Reviews for the Wii
November 18th, 2008
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Ok imagine you’re a big games studio wanting to dominate the world, you suddenly notice out of the corner of your eye that Nintendo are making millions of dollars by selling a fitness game and peripheral for the Wii. Which of the following would you do?
A) Encourage gamers to play Wii Fit to try and perhaps get themselves on track with their overall fitness.
B) Jump on the bandwagon by developing your own software and peripheral.
If you said A it suggests you are a kind hearted person who tries to do the right thing. If you said B it suggests you are a ruthless in whatever it takes to make money.
Enough of the cynicism, let’s look at EA’s new fitness software in a little more depth. Called EA Sports Active, the game is exclusive for the Wii and it has been developed with the help of fitness experts with women’s fitness in mind, though just like Wii Fit it can be used by the whole family. EA Sports Active for the Wii will use Nintendo’s Wii balance board for certain exercises but generally focuses more on cardiovascular exercise rather than the balancing elements from Wii Fit. The game also comes bundled with special leg straps that will hold the Wii Remote and Nunchuck for the rigorous exercises like Running or Jogging; whilst unessential it’s a nicer alternative to placing them in the pocket of your jogging pants as suggested by Nintendo. We’ll keep an eye on the progress of this up until the EA Sports Active release date of spring 2009 - meanwhile check out the EA Sports Active trailer.
If you can’t wait that long to exercise in front of your TV then you can buy Wii Fit from Amazon as they currently have the hot selling device in stock (still rare, even after a year). While you’re there don’t forget to pick up a spare Wii Fit rechargeable battery pack for your Balance Board to make sure you don’t run out of juice whilst getting fit.
Related: buy Wii Fit, Wii Fit rechargeable battery pack
Tags: Wii Fit, EA Sports Active, WiiFit, wii fit rechargeable battery pack
November 18th, 2008
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We might not be getting Nintendo’s Disaster Day of Crisis on Wii in the US but Hudson Software are jumping into the void that’s left with their game Help Wanted. Well sort of. The story goes that there is a meteor heading towards the Earth, the trouble is the world’s governments are unwilling to fork up the cash to pay for the special equipment to save the planet. You’ve decided to do 50 odd jobs around the town to raise the cash to buy the equipment yourself and save humanity. You’ll be performing some of the weirdest and most frantic tasks imaginable; Farming vegetables, helping babies fall to sleep, interviewing celebrities and lots more. Help Wanted for Wii is looking fun, especially in the multiplayer mode, hopefully the Help Wanted release date of Summer 2009 will come around as quickly as the meteor is heading to Earth. In the mean time, Deca Sports for Wii is a fun little alternative to Wii Sports and is well worth a play (oh, and it’s by Hudson Software too).
Related: Deca Sports, My Aquarium for Wii
Tags: Help Wanted, Deca Sports
November 18th, 2008
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As you may have noticed, Hudson Software is one of WiiWare’s biggest supporters with hit titles such as Alien Crush and Bomberman Blast. Well they’re not stopping there folks, Hudson are bringing us another three interesting titles very soon to download via the Wii Shop Channel.
You will need to purchase Wii Points (soon to be called Nintendo Points) to download titles from the Wii Shop Channel; these can be bought online through the Wii or via a handy Wii Points Card which is currently being discounted by $10 on the Nintendo Wii point codes Amazon page if you spend more than $50 and pay with Bill Me Later - enter the code BMLSAVES when you checkout.
November 18th, 2008
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Leaked information on the web suggests the Wii Opera Browser will be getting a fresh update this holiday. It will be free for those who already own the current browser or a $5 purchase for those who are new to the software. We’ve used the Wii Browser quite a bit and find it’s very handy to be able surf the internet on your normal TV from the comfort of your couch. Also rumoured is support for Flash Lite 3.1 which will play most Flash 9 footage from the web (as opposed to Flash 7 on the Wii right now) and a unique tab cube which will keep track of up to 6 WebPages at a time. There is also talk of the WiiSpeak microphone being enabled whilst browsing, we can’t think why at this moment at time but Nintendo will no doubt let us know very soon.
Related: Wii Opera Browser, WiiSpeak microphone
Tags: Wii Opera, Opera, Wii, Nintendo web browser, Wii Browser
November 10th, 2008
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During Nintendo’s autumn press conference a new GameCube remake series called Play On Wii was announced. Those of you who aren’t new to the gaming scene will already know that Gamecube didn’t sell that well compared to Sony’s Playstation 2 and so many great titles from the Cube era didn’t get into the hands of many gamers. So even though the Wii is backwardly compatible with all gamecube games (GCN or Classic Controller required), Nintendo have decided to remake a selection of classic titles with updated visuals (Widescreen and 480p) and Wii Remote and Nunchuck controls.
Confirmed Game Cube games for Play On Wii so far are:
We really can’t wait to get our hands on the Nintendo Play on Wii range; rumour has it that the titles could be around $30 each which is a bargain.
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Tags: Pikmin, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Metroid Prime, Mario Power Tennis, Chibi Robo
November 10th, 2008
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Nintendo have blessed us with another three titles this week but are they worth spending our Nintendo Points on?
On WiiWare we have:
On Virtual Console we have:
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Tags: Alien Crush Returns, Home Sweet Home, Space Harrier, WiiWare, Virtual Console
November 10th, 2008
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Before the Wii launched Nintendo’s preview of Disaster Day of Crisis got folks rather excited. Developed by Monolith Software (who previously worked on Baten Kaitos) on behalf of Nintendo, much was expected from this core title which promised nonstop action, great graphics and interactive controls. After a long quit spell in development rumour spread that the game was cancelled due to development problems as well as real life world disasters which could deem the game socially insensitive. Then after Nintendo’s dismal E3 showing we heard that the game was back and due for release in Europe in October with no word of a US release, it seemed that Nintendo wanted to get a core game into the shops before Christmas to appease the fans.
Shockingly Nintendo of America President Reggie said the game wasn’t very good and speculation soon grew that we would not see a stateside release of this interesting low key title unless sales in Europe were high, we’ve since found out that it bombed at European retail and so sadly we don’t expect to see it anytime soon if ever in the US. Stick around for an import review of Disaster Day of Crisis for Wii soon.
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Tags: Disaster Day of Crisis, Wii, US
November 5th, 2008
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Related: Mega Man 9, Super Dodge Ball, Vectorman, Groovin Blocks, Final Solider and Cho Aniki
Tags: Super Turrican 2, Mario Golf, Shining Force 2, Secret of Mana, Street Fighter II, Digital Champ Battle Boxing, Gradius II, Earthworm Jim
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