Tag: nintendo
Nintendo to pull Wii ads after stock shortages?
Christmas is in CRISIS! Nintendo’s Wii console is already sold out across the land, with desperate mums forced into prostitution (unconfirmed, but likely) in order to fund the excessive prices being charged by online shops for the few Wiis still available.
And just one look at the mass eBay shame out there will show you how bad it’s getting. Chancers are trying to shift used…
Microsoft, Nintendo, Sharp and Philips added to Greenpeace's list of SHAME
Poor old Nintendo got slated by Greenpeace yesterday, with the console maker picking up a thoroughly shameful 0/10 for its environmental plans.
Nintendo did so poorly because the world-beating toy maker doesn’t give its consumers any advice whatsoever about the levels of toxic chemicals…
Massive NES controller, demands loving hands of BFG, likes moonlit walks on beaches…
The Nintendo mods are flying thick and fast, with a huge NES controller containing the console inside accompanying the tempting Familator we saw earlier.
Take a look above for…
That's not a Wii lightsaber: it's a Light Sword. Really.
And yes, we’re sure. See, if this was a lightsabre, it would have to be an officially licensed Star Wars product with the blessing of Lucasfilm. And, er, it’s not. Instead, it’s a Light Sword that looks just like the lightsab.. the weapons used in a certain series of Sci-Fi movies.
Hot Swedish blonde in best Samus Aran Metroid costume ever
Do you remember that moment, when after having spent hours completing Metroid, you discovered that Samus Aran was actually a woman, and a gorgeous one at that? Perhaps you were even skilled enough to complete the game in a whoppingly fast time, and got the extra-special ending where you glimpsed her in a bikini.
20 years…
Students hack Sony AIBO, use Wii-motes to control the obsolete toy
Wii hacks? What is this, January 2007?! And the Sony AIBO is involved too? It’s enough to make one’s head hurt, like it’s 8.27am Sunday all over again.
The Wiibot, as some University of Calgary students have dubbed it, is a research project based on human device…
Shiny Video: interview with Charles Martinet, voice of Mario for Nintendo
Never have I been more jealous in this job before – Bulent, one of my colleagues who works on our Nintendo blog, WiiWii, today met with Charles Martinet, who provides the voice for Mario, in town for today’s launch of Super Mario Galaxy.
Take a look at the above video for his amazing impersonations, the hilarious story behind him winning the role of Mario, how…
Shiny Video Review: In2Games "Wii-like" wireless PS2 controllers
In this video, Zara takes a look at some motion sensitive WiFi controllers for the PS2 which aim to give players a more…
Not only does the Super Mario Star Light make you invincible, it also plays sounds & music
If you can hold out until December when it’s released, this Super Mario Star Light will be the perfect addition to your bedside table.
Not only does it light up, but it plays sounds and music from the Nintendo games, presumably the theme tune, and Mario’s greatest…
A Wii AND 360-hybrid console? With HD PVR and an iPod dock? SE2 Labs' Integrated Theater Console says yes
Check out this behemoth…err…um…what on earth is it?! Some as-yet-untransformed Transformer? Sadly it’s not a character from an edited-out scene, if you look a bit harder, it’s actually an Xbox 360/Wii/HD PVR/home theatre system/iPod dock/Netlinx control box hybrid.
Or the SE2 Labs’ Integrated Theater Console, if you want to get specific. It’s pretty much every piece of kit you…
