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Kotaku Originals: Dog Gone
Original at Kotaku
• 5 hours ago
By Owen Good The old dog-ate-my-controller excuse got a guy out of a 5,000 Microsoft Point purchase, plus Gamertag immortality for the scape-pooch, in the No. 1 story of a news-packed week delivered by your humble editors. Rumor Xbox 360 with $100 Card for $200 This Weekend?
Copy That Game – How To Backup Wii Games
Original at naked-news.net
• 5 hours ago
More and more people are getting hooked into the Nintendo Wii system. It seems that games for this platform are also popping out every minute and people seem to have an unlimited range of options. In spite these, Nintendo Wii game discs are still a bit pricey that many cannot afford to have the...
Podcast: 1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 11/06/2009
Original at podtrac.com
• 15 hours ago
The Black Dragon Returns. No, we're not talking about the new RPG from Bioware; former 1UP editor Jeff Green is in-studio to talk about his life as a developer and his new gig as editor-in-chief of EA.com. Scooter and Jeremy also join in to talk about Assassin's Creed II, New Super Mario Bros. Wi...
Tales Of Vesperia Is Wii Bound?!
Original at Kotaku
• 16 hours ago
By Brian Ashcraft Popular Japanese voice actor Rikiya Koyama appears to have leaked the news that Namco Bandai role-playing-game Tales of Vesperia is Wii-bound. Ooops! Koyama voices the character of Duke in Tales of Vesperia, which was originally released as a timed Xbox 360 exclusive in 2008. The PS3 ver...
Come on, everyone, of course Nintendo is working on the Wii HD
Original at CrunchGear
• 22 hours ago
By Matt Burns Nintendo made the right decision to make the original Wii not powerful enough to run HD graphics and therefore less expensive. It became an instant success because of not only the novel motion controller and easy-to-like bundled game, but also the relatively low starting price of $250 wh...
Nintendo Denies Wii HD Upgrade Planned For 2010
Original at MTV Multiplayer
• 23 hours ago
By Brian Warmoth Nintendo's Wii has followed different rules than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 since it launched, focusing early on on interface and family-friendly titles rather than graphics and expanded hardware capabilities. That hasn't kept speculators from predicting a hi-def upgrade, howe...
Rabbids Go Home Review: Strip-Platforming
Original at Kotaku
• 23 hours ago
By Stephen Totilo The only game this fall that lets you shout the clothes of Santa Claus is a platformer without a jump button, a mix of Katamari Damacy and Mario, and another strong third-party original for the Wii. Confused by our reviews? Read our review FAQ.
Rock Band Weekly Releases - Week of November 10th
Original at Gaming Bits
• Fri, Nov 6
Next week's Rock Band releases introduce The White Stripes with a 3-pack on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii, along with tracks from The Damned, and Kasabian. All of the tracks will be available for play in LEGO Rock Band with the exception of "Icky Thump" by The White Stripes due to the lyr...
Hold It! Phoenix Wright Is Wii-Bound?
Original at GayGamer.net
• Wed, Nov 4
By NaviFairy Get ready to yell "Objection!" while striking a dramatic pose with your Wii remote, because it looks like the Ace Attorney might be venturing to Nintendo's console in the future. That is, according to Germany's USK rating system which recently posted a rating for a Wii Phoenix Wright game.
Mario and Sonic At The Winter Olympic Games (Nintendo DS)
Original at Cubed3
• Wed, Nov 4
Mario and Sonic have teamed up once again, this time for a trip to the Winter Olympics. Can the DS version compare to its bigger Wii brother? Find out in our review...
Famitsu review scores
Original at Examiner.com
• Tue, Nov 3
The latst Famitsu reviews are coming in. Final Fantasy is about to launch on Wii and the latest title is receiving average scores in Japan. With the title currently slated for a December 26th release in North America, we should begin to see more reviews...
Rabbids Developers Remembered Wii's Neglected Features [Wii]
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Nov 3
By Stephen Totilo The Controller Speaker: Did you remember that your Wii Remote has a speaker and that developers, if they have the time and money and desire, can use it to produce sounds from the Remote? The team behind this week's Ubisoft platformer, Rabbids Go Home, did.
How To: Learn To Backup Wii Games
Original at ppcwebspyware.com
• Mon, Nov 2
If you got to read this article, it probably means that you have one Nintendo Wii game console. And it is very probable that you have found this article because you need some information on how to backup your Wii games. A good reason to do that would be to preserve the original disk and play using...
