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Netflix Coming to The Nintendo Wii

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"Owners of the Nintendo Wii can finally stop waving their video game controllers in the air and sink back onto the couch." Netflix has announced that the Nintendo Wii will be getting Netflix and that a free Netflix disc is required, just like the PS3. One major downside with Netflix on the Wii is that the Wii cannot handle HD streaming, so look to only stream SD until a "Wii HD" is announced. So are you interested? If so, Netflix will be available this Spring, but if you have a 360 or PS3, why get it on a console that cannot handle HD? Let me know what you think.

 

Wii Price Cut Is Official

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The rumors of a console prices cut have proven again to be true. This time it's Nintendo who is slashing price. So the Wii will be priced to move at $199 starting this Sunday.

Not sure how much this will impact sales of a console that already dominates the market, but there you have it.

 

Nintendo Brings Mario Back at E3 (Recap)

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Mario is back in a big way. Nintendo's Tuesday E3 press conference featured many hardcore games and a few for the casual gamers. But it was the two Mario games that made me smile.