See how the Wii Lightsaber works
Thursday, April 24th, 2008LucasArts has ahem, 'unleashed' the latest web documentary for Star Wars: Force Unleashed, showing just how you swing a Lightsaber with the Wii Remote (and stylus).read more | digg story
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LucasArts has ahem, 'unleashed' the latest web documentary for Star Wars: Force Unleashed, showing just how you swing a Lightsaber with the Wii Remote (and stylus).read more | digg story
Wii Sports and Wii Play sell one million copies each in Japan
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007Filed under: News, Imports Congrats are in order to Nintendo: both Wii Sports and Wii Play (Hajimete no Wii) have sold in excess of one million copies in Japan. Having two million-sellers already trumps the Gamecube, on which only Super Smash Bros. Melee reached that particular milestone. We know that the bundled ...
Reggie downplays Wiimote’s TV wrath, 360’s European sales
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007Filed under: News NOA President Reggie Fils-Aime, ever the iconoclast, had some choice words for the San Jose Mercury News about the success of the Xbox 360 in Europe. In effect, he claimed that the 360’s success in Europe is localized to the UK, while the Wii is (obviously!) doing great ...
Wii Warm Up: Professional Use
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007Filed under: Controller, Features The Wiimote is a fabulous piece of technology, having conceivable uses not only in gaming but also in the clandestine world of business. Beyond the simple Powerpoint presentation wand, any task requiring pixel-precise control from a non-desked location would be greatly aided by the device; we can ...
Wiimote and nunchuk used to play House of the Dead 3
Monday, March 19th, 2007Filed under: Peripherals, Tech stuff, Homebrew Reader Tiger wrote in to inform us of a pretty awesome use of the GlovePIE script he came up with, wherein this homebrewer homebrewster took the code, beat it down into a mound of wet … stuff, then took the remains and sculpted them into ...
New Opoona screens still don’t explain the controls
Monday, March 19th, 2007Filed under: Screens We’ve had our eye on Opoona since the initial announcement– an RPG for the Wii is, at this point, a rarity, as is a game from Koei that doesn’t involve beating on thousands of soldiers in ancient China. But, of course, the real issue with Opoona is the ...
Popular Science looks inside Wiimote, finds good tech
Friday, March 16th, 2007Filed under: Fan stuff The Popular Science crew have ripped apart a Wiimote, all in the name of, you guessed it, science. What they found is some amaxing technology, as they report the Wiimote is capable of registering movement as small as five nanometers, or 1/40 the width of a human ...
Wiimote wrist strap breaks at Auto Show, breaks window
Thursday, March 15th, 2007Filed under: News And we all thought we were safe from these horror stories poppiing back up again on the internet, what with Nintendo hooking us all up with replacement straps. Instead, we must now inform you that such an incident occurred during an Auto Show in Trier, Germany, where one ...
Treasure Island Z: new pirate adventure from Capcom
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007Filed under: News, Imports This week’s Famitsu unearths a new game that appears to be basically like treasure: a new Wii adventure game from Capcom, called Treasure Island Z, that is about pirates. Players use the Wiimote to solve riddles and puzzles as they search for riches and improve their standing ...
Are you going to get the Nyko charge station?
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007Filed under: Fan stuff Sure, it’s usually our thing to just thrust a poll in your face (get your mind out of the gutter). But, we thought that would be a bit overkill for a simple question. With a few different choices available to those looking for a rechargeable solution to ...
Get your Mii on your Mac
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007Filed 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 ...
Rumor: Wii mic to increase wizardly immersion
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007Filed under: News, Rumors It’s all a bit hushed and secretive, but reports out of GDC say that the new Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix game will use the upcoming Wii microphone attachment in some fashion– the most obvious use we’ve heard is incanting spells. People are under ...
Protect your Wiimote with a decal
Friday, March 9th, 2007Filed under: Imports, Peripherals Gametech is concerned about the finish of your Wiimote. Perhaps you’ve been playing too much Wario Ware while wearing your fabulous jewelry? Perhaps you’ve been putting the Wiimote in your pocket while you answer the phone? Or maybe you’ve put the controller through too many televisions? Whatever the ...