Our Wii game collection is up to four games, now. The Wii Sports pack-in remains the favorite of the entire family, but Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is what eats up all of my free time these days. I also managed to garner Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz for my wife for Christmas, which has […]
Wii Forecast channel out today, Opera on Friday
This is shaping up to be a great week to be a Nintendo Wii owner. Today, many people are reporting seeing that familiar blue glow this morning. The glow heralds a message from Nintendo informing the Wii masses that the new Forecast channel is available and will become active once your Wii unit receives a […]
Nintendojo – breaking Wiimote wrist straps so you don’t have to
Dave Magliano over at Nintendojo went about seeing if the news reports on Wiimote wrist straps being apparently manufactured out of dental floss were anywhere near accurate. He performed numerous strength tests and general play tests. He has pictures of the tests he performed, and the results were pretty much what we all expected. In […]
Nintendo Wii first impressions
Well, I got the fantastic opportunity to unpack my new Nintendo Wii console last night, and I have to say, I am impressed on many different levels. First of all, setup is a breeze. Seriously. Getting the Wii on my wireless network was so enormously simple, it just about made me cry. It basically went […]
Not coming out of hiding
Just got my Nintendo Wii yesterday. So, yeah, you won’t be seeing me for a while. Not that you’ve been seeing me all that much recently.
Tecmo added to Wii virtual console
This just keeps getting better and better. Japanese developer Tecmo has become the latest company to agree tosupport the Wii’s ‘Virtual Console’ digital download capabilities, aspart of business plans revealed for the company’s second half of 2006. According to the plan, which also involves toy and pachinko merchandising of franchises such as Dead or Alive, […]
Battalion Wars 2 for the Wii
After hearing about Battalion Wars 2 for the Wii I was faily interested. Hearing that it will include online multiplayer, I got excited. Seeing the controls, I’m absolutely ecstatic. People who don’t think the Wii will bring about a gaming revolution simply aren’t paying attention. I’m pretty busy at work these days. That’s why you’re […]
Not really news, according to 1up
There’s a “not really news” story floating around the internets today, clogging up the tubes. Evidently, Electronic Arts thinks the Nintendo Wii will retail for $170. Surprising news, right? Sure, unless you’re familiar with the news story Shacknews posted last week regarding a Japanese financial analysis firm saying that exact same thing, citing lower CPU […]
Interview with Wii browser developers
The good folks over at Nintendo Life had the opportunity to get the development team of Opera for the Nintendo Wii console to spill a few details about the upcoming browser software. Will Opera for Wii support tabbed browsing and bookmarks? And will we be able to have personalised bookmarks, so that each family member […]
Camp Hyrule campers to contend for a Wii
I didn’t realize this when I signed up for Camp Hyrule, but evidently Nintendo is giving away a Wii to one lucky camper next week: This year, each and every registered camper will automatically be entered in a sweepstakes to win a Wii console! We’ll randomly select one camper during the Camp Hyrule 2006 Closing […]