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Rate Rabbids Go Home Review: Strip-Platforming

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Nov 6

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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.

Rate DJ Hero - review

Original at Gaming Bits external link    Tue, Nov 3

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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...

Rate Review: Need For Speed: Nitro

Original at Eurogamer external link    Tue, Nov 3

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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...

Rate FIFA Soccer 10 - review

Original at Gaming Bits external link    Mon, Nov 2

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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...

Rate Opinion: Hands on with Nintendos summer line up

Original at Vooks external link    Mon, Nov 2

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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...

Rate 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: DragonsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Video Games Blogger external link    Mon, Nov 2    1 related articles

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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...

Past Month

 

Rate Opinion: Epic Mickey - more screens and art, game was originally for 360/PS3, no MotionPlus support, and more

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Wed, Oct 28

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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...

Rate Nintendo Wii Fit Starter Bundle Review: Does Wii Fit Work for Me?

Original at videos4you.com external link    Mon, Oct 26    2 related articles

You’ve heard so much about Wii Fit, and many of you might have the question on your mind “Does Wii Fit Work?” I bought my Nintendo Wii Fit Starter Bundle online three months ago. During the past three months, I’ve been playing the Wii Fit Starter Bundle on regular basis. So I’d be glad to...

Rate Opinion: THQ job posting points to new fighting game for Wii

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Wed, Oct 21

By RawmeatCowboy A portion of a Gamasutra job post… The THQ Fighting Group is looking for a Senior Character Artist to help guide artistic direction and ensure high character art quality in our next generation of fighting games. Responsibilities: •Work with the Character Art Director to manage the creat...

Rate ONM’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii review - more details

Original at Go Nintendo external link    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...

Rate Opinion: NPD Instant Analysis: Things You Should Note [Npd]

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Oct 19

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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 (...

Rate Opinion: Let's TapVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at The Wiire external link    Mon, Oct 19

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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...

Rate GoNintendo ‘End of Day’ thoughts - Wii Fit Plus review

Original at Go Nintendo external link    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! [......

October of 2009

 

Rate Family Fun Football Wii review

Original at Adrenaline Vault external link    Thu, Oct 8

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By Ed Humphries Publisher: Tecmo Developer: Seamless Entertainment Genre: Sports Release date: Available now When EA infamously locked up exclusive rights to the NFL, thereby firing a shot directly to the midsection of all competitors, they effectively blocked everyone from producing a game of pr...

Rate Frankenreview: Wii Fit Plus [Round Up]

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Oct 7

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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...

Rate Wii Fit Plus Review: Now I’m A Believer

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Oct 5

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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...

Rate Opinion: Hands On: New Wii Fit Plus Workout’s Custom Routines

Original at Wired external link    Mon, Oct 5

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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

Rate Dead Space Extraction Review: Frighteningly Good

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Oct 1

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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...

Year 2009

 

Rate MySims Agents – Review

Original at WiiNintendo external link    Mon, Sep 28

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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...

Rate Opinion: Must Haves: Top September Titles for WiiVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at The Wiire external link    Mon, Aug 31

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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)

Rate Metroid Prime Trilogy – Video Review

Original at WiiNintendo external link    Wed, Aug 26

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By hey_suburbia Metroid Prime: Trilogy is an action-adventure video game compilation developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. It features Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on a single dual-layer disc. The former two, whi...

Rate Review: Wii Sports Resort

Original at GayGamer.net external link    Thu, Jul 30

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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...

Rate Wii MotionPlus Review

Original at Gizmodo external link    Thu, Jul 30

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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...

Rate Wii Sports Resort Review: More Motion in the Ocean [Review]

Original at Kotaku external link    Sun, Jul 26

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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...

Rate Review: Wii Sports Resort, Master of the Minigame

Original at Wired external link    Fri, Jul 24

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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

Rate Review: The Conduit (Wii)

Original at CrunchGear external link    Wed, Jul 15

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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.

Rate Wii Sports Resort: the review

Original at Wii Wii external link    Thu, Jul 9

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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...

Rate The Conduit Review: A Bland, But Enjoyable Shooter

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Jun 29

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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...

Rate Punch-Out!! Review: Call It A Comeback

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, May 19

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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...

Rate Klonoa Review: Do Hew Wahoo?

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, May 7

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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...

Rate Excitebots: Trick Racing Review: ***********

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Apr 27

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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.

Rate Opinion: Nintendo Wii: Ten Cool Things To Do With Your New Nintendo DSi

Original at Sickr external link    Fri, Apr 17

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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...

Rate Opinion: So, How Many Wii Games Are Any Good?

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Apr 7

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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.

Rate Opinion: Q&A: Nintendo's Fils-Aime Talks DSi, Wii and Everything in Between

Original at Wired News external link    Sat, Apr 4

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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...

Rate MadWorld Review: Simple Jack [Review]

Original at Kotaku external link    Sun, Mar 22

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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...

Rate Opinion: 2K Boss: Wii Market Is Full Of Crap [Craptastic]

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Jan 14

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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]

Rate Opinion: Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars: Hardcore Returns to the Wii

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Dec 30

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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.

Rate Opinion: Nintendo Pitches In to Help Dragon Quest Succeed -- What It Means

Original at Wired News external link    Mon, Dec 15

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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:

Rate Wii Fanboy Review: Animal Crossing: City FolkVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Nintendo Wii Fanboy external link    Mon, Nov 17

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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...

Rate Game Review: Sambe de Amigo will Shake Your Maracas

Original at Wired News external link    Wed, Oct 22

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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

Rate Opinion: Geek Newsletter June 19, 2008 — Truly Interactive GamesVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Geek.com external link    Thu, Jun 19

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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...

Rate Opinion: Opinion: MMOs Need a Wii

Original at Wired News external link    Tue, Jun 10

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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...

Rate Opinion: Using Facebook to Share Friend Codes

Original at WiiNintendo external link    Mon, Jun 9

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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 [...]

Rate Opinion: Q&A: Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto Talks Wii Fit

Original at Wired external link    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

Rate Review: Mario Kart Wii Skids Way Off The Road

Original at Wired external link    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...

Rate Opinion: Say, Did You Know How Many Wii Games Suck? [Nintendo Wii]

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Feb 13

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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...

Year 2007

 

Rate Metareview: Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

Original at Joystiq external link    Wed, Nov 7

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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...

Rate Opinion: Capcom Exec Defends Okami On Wii, Hints At Enhancements

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Oct 24

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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...

Rate Wii Fanboy review: Victorious Boxers Revolution

Original at Nintendo Wii Fanboy external link    Fri, Oct 19

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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...

Rate Wii Fanboy Review: Crash of the Titans

Original at Nintendo Wii Fanboy external link    Mon, Oct 15

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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...

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