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DJ Hero - review
Original at Gaming Bits
• Tue, Nov 3
Dj Hero offers a variety of music from Hip-Hop to Rock, which will suit any gamer old and new into music & rhythm games. The turntable controller feels very durable, however the crossfader on the controller will need some adjustment. It doesn't seem to want to lock into the center very we...
Review: Need For Speed: Nitro
Original at Eurogamer
• Tue, Nov 3
Don't believe me? Last year's Need For Speed Undercover was, wait for it, the 126th best-selling Wii game in the UK, at which point "best-selling" seems like the wrong description. NFS Undercover on Wii was outsold by gaming powerhouses such as Pippa Funnell: Ranch Rescue, Big Catch: Bas...
FIFA Soccer 10 - review
Original at Gaming Bits
• Mon, Nov 2
Another year, marks another release in EA Sports' FIFA series. What else can be done to improve this already stellar soccer game? Will gameplay additions deter from the overall experience or amplify its realism? Find out in the our full review below on what EA has done to try to solidify FIF...
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...
Opinion: On Wii Shop and DSiWare today: R-Type, Street Fighter, Carnival King, Aha! I Got It!, Family Card Games, Sparkle Snapshots, Viking Invasion, Battle of Giants: DragonsOriginal at Video Games Blogger
• Mon, Nov 2
• 8 related articles
By Ferry Nintendo has now added these new/classic games to the Wii Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi Shop. The games go live at 9AM Pacific time. Users with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Chann...
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Opinion: Epic Mickey - more screens and art, game was originally for 360/PS3, no MotionPlus support, and more
Original at Go Nintendo
• Wed, Oct 28
By The News Team “The reality is that we started Wii development in 2008, but before that we were a PC, PS3, and 360 title. It’s burned in my brain - Graham Hopper [Disney Interactive boss] pulled me into my office one day and said ‘What does it take to deliver on the goals we have for this product? And I said, wel...
ONM’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii review - more details
Original at Go Nintendo
• Tue, Oct 20
By RawmeatCowboy “The game does start off as easy as its handheld sibling did (by the end of World 3 we had earned 68 lives), but it soon gets fiendishly difficult and will have even the most die-hard Mario players cursing at times. Instead of feeling like it was designed primarily for four players with the sin...
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 (...
Opinion: Let's TapOriginal at The Wiire
• Mon, Oct 19
By Ben Pack Nintendo claims they are "innovators." With the Wii, the DS and the Dsi, many believe that Nintendo has lived up to their claims. Even with these innovations on the hardware side, there is little argument that there is a lack of innovation in third-party developed software. With a few except...
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....
GoNintendo ‘End of Day’ thoughts - Wii Fit Plus review
Original at Go Nintendo
• Fri, Oct 16
By The News Team Holy cow, what a fantastic day for news! We had so many great posts today. Well, there was lots of stuff that I found interesting, anyway! Tons of New Super Mario Bros. Wii footage, Miyamoto talked about everything under the sun, the first motherload of Epic Mickey details, and so much more! [......
Squeeballs Party (Wii) – Review
Original at WiiNintendo
• Thu, Oct 15
By hattrick A WiiNintendo review by hattrick. Game: Squeeballs Party (Wii) *also available on Nintendo DS Obtained: Review Copy Time Played: 3+ Hours Control Method: Wii Remote When first looking at Squeeballs Party, one might wonder what it is all about. Personally, I thought, “I have never heard...
Frankenreview: Wii Fit Plus [Round Up]
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Oct 7
• 4 related articles
By Mike Fahey Nintendo has been very careful to call Wii Fit a fitness "tool" not a fitness "solution" for obvious legal reasons. Neither Wii Fit nor its successor, Wii Fit Plus, will magically make you thinner or more easily able to resist tasty food. However, there's a lot to be said for a game that makes t...
