Sales numbers released for March show that Nintendo continues to dominate the U.S. gaming console market. The company sold more than a million units in March (DS and Wii combined), even though the gaming industry as a whole saw a drop of 17% in revenue compared to March 2008.

Nintendo continues to hold the top two spots in console hardware sales, with the Wii moving nearly twice as fast as the Xbox 360 and nearly three times as quickly as the PS3. The DS also outsold the PSP by more than three-to-one.

Sony’s decision to drop the PS2’s price to $100 on April 1 hasn’t had a chance to make much of an impact, so perhaps the April numbers will tell a different story. Still, Nintendo’s continued reign as console king will probably continue — even in a down economy.

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After months of waiting, Nintendo has finally given a release date for the Wii MotionPlus accessory, the Wii Remote-enhancing add-on first introduced at E3.

As Gizmodo reports, Wii MotionPlus will be officially released on June 8th. It will retail for $20. Wii Sports Resort, a mini-game collection similar to the original Wii Sports console pack-in, will be released on July 26th. Wii Sports Resort has been specifically designed to take advantage of the Wii MotionPlus peripheral. It will sell for $50, and include one MotionPlus add-on.

With a Wii Remote running at $40, and a Nunchuc add-on costing $20, the MotionPlus brings the total Wii controller cost to $80. Hopefully Nintendo will begin including the add-on with new consoles - and drop the price.

Nintendo announced the release date of Wii Sports Resort, a sequel to the Wii pack-in game Wii Sports. The game - and the highly anticipated MotionPlus add-on - should arrive stateside in July.

Kotaku reports that the game will be released in Japan in June. Since the MotionPlus Wii Remote add-on is essential for playing the game, it will be released around that time as well. The game (and add-on) will be released in “other markets” - including the U.S. - in July.

During an address to The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata announced the release dates. Wii Sports has proven so popular that many other publishers have created knock-off multi-game packs. More complete release information will come later.

MotionPlus was first announced last July. The add-on snaps onto the Wii Remote and provides an even finer level of motion control.

A Wii price drop may be coming soon. Nintendo has almost halved the cost of producing a Wii console. Since the initial run of units manufactured in 2006, the big N has reduced production costs by 45%.

This is according to Credit Suisse analyst Koya Tabata, as reported in a post by Edge Online’s Rob Crossley. Crossley reports that Edge asked Nintendo whether Tabata’s analysis was true or not, and has not yet received a reply.

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Logic 3 has released six new mini nunchuks for the Wii called Funchuks. You can get these mini nunchuks in your traditional white or black, green, yellow, orange, and red. Each Funchuk includes an analog stick, a Z trigger and an additional C button. They are priced at a whopping $20 and can plug directly into any wiimote controller.

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One Size Fits All :)

I love wii boxing, so much that my hand would start to hurt, and fingers would cramp.  Not to mention how hard i would hold the wii mote i know it would eventually cause it to break.  So I decided to fork out a few dollars to get a pair of wii boxing gloves.  Paying less then $20.00 i wasn’t expecting anything high quality, but i figured that i would keep the duct tape close by for when they would start to show wear and tear,  I would just tape them up.  So when they arrived in the mail i opened them up, and to my surprise they looked good! no cheap stitching it looked as if they will last me a while.

So i ran into my room threw on my American flag boxing shorts, looked over at my wife said ” Yo Adrian”, jogged out to the living room singing ” eye of the tiger” popped in my boxing game and started punching away.   I must say what an improvement! No more hand cramping!  Now I can play for as long as i want ( well until my arms get tired ) .  So i recommend picking up a pair of these, if you like to play boxing on the wii for any extended period of time.

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