Nintendo Wii

CHICAGO - Nintendo’s Wii video game system, whose popularity already extends beyond the teen gaming set, is fast becoming a craze in rehab therapy for patients recovering from strokes, broken bones, surgery and even combat injuries. The usual stretching and lifting exercises that help the sick or injured regain strength can be painful, repetitive and downright boring.In fact, many patients say PT - physical therapy’s nickname - really stands for “pain…Press: Dalles Chronicle, The (The Dalles, OR)

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Colleen and James Balthazor, who frequent the Dublin Senior Center to play the Nintendo Wii, liked the game system so much that they bought one for themselves the day after Thanksgiving.The Pleasanton residents play Wii Bowling almost every day at home and have become good at it. They especially like beating their children’s high scores.”We love it,” James Balthazor said.The Dublin Senior Center received a Nintendo Wii as a donation late last…Press: Valley Times (Pleasanton, CA)

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Kristie Lauborough spent the better part of this year hunting the elusive Nintendo Wii. After months of frustration, she finally got her hands on a video game console in autumn - the Xbox 360.Lauborough’s unsuccessful quest for the popular Wii has been repeated throughout the land in what has become an unprecedented distinction for Nintendo. The Japanese gamemaker has had the hottest toy gift two holiday seasons in a row, a title that brings bragging rights, but also stokes…Press: San Francisco Chronicle (CA)

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The Nintendo Wii demo at the Best Buy in the Oxford Exchange glows with a soft blue light. But there are no Wiis for sale.The video game console records players’ movements. But nothing is moving faster than Wiis from the store shelves, retailers say.They say shipments, when they get them, are small. And the sales figures show why.According to data from vgchartz.com, and Nintendo’s corporate communications, the Wii has sold more than 14 million units since…Press: Anniston Star, The (AL)

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TOKYO - Nintendo Co. said Thursday profits more than doubled in the six months to Sept. 30 on the roaring success of its hit Wii and Nintendo DS game consoles. The Japanese manufacturer of Pokemon and Super Mario games said its group net profit surged to 132.42 billion yen ($1.16 billion) in its fiscal first half from 54.35 billion a year earlier.Group sales also more than doubled to 694.80 billion yen ($6.07 billion) from 298.82 billion yen, with 78 percent of sales booked overseas….Press: Bonita Daily News (Bonita Springs, FL)

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For many analysts and fans, Nintendo was something of an afterthought at the video game industry’s annual E3 trade show in recent years.But after a blockbuster launch of its Wii console and its ongoing dominance in the portable game market with its mobile DS handheld game console, the company that brought the world Mario and Zelda is now the company that others are trying to catch. Nintendo’s competitors, meanwhile, are playing an expensive round of brinksmanship…Press: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA)

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SANTA MONICA — Aiming for even more people to add the already elusive Wii to their holiday lists, Nintendo introduced several new devices for its gaming system Wednesday. Kicking off the first day of the E3 Media & Business Summit, Nintendo held a news conference to discuss the new games available for both the Wii and handheld Nintendo DS.The company quickly got the crowd’s attention with the Wii Zapper, which turns the Wii remote and nunchuck into…Press: Ventura County Star (CA)

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By 9 a.m., the line outside Manhattan’s Nintendo World store was snaking down the block.More than 100 hopeful Wii owners came from as far as New Jersey — some as early as 6 a.m. with kids and grandparents in tow — to get their hands on the gaming console best known for its wireless, motion-sensitive controller. It’s been more than seven months since Nintendo launched the Wii, but the consoles are selling so well that supply still hasn’t caught up with…Press: Post-Tribune (IN)

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Months after Japanese gaming giant Nintendo Co. launched a gaming system that brought players to their feet, it is still rare to be able to casually walk into a store and pick up a Wii.Consumers may find that aggravating, may feel manipulated, may not believe the company’s protestations that it is moving as quickly as possible to step up production. But that doesn’t seem to stop them from working overtime trying to buy. And perhaps throwing a few elbows in the…Press: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA)

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Nintendo’s president acknowledged Friday that the shortage of the hit Wii game machine was “abnormal,” and promised production was being boosted to increase deliveries by next month.”We must do our best to fix this abnormal lack of stock,” Nintendo President Satoru Iwata told reporters. “We have not been able to properly foresee demand.” The comments came a day after the Japanese manufacturer of the Wii -…Press: Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)

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