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Opinion: Hands On: New Wii Fit Plus Workout’s Custom Routines
Original at Wired
• Mon, Oct 5
• 4 related articles
By Chris Kohler Review: Wii Fit Works, But Could Shape UpReview: Rough EA Sports Active Whips Polished Wii Fit Workout Me and Wii Fit: One Month LaterDiary: One Week Playing Wii FitWii Fit and Flea Market Finds - Video - WiredHack: Control Roomba Vacuum Cleaner Using Wii Fit
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Dead Space Extraction Review: Frighteningly Good
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Oct 1
By Stephen Totilo What they'd tell you in a catalog is that Dead Space Extraction is the Wii prequel to last year's PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sci-fi horror hit Dead Space. They'd write that it is a shooter that runs on rails and is rendered in the first-person, can be played with a light gun and that looks and sou...
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...
Opinion: Must Haves: Top September Titles for WiiOriginal at The Wiire
• Mon, Aug 31
By Mike Suszek While Wii Remote control is default, the Classic Controller is also compatible, making this game even more appealing for Classic Controller lovers. 99.99 Wireless Gretsch Controller Bundle 99.99 Wireless Rickenbacker Controller Bundle 49.99 Dead Space Extraction (Electronic Arts)
Review: Rough EA Sports Active Whips Polished Wii Fit Workout
Original at Wired
• Fri, Aug 7
By Chris Kohler Images courtesy Electronic Arts EA Sports Active doesn’t require the Balance Board controller that comes with Wii Fit, although you can use it in some exercises if you have one. It comes with its own set of equipment, pictured right: a resistance band and a leg strap. 50, Electronic Arts
Review: Wii Sports Resort
Original at GayGamer.net
• Thu, Jul 30
By Wootini It may not be called Wii Sports 2, but for all intents and purposes, that's exactly what Wii Sports Resort is. Using the Wuhu Island setting of Wii Fit (guess it saves them from having to program a whole new environment from scratch), Wii Sports Resort offers up 12 new activities to enjoy. Well...
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...
Wii Sports Resort Review: More Motion in the Ocean [Review]
Original at Kotaku
• Sun, Jul 26
By Brian Crecente With a dozen sports and a total of two dozen ways to play them, Wii Sports Resort pack in the play with mostly fun games. You'd think that Wii Sports and Wii Play would have exhausted the minigame catalog for the Wii, but these mostly new games are a worthwhile addition to anyone's Wii. Even with...
Review: Wii Sports Resort, Master of the Minigame
Original at Wired
• Fri, Jul 24
By Chris Kohler Wii Sports, packed in with Wii, is the best-selling videogame of all time. Wii Sports Resort is its sequel, packaged with and requiring the use of Wii MotionPlus, a small adapter that plugs into the Wii controller and adds the ability to detect linear motion, not just rotation. 50, Nintendo
Review: The Conduit (Wii)
Original at CrunchGear
• Wed, Jul 15
By Peter Ha Again, I hate to make direct comparisons to the other big boy consoles, but High Voltage really hit it out of the park for multiplayer mode. Sure, it pales in comparison to what we’re used to on the Xbox 360, but The Conduit’s multiplayer on the Wii kicks some serious ass.
Wii Sports Resort: the review
Original at Wii Wii
• Thu, Jul 9
By Chris Schilling Wii Sports Resort represents a difficult balancing act - it’s a game which has to sell MotionPlus to the masses, convince the core gamer of both its value as a peripheral in its own right and its potential for future titles - especially in the wake of Natal and Sony’s new motion wand - and to he...
The Conduit Review: A Bland, But Enjoyable Shooter
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Jun 29
By Brian Crecente But the Wii-exclusive first-person shooter hopes to win gamers over not with its plot and known voice talent, but its nuanced controls and solid multiplayer gaming. With the ability to tweak every control in the game, from HUD layout to motion controls, High Voltage Software seems to be g...
Let's Tap Review: Rhythm Limbo [Review]
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Jun 24
By Michael McWhertor Had Let's Tap been released as a Wii launch title, it may have gotten a little more attention for its abilities to showcase what Nintendo's motion controller is capable of. Don't let Let's Tap get lost in the mini-game crowd if you're looking for something unique, something clearly not pho...
Opinion: Nintendo Wii MotionPlus Hands On: One Year, Three Games Later
Original at Gizmodo
• Fri, Jun 5
By matt buchanan Last year, Mark said the thrill of 1:1 motion it delivered was "greater than maybe any experience I've had on the Wii aside from Super Mario Galaxy." Wii Sports Resort No surprise, Nintendo's own software is where it shines, where the value of MotionPlus comes through the most.
