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06.15.2008 1:09 pm

Wii Fit Girl: The shape of things to come

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If you haven’t seen the “Wii Fit Girl” twist her way to fame, you’re in the minority. As of Sunday morning, about 4 million e-video viewers have watched a Florida woman clad in striped underwear and a T-shirt play the hula…

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06.01.2008 1:37 pm

There’s nothing puzzling about the appeal of Crosswords DS

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

CrosswordsDS“Crosswords DS”
Genre: Puzzle
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Price: $19.99
ESRB rating: E (everyone)
Grade: B+

It doesn’t have high-resolution graphics, fast cars or fast women. It lacks gunplay, special downloadable features, online networking, even a plot.

And the name is, well, not very…

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05.29.2008 12:41 am

St. Louis should ask Nintendo, Sony to help woo MLS

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Here’s a thought, St. Louis. If you want an Major League Soccer team so bad, ask a gaming company to help get one.

That idea seems to have worked for Seattle, which on Wednesday announced that its MLS expansion club, Sounders…

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05.26.2008 11:58 pm

Broad consumer appeal drives Wii Fit’s success

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The gaming world is changing direction, and “Wii Fit” has begun to lead the way.

After about a week of availability in the United States, Nintendo’s latest brainchild is, well, unavailable. Stores everywhere are sold out, and waiting lists are…

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05.24.2008 11:13 pm

‘Target: Terror’ costs too much, offers too little

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

TargetTerror“Target: Terror”
Genre: Light-gun, first-person shooter
Developer: Raw Thrills / Leviathan Games
Publisher: Konami
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Price: $40
ESRB rating: M (mature)
Grade: C-

We here at Game Guy HQ aren’t certain exactly what the thinking was over at Raw Thrills and Leviathan Games when the designers…

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05.18.2008 11:53 pm

Wii Fit: More fun than a barrel of Miis

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WiiFit“Wii Fit”
Genre: Exergaming
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Wii
Price: $90
ESRB rating: E (everyone)
Grade: A

Hard to believe, but right now, the most desired video game in the flabbiest nation on Earth is devoted to physical fitness.

Yes, “Wii Fit,” the eagerly awaited light-exercise game…

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05.12.2008 10:00 am

WiiWare gives Nintendo’s console a needed boost

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The debut of WiiWare, Nintendo’s new game distribution service, gives the revolutionary game console a boost where it was most needed.

Wii’s shortcoming has been its minimal online capability compared to rivals Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, which offer much…

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04.27.2008 3:39 pm

Take an engaging spin with Mario Kart Wii

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

MarioKartWii“Mario Kart Wii”
Genre: Driving
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Price: $49.99
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Grade: B+

Good news: Mario Kart Wii is about as good as Mario Kart ever was.

Bad news: Mario Kart Wii is almost as bad as Mario Kart ever was.

The…

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04.16.2008 11:16 am

Wii Fit is the shape of things to come

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Get ready to shell out some bucks so you can have a Fit.

Wii Fit, that is.

Game maker Nintendo says it will sell the next of its customized games for the Wii console in the United States for $89.99…

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04.11.2008 12:01 am

Mario Super Sluggers steps up to the plate

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

When Nintendo introduced “Wii Sports” for its new motion-sensitive console in November 2006, game developers had to have salivated at the potential the title demonstrated for Wii.

The game’s engaging baseball, bowling, boxing, golf and tennis simulations, while not complex, demonstrated…

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