Archive for the ‘Mii’ Category
Monday, April 21st, 2008
Although the Mii creation tools seem pretty limited, gamers have tweaked and stretched the system to the limit - all for the sake of bringing their favorite celebrities and video game characters to life.read more | digg story
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Friday, March 16th, 2007
Filed under: Video
Yeah, you’ve probably seen this one already, and that’s okay. You don’t have to watch it again if you don’t want to (but we think it’s pretty cool). But Nintendo’s latest Wii ads are not only effective, but they reflect the Mii craze that is such a big ...
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
Filed under: News, Interviews
During an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, MTV’s Stephen Totilo threw out a speculative question: Had Nintendo experimented with using Miis in Zelda: Twilight Princess? Miyamoto answered that, in fact, the developers at EAD had in fact been playing with that feature! After completing the game, the team ...
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
Filed under: Homebrew, Channels
Created by Mike Cohen, this handy little application lets Mac users transfer their Mii from the Wiimote directly onto their Mac, allowing them to easily share them on community sites such as MiiPlaza.net and edit them using Mii Editor. Now, we haven’t tried this yet, but apparently ...
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
Filed under: News
Turns out America isn’t the only place that Nintendo is using the appeal of Mii creation to market their console. In Japan, Nintendo in enlisting the aid of Japanese celebrities Akashiya Sanma (the man with the immaculate cheek bones) and Shuuzou Matsuoka to generate buzz amongst the public. ...
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Monday, March 12th, 2007
Filed under: News, Channels
Nintendo recently filled the inboxes of Japanese Wii consoles with a message about the “Mii Popularity Channel’s” upcoming release. According to Siliconera, Wii owners will be able to download the new channel and vote for their favorite Miis as early as April 29th. Whether or not this ...
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Monday, March 12th, 2007
Filed under: Fan stuff, Video
Nintendo recently sent out a press release stating the company would be airing some new commercials, focusing on Mii creation and the fun one has during. We never posted a story about it because, let’s be honest, it would’ve been a waste of everyone’s time. Now ...
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Friday, March 9th, 2007
Filed under: News, Video
There are dozens of clips floating around from Shigeru Miyamoto’s keynote yesterday, but IGN has streaming video of the entire event available for your anxious eyes. You won’t find any megaton announcements or landmark revelations, but the presentation is full of insights on “the Nintendo Difference” from ...
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Thursday, March 8th, 2007
Filed under: Features, Channels
var digg_url = ‘http://www.digg.com/gaming_news/Reaction_to_the_announcement_of_a_new_Channel_during_the_Miyamoto_keynote’; Miyamoto’s keynote revealed that he is making a new Channel. This new Channel will allow people to compete in popularity contests with their Miis. Now, we don’t have any concrete information other than that, nor do we have ...
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Thursday, March 8th, 2007
Filed under: Interviews
Sony revealed a virtual world for the PS3 yesterday, perhaps in the hopes of duplicating the success of the Nintendo Mii. And while one might assume Nintendo would just brush off the announcement, they actually had something worthwhile to say.
A Nintendo spokesperson commented that it was a ...
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Thursday, March 8th, 2007
Filed under: News, Imports
We brought you the story that an EA producer was not given access to Mii code for My Sims, and that according to him, no third parties were. The situation seems to have changed, because Sega Sammy is using the little guys and gals in its Jissen ...
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Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
Filed under: How-tos, Homebrew
Blogger David Hawley has apparently uncovered, using a hex editor, the future of Nintendo avatar pants: “Special Miis” with pants of gold. If you can get your Mii over to your PC, then you can edit it in hexadecimal to create such a Special Mii. Special Miis ...
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Friday, March 2nd, 2007
Filed under: News
This threw us for a curve ball. See, we all know that when you enter Pictochat on your DS during your birthday, there’s a message there waiting for you, so we always assumed that on the Wii something similar would be done. Why else make you input your ...
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