Punch-Out!! Review: Call It A Comeback
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, May 19
By Michael McWhertor No Classic Controller Support: The game supports simple Wii Remote controls, but not the option to use the more comfortable Classic Controller, with its larger directional pad and buttons. That's disappointing, as is the reliance on the Wii Remote to point for all menu choices, but that...
Klonoa Review: Do Hew Wahoo?
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, May 7
By Michael McWhertor Perfectly Unmessed With: With the exception of a handful of improvements, most notably the vastly improved graphics and a level-mirroring "Reverse Mode," Klonoa for Wii remains extremely faithful to the PlayStation original. The game can be played with a quartet of control schemes—W...
Excitebots: Trick Racing Review: ***********
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Apr 27
By Michael McWhertor Excitebots: Trick Racing, Nintendo's sequel to Wii launch racer Excite Truck, makes the tenuous connection to the original Excitebike feel increasingly strained. How we arrived at transforming car-beasts doing mid-air stunts may be beyond explanation.
Opinion: Nintendo Wii: Ten Cool Things To Do With Your New Nintendo DSi
Original at Sickr
• Fri, Apr 17
Posted in DSi, Nintendo Tagged: list, nintendo dsi, ten things, tweaks If you’ve recently purchased a Nintendo DSi then you could do much worse than check out this fairly well comprised list of things to do with your shiny new device, courtesy of Wired magazine. Accessorize: Just as every...
Opinion: So, How Many Wii Games Are Any Good?
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Apr 7
By Luke Plunkett Let's find out! Just like they did for both Xbox 360 and PS3 games, market research firm EEDAR have rounded out the trilogy by tracking every Wii game's Metacritic score and found how much of the system's catalogue has been a hit with critics, and how much of it hasn't.
Opinion: Q&A: Nintendo's Fils-Aime Talks DSi, Wii and Everything in Between
Original at Wired News
• Sat, Apr 4
By Chris Kohler Wired.com: I'm sorry, I mean, what's the finish line? When will DS be the best-selling console ever? Product Review: Nintendo DSiUnboxing the Nintendo DSiDSiWare Launch Titles: Which Ones to BuyGDC Live Blog: Nintendo President Satoru Iwata's KeynoteQ&A: Nintendo's Cammie Dun...
MadWorld Review: Simple Jack [Review]
Original at Kotaku
• Sun, Mar 22
By Michael McWhertor Deadly Nunchuk: It helps that the use of the Wii remote is mostly so intelligent, not to mention so forgiving. Almost everything you do works without a struggle and the controller is mapped wisely enough to feel almost instinctive. Headbutting, for example, is curiously fun with the Nunch...
Opinion: 2K Boss: Wii Market Is Full Of Crap [Craptastic]
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Jan 14
By Mike Fahey Anyone who has browsed the Nintendo Wii section of their favorite video game retail outlet lately has to agree with 2K Games global president Christoph Hartmann - the Wii market is flooded with crap. ‘There are too many crappy games on Wii’ [MCV]
Opinion: Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars: Hardcore Returns to the Wii
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Dec 30
By Brian Crecente Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars is one of the better Wii titles of the year. Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars was developed by Red Fly Studio and published by Gamecock. Released on December 2 for the Wii, retails for $49.99. Played through the entire campaign.
Opinion: Nintendo Pitches In to Help Dragon Quest Succeed -- What It Means
Original at Wired News
• Mon, Dec 15
By Chris Kohler On the occasion of last week's announcement of a release date for Dragon Quest IX and the development of Dragon Quest X on Wii, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata made some interesting comments about the popular RPG series. Here's what Iwata... Here's what Iwata had to say, as quoted on 1up:
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...
