The jury is in for the 2007 ToyAwards that will be presented at the opening ceremonies of the International Toy Fair in N rnberg Germany tomorrow, and Nintendo Europe will be taking home an award for the 1-2 punch of the Wii and Wario Ware: Smooth Moves, with judges citing the appeal for new age groups and encouragement of group play as major factors in their decision.

The jury chose the product because the play concept of Wii tends to encourage playing PC games in groups instead of alone. In addition, the product not only appeals to player types with an affinity to PCs, but also to new age groups - a real lifestyle theme.

Wario Ware was listed as representing "a return to the more classic games in the game console segment." Ah yes, those good old nose-picking reflex games of yesteryear. Michael Fahey

WarioWare and Wii win toy fair award [Nintendo-Revolution @ Blogspot]

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