Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America’s president claims that the average Nintendo Wii is only a store shelf for an hour!!

“We are passionately upset about the lack of product relative to demand,” Fils-Aime told Wired., who hit the points that Nintendo has been reiterating all along about its runaway hit game machine: The production numbers are determined by Nintendo’s Japanese parent, and Nintendo of America does its best to remind Japan of the “missed opportunities” when it doesn’t have enough product to go around.

Wii Sports introduced us all to Wii boxing…but it’s not enough is it?

And so far there hasn’t been a good boxing game on the Wii but that’s going to change in June of this year with 2K sports (that’s the same guys from Rockstar that do Grand Theft Auto) are puttin gout Don King’s Prizefighter…

If it can live up to the King hype…this will be one knockout of a game.

Nintendo sold more high-end video game consoles in the U.S. in the month of March than Sony and Microsoft combined, according to a report released Friday by market researcher NPD Group.Nintendo sold 721,000 Wii consoles in March, according to NPD. Microsoft sold 262,000 Xbox 360 units while Sony sold 257,000 PlayStation 3 systems.

Nintendo Wii sales were sparked by the recent launch of the hit game Super Smash Bros. Brawl — a Wii exclusive. NPD said the game sold 2.7 million copies in March, making it the month’s top selling title by far.

We’re still looking for the online vids of the stuff that Nintendo is showing this week at its media event.

Apparently they’ve got some tight embargoes on some of the stuff but this is what we know from multiple source:

The following games are being shown:

• Wii – Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Boom Blox, de Blob, Samba de Amigo, Rock Band
• WiiWare – World of Goo, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicle: My Life As A King, Pop, Major League Eating: The Game, Lost Winds

When we all finally get our hands on a Mario Kart Wii Wheel this month, it will be the result of a lot of hard work by Nintendo.

According to a new interview up on Nintendo.com, there were some 30 different prototypes that Nintendo developed to finally figure out the ideal wheel.

I guess it’s not quite as easy as it looks….

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is one of the most ambitious projects LucasArts has ever launched. The combination of a great new Star Wars story with revolutionary new technology and game play means more fun than you’ve ever had in the Star Wars universe,” said Peter Hirschmann, Vice-President of Product Development, LucasArts. “We can’t wait until gamers get their hands on it this September.”

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Wii travel alot, and the simple truth is that most business hotels are often the same.

But wouldn’t it be cool if you could choose a hotel just because they offered Free Wii Gaming?

Apparently that’s the plan for Starwood’s Westin hotel chain.

According to a post on Kotaku:

Westin Hotels & Resorts’ new Wii program will be completely free of charge to all hotel guests. This perk is the result of a groundbreaking partnership between Westin and Nintendo, details of which will be announced in the coming weeks.

This complimentary amenity will be yet another addition to the successful WestinWORKOUT program, which currently provides state-of-the-art equipment and workouts—including running maps, guided runs and mental exercises—free of charge to all hotel guests.

Good Fun.

That’s what ‘dancing with the stars’ for the Wii is all about – fun.  The basic vibe of this game is much like the hit show and it feels the same.

Gameplay requires both nunchuk and wiimote with users needing to move the correct hand the correct direction with the music (sorta like dancing).

Then there are the special moves like ‘the twist’, ‘locomotion’, ‘macarana’  where you realy do need to make those moves with the controls…this is the kind of fun that the Wii was created for.

We’ve only had this game for a day…so far so good ..

We bought it used for $20..which is what you should expect to pay on eBay.

At $20 (or less) Wii Zapper is a must have for any Wii owner.

Sure you could go two handed with the Wiimote and nunchuk ..but plugging both into the Zapper creates the ultimate first person shooter weapon.

Link’s Crossbow training is a decent (though easy) little game..but check out the Zapper on Medal of Honor Heroes 2 and you’ll see why this is sooo awesome.

Apparently Super Smash Bros Brawl is the fastest selling game in Nintendo history.

All that success is also straining the Wii online gaming network too.

“As with the launch of any online-enabled game, especially one as popular as Super Smash Bros. Brawl, everyone wants to play at once,” said a Nintendo spokesperson in an email to GamePro on Monday. “This puts a strain on the pipeline.”