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Wii Warm Up: Is Wii Fit the next Wii Sports?

Posted Oct 27th 2007 10:30AM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Wii Warm Up


You might have heard that Wii Sports recently dominated the BAFTA awards. The game has also won some other stuff, too. We wonder if Nintendo knew what a monster Wii Sports would become when they added that little pack-in to U.S. consoles, but we doubt it. Nobody could have predicted that a demo sports game would take off the way Wii Sports did.

Nintendo may not have meant for it to happen, but we're sure that they're (very, very) pleased. Now, with the introduction of Wii Fit, it seems like they're trying to strike gold twice. We're a little skeptical that Wii Fit can follow in Wii Sports' footsteps, but we were also skeptical the first time around (and look how that turned out).

But, what do you think? Will we be hearing the praise of Wii Fit at the BAFTA awards this time next year? Or do you think Wii Fit will never even get close to reaching that kind of success?

Wii Sports cleans up at BAFTAs

Posted Oct 24th 2007 10:30AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News

The entertainment awards competition with the most enjoyable name, the BAFTAs*, have come and gone, leaving Nintendo ordering a new trophy case for Wii Sports. Their flagship title took home six awards, more than any other game. In fact, the only category in which Wii Sports was nominated, but didn't win was Best Game, which went to Bioshock.

The other big winner that Wii fans should be happy about is actually a PS2 game (for now). Clover Studio's brilliant Okami was awarded in the categories of Artistic Achievement and Original Score, both of which are well-deserved. We can gladly concede those categories to Okami over Wii Sports without much controversy.

Check after the break for the full list of nominees and winners!

*British Academy of Film and Television Arts; we didn't know without looking, either.

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BAFTA noms: battle of the biggies

Posted Sep 27th 2007 6:10PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: News

A number of Wii games are going up against some of the industry's biggest contenders in this year's BAFTA awards. It should make for an interesting award session, because while the Wii is dominating console sales (along with the DS), many people see games like Gears of War as greater achievements. Despite that, Wii Sports leads the pack of nominations, having picked up the greatest number of nominations; the pack-in boasts nods in seven categories, including Gameplay and Multiplayer.

It's not the only Wii title to pick up recognition, however; The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Trauma Center: Second Opinion are up for awards, along with a few other games. Check out the full list of nominations after the jump.

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Nominations open for British gaming awards

Posted Jun 21st 2007 5:25PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: News

Nominations are open for this year's BAFTA game awards -- or perhaps we should call them the BAVGAs these days. And despite the fact that nominations close in July, games are eligible so long as they're going to be released in the UK sometime before December 31, 2007. So it's quite possible that games from the future could pick up awards.

This year's categories seem to have some room for Wii: Action and Adventure, Strategy and Simulation, Sports, Multiplayer, Casual, Use of Audio, Original Score, Technical Achievement, Artistic Achievement, Gameplay, Innovation, Story and Character, and Best Game. Casual? Sports? Gameplay? Innovation? Hell, we haven't even started thinking past Wii Sports yet, either. We'll keep an eye out for the full list of nominations and let you know when they're up. Have any Wii predictions? Let us know!

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