Opinion: Hands on with Nintendos summer line up
Original at Vooks
• Mon, Nov 2
While in Melbourne we trekked out to Nintendos headquarters to test out Nintendos upcoming Christmas lineup including New Super Mario Bros Wii, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks and Style Boutique As Christmas fast approaches, so does Nintendo’s holiday lineup, and while we were in t...
Patch: Wii homebrew - Dolphin Unofficial SVN build 4460
Original at Qj.net
• Tue, Oct 27
• 5 related articles
By Ryan F. The Dolphin Team has recently released a new update of the Unofficial SVN build of Dolphin, a Gamecube and Nintendo Wii emulator for Windows. The late...
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Patch: Wii homebrew - Dolphin Unofficial SVN build 4460
Original at QJ.net - Wii
• Tue, Oct 27
• 5 related articles
By Ryan F. The Dolphin Team has recently released a new update of the Unofficial SVN build of Dolphin, a Gamecube and Nintendo Wii emulator for Windows. The late...
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EDGE’S New Super Mario Bros. Wii review - more details
Original at Go Nintendo
• Mon, Oct 26
By RawmeatCowboy As most of you know, EDGE gave New Super Mario Bros. Wii a 7 out of 10. When we posted the news, a few of you were just a tad upset! Now here are some more snippets from that review… “Mario and his chums feel superimposed, like cut-outs from another game, hastily inserted.” Link
Podcast: 1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 10/23/2009
Original at podtrac.com
• Fri, Oct 23
Starting a podcast is hard. A mere two weeks after bidding a bon voyage to our former leader we're relaunching with new segments, new voices, and a very special guest. Doublefine head honcho and Brutal Legend creator Tim Schafer joins us in studio on our maiden episode where we go off topic ea...
Opinion: NPD Instant Analysis: Things You Should Note [Npd]
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Oct 19
By Stephen Totilo Music Game Platform Choices Juggle: A lot of people are rightly focusing on the September victory of The Beatles: Rock Band over Guitar Hero 5. That's interesting. But here's another twist. Last year, Guitar Hero: World Tour launched in November 2008 with the Wii version as the top-seller (...
NPD September: PS3 on Top, Beatles Beat Cobain
Original at Wired
• Mon, Oct 19
By Chris Kohler The combination of a new hardware model and lower price made PlayStation 3 the best-selling home game machine in the U.S. for the month of September 2009, the NPD Group reported today. NPD added that The Beatles: Rock Band outsold Guitar Hero 5, saying that MTV’s Beatles game sold 595,000 uni...
Opinion: GoNintendo ‘End of Day’ thoughts - Official Nintendo Magazine and GoNintendo team up to answer your New Super Mario Bros. Wii questions!
Original at Go Nintendo
• Sun, Oct 18
By The News Team Moving on, the guys over at Official Nintendo Magazine have a final build of New Super Mario Bros. Wii in their office right now. Working for Nintendo magazine sure has its perks! Specifically, ONM staffer Chris Scullion has had a chance to not only play, but complete New Super Mario Bros. Wii....
How to copy any games
Original at live-vista.com
• Thu, Oct 15
Visit our profesional site solutionsbackupwizard.blogspot.com and learn how to make this with Easy backup wazard!! Backup games from the following consoles: Xbox 360, Xbox, PS2, Nintendo Wii, Gamecube, PC, Dreamcast, PC. … “Xbox 360″ Wii mp4
Wii Fit Plus Review: Now I’m A Believer
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Oct 5
By AJ Glasser Wii Fit Plus was developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Wii on October 4. The full kit with the Balance Board costs $100, but if you already own the Balance Board, you can get the box copy for $20. A copy of the game was given to us by the publisher for reviewing purposes. Played...
Homebrew solution to Wii system upgrade 4.2 already exists
Original at Go Nintendo
• Wed, Sep 30
By RawmeatCowboy And just like that, another attempt from Nintendo to block homebrewers and piracy has crumbled. It didn’t take very long, with a solution popping up just about 24 hours after we got first word of the update. Of course, going about this process voids your warranty, but if you’re looking for a w...
Patch: Nintendo Wii: Wii System Update 4.2 Now Live
Original at Sickr
• Tue, Sep 29
Posted in Nintendo, Wii Tagged: performance, system update 4.2 Nintendo have just released System Update 4.2 for the Nintendo Wii. Although System Update 4.2 offers little in the way of new surprises it does provide many behind the scene updates that will not affect features but will improv...
Patch: Wii Firmware Update 4.2 out now… kills homebrew [UPDATED]
Original at WiiNintendo
• Mon, Sep 28
By DarkWish Nintendo has released the 4.2 firmware update for Wii. What new features does it bring? Well, none it seems. What it does do though is delete the Homebrew Channel, BootMii, all forms of cIOS, and more. So if you have any homebrew on your Wii at all, do not update! [UPDATE] From Nintendo… “This upd...
