FileMaker Pro 11 has arrived, and we had a chance to try out some of the new features.
A simultaneous multiplayer Super Mario Bros. game will arrive at year's end, in time for holiday shopping. Players can navigate the side-scrolling worlds alone (as previously) or invite up to three others to join the game. Next year, Super Mario Galaxy 2, a 3-D Mario game, offers fans new challenges as Mario rides his trusty dinosaur companion through outer space.
Unveiled this week, Wii Fit Plus offers a range of new features and enhancements. For example, players will be able to set their own customized daily workout routines or choose 20-, 30- or 40-minute workouts based on how much time they have available. The goal is to get users into a regular fitness routine. Users can pick from specialized workouts that help them work toward specific goals, such as toning abdominal muscles, tightening arms or even reducing stress.
Workouts combine the original Wii Fit activities and selections from 15 new balance games and six new strength training and yoga activities. Wii Fit Plus will come packed with the Wii Balance Board accessory, and also will be sold separately as software; both will be available in fall 2009.
Nintendo's newest product, the Wii Vitality Sensor, will initially sense the user's pulse and a number of other signals being transmitted by their bodies and will then provide information about the body's inner world. No launch date was provided.
Nintendo has gone through the global recession in relatively good shape so far, with its Wii game console outselling Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 since its 2006 launch, Reuters reported.