Hudson Entertainment announced that Bonk’s Adventure Nintendo’s Wii version willl be a playable demo on the E3 2006

SAN MATEO, Calif. – May 9, 2006 – Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm for Hudson Soft Co., Ltd, announced today that a version of Bonk’s Adventure for Nintendo’s recently-announced Wii™ gaming system will be playable at Nintendo of America’s booth at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).

The game will ultimately be available for purchase on the Virtual Console, Nintendo’s game download service.

Designed for western audiences, Bonk’s Adventure is a side-scrolling action game that was originally launched in Japan in December 1989 under the title “PC Genjin” on the PC engine, and in the U.S. in 1990 on the TurboGrafx system.

A hit among critics, the title featured a prehistoric hero named Bonk who was characterized by his use of powerful headbutts as a favored form of attack. Bonk has a wide range of comical maneuvers. Bonk came to represent the TurboGrafx-16 system and he remains one of the most popular video game characters of all time.

About Virtual Console

Gamers can download classic games released through the Virtual Console on Nintendo’s new Wii™. Hudson will provide a large number games for the Virtual Console. Those games were co-developed with NEC corporation through a joint venture known as NEC-HE. Hudson also plans to release a number of third party titles originally released on the TurboGrafx as well.

About the TurboGrafx-16

The TurboGrafx system, also known as the PC Engine in Japan, was a popular video game system originally launched in the US in 1989. The system was based on the HE-SYSTEM code standard, and featured the LSI “C62 system,” which Hudson had originally developed.

It was the most powerful system on the market when it launched, realizing high CPU processing speed, a robust color palette of 512 colors, and a powerful sound system with 6 channel stereo, and 2 channel output.

Hudson also created the ROM “Hu-CARD” which could store a whole game on the size of a credit card size cartridge. Hudson released the PC engine CD-ROM2 video gaming system on December 4, 1988, which featured CD-ROM technology for the first time in gaming.

About Hudson Entertainment, Inc.

Hudson Entertainment is the North American publishing arm of Hudson Soft, an international provider of games and entertainment content founded in 1973.

Hudson introduced best-selling classic videogame franchises including Bomberman, Bonk, and Super Adventure Island.
For more information on Hudson Entertainment, please visit www.hudsonent.com.

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STMicroelectronics sensors to be used in Nintendo’s Wii

STMicroelectronics on May 9 announced that its three-axis acceleration sensors will be used to provide a motion-activated user interface for Nintendo’s new home console, Wii.

Expected to dramatically change the way people play games, the Wii controller includes ST’s high-performance acceleration sensors that can detect the motion and tilt of a player’s hand in all 3 dimensions and convert it into immediate game action.

Driven by ST’s Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology — micron-sized structures that interact with the physical world — the Wii controller can respond to changes in direction, speed, and acceleration, down to the most delicate movements. Specifically, the controllers use embedded acceleration sensors to enable players’ wrist, arm, and hand movements to interact with the games.

Tilt measurements allow users to move characters, while the accurate three-axis acceleration sensing easily transforms the controller into a virtual sword, gearshift, or musical instrument.

The acceleration sensor’s miniature dimensions (5×5×1.5mm) significantly contribute to the user-friendly volume and weight of the TV-control-shaped handpiece.

Ultra-low power consumption of ST’s MEMS devices prolongs the battery life of the controller and the high thermal stability avoids unwanted motion sensing in varying temperature conditions.

The robust design of the sensor also provides very high immunity to vibration and a shock resistance up to 10,000g.

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Official press release: Opera announced that Opera partners with Nintendo to put browser on the Wii™ game console

Oslo, Norway and Los Angeles, Calif., May 10, 2006

Opera Software, a world leader in Web browser technology, today announced that Nintendo’s much anticipated new generation game console, Wii, will use the Opera browser.

Users of the Wii console will browse the Internet using their consoles. Navigating via the innovative new Wii Remote controller, users can visit Web sites in between gaming sessions.

“Nintendo is clearly visionary in leading the gaming industry into the new era in gaming, and a wonderful partner for Opera,” says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. “We are thrilled to expand our partnership with Nintendo, and work with them to deliver the best gaming experience on the Wii console and the Nintendo DS™.”

