Wii - 'totally different type' of game. NEW YORK – More than a thousand fans lined up in Times Square for the Sunday launch of Nintendo’s entry into the holiday season’s field of competing ...

But when they're faced with getting a $250 Wii or not getting a $400 Xbox 360, you'd be surprised how fast kids change their console allegiances. Affected by "Wii bubble burst": Minimally, if at all.

The Wii U wasn't supposed to go head-to-head with consoles from Microsoft and Sony -- not the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and certainly not the PS4 and Xbox One.

The consoles are not only will be used to play games but also act as a central multimedia center in living room. Both consoles, the Xbox One and PlayStation can also play back HD videos and photos.

Wii VC gets second R-Type game. ... there are only a handful of gaming series with multiple installments available on the Virtual Console. Two of them, Nintendo's Mario and Donkey Kong, ...

Nintendo’s Wii U is better than its enormously popular predecessor in all the expected ways. The new console, which comes out on Sunday, has more processing power and prettier graphics than the ...

While Nintendo has been a beacon of expansion for the casual videogame market, the more dedicated, hardcore user base has been in a noticeable decline as the years wear on. True, some gamers may ...

But with sales of the Wii console losing significant momentum in the last year and the other two consoles, particularly Sony’s PS3, gaining ground, Nintendo has apparently changed its tune.

What does is that Wii Fit is exactly the type of experience that Wii was designed for -- namely, altogether new and genre-busting, but also a bridge to different audiences. More importantly ...