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Archive for the ‘Wii’ Category
Courtesy Ign, this game looks hot. I can’t wait to get my hands on it Here is an offical video for Wii fit from Nintendo
As E3 continues to go on. here is another game tha twill sure be a hit for non-gamers out tehre. I the wii sports friendly fashion, Nintendo is releasing Endless ocean ( forever blue in Japan), a scuba diving game that allows you to dive at home and also witha friend over wifi. You can watch the different wildlife in the sea take pictures and tag them. Here is a short video of the game.
It seems the reign of the wii is hear to stay, Nintendo has announced wii fit, and excerise wii game that goes beyond what you normally consider for excerise. via gonintendo Wii Fit is announced, trailer being shown. Comes with a floor peripheral that you stand on. Follow exercises on screen. Hula Hoop exercise is shown as well as traditional exercises. Soccer headbutt game shown as well. Dance mini game with floor mat as well, close to dance dance revolution. Keeps track of Mii fitness scores. More traditional minigames shown using floor pad.
Via Gonintendo Gadget, Entertainment, Games Source- Gizmodo.com Sweet!!!!!! but only concern i have with this is… how would you be able to hold it up with no table to balance? You can buy this 5 piece attachment for just $13 at http://www.goldenshop.com.hk/AI-trad/aitrad.htm You could pretty much buy any kit for your Wii here….
Great article on who the Wii is helping wonded soldiers… A very good read. Via estripes.com Army Spc. Shawn Roberts must play video games. It’s doctor’s orders. Every week he goes to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and plays games on the Nintendo Wii to help him recover from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident in Kuwait last April. The Army hospital is experimenting using the popular video game console as a physical therapy tool for wounded servicemembers. Playing the game makes the often painful and boring therapy session fun, Roberts says. The alternative is squeezing a ball of putty. “I wasn’t expecting much out of it,” said Roberts after using the game. “You know, it’s a video game. How much could it really do? But you don’t notice it while you’re doing it because your mind’s on the game. But then when you’re done? I was sore.” Read the rest of this entry » Wired article “Thumb candy for dummies.” That’s how, in 2003, Time magazine described Nintendo President Satoru Iwata’s conviction that what consumers really wanted out of video games was simpler, more accessible entertainment — not the photorealistic graphics and massive online worlds that the company’s competitors were chasing. Less than four years later, the machine that Iwata built around his controversial strategy is the world’s top-selling game console. In the United States, Nintendo’s $250 Wii sold 360,000 units in April, while Sony’s $600, graphically intense, Blu-ray-powered PlayStation 3 props up the bottom of the sales chart like a doorstop, with 82,000 units sold. Read the rest of this entry »
“I think the Wii bubble will burst any day.” More specifically, while I acknowledge that there’s some truth to the idea that Wii’s lowered graphical power might be a weak point as the years go by, you can’t just look at that in a vacuum. You also have to weigh it against all the advantages that it brings. Also, when we say that “gamers” will eventually be turned off by Wii’s last-gen tech, who do we really mean? I think that by looking at the four different types of people who purchase game consoles, we can get a clearer idea of what is really going to happen. And I don’t think it involves a bubble burst. Read the rest of this entry » definitely not as bad as the first power glove, but as you can see, you might as well hold the wii-mote in hand than doing this. Definitely a nice effort by this enthusiastic Japanese gamer. Seriously though, how hard can it be swinging a controller…..
Physician documents his own case of ‘Wiiitis’ When Dr. Julio Bonis awoke one Sunday morning with a sore shoulder, he could not figure out what he had done. It felt like a sports injury, but he had been a bit of a couch potato lately. Then he remembered his new Wii. Bonis, 29, had spent hours playing Nintendo Co.’s new video game in which players simulate real movements. Bonis had been playing simulated tennis. Read the rest of this entry »
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Screw the console wars, Fortune says they are over! The entire article has talk from Ubisoft, EA, Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, and even Miyamoto himself. There’s a bit of info concerning how much money Nintendo makes on each console sold, how expensive it is to make a Wiimote, and more. I’ll have to pick up a copy of this issue to get a better look at the details. You can read a quick summary at the link below.
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