“For our Wii console launch in 2006, we required a browser that was fast and secure with support for the latest standards including AJAX. Opera proved perfect for our purposes and is an exceptional addition to both the Nintendo DS and the Wii console,” said Genyo Takeda, senior managing director and general manager, Integrated Research & Development Division, Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Opera and Nintendo announced their partnership to deliver the full Opera browser for the Nintendo DS on February 15, 2006. The Nintendo DS browser is scheduled for release in Japan this summer. Nintendo has not yet announced its global launch plans for this product.

About Opera for Devices

Opera provides an optimized implementation of Internet technologies for handheld devices, digital TV and other devices, with innovative and powerful features that seamlessly adapt the Internet experience to suit varying screen sizes and input devices. In addition to being a full Internet browser, Opera is a high performance execution environment for Web applications and dynamic user interfaces based on interoperable open Web technologies such as AJAX.

http://www.opera.com/products/devices

About Opera Software ASA

Opera Software ASA has redefined Web browsing for PCs, mobile phones and other networked devices. Opera’s cross- platform Web browser technology is renowned for its small size, performance and standards-compliance, while giving users a faster, safer and more dynamic online experience. Opera Software is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices around the world. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OPERA. Learn more about Opera at www.opera.com.

About Nintendo

The worldwide leader and innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular home and portable video game systems. To date, Nintendo has sold more than 2 billion video games worldwide and more than 360 million hardware units globally, creating such industry icons as Mario(R) and Donkey Kong and launched franchises like The Legend of Zelda(R) and Pokemon(R). Nintendo manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular video game systems, including the Nintendo GameCube™, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS™.

source: Opera

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Nintendo is planning to showcase a Nintendo Wii sequel to its classic shooter series Duck Hunt at its E3 2006 booth on Wednesday. The title will be playable. No other details about the project have yet been revealed, but we will of course serve up a full hands-on impressions when the time is right.

Duck Hunt arms players with a virtual shotgun and lets them blast away at a series of flying ducks. Given the precision aiming needed in the classic title, which worked with a light gun, it is all but certain that the Wii-mote wil act as the weapon this time around.

In a previous post we presented a Duck hunt minigame featuring a Wii controller as the shotgun, well now it will be true at E3 conference today

source: IGN

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New Nintendo WII controller

This is a image of the redesigned Nintendo wii-motion controller

• Some changes:
• Now is a longer controll
• The B button was redesigned , now is like a trigger button
• They changed the power button shape
• Added the small speaker

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Wii Connect 24
Nintendo announced its new console (Nintendo Wii) will be connected to the internet 24 hours a day.

At its press conference today, Iwata explained Nintendo plans to deliver content to the system even when it’s not powered on. For instance, while you’re snug in your bed, friends can deliver new items to you for Animal Crossing for example.

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During the Nintendo E3 conference Nintendo announced two versions of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

Twilight Princess, will be aviable at lauunch with 2 versions 1 for Nintendo Wii, and another for Nintendo Game cube

The wii Version will use the capabilites of the Wii-Motion controller.

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The Oficial name of the New Metroid Prime 3 For the Nintendo Wii is Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

Source: Nintendo E3 conference

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The new Mario game for Nintendo Wii is called Mario Galaxy!

At Nintendo conference announced the new name, and a small Video of the New mario Galaxy Game

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LucasArts has announced it’s E3 software lineup.No game for the nintendo Wii is Announced in the list but we think that nintendo wants to keep it secret until his conference.

This is the announced line up:

• Indiana Jones (360/PS3)
  Featuring an entirely new story and being directed by George Lucas himself, this Jones title promises next generation combat as our hero travels the world of 1939.
• Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
  Appearing on current generation consoles and the Xbox 360, this followup to the successful Lego Star Wars promises over 50 characters, vehicular combat, and a new Create-A-LEGO-character feature.
• Empire at War: Forces of Corruption (PC)
  This expansion pack to Star Wars Empire at War allows gamers to play not only both sides of the Force, but work inside the Light side with the goal of corruption.
• Thrillville (PS2, Xbox, PSP)
  This brand new series puts gamers in charge of creating their own amusement park in which they can overlook go-kart tracks, bumper cars, and “amazing” rollercoasters.
• Traxion (PSP)
  Exclusive to PSP, Traxion features various minigames that change according to what song is playing from the user’s MP3 library.