All Entries Tagged With: "Wii"
Wii Price drop to 199 Incoming. Or is this another Fake Ad?
Of all the fakeables in consumer electronics, the weekly newspaper ad has to be one of the easiest marks. Still, this one looks pretty legit, and if it’s real it means either we’re getting a much overdue Wii price cut on September 27th, or someone on the Toys R Us ad team has been severely [...]
Wii Internet Channel Free For now On!
Hey man, you don’t owe us an explanation. Times are tough, so maybe you just don’t have the 500 Wii points (that is, five bucks) to get in on the Wii Internet Channel, and you missed the free launch event way back in 2006. Well, you’re in for a treat: effective immediately, Wii owners can [...]
Don’t Expect MotionPlus To Improve Your Old Wii Games
Do you think that – like trophy support on the PS3 – there is scope on the Wii for the new MotionPlus technology to be introduced for older games? Don’t be so optimistic. Responding to speculation that developers would be doing just that, Nintendo have told GameDaily "The Wii MotionPlus accessory is only for games [...]
GameStop CEO Questions Sony’s Price Cuts, Predicts Big Nintendo Game In ’09
Don Matteo is the head honcho at GameStop, so he’s in a position to know a few things. Things like what kind of price cut the PlayStation 3 needs and what Nintendo’s planning for 2009. Matteo tells CNBC that the recent price drop on the PlayStation 2 "really wasn’t worth doing" and wonders if a [...]
Wii System Update Adds Play From SD Card Support
Hitting at the same time as Nintendo President Satoru Iwata’s keynote speech at GDC, a new system update is available for the Nintendo Wi that adds an SD card menu option to the Wii menu. Clicking on the SD card icon brings up a message telling users that they can launch channels from an SD [...]
Rumor: Netflix to come to the Wii?
According to a rumored customer survey, Netflix is gauging subscriber interest in a streaming movie and television service on another current generation console, this time on the Nintendo Wii. According to a report on Joystiq, the Netflix streaming subscription service would be comparable to the one implemented via Xbox Live. The proposed service for the [...]
Plasma Burn Tournament a De-Electrifying Event!
I want to Thank everyone who came. I feel this event was a learning experience for my family and myself. We had a Total of 114 people show up, not to mention 20 or so who came just to watch. I do want to formally apologize to the Halo Players. You all where very patient [...]
Dumb Lady Physically Puts Credit Cards In Wii
There are smart people, and there are dumb people. Here is the story of a dumb person, her credit cards and a Nintendo Wii. Over at game forum NeoGAF, member HUELEN10 told the following tale. We cannot vouch for the validity of it, but here goes: My neighbors which I don’t really know to well [...]
Nintendo Launching Wii Video Service Next Year
The Wii will get its own video distribution service next year, according to Japan’s Nikkei business daily newspaper. It will take a different approach than the ones Sony and Microsoft pursued on their respective consoles. Instead of offering existing movies and television programming, as seen in Sony’s video on demand service and Microsoft’s Xbox Live [...]
Possible Wii Pole? New toy to buy the Wife / Girlfriend
The Guys over at MTV find the most amusing stuff. Looks like we may expect to see a “Wii Pole” Game. Via MTV Multiplayer Earlier this year, Peekaboo Pole Dancing announced their plans to create a pole dancing game for the Wii. I followed up with the company, known for the Carmen Electra pole [...]
Need a Wii? Look no Further!
According to this Reuters story, Wal-Mart’s site is to put “tens of thousands” of Wiis on sale tomorrow. The US retailer will offer the machine for $249.24, and a “value bundle,” which includes the console and other items like an extra set of controllers, for $329, while supplies last. More through there.
Rock Band goes Country
UPDATE: MTV Games confirms that it is indeed true, with the music set for Dec. 16. Well, we reckon it’s almost official now. According to Country Music Television’s (CMT) blog, the Rock Back country music pack is coming on December 16th to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The report claims five songs will be part [...]
Wee bit of trouble: Nintendo can’t trademark ‘Wii Remote’
Oh, woe is Wii. Sure, Nintendo’s latest console is printing money, but it has a little problem on — or, rather,in— its hands: the US Patent Office has suspended a request by the company to issue a trademark for the “Wii Remote.” GamePolitics reports the application was put on hold due to the fact that [...]
Grey logo news “two years late,” Says Nintendo
Reports this morning of Nintendo changing its logo to grey are “two years late,” the company said today. Nintendo UK told CVG that the grey logo launched along with the Wii two years ago. “We are using grey, but the racetrack logo can be represented in a number of different colours. You’ll often see it [...]
Robot Takes on Guitar Hero
If you needed further proof that we’re quickly approaching the day when robots will outperform humans in all our endeavors, you may want to turn your attention to a tech demo for the Guitar Hero-playing “Cythbot”, which we’ve posted after the jump. Using a light-measuring camera and six pneumatic “fingers”, the Cythbot can strum its [...]
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