MySims Agents – Review
Original at WiiNintendo
• Mon, Sep 28
By hattrick A WiiNintendo game review by hattrick. Game – MySims Agents Version – Wii (also available on DS) Time Spent Playing – 7 hours, 2 minutes Control Method – Wii Remote & Nunchuck (only method allowed) For my earlier preview of MySims Agents, during my trip to EA headquarters, which includ...
How To: Hot Software For Playing Backup Games On A Nintendo Wii
Original at freetoadvertise.biz
• Mon, Sep 28
HomeBreware - Unlock Your Nintendo Wii To Play Backup and Homebreware Games And Much More Without Voiding The Warranty. With this package you will learn how to unlock the following features on your Wii: Play N64, SNES, NES and Sega Genesis Games, as well as games from other consoles Homebr...
How To: Play Copied Games On Wii
Original at savonaville.com
• Fri, Sep 25
• 3 related articles
Would you want to know how to play copied games on Wii easily? You just need to have a PC and SD card to be able to download wii homebrew and eventually unlock your Wii to make it more fun and exciting as a multimedia console. There is even a video guide that is provided in order to follow the...
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GayGamer.net Podcast #39
Original at GayGamer.net
• Thu, Sep 24
By Fruit Brute Join Fruit Brute and Tiny Dancer as they welcome special guest host Bradamantium and talk over the latest news coming out of TGS. But that's not all! hear with they think about the Wii price drop, the PS3 motion controller, Dante's Inferno's media blitz, Scribblenauts and much, much more!
Nintendo Voice Chat Podcast, Episode 56
Original at IGN
• Wed, Sep 23
By IGN Staff Wii Fit Plus, TMNT, Spyborgs, and a special German guest this week.
Nintendo Download - Wii and DSi Shop releases for 9.21.09 (US)
Original at Gaming Bits
• Sun, Sep 20
Nintendo begins the week with new Wii Shop and DSi Shop game releases. See the new WiiWare, Virtual Console and DSiWare games out today, starting at 9am PST. Below are the announced games from Nintendo. WiiWare releases: Virtual Console release: Nintendo DSiWare releases:
Kotaku Originals: Bundles of Joy [Original]
Original at Kotaku
• Sat, Sep 19
By Owen Good Console Price Drops and Bundles Europe Getting Four More Bundles For The 250GB PS3 Microsoft Releasing 250GB Xbox 360 For Modern Warfare 2 [Update] Toys R Us Ad Points To $199 Wii Price Drop This Month Halo 3: ODST Gets A 360 Bundle Announcements Calling All Readers: Kotaku Party In Tokyo
How To: Play Backup Games On Wii
Original at theandroidlife.com
• Tue, Sep 15
• 3 related articles
Do you want to learn how to play backup games on Wii ? These help guides will guide you to reprogram your Nintendo Wii and will deactivate particular mechanism in the system software which generally prevent you from playing homebrew application on your Wii. Continued here: Play Backup Gam...
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How To Install The Homebrew Channel On Your Wii [Wii]
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Aug 27
By Luke Plunkett Previously, you needed a copy of Twilight Princess to get this working, but with a recent system update, Nintendo closed that loophole. Not to worry. A new one has come along! Hack Your Wii for Homebrew without Twilight Princess [Lifehacker]
Podcast: 1UP.com - Listen UP - 08/14/2009
Original at podtrac.com
• Fri, Aug 14
The infamous fourth chair gets a week off as Sam, John, and Garnett do the show as a trio. They've got their hands full with a Whatcha Been Playin? segment that includes Madden 10 both for 360/PS3 and Wii, Fat Princess, TMNT Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box...
Patch: Wii homebrew - Homebrew Browser v0.3.4
Original at Wii
• Mon, Aug 10
• 3 related articles
By Ryan F. Homebrew coder teknecal has released a new version of Homebrew Browser, a homebrew utility that allows you to download the latest homebrew applications and games to your Nintendo Wii. The latest update is a bug fix release.
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The Wiire Podcast 144
Original at The Wiire
• Fri, Aug 7
By Andrew Eder 0:00:00) Currently Playing(0:15:47) Your Wii Remote is Calling(0:20:00) Club Nintendo Rewards Announced(0:26:02) Exclusive: How (Easily) The Conduit Was Hacked(0:41:57) Japan Getting a Black Wii, US Isn't at the Moment(0:45:18) Factor 5 Working on Multiple Wii Titles(0:49:07...
