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The New York Post reports that the government will be able to pause and run warnings "about imminent danger, severe weather or Amber alerts will appear on the screen, under a new notification system for Xbox [360], [Nintendo] Wii and [Sony] PlayStation [3] set to go live next year."

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"You do a couple of those programs and it is very difficult." The customers who so far seem most intrigued by the console and its fitness games seem to be women who do yoga and aerobics, he said. "We sold our first [Wii] within 20 minutes of being open," Gabriela said. While Sports Authority and Campisi seem to be putting a lot of support behind the Wii Fit, it doesn't mean that they believe it will replace more traditional forms of exercise. "I don't believe that,"

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"State authorities are testing a plan that would see the Emergency Management Office issue alerts over online gaming networks in addition to regular channels. The goal, said New York State Deputy CIO Rico Singleton, is to reach younger residents who spend more time on the Xbox, PlayStation, or Wii than with television or radio... Under the state's plan, authorities would tap [Microsoft's, Nintendo's, Sony's] networks to broadcast warnings about natural or man-made disasters." Singleton it was logical, "considering the amount of time our youth spend on video games."

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"If you opted for butter, "you need to keep that Wii remote in your hand for another thirteen minutes," he says.

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"Since the Wii launched our charging docks for Wii controllers have been our most popular items among consumers," said Chris Arbogast, director of marketing at Nyko Technologies. "With the Charge Base IC's induction technology and magnetic cradle we have improved upon our original model in order to offer the most convenient and stylish charging solution for the Wii."

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"Rehabilitation is so important, using your joints and muscles, and Wii lets you do that," Dr. Roger Yurt said.

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"It all came about because of Wii," he said.

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Aonuma explained that, in order to try and keep the series fresh, he and Shigeru Miyamoto "have been trying something new in terms of the structure of the Wii version of the new Zelda game this time."

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"Because of the Wii's rapid slowdown, we assume a new version of the console will be released in 2011," Citigroup Global Markets analyst Soichiro Fukuda wrote in an Oct. 29 report.

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"It is something we used to talk about with Mr. Miyamoto, and he and I agree that if we are following the same structure again and again, we might not be able to give long time Zelda fans a fresh surprise," he said. "So we have been trying something new in terms of the structure of the Wii version of the new Zelda game this time," he continued. "I am really hopeful that people will be surprised with the changes we have implemented for this Wii version."

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