Month: November 2006
UPDATE: Erroneous ONM Wii article was a "freak accident"
Our recent coverage of the UK’s Official Nintendo Magazine claiming that Wii can do 720p resulted in an admission of error by one of their staff writers, Chris Scullion. In a post about our article on GoNintendo, Scullion says, “We messed up, we missed it when proofreading it and NCL then missed it when it was passed to them for approval. It was a freak accident and we apologise for it...
Stan Beer revelations part 2: Wii games will cost money
When last we left columnist Stan Beer, he was busy downing another tub of paste and spouting off nonsense about the Wii. Stan my man, here’s a free Pro Tip: stick to IT writing. Today, Stan is once again showing us why, if given the chance, he’d probably hold the Wiimote backwards to try and play the system, and when it didn’t work he’d go and fire off an angry review as to...
Wii on Southpark
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phTfYA0oxmk]Even Cartman wants one…
Wii is 720p … or ONM is wrong again
The new issue of the UK’s Official Nintendo Magazine claims that Wii will be able to output in 720p HD. From the magazine’s Wii Launch feature: “At the time of going to print, Wii games will output in 720i and 720p ’ 720i is your standard TV picture, 720p is a higher-quality signal …” Last time I checked, 480i was a standard TV picture and 720i technically doesn’...
Mexican game site gets and opens retail Wii box
Some lucky Mexican game site got their FINAL Wii retail box for early testing and reviews and have posted “opening the box” pics over at Gamespot. Envy begins now…
Launch Day camp-out guide
Devron provides a fairly comprehensive guide to camping out on Launch Day. It’s a little PS3-centric, but a good guide for those of us without a pre-order for Wii. Do you have any tips that Devron didn’t cover? [Thanks, Jimmy.]
Twilight Princess first impressions: It rocks
While the American video game press corps plays Zelda to their little hearts content in Seattle Redmond this week, they do so under a Nintendo embrago, unable to report whether or not they enjoyed this latest version of Link. The embargo lifts late this week, apparently, but that didn’t stop some Japanese pubs from putting their first impressions up on the Net. In a word, they say it rocks (...
First five weeks of Wii’s life to see 62 games
Late Tuesday night Nintendo quietly informed CNET that the Wii would see a very healthy 62 titles in the first five weeks following the Nov. 19 launch. Thirty-two of those titles will be classic titles available via the Virtual Console, Nintendo said. And, wouldn’t you know it, Cubed has some breaking news tonight regarding those Virtual Console titles (available in December 2006): NES: Base...
What if the Wii really was like an iPod?
Sure, the Wii is sleek and white and cleanly designed, and everyone is going to want one in 12 months, but look deeper than that. Already there’s talk from Nintendo of a DVD version 2.0 due out in Japan in 2007. And there’s that pesky lack of HD capability Infendo’s been kicking around lately, and whether or not Nintendo is going to be hurt in the long run because it doesn’...