Wii Fit, Dragon Quest X, Wii Remote, and more.

Posted: April 14th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Wii news from around the web:

Lost In Shadow Preview: A Hidden Wii Gem? [Preview] on Kotaku
# preview Even though its color palette and design practically scream, “Ico,” Hudson Soft’s Lost in Shadow for the Wii is inspired just as much by clever platform-jumping games like Paper Mario, Braid…

Woman Falls Off Wii Fit, Becomes A "Sex Addict" [Wii] on Kotaku
# wii According to a suspiciously brief newswire report, 24 year-old Briton Amanda Flowers has become a “sex addict” after falling off her Wii Fit board. More »

New Dragon Quest X Details Teased By Japanese Man-Egg Show, Suspiciously [Wii] on Kotaku
# wii Dragon Quest maker Square Enix has been awfully quiet about the series tenth game, announced in late 2008 for the Wii . Will a Japanese variety show featuring a man-egg finally reveal more about…

Judge: Nintendo did not infringe on Wii Classic Controller, Wiimote on CrunchGear
A company called Anascape, Ltd. sued Nintendo in 2008 for infringing on their patent for a controller similar to the Classic and Wiimote controllers. The Texas-based patent trolls won $21 million from Nintendo for their troubles thanks to a number…


MySims, MySims Kingdom, Spyborgs, and more.

Posted: March 28th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Wii news from around the web:

Tech CEOs Well-Represented On Barron’s 30 “Most Respected” List on HotHardware.com News Rss Feed
Fully a third of the top dogs on Barron’s 30 Most Respected CEOs list released in this week’s print edition hail from the tech world.Given how virtually all anyone talks about these days (other than healthcare, but don’t expect a discussion of that…

ESRB updates on GoNintendo
America’s Test Kitchen: Let’s Get Cooking (DS) – E Music Party – Rock the House (Wii) – T 1001 Crystal Mazes Collections (DSi) – E 101 Shark Pets (DSi) – E Don’t Cross the Line (DSi) – E Telegraph Sudoku & Kakuro (DSi) – …

WarioWare D.I.Y. Showcase – more info on GoNintendo
- 800 points – 72 games included – can download more games – transfer your games, music, or comics from DS to Wii – can act as extra storage for your own games – unlockable multiplayer mode link

Famitsu – top 30 most wanted on GoNintendo
1. Dragon Quest X (Wii) 2. Final Fantasy Versus 13 (PS3) 3. Ni no Kuni (DS) 4. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (DS) 5. Final Fantasy XIV (PS3) 6. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSP) 7. Pokemon (Generation 5) (DS) 8. Last Ranker (PSP) 9….

Amazon – Wii savings on GoNintendo
MadWorld $7.02 (Amazon) WiiFit Plus (Game Only) $15.54 (Amazon) RE4 Wii $12.99 (Amazon) A Boy and His Blob $17.14 (Amazon) House of the Dead Overkill $14.01 Okami $15.98 Ghostbusters $15.61 MySims Kingdom $13.17 …


WiiWare, Super Paper Mario, MadWorld, and more.

Posted: January 6th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Wii news from around the web:

Nintendo sez DS successor will sport motion control, better graphics; Wii Vitality Sensor in July on Engadget
In an interview with Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper, Nintendo prez Satoru Iwata provided some rare commentary on what we might expect from a DS successor – not just another DS revision, mind you – whenever the gaming giant gets the urge to upgrade…

New line of LG plasma HDTVs feature NetCast, slim design on Engadget
The fact that LG presented 39 new LCD HDTVs today and only eight plasmas is telling of the times, but videophiles are just happy to still have the option to choose picture quality over features. For you Mr videophile, LG has eight new plasma models…

Japanese Gamers Give Their Picks for ‘10 on 1UP RSS feed
During last December, Japan’s Famitsu magazine asked its readers to give it their top picks for 2010 in games, companies, and game creators. Some of the highlights: – By far, the game Japanese players are looking forward to the most this year is…

Iwata Says Zelda Coming in 2010, Hints at DS Successor on 1UP RSS feed
Nintendo usually holds its cards close to the chest, but a new wide-ranging interview with president Satoru Iwata outlined the company’s plans for 2010. The interview with Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun (via Kotaku) revealed plans to release the…

We’ve No Objection To Phoenix Wright WiiWare Next Week [Wiiware] on Kotaku
Phoenix Wright finally makes it to the big screen next week, when Capcom releases a port of the DS game that started it all on Nintendo’s WiiWare. 1,000 Wii points is all you need to score the first four chapters of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney on…

What Parents Think Their Kids Learn From Video Games [Influence] on Kotaku
One parent has put Modern Warfare and Halo to educational use for their four-year-old. Another believes Okami teaches values. These are the things the parents among you told us about what games do — or don’t do — for children. Yesterday,…

What To Do When The Baby’s Barfy [Note] on Kotaku
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Goodbye Again Roll up the rug! Micro-Bash has been sick for most of the week. Thanks goodness for plastic buckets. (T_T) That’s a sock at the bottom of the slide. I think. What you missed last night Report: New Zelda…

These Were Some Of 2009’s Most Popular Games To Trade [Updated] [Retail] on Kotaku
Game-trading outlet Goozex have released some charts revealing what their most popular titles of 2009 were on the service, and included are comprehensive charts for each major video game platform. And, as you’re about to see, the lists are a little…

Uncharted Developers “Not Interested” In Motion-Controlled Nathan Drake [PS3] on Kotaku
With Sony’s motion controller due later this year, some of you may be thinking ahead. To the future. A future with killer robots, alien overlords and an Uncharted 3 that maybe uses motion controls. We don’t know about the chances of the first two,…


Dragon Quest X, Wii Remote, WiiWare, and more.

