Archive for the ‘Wii’ category
Treyarch: Black Ops Co-Op Mode Still To Be Announced
It looks like Treyarch still have an ace in the hole with upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops – and that’s the announcement of co-op. The developer’s community manager Josh Olin has told Gamerzines that it still has yet to reveal a co-op mode. However, despite his revelation that the game will feature one, Olin [...]
A Wii Tablet For All Your Sorrows
Okay, not exactly. Later this year, THQ will be launching its very own Wii tablet aimed at 6-12 year olds. Officially called the uDraw game Tablet, it measures 9×7 ” or roughly the same size as a Wii and can be used by connecting the tablet to a Wii remote. a stylus then allows users [...]
AfterGlow [In The Dark] Controllers Are Cool, Very Cool
Interested in Glow in the Dark gaming peripherals? Well, if you just nodded, you’re in luck. PDP, or Performance Designed Products, has created illuminating controllers which can be used for gaming. The controllers are available for Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 where they all glow a different colour, and look pretty good — in [...]
Xbox 720 and Wii 2 will beat PS4 to the market, says Sony
Sony predicts that Microsoft and Nintendo will launch their new home consoles before it gets round to unleashing the fourth generation of PlayStation. The three platform holders are still to publicly discuss a new iteration of their core gaming hardware, which leaves gamers to speculate over what technology a ‘Wii 2′ or ‘Xbox 720′ may [...]
Guitar Hero goes Old Skool!
What’s that? You want more Taylor Swift? Well then I’ve got bad news for you and of Taylor’s biggest fan dean0… Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is coming and this time there isn’t going to be any of the pop princess rubbish we’ve seen since Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero. Our friends from Activision [...]
Zelda Skyward Sword Won’t Be Easy, Says Aonuma
The word from Nintendo’s Eiji Aonuma is “The Legend Of Zelda Skyward Sword won’t be easy.” This was said after Shigeru Miyamoto had previously spoken of the need to make Legend Of Zelda games more accessible. “I do not want to make Zelda easier,” Aonuma told Game Informer. “Easy to me does not equal fun. [...]
CEO Iwata: Wii 2 Is Not Needed “Right Now”
Nintendo doesn’t need to release a successor to the Wii right now. That’s according to the CEO of the company, Satoru Iwata. During an interview with BBC, Iwata made it clear that Nintendo won’t be releasing a new console until it has “run out of ideas” for its current hardware. However, he did admit that [...]
E3 2010: Tiny Wii Controllers For People With Tiny…Hands
I’ve never really had any problems with Wii controllers but then again, my hands are of average size. Third party outfit, Power A, has now taken into their own hands to make Wii controllers for those with slightly more delicate appendages. The aptly named MiniRemote and MiniChuck are said to be 35% smaller than conventional [...]
Awww, What A Cuddwy Wittle Wiimote
Those brave enough to buy the upcoming Sesame Street Wii games, will receive probably the best attachment for the Wii Remote to ever be invented. When purchasing Elmo’s A-to-Zoo Adventure and Sesame Street: Cookie’s Counting Carnival (!) you will be rewarded for you troubles with not one but two plushy Wii Remote covers. One in [...]
Nintendo Factory Staff Commit Suicide
People say that the holiday season, namely Christmas, is a major cause for suicide. But this is wrong. Clearly it’s Nintendo factories — else the firm wouldn’t be looking into mass suicides, would they? Over the past few months there has been 16 suicides at Nintendo. The Japanese giant said that they would investigate resources [...]
MP5? Wii!
Well last October there was some chatter about a Wii accessory spotted at a trade show in China. China? Probably some generic control right? WRONG! Well this controller, which resembles a Heckler & Koch MP5 sub-machine gun, will actually be available for the world to see at E3 (Intentional Rhyming). That’s right the MP5 Wii [...]
Wii Lets You Flap Arms, No Seriously
What is the stupidest peripheral that the Wii has ever had? No, you’re wrong. This is. It’s called the the Wii Wings and has been made for the game Bird’s-Eye Bull’s-Eye which involves players flapping their arms to guide their flying Mii through a series of targets in the sky. The Wings are not all [...]
Nintendo Says Wii 2 Is In Planning Stages
Within a few months, the PS3 will have its Move and XBox will have its Natal. What this means for the Wii is that it will lose its dominion over the motion control gaming sector and possibly become redundant since nobody wants to play games in Standard Definition and poor graphics when they play them [...]
Wii Gets A Fireplace
The Wii has always been the family console. The one that can be used for family games night instead of Monopoly or Scrabble. It is therefore safe to assume that the indigenous habitat of this creature in many homes is the family room ie. the one with the TV and coffee table. It is with [...]
The Safer, Friendlier Wii Gun
Not long ago, we were all devastated by the story of a little girl who shot herself when mistaking her step-father’s gun for the gun attachment that she was used to playing with from their Wii. It seems that one group of people is going to do something about it. Psyclone Games, who are currently [...]
Reports Show That PS3′s Are Online More Than Xbox And Wii
The Diffusion Group has been hard at work crunching figures to come up with solid figures showing which console is online more than others. While we’re always hearing about the same stats, such as Xbox Live has so many players and PS3 sold X amount of consoles, it’s nice to know that someone has come [...]
GDC 10: EA Announces EA Sports Active 2.0 For Wii & PS3
EA recently announced at the 2010 GDC that it would be releasing a new version of its Sports Active title previously seen on the Wii. The new version comes complete with leg and arm bands with motion sensors attached so you can therefore have a full body workout. Other upgrades include a heart monitor as [...]
WiiAuto Pistol Instrumental In Death Of 3 Year Old
The WiiAuto Pistol is a peripheral for the Wii similar to the WiiZapper that many of you may be familiar with. The difference is that while just about every Wii peripheral is easily distinguishable as such, the Pistol is shaped almost exactly like a real gun, has very similar textures to a real gun and [...]
Nintendo Has Said That The Wii Does Need Something New
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata was recently questioned about the future of the Wii, where he was asked if HD is a possible solution for future models. Many Wii fans would like to play games with better graphics, and this might even interest a few new people to buy the console. Iwata said that the Wii [...]
Nintendo Politely Declined Project Natal Technology Back In ’07
Nintendo execs have apparently said that they were given the option to benefit from the same technology which powers Microsoft’s Project Natal, however they declined as camera technology was a bit too pricey. A trustworthy source around the matter said that Nintendo’s boss, Satoru Iwata saw the technology at the end of 2007 where he [...]



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