Game Review: Sambe de Amigo will Shake Your Maracas
Original at Wired News
• Wed, Oct 22
By Paul Govan My most recent discovery has been Samba de Amigo for the Nintendo Wii, which, almost miraculously, was able to uncover a modicum of syncopation that I didn't know I had. The game turns your Wii-mote into a virtual maraca -- a brilliant use of the controller. Price/maker: $39.99 Wii
Opinion: Geek Newsletter June 19, 2008 — Truly Interactive GamesOriginal at Geek.com
• Thu, Jun 19
By Joel Evans To help usher in the future, two researchers recently came up with a way of intercepting bluetooth communications from the Wii Fit. So far they’ve shown what they can do in Google Earth and WoW, so just imagine what’s coming next! Not to be outdone, Sony is even rumored to be planning their ow...
Opinion: Opinion: MMOs Need a Wii
Original at Wired News
• Tue, Jun 10
By Earnest Cavalli That all changed when Nintendo launched the Wii. Not only did the company capture the technological cachet usually reserved for Apple's latest iDevice, they also earned the affection of the masses. Now grandparents are playing Mario Kart Wii along with their six-year-old grandspawn an...
Opinion: Using Facebook to Share Friend Codes
Original at WiiNintendo
• Mon, Jun 9
By hattrick I know many (if not most) of you are upset with the Friend Code system on the Wii and DS. In fact, you have probably tried several ways to get around the process of sharing your new 12-16 digit number every time you get a new Wi-Fi game. Might I suggest one more? Because Facebook [...]
Opinion: Q&A: Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto Talks Wii Fit
Original at Wired
• Tue, May 20
By Chris Kohler NEW YORK -- Shigeru Miyamoto finds inspiration in the strangest places. Review: Wii Fit Works, but Could Shape Up Diary: One Week Playing Wii FitMe and Wii Fit: One Month LaterE3 Interview: Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto Nintendo Taps U.S. Talent In Search of WiiWare Hits
Review: Mario Kart Wii Skids Way Off The Road
Original at Wired
• Fri, May 2
By Chris Kohler Mario Kart Wii includes the Wii Wheel controller (right), a plastic shell that you insert the Wiimote into. Unlike last year's Wii Zapper gun controller, which was pretty much a useless piece of junk, the Wii Wheel does help your accuracy by stabilizing your hands and letting you turn the W...
Opinion: Say, Did You Know How Many Wii Games Suck? [Nintendo Wii]
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Feb 13
By Luke Plunkett How awful? See above. While every console of the past eight years (sorry Dreamcast) have seen their games average around 69-71%, the average Wii score is only 64%. Which leads to much hypothesizing in the piece about reviewers not "understanding" the Wii, theories on the impact of shovelw...
Metareview: Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
Original at Joystiq
• Wed, Nov 7
By Alexander Sliwinski Super Mario Galaxy might not be out until next week but all the reviews are pretty much in. It's a hit with the critics! According to almost every review it is the game Wii owners have been waiting for (but please don't forget about Zack and Wiki, if only for the sake of third-party support). Gal...
Opinion: Capcom Exec Defends Okami On Wii, Hints At Enhancements
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Oct 24
By Luke Plunkett Given that the only port we've done to date was RE4, which has a 90+ gamerankings score and provided AMAZING value for the platform, has this really been Capcom's modus operendi such that this allegation should be leveled at us? Zack & Wiki is getting better reviews than just about any...
Wii Fanboy review: Victorious Boxers Revolution
Original at Nintendo Wii Fanboy
• Fri, Oct 19
By David Hinkle Finally, you can also engage in Classic Controller or GameCube Controller modes, which allow you to use either. Here, the game works the same as just about any other boxing game you've played, so those of you familiar with the genre can really just pick up and play without worrying about the...
Wii Fanboy Review: Crash of the Titans
Original at Nintendo Wii Fanboy
• Mon, Oct 15
By David Hinkle While it's quite comical when the cursor is changed during cutscenes to funny shapes such as a mustache, allowing you to make a few jokes at the game's characters' expense, none of the game's controls feel suited to the Wii. They don't feel as if they were set with the Wii in mind, lovingly cra...
Frankenreview, Mario Strikers Charged (Wii)
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Aug 2
By Mark Wilson Some people call it soccer, others call it football, and most Americans just call it boring. But as the world's national pastime, kicking a ball around into a net is pretty ultimate. Combined with Nintendo's most famous characters in history, you get Mario Strikers Charged.