Tag: wii
Wii Speak Channel: Nintendo announce release date
The 5th of December in Europe. The same day Animal Crossing: Let’s Go to the City is released. It’s going to be free, but you’ll need to be hooked up to Wi-Fi and sporting a Wii Speak microphone. Said microphone, surprise surprise, comes bundled with Animal Crossing…
Manhunt 2 finally sees UK release
Banned videogame Manhunt 2 looks like it’s finally going to see a UK release, more than a year after it was released in the USA, on October 31st. A successful appeal to the BBFC, and many modifications to the game, have finally gained it an 18 rating, meaning that it can be released…
The future of Xbox 360 is orange – Sainsbury's starts selling the Xbox 360 Arcade for £99
That’s £99 for a console that’s had its price slashed to £129 a couple of weeks ago anyway. Aren’t things in shops supposed to be getting MORE expensive?
As well as reducing the “entry level” non-hard drive Xbox 360 Arcade to £99 as from today as part of its pre-Christmas price warring, Sainsbury’s is also going against retail recommendations and selling the regular 60GB Xbox 360 for £139…
RUMOUR: New Wii by 2011?
A parents videogames website called What They Play is claiming to have heard from multiple sources that Nintendo is showing a new Wii off in corporate presentations. It’s going to apparently be “Next Generation”, and hit the market by 2011. It’s being referred to as the Wii HD.
REVIEW: Raptr – A social network for gamers
Raptr is a new social network that launched today which focuses on gamers. I’ve had a quick play around with it, and I’m actually very impressed. The services tracks your Xbox Live, PS3 and Wii gaming, as well as Steam, Guitar Hero, XFire, and World of Warcraft on the PC. When someone in your friends list starts a game on any of those services, an alert pops up and you can jump right in and join them…
Dreamcast was RIGHT ALL ALONG – Sega launches Wii Maracas for Samba de Amigo remake
That image RIGHT THERE is proof. All the proof we need. Final, irrefutable proof that Dreamcast was best. It was just released before the world was ready.
SEGA of America has revealed this sexy pair of Wii Maracas to accompany the forthcoming Wii remake of Samba de Amigo, maracas that copy the design and style of the original – and eBay GOLD – motion-sensing maracas set released alongside the Dreamcast game…
Sanyo bringing wireless battery charging to Nintendo Wii Remotes
Wireless electricity. Another wild gadget fantasy, only this is a fantasy MADE REAL in recent years thanks to the arrival of special batteries and charging pads.
Sanyo has announced it’s bringing this (possibly alien) wireless charging technology to Wii, using a variant of the fantastic Eneloop battery and a “magnetic induction” (MAGIC for short) pad. So, instead of…
E3 2008, best twenty video games, now done in Haiku
According to my watch, E3 is now finished. The conference has been shifted and downsized and generally turned upside down by format changes but it is still one of the biggest video games spectacles in the world. Nearly everything worth looking out for in the coming months and, in several cases, years was on show. I'm can't write up each one individually as it would take me till September, so here they are in a convenient Haiku form. I take no responsibility for whether these actually conform to rigorous Haiku format requirements.
Logitech unveils new wireless force feedback Racing Wheel for PS3
Console manufacturers and games publishers aren’t the only ones living it up at E3. Accessory-makers are out in force too, including Logitech. It has a load of new goodies for console owners including this Driving Force Wireless Racing Wheel for PS3.
Nintendo upgrading Wii controllers with Wii MotionPlus accessory
Phenomenally successful though the Nintendo Wii is, it certainly isn’t without its own share of niggles. Among them, perhaps at the forefront of ‘core’ players’ minds, is the fact that the motion sensing Wii remote is, well, not all that hot at sensing motion.
