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May 08
Uncle Floyd made perhaps the biggest mistake a Wii owner could do: play a game of Wii Bowling with a strapless Wii Remote. As a result, his television suffered irreparable damage. Tom decides to send two Wii Remotes to their premature demise by throwing it in a blender. As always, the blender is victorious.
May 08
Those of you in Europe (or anywhere in the world since it’s the internets) can get a bit more info on Wii Fit as Nintendo has launched a little mini-site dedicated to the title. Aimed at informing the curious, this website will guide you through Wii Fit, its goals, your BMI and even age analysis.
Europe uses the metric system, so the weight is in kilograms not pounds. Have your conversion calculators ready, Americans!
May 08
Want to spend even more money this month?! Circuit City’s going to help you out next week with some pretty good sales. The following $49.99 games will be “Buy 1, Get 1 50% off”:
In addition, Rayman: Raving Rabbids, Winter Sports: The Ultimate Challenge, and No More Heroes will all be on sale for $19.99 each. Mighty good selection overall… maybe it’s time to head over to Circuit City for the first time in forever.
DVD Talk
via Wii Fanboy
May 08
Nintendo has been acting awfully naughty these past two days. First, they released the Nintendo Channel without any warning or press release. Second, they’re using the channel to not only give you goods and services on upcoming Nintendo titles, but also as a means to see what you’re doing, even when you’re offline. Basically, if you opt to send data to Nintendo, they’ll be asking for a bit more than what games you’re playing. What exactly are you sending them? Pretty much anything Wii related; from the position of your sensor bar, television preferences, your means of internet connectivity (wireless, AOSS, etc), to minuscule things such as whether or not you choose to have your Wii disc slot illuminate when you receive messages.
Of course you can opt out of this option, but then you wouldn’t be able to enjoy the DS Download Service. A bit unfair, no?
May 08
In case Amazon’s selling out of initial Wii Fit shipments hadn’t convinced you that Nintendo’s new fitness game is the next big thing, maybe this will: GameStop has stopped taking pre-orders for Wii Fit on their website as well. If you haven’t gone and pre-ordered the Balance Board bundle and still want to stay in shape this summer Nintendo-style, you may be lucky to find some physical locations still taking pre-orders, but time is running out.
Out of curiosity, how many were set on buying this game when it was announced? If you weren’t, where do you currently stand?
May 08
I had to hold off on downloading the Nintendo Channel for a whole 24 hours while my Wii sat packed in a box, ready to head home from college. In the meantime, some keen eyes have already caught some new information popping up on the new channel.
It looks like Dr. Mario’s debut on WiiWare won’t be titled Dr. Mario’s Virus Buster or Dr. Mario & Bacteria Extermination, as translated from its original Japanese title, Dr. Mario & Saikin Bokumetsu. Instead, the new title looks to be Dr. Mario Online RX, and it’ll cost you $10 (1000 Wii Points) on WiiWare’s launch this Monday.
$10 for another Dr. Mario game? Even in the Mushroom Kingdom, it looks like medical doctors are raking it in.
Wii Fanboy
via N-Europe
May 08
Remember when anaglyph images were the big thing? No? Maybe your older brother does and he’s got some red-blue 3D glasses he can let you borrow. NE’s Valay has gone and used his mad skills to create Metroid Prime 3: Corruption anaglyph images for your viewing pleasure, which you can see some of after the break. Granted, it’s not the best option to take single screenshots and “convert” them to 3D without having a second viewing angle, but it’s a start.
If you too have mad skills (i.e., Photoshop), maybe some of you can whip up some Nintendo-related anaglyph images of your own and send them our way? Or Magic Eye-type stereograms. Remember Magic-Eye?
May 08
I thought the boo-themed table was pretty sweet, but this homemade icon of gaming glory from Kyle Downes trumps it. Not only is the recreation beautifully done, but the controller is fully functional. Just remove the glass top, and play away. There is also a massive storage area that the owner has filled with all sorts of gaming goodness. Want!
More pictures after the break showing the functionality.
May 08
Don’t get me wrong - the original NES was a masterpiece; but the its aesthetics could always use a little face lift. Then again, anything from the 80’s could. While this redesign of the NES (called reNESED) doesn’t exist, it’s always nice to dream. Javier Segovia is an graphic designer living in Spain, and the one behind the reNESED. The remake features a red and black color scheme, wireless controllers and what seems to be a hint of the Wii with the glowing lights. Friggin’ awesome.
Javier Segovia
via Kotaku
May 08
Peter Moore, former corporate vice president at Microsoft and now EA Sports president, says that his staff is at work creating a game that will utilize the Wii’s Balance Board. The game will release under EA’s new Freestyle label and will focus on cardiovascular fitness, which is, apparently, a more “western” type thing:
“I need to have a point of difference,” he explained. “We also need to make sure we’re delivering something that’s truly exercise. I’ll call [Wii Fit] more eastern fitness, where it senses weight and balance, like Tai-Chi. It’s more about holistic fitness. I don’t think the board is going to take a pounding. We need to look more at western fitness in which I can actually be moving and start to sweat a little bit, and that’s what we’re working on right now.”
Expect funny mini-games and a rigorous training regime where Moore screams at you through your television: “YOU’RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH!”