Posted: July 8th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Wii news from around the web:

Mecho Wars WiiWare gets new tune, Luc Bernard shows off art for new Mecho Wars title on GoNintendo
That there is the brand-new theme for Mecho Wars on WiiWare. A pretty nice bit of audio, don’t you think? Of course, Mr. Bernard isn’t goping to stop there. He’s already teasing his next Mecho Wars project, which isn’t due…
 

Famitsu – most wanted on GoNintendo
1. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3) – Square Enix 2. Dragon Quest IX (DS) – Square Enix 3. Monster Hunter 3 (Wii) – Capcom 4. Dragon Quest X (Wii) – Square Enix 5. Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie (DS) – Square Enix 6. Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3) -…
 

Peter Moore – The Wii is cool, but we love the core gamer/this year is the best EA Wii lineup/hopefully Madden Wii will do well on GoNintendo
A portion of an Industry Gamers interview with EA’s Peter Moore… IG: I know as a third-party now you’d love to see the market share between the big three split into a third, a third, a third… PM: Yeah, and alternating every…
 

What image represents this gaming generation? on GoNintendo
What other game magazines made such a big deal out of a control? What other generation of gaming really focused so much on the imagery of the controller in hand? This seems to be the first real image/depiction that our gaming crowd can align itself…
 

Seven Haunted Seas – first (non-Wii) screens on GoNintendo
Remember, Titmouse Games hasn’t confirmed what platforms this game is heading to just yet, but they’ve been very vocal about their love of both the 360 and the Wii. I am 90% certain that a Wii version will surface, which is why I am…
 

Crispy Adventurers Club Update: StarTropics, Week 1 on GoNintendo
The CrispyGamer gang has started off on their StarTropics adventure. They’re tackling the game through the Wii VC, and have chronicled every aspect of their impressions thus far. Click over and have a look at how it’s been…
 

Microsoft Gazelle To Combat Chrome OS on Ubergizmo
While Google Chrome OS is hot news on the Internet, one ought to pay attention that Microsoft has already taken a number of months to develop something in a similar vein known as Gazelle, targeting web-based applications. Apart from its name, very…
 

T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Up For Pre-Order on Ubergizmo
T-Mobile has now made the new myTouch 3G available for pre-order, as long as you’re happy without the presence of a physical QWERTY keyboard. Interested parties will be able to place their pre-order from $199.99 with a guaranteed delivery by August…
 

LG GC990 Louvre on Ubergizmo
LG is preparing itself to release the GC990 Louvre smartphone that will boast a whopping 12-megapixel camera, making it one of the highest resolution camera phone in the market when it is released. Currently, the handset still remains as a concept…
 

OCZ Unveils Vertex Turbo Solid State Drives on Ubergizmo
OCZ has rolled out their Vertex Turbo solid state drive that was built upon the current 2.5″ Vertex line, although improvements include increasing the clock speed for both the host controller managing data as well as the inclusion of a 64MB cache….
 

Corning To Offer Gorilla Glass on Ubergizmo
Corning recently announced that its Gorilla glass will be the protective cover glass of choice for the Samsung Ultra Touch range of handsets. Available in a wide range of thicknesses that range from 0.5mm up to 2.0mm, it makes room for providing…
 

Thanko Silent Keyboard EX on Ubergizmo
Thanko has rolled out yet another silent keyboard – this time round it is known as the Silent Keyboard EX that emits a mere 44.5 dB, making it 16.5 dB quieter compared to your average keyboard even when your fingers are flying across the keyboard at…
 

HTC Hero Comes In Pink on Ubergizmo
Folks who have been hankering after the HTC Hero but do not want the color that it comes in now can look again – this Android-powered handset is now available in pink thanks to the Carphone Warehouse Coming Soon page. Scheduled for a launch later…
 

Asus Eee Keyboard Stripped on Ubergizmo
The Asus Eee Keyboard isn’t out yet, but for those who are not in the know, this is actually a keyboard that holds a whole computer within. The whole idea of this would be to hook up the keyboard to a HDTV via a wireless HDMI connection so that one…
 

TmaxSoft Goes Up Against Microsoft on Ubergizmo
While Microsoft is losing market share when it comes to operating systems, that doesn’t mean we can discount the software giant’s role in this sphere for quite some time to come. TmaxSoft, however, will be challenging the traditional Windows platform…