The Wiire Podcast 163

Ian and Mike consist of the entire panel this week, and they sit down to talk about the general sense of aversion surrounding the Wii this week, including what Cammie thinks the biggest misconception about Nintendo is, Mario and Zelda never appearing on Facebook, no price cut planned for 2010, Boom Blox developers laid off, and the Wii labeled as a "virus", not a games machines. Yikes! But it's not all bad news: Nintendo has surpassed the 10 million sales mark in Japan, Mega Man 10 gets Endless Mode, online gaming has increased 10% since last year, and EA Sports are still great believers in Wii. Plus, your hate mail.. er, listener mail!

Topics covered in this week's episode:

• (0:05:05) Nintendo Downloads
• (0:07:25) Cammie D: The Biggest Misconception about Nintendo is...
• (0:10:44) Cammie D: Nintendo Not Worried about Apple, Mario & Zelda Will Never Be on Facebook
• (0:14:53) Reggie: No Fear of Competitors
• (0:22:40) Cammie D: No Wii Price Cut Planned in 2010
• (0:24:25) Mega Man 10 Getting Endless Mode
• (0:25:55) Nintendo has sold 10 million Wiis in Japan
• (0:28:13) NPD: Online Gaming Hours have grown 10% since 2009
• (0:36:38) Former DICE Boss: "Wii is a virus, not a games machine"
• (0:41:37) Ken Levine: New motion controllers are a "reaction" to the Wii
• (0:43:46) Classic Controller Pro retailing at $19.99
• (0:45:05) Boom Blox Developers Laid Off
• (0:46:03) Friends Help Blind Man Beat Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• (0:48:25) EA Sports still great believers in Wii
• (0:50:48) Hate Listener Mail

Runtime: 1:03:11

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