languages. The website, which features corporate and product information as well as up-to-date official announcements, is now available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

The company has also recently announced Family Ski for the Wii. Due for release in Japan during the Winter 2007/2008 and able to support up to four players, this cartoony take on the sport is being worked on by the folks behind Ridge Racer. The Wiimote and Nunchuk become your ski poles as you hurtle down the white powdery stuff. Also coming soon is Fragile, a new RPG for the Wii, being developed by Tri-Crescendo, developers of Eternal Sonata for the Xbox and Nintendo Wii. The RPG follows the story of Set, a young boy who must explore several cities in a post-apocalyptic world.

Last winter, Namco brought out Warhammer: Battle for Atluma, a collectible card game for the PSP set in the popular Warhammer world. John Whitmore, Director of Internal/External development at Namco Bandai Games America Inc. says that Battle for Atluma is “one of the more compelling card-based games to date,” and that it “goes beyond simple player interaction and encourages an inclusive sense of community among players through head-to-head battles, card collecting, trading and strategy sessions.” For the Xbox 360, Namco Bandai has Warhammer: Mark of Chaos, a real time strategy title that debuted last holiday season to decent reviews.

Earlier this year, Sony and Namco Bandai announced a new venture to develop content for the Cell chip including games for the PS3 and content for mobile phones and personal computers. The two companies invested about $821,000 to form Cellius, and the company has Ken Kutaragi, father of the PlayStation, as one of its directors. Sony will develop games with Namco Bandai to take market share from Microsoft Corp. and Nintendo Co.

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In a world where video games seemingly outnumber ants, it’s easy to question the need for a new console model.The audio already seems as full as it can possibly get, and the graphics as sharp as they can be, and the action as realistic as it can get.And that’s why Nintendo’s brain trust, in 2001, started taking a whole new approach toward the design of game consoles.Nintendo watched as every newly introduced console grew more powerful than its predecessors, and they came to the realization that competing against all these high-powered machines was going to be tough.Instead, they decided that a console that focused on player interaction could fill a void in a sea of consoles focused on speed and performance.It was with that strategy in mind that the idea for the Nintendo Wii consoles was born.

Graphics and speed aren’t the factors responsible for taking the Nintendo Wii console to the top of the market.Instead, it is Wii’s revolutionary control system that has differentiated it from its predecessors and competitors.Because the Nintendo Wii allows players to control their games with movements (such as swipes, swings and gestures), it has wedded existing game concepts to an incredible interactive gaming experience.For instance, if you’re playing tennis on Wii Games you don’t use a joystick to swing the racket, you instead swing your arm, the one that holds the Wii controller (also known as the Wiimote).This principle holds for every other game designed for a Nintendo Wii console.

The Nintendo Wii consoles can also play non-Wii games.In fact, they even work for playing Nintendo GameCube games.

Another impressive feature of the Nintendo Wii consoles is that they can interface with the Internet, if you use a Wi-Fi USB connector.Online, the Nintendo Wii console lets you surf or shop the Web, read the news and weather report, chat on message boards, and even download video game classics like Donkey Kong.

In a few short years the Nintendo engineers have transformed their visions into realities.The Nintendo Wii console is a game system that doesn’t try to keep up with the Joneses, but instead stands in a class by itself.And the video game industry has been transformed forever.

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The NintendoWii is the fifth home video game console released by Nintendo, as the direct successor to the Nintendo GameCube. The Nintendo with its new console targets Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3, as part of the seventh generation of gaming systems. The latest game console from Nintendo comes with attractive features like wireless controller, and the Wii Remote, that can be used as a handheld pointing device and can detect acceleration in three dimensions. Another feature is WiiConnect24 that enables it to receive messages and updates over the Internet while in standby mode. Nintendo put forward the idea of console at the 2004 E3 press conference and unveiled the system at the 2005 E3. The console was conceived in 2001, as a new form of player interaction.

The console was in the beginning known by the code name of “Revolution” until April 27, 2006, immediately prior to E3. Nintendo renamed Revolution to Wii by stating: “live with it, sleep with it, eat with it, and move along with it. When Microsoft and Sony had suffered losses with their consoles, Nintendo succeeded in reaping heavy profits with Wii.

Nintendo targeted a wider demographic with its game console Nintendo Wii than that of others in the seventh generation. The NintendoWii console is Nintendo’s smallest home unit to date measuring 44 mm (1.73 in) wide, 157 mm (6.18 in) tall and 215.4 mm (8.48 in) deep in its vertical orientation, the near-equivalent of three DVD cases stacked together. The system weighing 1.2 kg (2.7 lb) is the lightest of the three major seventh generation consoles. It is possible for the console to be placed either horizontally or vertically. The Nintendo Wii console features a recurring theme or design along with the console itself, SD cards, the power supply and all the sockets have one of their corners chipped off in a triangular fashion.

In a world full of video games one could easily wonder why anyone would need a new model. Sometimes it seems that the graphics can not get any sharper, the sounds any fuller, and the game play any more realistic. Perhaps that reality is one of the reasons that, in 2001, the brain trust at Nintendo began to contemplate taking game consoles in a new direction. After seeing powerful console after powerful console flood the market, Nintendo realized that it was difficult to compete in a market full of heavyweight, high powered machines. Instead, they decided that a console that focused on player interaction could fill a void in a sea of consoles focused on speed and performance. It was with that strategy in mind that the idea for the Nintendo Wii consoles was born.

Despite being the latest and hottest game system on the market, the Nintendo Wii consoles do not take graphics and speed to new levels. Instead, it is a revolutionary new control system that differentiates the Wii from its competitors as well as any game system that came before it. Allowing players to control the game through movements, gesturing, swinging, and swiping, the Nintendo Wii consoles take existing game concepts and marry them with an interactive gaming experience. When playing tennis – on Wii Games – you do not push a joystick to swing the racket, you swing your arm while holding the Wii controller, known officially as the Wiimote. The same goes for all the other games that are designed for the Nintendo Wii consoles. However, part of the appeal of the Nintendo Wii consoles is that they are not designed solely for Nintendo Wii games. In fact, they are fully compatible with games for the Nintendo GameCube as well.

Another impressive element of the Nintendo Wii consoles is that they also have the ability to interface with the Internet – when used in conjunction with a Wi-Fi USB connector. Once online, the Nintendo Wii consoles allow users to surf the Web, shop online, check the news and weather, chat on message boards, and even download Nintendo classics like Donkey Kong, Mario Brothers, and many, many more.

The vision of the Nintendo engineers just a few years ago is a reality today. In the Nintendo Wii consoles that have created a game system that does not try to keep up with others, but instead stands apart from the competition. The video game industry will never be the same.

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