Wii Chess
How do we make chess more popular for a wide audience? A very logical method is to start with kids. And what is occupation no. 1 among today's youngsters? Of course, gaming. So it could have been great news that Nintendo's latest Wii game is called "Chess", potentially one big worldwide advertisement for the royal game. But alas, we have to agree with Wired: it's just ugly!Wii is a home video game console by Nintendo that tries to compete with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's Playstation 3. A distinguishing feature of the Nintendo console is its wireless controller, the Wii Remote, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and can detect acceleration in three dimensions.
Wii Chess is currently in development by Nintendo and set for release on 18 January 2008 in Europe. Apparently they're trying to widen their audience, and want to incorporate those who are fed up with playing double agent or shooting zombies. And we have to admit, after viewing the promotional video, we really can't wait.
Peter Doggers joined a chess club a month before turning 15 and still plays for it. He used to be an active tournament player and holds two IM norms. Peter has a Master of Arts degree in Dutch Language & Literature. He briefly worked at New in Chess, then as a Dutch teacher and then in a project for improving safety and security in Amsterdam schools. Between 2007 and 2013 Peter was running ChessVibes, a major source for chess news and videos acquired by Chess.com in October 2013. As our Director News & Events, Peter writes many of our news reports. In the summer of 2022, The Guardian’s Leonard Barden described him as “widely regarded as the world’s best chess journalist.”
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