Wii MotionPlus Review
Original at Gizmodo
• Thu, Jul 30
By Jason Chen The hardware is a big step forward, but it's not the end of the road. If I had to put a number on it, I'd say this was 80% of the way there to delivering true 1:1 motion detection in the hardware. Unless Nintendo releases a Wii MotionPlusPlus, I don't expect that it will get all that much better in th...
How To: Learn To Backup Wii Games
Original at publishmyself.net
• Mon, Jul 20
If you got to read this article, it probably means that you have one Nintendo Wii game console. And it is very probable that you have found this article because you need some information on how to backup your Wii games. A good reason to do that would be to preserve the original disk and play using...
How To: Copy Wii Games In Some Easy Steps Using a Game Copy Software
Original at www-special.com
• Mon, Jul 6
Do you want to learn how to copy Wii games? There is no doubt that Nintendo Wii is one of the most popular video consoles in the market these days. Hwoever, games are expensive. You do not want to have to replace a game if something happens to it and it gets scratched or broken. It is very easy...
Patch: Nintendo Wii System Menu 4.1 is Released in Japan
Original at ps3news.com
• Fri, Jul 3
Nintendo released a Wii Firmware update, version 4.1 today in Japan. A bug fix to Wii Sports Resort, in which after playing a WiiWare/VC game off the SD card, and then playing Wii Sports Resort afterward, you would be forced to watch the how-to Wii Motion Plus video that normally plays only on...
Patch: Custom IOS36 Rev 08 (cIOS v8) Released for Nintendo Wii
Original at ps3news.com
• Sun, Mar 8
• 3 related articles
b]Waninkoko[/b] released an updated version of his Custom IOS for the Nintendo Wii today. To quote: This is a Custom IOS, an IOS modified to add new features not available in the official IOS. This IOS has been created to be used ONLY with homemade software. The Custom IOS installs as IOS249 an...
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How To Burn Wii Games - An Easy To Follow Guide
Original at copypastearticles.com
• Tue, Feb 24
By Sam Lockwood Today we're looking at how to copy Wii games - it's a question we've been getting a lot of emails about! In this article we show you exactly how it's done. The Nintendo Wii is a unique gaming system because it has a unique method of playing games. Because the Wii is so...
How to Copy Nintendo Wii Files to a SD Card
Original at Associated Content
• Wed, Jan 28
By Otter The only way to get more space on the Nintendo Wii without having to delete files is to use a SD card. Here is a guide that will help you transfer Nintendo Wii files onto a SD card. Content Producer: Otter Published: Jan 28, 2009
Podcast: The Wii-kly Fuse Podcast #11 - Everything WiiOriginal at WiiNintendo
• Tue, Dec 9
By DarkWish Go over this week’s Wii, DS, and Wii Shop Channel releases, the Nintendo Channel updates for the week, as well as what we’ve been playing on Wii and DS The Opera Browser 2.0 update is discussed and we discuss what Wii Speak could possibly be used for in it
Wii Fanboy Review: Animal Crossing: City FolkOriginal at Nintendo Wii Fanboy
• Mon, Nov 17
By David Hinkle Looking for a game? Be sure to swing by our retail review archive, where you can easily jump to conclusions based on score alone, or access our full reviews, if you're so inclined. There's even a page for WiiWare reviews! originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:40:0...
Wii Podcast roundup
Original at WiiNintendo
• Tue, Jun 24
By hey_suburbia The Wiire Podcast #101 - Nintendo: Only “geeks and otaku” need more Wii storage, Jaffe attacks Nintendo for insulting loyal fanbase, Nintendo ‘Working On’ An Answer To Storage Problem, Wii Fit Balance Board ‘Hacked’ For PC Games, 2K looks to pioneer hockey on the Wii, The Conduit, Wii Me...
Patch: Wii Menu Version 3.3 Now Available for Download
Original at WiiNintendo
• Tue, Jun 17
• 6 related articles
By hattrick Wii Menu version 3.3 is now available for your Wii console. To update your Wii Menu to the latest version, please select the Update button at the bottom of the screen or select the System Update option in the Wii System Settings. Thank you for updating your Wii console! Nintendo]
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The new “Internet Channel” for Nintendo Wii
Original at Nintendo Wii Zone
• Wed, Oct 10
By saigonmain More Nintendo Wii News Hardware keyboard support, send to a Wii friend are key features of new release Oslo, Norway and Tokyo, Japan - October 10, 2007 Opera today announced Nintendo has started distributing the much-anticipated new version of the Internet Channel for Nintendo Wii. The...